Modern Vespa

my bitubo front shock arrived in the post today


all i need to do now is see if the dealer can fit it while i wait (1.5 hrs max) or else it'll be a while before i can get it fitted

Thank you all for your birthday wishes - Kam,Benelli,Wonder,Huskyteer,MikeO and Mgent.
I feel quite humble.

The best pressie was to learn that my ear drum isn't damaged and should be back to normal in 4 - 5 weeks.

Thanks again

Billy-no-scoot

Very good news.

good news bill.

at our age, who needs another ailment

Happy Birthday Bill.......... have a good one.

Happy Burfday Bill. Glad your orifices are soon to return to A1 condition...

Its dark down here.....

and happy Birthday for yesterday Mr Bill... you dont look half bad for and old bloke

I'm grumpy today

The zip on my one-piece suit broke yesterday (I didn't think I was that porky!) and I had a very chilly and vulnerable ride home with it flapping about. I've dropped it off at the drycleaner's but they're not sure they can get a replacement zip that long. So I rode to work this morning in my leather jacket and summer (mesh!) trousers. Brr!

YOYOY do I have such crummy luck with my kit?( Do not even start me on the saga of my heated jacket and its various replacement plugs.) It's not that I'm cheap - well, I am, but I've had cheap kit last for years and years while expensive stuff goes pop in weeks - and it really, really, really, really stresses me out.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

At least the sun is shining.

You might speak to Emma if you're looking for specialist zips. Not that she's overly into bondage, but she has been recently looking for fabric/sewing shops, so that might help.

What a shame. No more New Avengers stylee suit action for the time being

@rse, it's raining like anything, I'm going to get totally wet going home in my unsuitable gear!

Alice, you poor thing! I think you need to go to Harpers and get yourself one of those revit suits!

Birthday wishes thanks to Border Doug and Christos.

Poor Alice having major problems in all this awful weather.
Thanks for sharing the image of you in wet under garments.
Isn't it the worst feeling peeling off all of those soaking wet clothes.
Nasty.

Yes I'm quite chuffed that my ear is still in one piece.
It seems that the pressure in the plane pushed the infection from my cold up my nose and into my ear where it found a nice place to multiply.
Should be all clear in a month. Enough of my shell like problems.

I hope it's going to be dry this saturday. I'm itching to get out for a ride.
Regards
Billy-no-scoot

You like ?

or this ?

happy bday for yesterday bill and good news on your ears.
i'm watching a bbc2 replay on "horizon: why do we dream" - if you have digital you can replay it.
might inspire your dream search - they didn't mention anything about scooters though.

what manky disgusting crap crap weather, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
i could feel the drops falling on me (though not wet, heavy), and water sliding from my jacket into the thermoscud and wetting my crotch, nice!

when will she join her for rides?

or that ?

Yes I saw that programme. It was more about why we dream rather than what dreams are about. Most of the ones I've had recently have contained water or some sort. I'm sure that means something.

Thanks for the Birthday wishes Dessa.

I do feel sorry for you guys and girls having to ride in this awful weather every day.
You have my sympathy.

yeah, I wish they went on about Freud a bit more, would have been more interesting than electrolasticisticlack-pin-boin
did you see the bit where the canadian natives discuss their dreams and the old wise woman said water meant illness? but your ears are fine?
honestly bill, £50 a session now.

ps: if we make it to 40 pages we should consider our own forum or discussion, we may be pissing the other MV'ers off like our friend suggested back in page... 20-odd... somewhere

beautiful!

Would you believe he painted it with a spray can ?
I have to say I really like it.

How did I not see the connection between water and my lug hole ?

Got shite for brains me.

Put it on the tab Dessa and I'll have no more talk from you or Huskyteer about damp crotches.
Mainly because I can't think of a smutty joke.
Bill X

Is it me or has the weather been rubbish sinse October ?
This is the worst winter I can remember.
Arse
Bill X

Ah, I see. She's generally fairly keen to get scooting. It's just a bit tricky at the moment, mainly because it's my busiest time at work and I'm working at least one day most weekends, so when we manage to get a bit of time together it's not always the automatic thing to do to get the bikes out.

The weather's been terrible ever since I got my new scooter. I think I've only taken it out once on roads free of water, ice or grit and that was the Saturday before we got all this snow.

It may be horrid riding in the rain, but when we do get a nice day I'll be whizzing ahead because it all seems so easy on dry roads

Bill: that is one schmexy scooter! Just the right colour too.

Doug: don't tempt me! Actually, if I had that sort of money, I'd import an Aerostich (I have an eBay Favourite Search set up in case one in my size comes up secondhand).

If it's any consolation, it's started snowing here.
I went shopping on the bike (pedal) and just got back in time, only to find Ed venting the house as his old PC had gone very bang, caught fire and blown all the fuses!

What a Gay Day!

got my bitubo front shock fitted by cbswhitton (thanks for the recommendation jim) this morning. fantastic service and all done on time and very reasonably priced, despite them encountering problems with siezed bolts.

i'll be going to cbs for servicing from now on and they even have an MP3 courtesy bike, so that'll be fun.

the new bitubo shock is a revelation. my old shock was much worse than i thought it was. it's posssible that a new stock shock may have had a similar effect, but the ride is so much more planted now. i'm starting to think that vespa front shocks won't last much longer than two years. especially with all the potholes in london and the fact that i have to bump up a big kerb to get the bike into my front garden every day.

well happy. and it looks super-cool.

Scootgraphics cannot do reflective vinyls, so I have gone for the regular ones. I hope that's okay with everyone.

'Tis with me, thank you.

Whatever!

Good to hear you had a good experience with CBS. I've only heard good things about them (and I'm due a service soon, so maybe they're somewhere to try).

I've been noticing my scoot isn't taking the bumps very well recently, so I wonder whether some new shocks aren't in order for me as well. Need to take it for a service and let someone who knows what they're doing have a look at it.

snowing like a crazy thing here in north norfolk

makes me even more reluctant to book my ticket on the tunnel for the 28th lunch in le tourquinetwotsitmebob gig, thing is i NEED to go just don't want the journey from hell

i'm going to sound like an irritation 90210 wannabeloser now but

OH-MY-GOD, HOW CRAP IS THIS WEATHER, I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SICK OF IT

and... Alice (here it comes, a bit more), "TELL ME ABOUT IT", this reminds me (wait for it) of when I used to live in new zealand and I was 17 and i bought myself with hardly saved cash my first hair straighteners (which weren't that good) and it rained for 6 months straight, so I could never enjoy fully frizz free lovely hair and by the time it got sunny and dry i had gone off the straightners

im yet to enjoy a perfect day's ride on my Velma. I even felt bad for taking her out of the shop where she was under cover and warm waiting for a sensible summer buyer.

It was my duty to go to the Ace tonight (MAG meeting - of two as it turned out) and had to use the GP800 instead of the Fuoco, as the Fuoco's indicators are still intermittent. T'was fine - except for the pin-lock inner visor on the Nolan 103 helmet. Bloody thing allows water in between the inner and outer visors - and this is my second replacement visor set! In the end I was only able to see out of the middle bit, straight ahead, no side vision at all. I can feel a DFA building up... (Different Fucking Arrangement). The Bob Heath Veewipe Visor Cleaner was perfick for keeping the outside clear of clagged snow though.

Yikes to riding home in snow flurry - ick! Need a little wiper on the visor. Cleared up pretty quick but you have my sympathies maver. I used to like snow, now it means boredom.

I did have a bit of fun with some sports bikes on the way home along the A4 who seemed a bit surprised at being beaten at the lights by a scooter.... more than once.

His nibs seems excited about learning to ride and buying a scoot. With a little bit of luck it should all be done by this weekend. All his mates at work are now thinking about riding in... it is catching, this scooter disease!

Maver why not check the forecast a week before the ride to Le Touquet then make a choice ?
The transaction has taken place in case you were wondering.
MikeO Have you got the lekki sorted out now Ed fused the entire crib ?
God I hope it stops snowing before Saturday. I really need a good ride out to somewhere.
Hey if it wasn't for the weather the English would have nothing to talk about.
Regards
Billy-no-scoot

You little evangelist you.

Yes, all is well.
In fact, the fire was out, PC unplugged and trips reset before I got home.
The smell's gone now, too.

Ha ha - they are all down in the car park now comparing cc. Or something.

Apparently they crawled out of the woodwork when he came in and said his missus had bought a 300...

If they form their own club their leader will be a Polish dude the size of a bear riding a Zip 50. Tbh, anyone who rides a Zip 50 and survives in London traffic gets my respect, they are sooo small.

Oops - I post too much. 5555 just passed.

that is my plan................... if i do book, i shall book an earlier crossing, nip to belgium to buy my wife some of her special choclates and meet the main as you exit the eurotunnel terminal. good news, i hope you're pleased with the item 8)