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[Rhubarb]

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A motorcycle is incredibly fuel efficient. It's insane.

And yea, be worried about your son. Christ, I have had too many brushes with death to go tempt fate by shoving my thumb up her asshole on a motorcycle. I would love to ride an old Triumph like my Dad had, but oh well.

Learning and making mistakes sometimes kill you, but damn, if it isn't done, well, that is a fate worse than death methinks.

It isn't always the rider but the other road users that are a bikers danger.

We lost 2 bikers locally last month, both due to 'I Didn't See You' drivers. Bart was 55, a member of the group No1 son belongs to.
The biker who was knocked off his bike with a woman trying to scoot across the traffic to get parking slot out side the KFC (no parking zone too) was across from where I work. He was 45 and in a local rock band.
Both seasoned bikers.
I never stopped my kids from riding. Christine was never happy on a bike of any description but did cycle off road with her boyfriend and his family. No1 son cycles to work and been riding a motorbike since he was 16. All of us have had spills and all usually due to road conditions (with me it was black ice) or other road users lack of consideration .


No1 son says his Fazer will give 200 miles on a full tank- £20

He bought his first car today. A black Mk3 Golf TDi. It looks tidy, previously owned by a couple of women and then an elderly gentleman and then his grandson, who didn't want it (already has Mk4). Had it checked out by Mark's school friend who owns his own garage and he was impressed, everything was good in the engine and polished to eye hurting gleam but not to hide anything dodgy.

Diesel is dearer and at £1.72 in Hampshire (where it came from) £20 only gave 1/4 of a tank.
He gives himself a £50 fuel budget monthly.
(Just been told he got a pay rise last month....22pence)