Away from my Yamaha’s…
I mess with my cars, go fishing, do (mostly) what my lovely Jules tells me, actor, writer, set design and build, seeing eye human for a blind dog.
😁
Posted 24 September 2022 - 06:42 am
Away from my Yamaha’s…
I mess with my cars, go fishing, do (mostly) what my lovely Jules tells me, actor, writer, set design and build, seeing eye human for a blind dog.
😁
Posted 24 September 2022 - 06:59 am
Posted 24 September 2022 - 07:44 pm
Posted 24 September 2022 - 08:57 pm
Funny this should pop up. I've let my free time fun slide drastically the last couple of years, the rona has not helped.
So, I've made a deal with myself to make time and get off my skinny arse this summer and back into my hobbies.
Gonna see if I can still hold my breath and go spearfishing, if not or as well, the salt water fly fishing will be back. No troots round here... More hard enduro and trials riding to keep my pain threshold up and show off purple bruises.
I'm also setting up a hobby business restoring and sharpening knives. Dunno why but it's very relaxing and Zen like.
A strange compulsion to get an electric unicycle is on my Christmas list. I must love pain!
TDM 850 Loud and unusual. CRM 250r Woo hoo! DT 230 Lanza Fiddled with.... Bloody hell, is that legal? GG Randonee AKA "I didn't think that was possible".
Posted 24 September 2022 - 10:56 pm
Funny this should pop up. I've let my free time fun slide drastically the last couple of years, the rona has not helped.
So, I've made a deal with myself to make time and get off my skinny arse this summer and back into my hobbies.
Gonna see if I can still hold my breath and go spearfishing, if not or as well, the salt water fly fishing will be back. No troots round here... More hard enduro and trials riding to keep my pain threshold up and show off purple bruises.
I'm also setting up a hobby business restoring and sharpening knives. Dunno why but it's very relaxing and Zen like.
A strange compulsion to get an electric unicycle is on my Christmas list. I must love pain!
I had a unicycle last year, probably not the best idea at 60 with crumbling hips and 3 damaged discs.
Posted 25 September 2022 - 10:18 am
cycling road and gravel), running, swimming and scout leader, so camping and loads of youth activities.
"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"
Mods; Oil pressure switch, neoprene rear inner mudguard, scottoiler, highway pegs, fenda extenda, 1999 carbs and airbox, Kais suspension setup, later clutch springs, LED lamps, Metmachex swingarm, Hagon Shock, Oxford heated grips, 4 way fused accessory Bus, 17" 3CV front wheel, Michellin R6 tyres, GPS speedo, 5' ignition advance.
Posted 25 September 2022 - 10:27 am
Apart from my two bikes, I have a bit of a camera collection, modern digital mostly, currently being thinned out via ebay.
Microcontroller programming which I started to do when I built a 'nixie clock' for my dad's retirement present. I still make one-off clocks to order when time allows(!), and in recent years I've worked with programmable led lighting devices.
I cook a fair bit (college trained chef and later cookery teacher, before returning to engineering), and we have a couple of dogs that keep us fit
900 with better bits. Owes me nothing, Makes me smile
Posted 25 September 2022 - 11:39 am
cycling road and gravel), running, swimming and scout leader, so camping and loads of youth activities.
I miss Cubs and Scouts, used to have a great time, 60’s/70’s.
Posted 25 September 2022 - 05:37 pm
I miss Cubs and Scouts, used to have a great time, 60’s/70’s.
still volunteer if you want to. Like being a kid again tbh
"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"
Mods; Oil pressure switch, neoprene rear inner mudguard, scottoiler, highway pegs, fenda extenda, 1999 carbs and airbox, Kais suspension setup, later clutch springs, LED lamps, Metmachex swingarm, Hagon Shock, Oxford heated grips, 4 way fused accessory Bus, 17" 3CV front wheel, Michellin R6 tyres, GPS speedo, 5' ignition advance.
Posted 25 September 2022 - 09:45 pm
I miss Cubs and Scouts, used to have a great time, 60’s/70’s.
No way Jimmy Carr could say that.
I had a unicycle last year, probably not the best idea at 60 with crumbling hips and 3 damaged discs.
I learned to unicycle at clown school many moons ago. Used to go and do my shopping on one.
Edited by harvey krumpet, 25 September 2022 - 09:44 pm.
TDM 850 Loud and unusual. CRM 250r Woo hoo! DT 230 Lanza Fiddled with.... Bloody hell, is that legal? GG Randonee AKA "I didn't think that was possible".
Posted 26 September 2022 - 08:31 am
Edited by leehenty, 26 September 2022 - 11:34 am.
Posted 26 September 2022 - 09:59 am
I'm getting boring in my old age. Have a long list of previous hobbies (jui-jitsu, fencing, gliding, diving, hiking, riding...) but these days not doing a lot beyond a bit of running, although I am quite involved with my local parkrun.
I was planning on having a go at kite boarding having moved near the beach, but did my back in a while ago so not sure that's a great idea until it's back to full strength. My little 1.8 meter kite can drag me along the beach, and those guys are using 10+ meter ones. Still have a few bits of DIY to do though having moved house earlier in the year.
Re Cubs and Scouts above, if it's something that interests you they're often crying out for volunteers. My Mrs used help out with DofE and when we moved to somewhere that doesn't have that, looked at the local scout group...and got snapped up pretty quickly to run thier Beavers <insert Frank Drebin joke here...>.
Edited by ChrisG, 26 September 2022 - 10:02 am.
1992 Mk1, 76k miles, Hagon springs, MTC exhaust, 4½ gears Gone now
2009 900 abs, 42k miles, Yamaha heated grips, double bubble screen, R&G crash bungs, scottoiler, Autocom, 1500 lumen LED spotlights.
Posted 26 September 2022 - 11:51 am
No time for hobbies bar the motorbike and that becomes less each year it seems, previously used to sail a lot, canoe and the odd day white water rafting, race around a 36 kilometre lake on mountain bikes and hiking, in the winter went skiing Monday through Friday, since returning to blighty and working nights never seem to have the time for much. However i think for my new hobbie i'm going to become a porn star.
Bigred mk1 R1 Calipers- Braided lines- Givi wing rack-Crash bungs- Hi vis bullets-PR2's- and a hoot to ride.
Quad 900 Silver Laser duo tech pipes-Scott oiler-Engine crash bars- Radiator mounted see me ring LED's-Datatool system 3 alarm -Centre stand- Extender fender-Renthal bars-Handle bar risers-Mirror extenders-BMW GS Handgaurds-Acumen uprated horn & Nautilus-Stainless steel Radiator guard-Givi wing rack-OEM screen-Yammy touring screen-MRA Vario-MRA Double bubble cut down for fast as fk riding-Tiger screen-Tank protector-Stomp grip panels-Optimate lead Gone to Heaven
1991 MK1 in need of some TLC watch this space Sorted and on the Road Mick it's the bike that Jack built Gone to Heaven
Posted 26 September 2022 - 12:04 pm
Current toys: '99 XT600E, 2000 4TX, '82 Princess 30DS (where the username comes from), No longer a '03 Fazer thou.
Save the planet, it's the only one with beer!
Posted 26 September 2022 - 03:05 pm
Posted 27 September 2022 - 08:07 am
"However i think for my new hobbie i'm going to become a porn star."
Much easier now telly's are so much bigger....
Well of course, lots to see.
I'll want paying danger money to watch you in a porn movie Cliff
yea i've been known to fall off a few times.
Bigred mk1 R1 Calipers- Braided lines- Givi wing rack-Crash bungs- Hi vis bullets-PR2's- and a hoot to ride.
Quad 900 Silver Laser duo tech pipes-Scott oiler-Engine crash bars- Radiator mounted see me ring LED's-Datatool system 3 alarm -Centre stand- Extender fender-Renthal bars-Handle bar risers-Mirror extenders-BMW GS Handgaurds-Acumen uprated horn & Nautilus-Stainless steel Radiator guard-Givi wing rack-OEM screen-Yammy touring screen-MRA Vario-MRA Double bubble cut down for fast as fk riding-Tiger screen-Tank protector-Stomp grip panels-Optimate lead Gone to Heaven
1991 MK1 in need of some TLC watch this space Sorted and on the Road Mick it's the bike that Jack built Gone to Heaven
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