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We need to nail down a date to ride to Brighton to meet Capitano.

Ahem.

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GTS print pants
Those are amazing. Where can I get some?
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GTS print pants
Those are amazing. Where can I get some?
Here you go Alice, they're still available...

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_091010825345_-1
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Such service! Thank you
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I got a nice gift from Twist and Go Magazine while I was away - a Rock Oil Package which consisted of 2 litres of synthetic oil, 2 bottles of shiny stuff, 2 baseball caps, plus a t-shirt and sweatshirt.

Nice.

I must do some more writing.

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Agree
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We need to nail down a date to ride to Brighton to meet Capitano.
+1

(But when the weather is nicer )
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Re: Agree
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Bill Dog wrote:
We need to nail down a date to ride to Brighton to meet Capitano.
+1

(But when the weather is nicer )
does cap know about this? he can be a bit feisty when groups of hooligans turn up begging for handouts 8)
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Don't worry, I'll only be inviting people I like.

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I have brought back a treat for Huskyteer
Well travelled Vespa packs there.
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Re: Agree
terryvanman wrote:
Spike68 wrote:
Bill Dog wrote:
We need to nail down a date to ride to Brighton to meet Capitano.
+1

(But when the weather is nicer )
does cap know about this? he can be a bit feisty when groups of hooligans turn up begging for handouts 8)
All rumour and supposition Terry.

Uncharacteristically Summery South Coast January weather requested.
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Thank you genie!! Can't wait to go on some scooting trips rockin' my rucksack
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I'm working on the 2014 events list tonight including some more Donk meets.
Happy New Year Donks!

The new events list is now up, including a date for another weekender after the Norfolk one last year

UK Rallies and Events 2014

Pepy - really sorry about the date clash with your hols, I couldn't find a better fit than the Sept date
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A busy year by the looks of it.
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I'm having my nails done on most of those dates.

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Toe or finger,Bill? Laughing emoticon
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Toes, I'm having them painted as well.

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Laughing emoticon Rhymes with orange or another color?
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I would try another color because that post crashed my FireFox. Wha? emoticon Wha? emoticon
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kurple hirple
door hinge?? is that a colour??
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We visited Doug this afternoon for a catch up and after much coffee drinking and laughing I was handed an unused BMW riding jacket to take home with me.
Oddly enough it matches the "This is what you could have won" so it was hard to resist.

Thank you Doug.

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I've just lost interest in owning a Kawasaki J300 because underneath all that lovely styling it's a Kymco.

Bugger.

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Not unlike a number of Hodna motors?
I can't help but see a Burgman under the entire class of plastic fantastic almost a step through scooters. Right, wrong or indifferent, that's what they evoke for me. At least Piaggio retains a complete step through.
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Hmmmm, nothing particularly wrong with that except it won't be a Kymco price, will it?

I was almost tempted to take a punt on a very cheap 1 year old Kymco Agility 125 a while ago except the seller saw my interest not as a potential sale but as an indication that it was worth more.

I think he still has it.
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Kawasaki J300 £4095 Kymco £3995.

Yeah.
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on top
I have two black Rock Oil baseball caps to give away if anyone wants them.

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Then again, the Downtown 300i is a decent scoot. If you wanted one but didn't have a Kymco dealer nearby but did have a decent Kawasaki dealer....
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Re: on top
Bill Dog wrote:
I have two black Rock Oil baseball caps to give away if anyone wants them.
So have I Briefly used when my flatmate and I put them on backwards and pretended to be Kevin and Perry from Harry Enfield's Television Programme.

Happy New Year, everyone!!
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Sherlock..
Great to see him back yesterday.

and Jess
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Short version..

Not dead
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I can't feel passionate about riding a Kymco and I'd feel even less passionate about riding a Japanese scooter that's actually Taiwanese.
Nothing against the brand or the country it just doesn't fire my loins like the Italian stuff does.
I was just a bit saddened to find out that even with Kawasaki Heavy Industries massive resources they still turned to someone else to help them make it.

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Would anyone (by which I probably mean 'would genie' cos I can't think of anyone else it would fit) like a Tucano Urbano Dora jacket, lightly worn for review purposes and fitted with shoulder and elbow armour?

http://tucanourbano.com/Catalogo/item/dora-ab-en-US?categoryFullPath=abbigliamento%2Fgiacche

Size 42, which is usually a UK 14, but I'm a 12 and it's still a little tight under the arms.
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oh, that's very nice i'd definitely be interested in that. cheers Alice i'll swap you for a Vespa backpack!
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Done! I may get one more wear out of it as I'm going ice skating tomorrow
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