not testing the water is a risky business and I too learned that to my experience losing a full tank full of marines

I was only left with a cleaner shrimp



I know chevet very well and there is a blind corners there, he was obviously not thinking, as for moped riders please take this on board we all start riding at some time and late teenage kids are no worse than in my day and I too could be labeled in the same category at that time, what you should imagine is 'your body' hitting a car wing / bumper it may make you cringe and think,
just let them pass,
I once had a lady try and run me off the road all because I passed waiting traffic at the lights, I thought about following her but just put it down sheer stupidity on her behalf,

they do press ads saying think bike for a reason and they are the most enjoyable ways to travel if done safely

first world cup game and fed up already with the racket, they should shove every horn right up their chocolate wizz way, if this anything to go by then I doubt I will be watch many games if any at all,

ban all drums, horns, bands from games

That's pretty standard stuff when you ride a push-bike - we're even further down the road-users food chain than motorcyclists.

my mate used to race push bikes and got knocked of with a jag

what a mess he was, broken arm and hip and loads of gravel rash

... and that's the most popular sport in the world, my god with that as entertainment it's a wonder why RL struggles to get numbers though the gate for it's domestic and international matches.

Its a fashion not entertainment, if you want to "fit in" and be "part of the crowd" then you have to "buy into it" can't really call it a sport either.

Don't get me wrong I enjoy a good game of football, but more often than not it flatters to deceive yet it still remains immensely popular.

125cc? Have you passed your CBT then?

think a 125 is small fry for snowie

I'm lucky enough to go through the system that is in place as I passed my test back in '77' but wise enough to understand the power that it has, maybe there should be something in place for riders that hasn't ridden for some time,
the last bike I rode was about 12 yr ago and was a honda cb 500 having had a previous break of 3 yrs, I realised after two months that it was under powered with two on and wished I had gone bigger after having an old honda super dream 250 and I thought I would need get some practice so didn't go straight for the bigger bike, I have ridden the bike for 10 mins on my street and have got used to the throttle and biting of the clutch so feel confident to bring her on to the main streets now,

I was working in tadcaster and had to go on site up glasgow to work in a brewery, I was asked if I had drove a cargo 7.5 ton before, having never driven one I ended up doing half the journey both ways, I now end up being volunteered to drive one as my license says I can and young drivers have to take a test

something not quite right there

so I am licensed tax and insured and confident to go back to two wheels

Well, I did ask if I could go for a pint as I M NOW ON MY FRENCH HOLS.


But someone deleted it.
Anyhoo, I went for a pint without any permission. Sorry if offence was taken.

I would never have ridden a bike but when I first came over here 10 years ago I had to learn as the transport provided was a motorbike.

Learning to ride has made me a much better, more observant and more considerate car driver. I think all car drivers should be made to do at least the CBT on a bike.



Must admit it scared me to death learning in Leeds in January in the ice and snow and traffic. I was under pressure as I only had a month to pass the test from never being on a bike before going abroad. (failed anyway

)

It took maybe 6 months after that before I felt confident enough with my ability, but now I love it.

Never really enjoyed driving cars, probably because I've always had rubbish cars, but even a rubbish bike is really great fun. The freedom and level of control just doesn't compare to a four-wheeled armchair.

I only have an old Honda 125 (the roads are not good enough for anything heavier/more powerful) but it's still fun just to go for a ride for the sake of it. (The weather also helps

)

I would recommend motorbikes to anyone, but make sure you get some good training! You can ride safely, it's mainly about looking after yourself. Motorbikes, like guns, are not dangerous on their own.

P.S. I also have driven 7.5 tonners despite no experience because it came with my car license in '84

The RSA / Mexico game was pretty good - but the France thing was awful.

Al's right though, it's about much more than the sport itself and that's why we can never compete!



I will still be cheering England on to win as, unlikely as it is, it would put a lot of smiles on people's faces - and there's nowt wrong with that!



On the other hand, in the RUWC, I would be cheering for the 3-eyed lot in green against England - and that again is about something far bigger than the sport itself!

I'm with you on that one.
Last 'rugby' world cup I wore a South Africa T-shirt and got a fair amount of stick, but I explained my reasons and that I'd support England at any other sport even tiddly-winks.


I lived in Wales for a while so I gave their RU team support and, like them, support just 2 teams, Wales and anyone else who's playing against England

Thats a first

If anyone's "stocking up" for tonight's rubgy/footy Tesco's are doing 54 bottles of Stella for £20. That works out to just 37p/bottle and they are the 300ml ones not the stubbies. Better hurry though I think the promotion finishes at 3pm. I got mine from the place at East Ardsley.

What do i drink watching the second half




Nice offer bur can't stand Stella.

we live in a great street and just been invited to a mad neighbours house for few beers to watch the match, quite a few going, hes put on table football on the lawn as well

let the beer flow



who else is doing the same

I'm off out for a walk and as far away from that garbage as i can get.

St Georges day and no one cares, puffball and "get the England flags out" disgracefull.

All set to change in the coming years!

It is a crazy ruling at present, but come the year 2014, if you haven't gone through the proper courses and had the correct training you won't be able to drive one. I attended the first part of my course at the back end of last year and am doing it spread over 5 years, it wasn't half bloody boring!

I got told to drive one at work, i did suggest i had not driven one before and maybe not a good idea, but they insisted i could because my licence covered it.

Its crazy and i'm glad they are changing the way it works.

One to cheer us up, new pics of my ikkle wildcat 'Arwen.'

Why? Don't think it's particularly difficult to drive a 7.5 tonner. In fact the driving position makes it pretty much a piece of piiss imo

are they in a cage /pen

also is it a scottish blue it looks like some think out of brave heart, the mrs loves it

Yep, the breeder puts the kittens in a pen when they have been naughty! (smashing ornaments this time) She'll be with the breeder for about 12 days until her injections then we get can pick her up!

We always wanted a cat like 'Mrs Norris' off Harry Potter but feared it was an unobtainable real Wildcat but it turns out 'Norris' is a pretty common Maine Coon, the largest domestic cat!

Nobody knows the origins of the Maine Coon but they've primarily evolved to live in Snow, large tuffs on the paws, neck and ears to avoid heat loss and a huge bushy tail that can wrap around the whole of the cats body to shield it from the elements. These cats have huge paws to stop them sinking in snow. Males can grow up to 4 foot in length but ours will probably be just over 2 foot.



I kid you not the breeder has a red cat this big too.