Modern Vespa

no basket but it's got a cupholder

The only thing I can come up with is Oh hoh hih hoh hih hoh hih hoh.

Bill XX

wish this bloody snow would just piss off now... its just taking it too far ..... its so deep now its gonna cut into me riding time ....
i do hate winter ....... s.a.d.

I also bought myself a folding bike last week. I've already done a couple of hundred miles on it.

punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate will nature make a man of me yet ? .......
....i think i finally got that one [bit slow]

So this afternoon I pulled both of its wheels out and replaced the tacky white wall tyres that had about as much grip as Avon Road Runners in the wet and replaced them with Schwalbe Anti Puncture tyres with narrow reflective strips in their side walls.

My other half bought me some lights for it so now I'm Captain Sensible for sure. Dayglo waistcoat anyone ?

After some gear adjustment it was as good as new so as I don't have to buy myself a folding bike anymore so I'm going to blow the cash on finishing my tattoo which was started 10 years ago but really needs to be completed.

I need a tattoo artist I can trust. Anyone you can suggest ?

Oh yeah I aslo have a smart new hair cut. Would anyone care to see it ?

Bill XX

I want to see the whole bike and the haircut and this 'girlfriend' of yours that you keep dropping into the conversation.

I'll get that sorted out next weekend because it's getting dark out there but at least it looks alot less girly than it did this morning.

Even though it's name is Macho it's look isn't.

There was talk of putting a shopping basket on it but after that suggestion I quickly lost interest in the conversation.

Picture of smart new haircut should be sorted very soon.

Oh yeah Kam I've still got eyes on a Brompton.

Bill XX

ill help you with posting photos bill .... sorry but its still a little girly

can't beat a shopping basket on a bike

had them on both the raliegh twentys i had before they got stolen (one after the other), got the second one back, minus the basket of course, but it got stolen again soon after..... bastards

i like semi slick roads tyres rather than mud plugging mountain bike style tyres, i rarely off road and the rolling resistance with the mountain tyres is horrendous

Both of us are having problems trying to picture Maver on a bike with a shopping basket.

Picture of smart new hair cut coming up.

Maver I've styled it on yours.

Bill X

i present to you: mr. velcro head. everything sticks to it, including small animals and soft furnishings

is that for extra aerodynamics when pedaling

That was the thinking but it seems that any benefit that I would have gained have been wiped out by the baguettes and the onions in the shopping basket.

Vive La Tescos !

Bill X

Oh Kam you are being such a tease.

It doesn't take much to figure it out but it's something we choose not to pin on our collective chests.

Billy XX

The Spagetti House in the lower end of Haymarket is booked for 12 people between from 12.30 onwards on the 4th of April and I'll be going back at a later date to check out some bike parking nearby.

I'll post this in the Rally section later on.

I'm sure that the numbers will change but it's a good amount to start with.

Bill XX

Edit - Lunch with the Stars thread posted.

Do you have to pick little lint balls off that pate when you use a towel, Bill?

I find that when velcro gets linty, it's best to use a slicker comb, like those for dogs, to 'card' the little buggers out of the velcro hooks.

Anything fleece like sticks to it like glue and woolen hats won't come off no matter how hard you peddle.

I have a velcro head now which although seems to suit me does feel the cold a little more.

I thought about doing the full razor job but then I changed my mind.

Me thinks I'll have to get one of those rollers that you use to remove the lint from suits.

mmmm Sexy.......not.

Bill X

me mates razored his bonce and kept banging it... he works on a building site and has to climb scaffolding ... so he now has number 1 and no less

I feel that pain, Bill. I underwent a significant mane reduction procedure recently and it's only served to increase my pining for the Summer weather. Haven't even had any interviews yet so I could have stayed shaggy a bit longer, but the image change always gives my general outlook a good kick in the arse and I've got plenty hats. The beard remains, though. I can only imagine how cold all those baldy faces must be feeling this Winter.

Me, I can't wait until Spring springs so I can ride my rides and not have to clean them both twice every weekend.

Love and Rockets

Bill XX

I think there's a (free) Westminster multi-storey just off Cockspur Street. Failing that, the multi-storey in Chinatown (behind the fire-station on Shaftesbury Avenue) seems to always have plenty of spaces.

Cheers,

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surely you mean get to?

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comedy genius.

Hear me when I say - Work of Genius !!!!!!!

Happy Bill XXX

A new and exciting day began at the wheel of death that is the E&C, being pursued by an irate minicab driver who screamed out of the window "I hope you get crushed by a lorry" at half 9 this morning.

It was not my fault that you pulled onto the E&C without looking, cutting me up, and decided to pull into my lane without looking again, and then when you did see me, decided to drive about a foot behind me until I gave the beans because you were clearly crazy about something and since we'd only been on the road for two minutes together, I didn't think it was me.

You then sped up yourself and pulled across three lanes of traffic to give your blood curse. You total twat.

what a nice way to start the day. i've had similar experiences with cab drivers. i console myself in the knowledge that their heads are likely to explode from chronic high blood pressure and they will experience painful and lingering deaths, hopefully not at the wheel of their taxi.

Cab drivers are almost always vile and inconsiderate but that's taking things to a whole new level. Someone has clearly not had any sex for the last decade or so.

I had a much nicer start to my morning: a lovely chat with my elderly neighbour as I was getting the scooter ready, which ended with him saying "You're all right, you are. You make me larf."

If I achieve nothing else today...

Hi there, I only stumbled across Modern Vespa this morning, but it looks like a bit of a find.

I read somewhere else that this was the place to look for information of UK rides?

Does anybody know of anything?

Thanks.

This one is coming up:

London MV: Ride A Cock, Sunday March 7th

Welcome to MV - don't judge the whole place by this thread, most of the forum is much saner and more relevant to scooters

What do you ride, by the way?

I ride in the hope you will see my male chicken Huskyteer

I've just made wee kitty's final vet appointment for this Thursday She's just not having fun any more, I think it's time for her to move on to the party in kitty heaven

Good move, Genie. Its'a tough decision to take but well done for getting there.

Oh cock, how sad.

she's sitting in my lap right now, purring happily ... but she's pretty much gone off her food, even the elite gourmet fare she's been getting, she's been barfing more and more frequently, and her back legs have started to give out so she can't jump up to her favourite places any more. i could squeak another week out of her, but that would be purely selfish poor little mite.

Enjoy the time you've got left, and well done on the decision.

Ugh, a bad start and getting worse.

I am currently running a few group actions. This requires a lot of organisation, and I have to delegate the work to an administrative officer because there are hundreds of files and it costs too much for me to do it.

My officer has a degree from LSE, and yet is the most useless, initiative lacking twit I have ever encountered. She can't spell, can't punctuate, can't organise, can't obey simple instructions and now I face an afternoon of doing her work for her. She failed to raise a very significant problem which is causing me much difficulty.

The only thing that is stopping me bollocking her rotten in public is the fact she's leaving in a month anyway, to do a masters in international relations.

I've turned into an old cow, plainly, but the next officer I have will be degreeless, enthusiastic and have a bloody brain. I am so sick of having stupid graduates screw up simple work, and then lack the integrity to fess up. Then they wonder why they can't get a good job. You don't deserve one, you idiot.

I have three hundred files labelled "Document's".

i feel your pain. i have just given a grade of 35% to a student who researched her entire (lame) essay on wikipedia, and her email to me, inquiring about why she had received such a poor grade, was titled 'wat?'