I really am in two minds over that as good as free Yamaha Diversion. It runs and rides but lacks an MOT. Let's look at the cons. 1. It's a Divvy. 2. I'm self employed and even a slight tumble would put me out of work for weeks. 3. Bike theft is fucking rife in Merseyside. If, no WHEN it got stolen I...

Hooli wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:30 am

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:35 am I feel slightly dirty admitting that I was slightly tempted myself.

£500 for a running bike is pretty good these days, no matter what it is. As long as it's MOTable of course.

I can have it for essentially fuck all (free taxi rides for a couple of weeks) if I want.

I feel slightly dirty admitting that I was slightly tempted myself.

An associate of mine has taken a bike in as payment for a debt. He's only a young lad who's two wheeled experience is riding illegal scrambler bikes. He says that it's a "well fucking rapid Yamaha 600." I trotted over to have a look at this bike which I was assuming to be an R6 or at least...

When I was five or six I was given a toy police Mk3 Cortina as a present. Even though it was a two door I changed the police sign to say TAXI and stuck a small orange square of paper to the back of the boot to make a taxi plate.

A sign of things to come.

Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:48 pm

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:23 pm Believe it or not, I'm actually the most calm of the three of us

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And that's £6500 down the shitter due to a mechanic (who was paid in advance) not lifting a spanner in over six weeks. In a bizarre twist of fate the mechanic who lost me the £6500 is now out of rehab and I'm not the only one he's pissed off. His ever growing list of sins includes staling £1000 fro...