Mark Jackson

Thanks David! 👍

Typical Dutchman, always looking for a bicycle route! 😀
Seeing it built may take a while, but we’ve waited 2000 years for Hadrian to “finish the build” so another year is nothing!

Hadrian’s wall episode was great too. What made it remarkably relevant is that, almost 2000 years after it was built, my daughter has been working designing the adjacent cycle path!

If you ever find yourself in Iceland, the fabulously random Punk museum, in an old underground toilet facility in Reykjavik, is worth a visit.👍🇮🇸

Where / when will Alex Marquez win his first (Sunday) MotoGP race? Surely it’s due soon?

A m’bike leaning against a wall is so much different than one using a side stand

Seconded! We were there three weeks ago and loved it! 👍🇮🇸

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Look at how talented my artist wife is.

#OTD in 1945, Holland. Shared interest. A RASC Staff Sergeant inspecting a Matchless motorcycle in use by despatch riders from Polish 1 Armoured Division. #WW2 #HISTORY

Good stuff! Cheers Chris👌🏼

Ah yes, how have I changed?!

I still love bikes that talk to me, still value charm & silliness over comfort, still like silly twisty roads rather than big open ones…

But, I’m no longer disappointed to get home without grinding a slider, instead I value just getting out on a bike, any bike. 😀👌🏼

Sorry… what was the question? 🤣

And hence I now believe that a basic human right is to have:
a sports bike ( for track ‘cos roads are busier & worse than ever).
Some sort of vencha bike, albeit mine is old & slow.
A Supermoto, to replace a sports bike on the road.
Heated gloves, ‘cos bikes make me feel good at all times of year!👍

And then, when my road bike was a newish ‘98, I saw an 1150 GS…

I bought one to share the garage with the Yam and it was an eye opener…
⚡️heated grips!
A usable pillion seat!🙋‍♀️
It smoothed out roads but still wheelied over crests!😀

Basically, a grown-up bike for someone that still hasn’t grown up!

Loved sports bikes but then discovered Supermotos… I’ve had loads, from 500 strokers to current Husky 701. Fun, light, fun, crashable, fun…
I loved how I could ride to work, enjoy a trail ride, go racing, even enjoy a daft weekend camping, but obvs they’re pretty crippling for any distance… 😀

Field bikes 1st, rode a knackered SS50 everywhere at 16, 125s, KR1 250, radicalised by the 1st PB Knockhill Frenzy!
Then proddie racing from 250 to ExUP1000, Ministocks (cheaper) & years of hill climbs (cheaper still). Always enjoyed ‘Thinking’ about my riding… but often thought the wrong thing!🤣🤦🏻

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😀 Tune’s gonna be stuck in your head now! 🤦🏻

I can imagine the first MotoGP test already…

“Hey Fabiano…”
“Scusi Romano…”
“Ciao Gigi…”

And by the first race the GS is gonna have an adapted ride height device to eccentrically move the pivot of the suspension rocker and change the effective spring rate for different luggage! 😀

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This is a reconstruction of the full tower, it is based on scanning of the surviving structure and accurate historical documentation.
I love these cut-out see through illustrations, used to stare at them for ages as a kid.

Look there's the toilet!

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I got a proper bollocking off a marshal, doing a “Flat Hillclimb” Twisty sprint meeting at Elvington, as I’d forgotten I’d left a friend’s “Plastic with Titanium bits” slider on. Apparently it makes people “Think you’re crashing!”😀

P.S. Race/track Marshalls are awesome! 👍

Oohh… Protek, T-Pro, Hein Gerick, Nankai, wIZ plastic, WIZ leather, The ones with the lighter flints in, the ones with Titanium bits in, err…

#MudLarking #CowTippin

Exploring a bit of North Yorkshire this morning.😀

Yay! Christmas has come early!

Cheers FECfellas! 👌🏼🍻

Thanks David for another year of keeping us well informed, making us think and helping us laugh. It’s very much appreciated! 👍