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As they say the throttle goes both ways. You can get SMIDSYd on a CG125 as well as a CBR1000. Nothing beats riding a bike. I like my Supe but for sheer exilliaration I'll take my Speed Triple anyday - as long as it's not raining or too cold. [GRIN][/GRIN]

I had a Celica and went to a UK spec auto Supra. There is no comparison. May as well be a Smart car to a Supe. You're talking about 180 bhp FWD to 326 bhp all on the rear with an LSD. Totally different driving styles especially when the road gets slippy. Just don't let off the pedal when it goes sideways. LOL!

I wouldn't blame the tester. He's just doing his job and probably saving you a ticket from the cops. I'd even say the font style is a bit iffy. Number plates now have to be set so that they can be read by cops using APNR. Italics and close spacing character like 'I' and '3' so they look like a 'B' is a no-no.

Great idea. It's the future. All the best.

Who would you trust to fit tyres on these carbon fibre wheels? They're worth more than the standard car.

Sorry for not replying earlier. Like Flip it was up for grabs to clear some space. Glad it you got it sorted in the end.

I've got one rattling around in my shed. It's 13 years old. I wouldn't describe as good condition but it works. If I was your mate get a Chris Wilson SMIC.

You only need a wet suit if you're going to do open water swims which is only the bigger events. Most local club events swims are indoor. For £699 the bike will be very low spec. You're ex-army so should be a high fitness level. I guarantee you'll want to upgrade within a 6 months. Join the club first, check out used bikes etc and buy it all separately. Tri bikes are more or less time trialling machines with emphasis on speed and zero comfort. Mine costs £2.5K+.

If it was Special Branch you might have ended up playing the harp with Jean Charles de Menezes.

LOL!! You're right - break-IN. I can't believe it's winter!! The road is cold but by noon it'll be 12 deg C. It's the loose gravel and diesel I'm more worried about.

What a mate!! Let's hope he's as good a mate by paying you back. It's a great day to go biking. Off on my 1050 Speed Triple to break some leather wear and a big shiny helmet. LOL!!

Log onto the Gloucestershire Echo website http://thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/ tomorrow or Wednesday for a good laugh.

Wet suit!!! Fair play, M8. Even though it was a howling gale and only 4 deg C, I was overheating big time on the start line. When the wind was in my face I could breathe but it was like running in thick syrup. When it was behind me, I couldn't breathe and it was like running in thin syrup. Funnily enough I was pubbing n clubbing the night before. There was a bunch of guys in fancy dress. One bloke came as the Stig in full race overalls and white helmet. He was sweating like a pig.

Today I entered a 4.2 mile charity race wearing my Dainese biker leathers and a Shark RSR2 helmet. I left the boots at home cos they'd be smashed to bits. It was two laps of Cheltenham suburbia and after 1.5 miles I was in big trouble and called it a day at the end of the first lap. It wasn't the weight. It was not being able to breath with a full face lid and the sweat, sh1t and p1ss which was soaking the leather was making it harder to swing my arms and legs. In the end I was doing the spotted dog walk. The time was 18 mins for one lap. Last year I ran the two laps in 26 mins. Everybody thought I was a loon. They were right.

SMIDSY is what you say to bikers when they're sat across your bonnet. All I can remember is the reg was WNX. I must be in delayed shock like those cats that go legging it off into the woods and then later kick the bucket. My right arms still hanging there and nothings fallen off yet. Poor old bat was really scared like she seen a ghost. Maybe I'm in zombie mode. Feeling a bit hungry at moment. Fancy a bite.

Very sad. His shows were hilarious. I don't know why they got taken off. All of a sudden it became trendy to slag him off but Saturday evenings just Ant n Dec and Simon Cowell now. Bring back Cilla and Blind Date before she pegs it.

Broad daylight. 3.30 pm and I'm running upto a roundabout. I hear a car come up behind me, I turn round and see a black Focus. So I wait at kerb for it to go by. Then a few feet from me the car swerves towards me and I'm airborne. I land in a hedge. Fortunately it was a glancing blow from the wing. The car stops and it's driven by an old biddy in hers late 50s with a very attractive brunette passenger who looked shocked. She was genuinely sorry and said she didn't see me - fluoro green running top. Nothing broken. I was so charged up with adrenaline I ran the 9 miles in 61 mins.

About 2% and tell him to be grateful they've still got a job.

It was filmed entirely in England. Annoying because when they're marching around in the open you can cowslip and stinging nettles, hardly indeigenous Vietnam vegetation. The sniper hunting part at the end was in the Isle of Dogs before all the redevelopment.

... I left the door ajar and the courtesy light has flattened the battery. The last time I drove the Supe was Friday. Dead as a dodo. Now on charge for the next few hours! To make things worse I can't ride out on the bike because it's blocked in behind the Supe in the garage. Wot a plonker!!! I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF!!!

If it didn't hurt it wouldn't be fun!!

The Supes getting a bit long in the tooth and most car salesmen are quite savvy and know that you can pick them up for pocket money. About 10 years ago you could probably get Merc/Aston Martin/BMW/Porsche dealers bowng to you but I very much doubt it now.

I was driving to work from Cheltenham to Barnwood, Gloucester at about 6.45 am this morning. I come upto a few cars at the C&G Barnwood roundabout with traffic lights. Three lanes on the roundabout. I'm on the left hand lane which allows you to take 1st exit left or to go straight on. The middle lane is straight on only and the right lane is go right. Lights change we all move off. As I pass the 1st left exit a huge black 4x4 Nissan Navarro comes steaming past from the middle or right hand lane, cuts right across me. All I can see is black wall of metal and wheels. I slammed on the anchors and fortunately missed him by microns. He takes the 1st exit and just carried on like as if nothing happened.

Paint them orange and they will look just like flames.

I would have let them sit at the table telling them only up until when your mates arrive. Then kicked them off. If they were really fit girlies, it's a no brainer. Also what if your mates never did arrive, wouldn't you have felt a right cnut.