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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: Hope you got to enjoy the foliage before it fell!

« on: October 30, 2020, 04:59:18 PM »

A few pics from the last few days....

Todays adventure - the local hillock

Almost there.....

A hidden place in the woods....

...where you can watch the Red Squirrels play.

Down by the river

Cruising

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General Discussion / Re: FWIW....

« on: October 29, 2020, 02:44:45 PM »

There was a young lady from Nantucket....

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Roadcraft / Re: Heated Highway21 glove report....

« on: October 29, 2020, 02:43:50 PM »

Or maybe use them when driving the car?

Don't laugh. The batteries are charged for that very purpose.

That said, I can't be too critical, it's been raining all week here in Sassenach land!

Good stuff. It's been mostly dry here

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Roadcraft / Re: Heated Highway21 glove report....

« on: October 29, 2020, 01:07:35 PM »

Mine are very similar - but it does say that you shouldn't wear them in the rain. Which is a problem in Scotland. I'm not sure rain repellent spray would do the trick.

Plastic carrier bags?

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General Discussion / Re: FWIW....

« on: October 28, 2020, 12:04:48 PM »

When you sit under a tree aftter a rain....it'll still be raining. Keep lid on coffee...

If you're at Starbucks, you'd never notice the difference.

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General Discussion / Re: The one that got away...

« on: October 28, 2020, 12:03:20 PM »

I had a full licence by then, but that wasn't any kind of certificate of sanity. Quite the opposite in fact!

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General Discussion / Re: The one that got away...

« on: October 28, 2020, 10:26:03 AM »

My Yamaha RD250LC was the most fun I've ever had on a motorbike. Not a particularly high top speed, but the way it got there was infectious (maybe the wrong word to use these days!)

And soooo easy to work on / modify etc.

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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: CAT gets a lot of attention.....

« on: October 26, 2020, 11:07:38 AM »

We 'inherited' a feral cat (much to the disgust of our resident moggie), one summer, a few years ago. Fed him up, de-ticked him and then he turned around and off he went into the darkness.
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Until the following winter came. Then he decided that the feral way of life wasn't really for him anymore and he actually quite liked food, warmth etc etc. It took a few goes to get him to stay though. We had to lay a bed out in the middle of the floor then retreat upstairs before he would come though from the kitchen. Given time, he sort of became ours. You never really own them.
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Until we had to have him put to sleep (we think he was hit by a car on one of his extended patrols. Anyway, he had a peaceful end and a very comfortable latter years.

<sigh>

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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: LIKE pix & they're gonna WHAT if you park here?!!

« on: October 26, 2020, 11:01:01 AM »

Quote from: CROSSBOLT on October 25, 2020, 11:48:05 PM

Where is this quaint village you visit every morning? Looks pretty swanky for what I remember of Ohio..

No one actually lives there. Actors are bussed in daily - bit like the Trueman Show.

He takes the shiny scooter in the back of a van to a model 'murican village, takes a few photos, then takes it home again.

That's my theory anyway.

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Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: wet Steel Plates & wet Leaves :-)

« on: October 24, 2020, 11:47:08 AM »

Going from grip to zero coefficient of friction in an instant and then back again is a sphincter-tightening experience I can tell you!

Curious.

I experience the exact opposite.

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Downtown 300 / Re: Kymco Downtown 300i

« on: October 19, 2020, 11:59:32 AM »

I recall someone on here fitted Harley style highway pegs to his did (i.e. beyond the front plastic fairing) which allowed him to stretch his legs on longer trips. Fine and cooling in Mexico I'd imagine.....but you really don't want a Scottish breeze blowing up your trouser leg.

Other than that, remodelling the seat shouldn't be too difficult if you can find someone that knows what they are doing.

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Downtown 300 / Re: Kymco Downtown 300i

« on: October 19, 2020, 11:55:38 AM »

I removed the far side latch after it refused to open and just have the much shorter cabled nearside latch in operation. It works fine and is secure (for all that I have under the seat)

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