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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / September 2008This was a cnut of a place to find
http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graphics/TTT1.JPG <cue jokes> Mainly because most signs have been stolen :-) Bit of a trip http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=twatt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941 &sspn=8.57166,22.148438&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr Jean and I left Thursday night, did 1204 miles round trip [2]. Part of the fun was that even as we got on the Ferry we did not know the location of the rally, it was 8 miles from its place name. It was dark when we arrived on the south of the island, I had my tinted visor and could not see more than the white lines and the tail light of the bike if front (mate on trip). Fortunatly 2 miles down the road a biker off the ferry thought it would be helpful to guide us...... at wht turned out to be 80+mph[1] down dark lanes following 2 red tail lights for 35 miles. Good rally site, they get you drunk before letting you put a tent up :-) Now, all we need to do is work out if we can make the Summer Dim next year. [1] only 1 bulb on facia, needle went missing at 50mph. [2] And still didn't get furthest travelled :-(  SignatureXJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, 750SS POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 *(Emails to the posted address will be ignored)* "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ Get the Software http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris > http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graphics/TTT1.JPG > <cue jokes> > > Mainly because most signs have been stolen :-) > > Bit of a trip http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=twatt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941 &sspn=8.57166,22.148438&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr Google Maps won't zoom that far in to Twatt. SignatureChris Ct spoke: > http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=twatt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941 &sspn=8.57166,22.148438&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr > > Google Maps won't zoom that far in to Twatt. Confusingly, there is also a Twatt on Shetland. SignatureRob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabiolet Easily confused. > Ct spoke: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Confusingly, there is also a Twatt on Shetland. I remember Champ absolutely refusing, one year at the Bol, to be photographed next to a sign that read: Le Camp du Castellet >> Ct spoke: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Le Camp du Castellet I should have worn my "Same Twat, different day" T shirt I also think a TC at TWATT has significance :-) SignatureBruce on the eeePC YTC#1 > Ct spoke: >> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=twatt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941 &sspn=8.57166,22.148438&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr >> >> Google Maps won't zoom that far in to Twatt. > > Confusingly, there is also a Twatt on Shetland. Ah, no, I believe there are 2 twatts there SignatureXJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, 750SS POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 *(Emails to the posted address will be ignored)* "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ Get the Software http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris Wotcha. > Confusingly, there is also a Twatt on Shetland. Take it from me, over the Mid-Summer weekend there are several ;-) Signature^..^ Lone Wolf http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ >http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graphics/TTT1.JPG ><cue jokes> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Bit of a trip >http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=twatt&sll=53.800651,-4.064941 &sspn=8.57166,22.148438&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=addr oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys SignatureJackie Puma 1.7 BOTAFOT#91a IBW#48 FTB5#a >>http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graphics/TTT1.JPG >><cue jokes> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys Its a bit "flat", but Scapa Flow etc was well interesting Light quality is strange, it always seems to be twilight SignatureXJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, 750SS POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 *(Emails to the posted address will be ignored)* "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ Get the Software http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris >> oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys > >Its a bit "flat", but Scapa Flow etc was well interesting > >Light quality is strange, it always seems to be twilight Land of the Simmer Dim, innit. SignaturePip: B12 >>> oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Land of the Simmer Dim, innit. Thats Shetland, innit ? SignatureXJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, 750SS POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 *(Emails to the posted address will be ignored)* "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ Get the Software http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris >>>> oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Thats Shetland, innit ? I thought it applied to the whole area where the sun doesn't go down properly. Anyway, yer Orkney, yer Shetland - all the same place really, innit. SignaturePip: B12 >>>>> oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys >>>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > properly. Anyway, yer Orkney, yer Shetland - all the same place > really, innit. I'm thinking about the rally http://www.lpmcc.net/rallies/rally_simmer.htm SignatureXJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, 750SS POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 *(Emails to the posted address will be ignored)* "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ Get the Software http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris snip> >I'm thinking about the rally > >http://www.lpmcc.net/rallies/rally_simmer.htm Would anywhere in the UK win longest distance and would you get extra points for doing it on a wanky old outfit? Just curious... Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick <nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed >snip> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Just curious... What, you want longest distance because you had to go around each roundabout three and a half times before you could persuade the outfit to lurch off in roughly the right direction? Well, it's a theory... PS. f.ck! I just remembered I owe you money. What a c.nt I am. I shall get over to see you ASAP. S*rry. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick ><nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >PS. f.ck! I just remembered I owe you money. What a c.nt I am. I shall >get over to see you ASAP. S*rry. You do? That's great because I need to get the wheel spacers for my exotic new front forks modified and I can't see me getting any quality time in a machine shop in the near future. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick <nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed >>PS. f.ck! I just remembered I owe you money. What a c.nt I am. I shall >>get over to see you ASAP. S*rry. > >You do? I do. Bolts. >That's great because I need to get the wheel spacers for my exotic new >front forks modified and I can't see me getting any quality time in a >machine shop in the near future. That's a given. Give me the dimensions and it shall be done. Or, of course, you're welcome to come and play in the workshop any time. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. > That's a given. Give me the dimensions and it shall be done. Or, of > course, you're welcome to come and play in the workshop any time. That reminds me - I have found the pillion pegs ... could we have a "how the *f.ck* do these pegs go with that exhaust bracket?!" moment, soonish? Please. SignatureBear 2002 Yamaha R1 Saab Aero Sport Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed >> That's a given. Give me the dimensions and it shall be done. Or, of >> course, you're welcome to come and play in the workshop any time. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Please. NP. I'm a shade busy for the next couple of weeks, but suggest a time and we'll see what can be done. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear > <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > NP. I'm a shade busy for the next couple of weeks, but suggest a time > and we'll see what can be done. Er ... ASAP? Ie: you're the bloke with the talent, I'm just the c.nt with the metal, ergo email me with your decision :) SignatureBear 2002 Yamaha R1 Saab Aero Sport Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear >> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >Ie: you're the bloke with the talent, I'm just the c.nt with the metal, >ergo email me with your decision :) Oh. Right. Umm... Can't be this weekend or next. Could be the one after. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear > <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed > >> NP. I'm a shade busy for the next couple of weeks, but suggest a time > >> and we'll see what can be done. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Can't be this weekend or next. Could be the one after. I'm probably in Normandy next weekend, so one after suits me to a tee, ta. SignatureBear 2002 Yamaha R1 Saab Aero Sport >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick ><nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >That's a given. Give me the dimensions and it shall be done. Or, of >course, you're welcome to come and play in the workshop any time. I'm home next weekend so what I might do (if it's ok with you) is work out what I need on the Saturday then pop over and make them on the Sunday morning so I can have them fitted the same day. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick <nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed >>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick >><nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >out what I need on the Saturday then pop over and make them on the >Sunday morning so I can have them fitted the same day. Sunday morning would be fine. You have my number. SignatureWicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity. >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick ><nospam@bonwick.me.uk> typed [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Sunday morning would be fine. You have my number. Cheers for that. I might have it sorted by alternative means because I spoke to Wasp (they made the forks) and the owner reckons he's got drawings for all the bits and it wouldn't cost much for him to knock them up for me. He didn't know the price until he'd made them but all his other prices are very fair so I'll probably go down that route. I also asked how much for a replacement 15" front wheel and that'd be £510 including spindle and spacers but that's a bit steep for something as f.cked as my old K. When I asked if he did seal kits or reconditioned steering dampers if they were sent back he said it wasn't worth the hassle as they're only about £50 new so I've got one reserved to replace the existing one that's leaking more oil than a 35 year old Norton. We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember YTC#1 <bdp@ytc1NOARGYBEEF.co.uk> saying something like: >> oh *Jealous* I love the Orkneys > >Its a bit "flat", but Scapa Flow etc was well interesting When I was in Kirkwall I had no particular interest in Naval history at the time and it didn't even occur to me to look at Scapa Flow. I met Scabby Flo, though. >Light quality is strange, it always seems to be twilight It's odd up there, right enough. I recall standing in a hardware store next to The World's Smelliest Man. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House Wotcha. > http://www.ytc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graphics/TTT1.JPG > <cue jokes> > > Mainly because most signs have been stolen :-) Here's another twat, at the other Twatt. http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/images/twatt.jpg Back in 1986 - Simmer Dim rally. Signature^..^ Lone Wolf http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> saying something like: >Here's another twat, at the other Twatt. > >http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/images/twatt.jpg Christ, that's awful; here... http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/1666af4d5a.jpg http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/809a9928d3.jpg SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House Wotcha. >> Here's another twat, at the other Twatt. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/809a9928d3.jpg Ooh - that's better. The original was scanned from a tatty old piccy that was lurking in my photo album. Signature^..^ Lone Wolf http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> saying something like: >Ooh - that's better. NP. >The original was scanned from a tatty old piccy that was lurking in my photo >album. Re-scan it with the right settings and you'll get a lot better than those. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House Wotcha. >> The original was scanned from a tatty old piccy that was lurking in >> my photo album. > > Re-scan it with the right settings and you'll get a lot better than > those. Must confess, I spent about three evenings scanning all my old piccies. I was concentrating on speed rather than perfection. By the end of the third evening I was sick of the sight and sound of a scanner ;-) Digital photography is my friend. Signature^..^ Lone Wolf http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/ We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "^..^ Lone Wolf" <lonewolf@moonshiners.org.uk> saying something like: >Must confess, I spent about three evenings scanning all my old piccies. I >was concentrating on speed rather than perfection. By the end of the third >evening I was sick of the sight and sound of a scanner ;-) >Digital photography is my friend. Know what you mean - scanning can be a pita, but depends on how smart the s/w is. I'm using Silverfast and the standard Epson s/w and tbh, most of the time the Epson s/w is just as good for rattling on with it on auto settings if I have a batch to do where IQ isn't all that important. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House |
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