Is this thread becoming territorial?
Canadians of the HUBB unite verses Yorkshire? Pleases don't include me in either of these 'groups'!

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'He who laughs last, was too slow to get the joke'
Never confuse the map with the journey.

English ?

Not old







Surely not !

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"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

When I were a lad we 'ad nowt but a C50 'wi bald tyres 'an an old paper bag full 'o pre-used petrol instead 'at carbueretter.........

Possibly, I'll hazard a guess that the ratio of guys who look like E&C and ones who actually use their stuff is related to local bike culture for weekend riders (Cruisers in Canada? Sports bikes in Yorkshire but becoming impossible as the authorities crack down on speeding), the number of people per square mile (lots of space in Canada to use the stuff, you can cross Yorkshire in a day by pushbike so long as you can live with suicidal bus and truck drivers crammed onto roads designed for horses) and the weather (a road tyre equipped GS ridden by an ex-sport bike rider in Yorkshire will lose maybe eight Sundays a year, in Canada twenty?).

I think we have a problem with weekend riders who are making life hard for all riders. Having ruined sports bikes (we have a Police Hayabusa with cameras essencially to stop a Sunday morning run known as the Helmsley TT where these clowns crash their CBR600ZZZRZRRRRZ's around a small village) and having seen E&C on the telly this guys have turned to our kit and will muck that up too.

Oddly, I was looking at another site yesterday and was thinking that it might be interesting to try and get a bit more go out of the Bonneville as it main use right now is short rides as and when I fancy it. The result would no doubt be a poor copy of a '60's cafe racer. I'm sure real rockers would hate it, but copying the look wouldn't have been my aim.

Andy

Dooh, sorry I need 5 posts to reply on PM.

agree they started off good, i still like the lads but their programmes are all cooking and not enough biking these days.

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dave

That’s correct. Grant’s rule is that you only get “credit” if you post in the main body of the HUBB. The Bar is for “no useful content”.

I recon accusing your Scottish friend of being English is the ultimate insult for him and all Scots.

I may be able to use a sponge to wash my head, but at least I don’t look like one of the Village People




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I only came 2nd in the 'look alike'.....you won it! and you requested that pose in July09, I am flattered you kept the picture(on your bedroom wall maybe?
Are you sure the person we are talking about is a Scot?:confused1:

This is why the 'HU bar' don't score credits.....no useful content

A M Y C for the dyslexic, this is why we do9n't get credits in the 'HU bar'...........NO useful content!

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'He who laughs last, was too slow to get the joke'
Never confuse the map with the journey.

I am a big fan of Long "Way Round", "Long Way Down" and "Race to Dakar". I bought all three DVD's and thereby support those guys with $ (Just like I bought HU DVDs - Great stuff BTW )

Why is it so hard to take the LWR series for what it is? ...entertainment (drama) with a motorcycle topic. In the process there is some fantastic travel footage and cultural interaction to see. What's so wrong with that...? So, they are "rich" and have sponsors. Great for them .

The movies have given some folks the possibility to enjoy an adventure, which they will never do, from an armchair. It has inspired others to start riding motorcycles or, as in my case, inspire me to go on a RTW trip. That's why I ended up at HU in the first place...

Can it be all that bad...? Or, as previously posted, is there a lot of jealousy involved...? :confused1:


P.S.: Also, I do ride to Starbucks for a cup of joe on my GS...

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Thomas

"Hey, ...I'm just ridin' shotgun"

Yeh, the pic is next to the one of Michael Jackson and Noddy (of Noddy and Bigears fame). They have pride of place in the alotment shed.

Yes, he is definitely from north of Hadrian's Wall.

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Nick and his 2010 Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré

1. If you don't like the TV series turn your tele off.
2. Stop judging people by the bike they ride, the gear they wear, and just talk to them! There are w@nker bike riders and there are great bike riders, but you will not be able to tell this by the bike they ride, the gear they have or even where they have ridden!

Simple me thinks. This thread can now be closed

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Ollie

www.jollyfollies.com

Land's End to Sydney 2009

-sounds like a bloody good idea to me ,Triumph should have made the Bonnie a bit more powerful in the first place .Who gives a toss what it looks like ?Most 60's cafe racers were bodges anyway .

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Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light. - Spike Milligan
"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

My son met a guy on the road who was riding "The Long Way Round" on a GS1150 ,following the same route that Ewan and Charlie took and wearing identical gear .The guy said that he wanted to do this ,so that he could tell the folks back home that he'd ridden the long way round !Sad ,very sad !

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Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light. - Spike Milligan
"When you come to a fork in the road ,take it ! When you come to a spoon in the road ,take that also ."

I don't see this as sad necessarily ........... not original, but still, might be worth considering more details of the trip. Also (and no disrespect to your son) but the embellishment he may have added to the story to make it fit the usual anti E_C rant.

Damn I wasn't going to get drawn in - I don't even ride a bike!

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www.jollyfollies.com

Land's End to Sydney 2009

E and C were influential in getting me to take my bike test in the first place. I thoroughly enjoyed both trips (and have loved the Achievable Dream series); all of these have inspired me to travel by bike. The Hubb has been a great inspiration, and I'm looking forward to more Travel DVD's (Mondo enduro, et al). I've just met Sam Manicom at the NEC, and am looking forward to reading the book he signed for me (not to mention Jupiter's Travels I've also just bought). I enjoyed listening to and meeting Charlie and Sam Pavey on their Tour last year. On the back of all this, I've been to France, and I'm planning a wider tour of Europe this year and Africa next; who knows where in the future?

I suppose the point of this is that whatever we ride, however we (legally) ride them, where ever we ride and with whom (and wearing whatever we choose), we should celebrate riding in all its forms. It would appear that there's a decline in people taking their test here in Britain, and we should be grateful of anything that raises the profile of riding; we love it, and we like to share!

Whatever you're doing, have fun riding.