Modern Vespa

Genie, will you customize the seat at the same time? I know you had the new cover to work with your scoot when it went blue. Looking forward to the unveiling!

i'm just chucking money at the beast right now ... which i cannot really afford so the present seat cover will have to remain for the forseeable. i have an idea about a new one i want alan to do for me, but that's not on the cards for another month or two. i'm also waiting on the black dogleg brake levers from oopsclunkthud - so the new-look 'loper may not be completely finished for some time.

i'm still gonna post pics when it comes back from the paint shop tho

I look forward to the pics...the shade of green you chose is one of my favorites. I never thought of it on the scooter, but I think it's going to be great!

Sorry I've been quite for a while but I havn't had much to say.

My only news is that I'm keeping the Hornet well into 2010 and I've traded the Fox and bought a new Ford Ka which has been held for me for the past 2 months while I wasted my time with the Autotrader,Gumtree and Ebay.

Kam you can't go wrong with a second hand Saab.

Genie I'm waiting with baited breath until the Interloper's paintjob is finished.

Will you be showing it at the Pilot on the 11th of October ?

Is anyone out there coming down to Spiders on the 27th of September ?

Bill X

Oh I saw a black Pug today and made an "awww" sound inside my helmet.

Remind me about that, I may have a pressie for him.

Good to see you back Bill, I was starting to get worried.


Could anyone email me an image of the Donkei Skok Scooter Club logo? I want to print one out for the other half to use to make a cake.

(yes I am aware it is a silly to have a Skok cake but if nothing else it will be a good excuse to eat lots of cake )

Ahhhhh, four pages of Donk is just what I needed to cushion the blow of being back at work

Lovely hol. Beautiful half-timbered gite with hot and cold running goats. Bread, cheese and cider every day and some nice gentle pottering around the area. A few touristy activities (D-Day museums and Monet's garden). Mostly, though, just excellent unwinding, without the frantic pace and 300-mile slogs to the next night's hotel that usually accompany my motorcycling holidays (those are fun too, but it was good to have a change).

So, will the cake be coming to the Pilot on Oct 11th?

It all sounds wonderful Alice.

Yes, the cake will be coming with me on the 11th. (somehow????)

Aw no - you're going to need one of those pizza crate things on your rack!

That is not a bad idea. I should get a Donkei Skok Pizza box made up.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16702791@N05/sets/72157622300295627/

Anyone got any Malossi stickers to go on a pram?

Awwww.

Massive congratulations, Simon.

Well done Mrs BB.
(and you Simon of course! )

Bless her cotton socks.

Great Pics, you are never too young for your first pint.

Well done to you both.

Oh, hurrah - congratulations!

Thanks everyone. I like to think I did rather well. Only needed a little gas and air to get through the delivery

She's a beauty! Now the fun begins!

oh she's lovely simon, congrats to you and mrs. bb at last a model for your knitwear

Guess who got Modded up over on the GTS forum then???? 8)

guess who got modded up by LSBS? the interloper will be collected tomorrow morning pictures to follow

on the subject of wool..........

A Welsh man buys several sheep, hoping to breed them for wool.


After several weeks, he notices that none of the sheep are getting pregnant, and phones a vet for help.


The vet tells him that he should try artificial insemination.



The farmer doesn't have the slightest idea what this means but, not wanting to display his ignorance, only asks the vet how he will know when the sheep are pregnant.



The vet tells him that they will stop standing around and instead will lie down and wallow in grass when
they are pregnant..

The man hangs up and gives it some thought. He comes to the conclusion that artificial insemination means he has to impregnate the sheep himself.



So, he loads the sheep into his Land Rover, drives them out into the woods, has sex with them all, brings them back, and goes to bed..

Next morning, he wakes and looks out at the sheep. Seeing that they are all still standing around, he deduces that the first try didn't take, and loads them in the Land Rover again.



He drives them out to the woods, bangs each sheep twice for good measure, brings them back, and goes to bed
exhausted.


Next morning, he wakes to find the sheep still just standing round.



Try again. he tells himself, and proceeds to load them up, and drive them out to the woods. He spends all day shagging the sheep and upon returning home, falls listlessly into bed.

The next morning, he cannot even raise himself from the bed to look out of the window.



He asks his wife to look, and tell him if the sheep are lying in the grass.




No, she says,



they're all in the Land Rover,


and one of them is beeping the horn.

congratulations! soak it all up - it goes so fast.

very very true......

make the most of every moment 8)

Chronia Polla!!!!

A&A

Congratulations BB, you look delighted (quite right too).

Maver - I thought I liked the joke and then proper guffawed at the vid. Its the way the tension builds once you realise what's coming.

This Sunday's run to Spiders place will start at the Maidstone Services at 10 - 10.30 ish. After coffee and muffins and we'll be using one of my favourite stretches of road - the A20 to Charing then the A28 to Canterbury and a small stretch on the A2.
Later a visit to the Honda dealership near Lydden could well be in order.
If it's dry the pace will be as brisk but as sensible as possible and everyone is welcome.
C'mon you know you wanna.
Bill X

I know I wanna.

Gordon's Alive !!!!!

Welcome back from the Land of the Lost Creth.

Bill X

I can't come on Saturday as it is the day before I leave for university and have packing and document checking to do.
Could my best wishes be passed on.

document checking? 558 you have entirely the wrong attitude about university-related paperwork.

documents must be carefully filed and then left under your bed or on top of the wardrobe at your parents' house. you must then turn up to register with an air of utter helplessness and waste 45mins of the administrator's time having to check and enter everything manually.

just kidding ... have a great time did you ever sort out the parking permit nonsense?

Ah, yes, the joys of working student registration. It knows no national or cultural boundaries.

Al

Congratulations! She looks lovely.

Can I offer help on packing?

• Art poster (Klimt, Munch or Dali) - to impress girls
• Book Zen and the art ... (doesn't matter what it is as you'll never have time to read it) - to impress everyone else
• Soup bowl and spoon - (you won't be able to afford real meals)
• Jumper and jeans - (you'll need a belt by the end of the 1st term and braces by the 2nd - see above)
• Box of condoms - (periodically check the date on these)
• Documents????
  

oooooh cock it.

I was only posting the other day how my exhaust seems in pretty good nick, compared to others. On the way home last night my dinky stock exhaust sounded like a flippin' Harley.

So what is the recommended solution? (I know this has been discussed up-hills and down-dales)

sounds like you need a new gasket. how many miles on your scooter? they should fit a new one under warranty.

Bad news for UK Vespa owners: Pat in EastEnders is getting a GTS.



(don't ask me how I know this information)

i'm having trouble envisioning it

A pink LX might be more appropriate!

It has just over 6500km, I will see if I can get a new gasket fitted under warranty tomorrow.