kilauea

Actualy - I think I'll stop posting but for none of the reasons given in this thread. The Mod's seem intent on ruining the forum by ****-poor moderation of threads. But it's their forum to do as they wish so enjoy it the rest of you!

That's quite interesting that you see the majority as middle class? I wouldn't have thought so myself. I admit that there is usualy a polarisation of people - fascists on one side, lefty do-gooders on the other - on some threads. But then its a big forum and these do not occur on entertainment or sports threads for instance. Again though, if its waste of time, why are you posting?

Why not just leave the forum for adults who know their own mind, what they are doing and what the obvious limitations are then? If it troubles you stay away. My earilest post (googled) is back in 1997 - that's 8 years of posting to newsgroups and forums. Perhaps you are just inexperienced and have joined with some naive preconceptions as to how a forum compares to real life and have been dissapointed? For the record, people who post to forums ALSO have real lives and debate the same issues with friends etc face to face. Your idea (which you have expressed in a previous but now deleted posting) that this is some sort of hideout for cowards is totally ill judged. There are many people on this forum who do know each other personlly. I have supplied my address to at least 5 people who regularly contribute (you can have it - just pm). Your posting smacks of some feeble pseudo-intellectual attempt at taking some sort of moral high ground against us forum users who you view as hiding from the real world. Your utterly wrong, and I think it is you who needs to get out more......

Just a thought - I used to use a Line 6 POD (original one) through an older Marshall 8080 solid state amp. If you messed with the EQ's etc you could get a half decent sound that way - but it will always sounds very different live from recording. Its a tricky one - I gave up and bought a new and more flexible amp (Marshall Valvestate 2000) and will buy pedals for effects.

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall" May well be true, but I think this is far more usefull advice... "The bigger they are, the greater the chances of you taking a beating".

Oh I see, your a lefty bustop-ist are you

is there a point to any of this any more? Shall we compare bustops to lamposts next?

I'd be right up for this - possibly even DJ'ing if I could squeeze it with work and you wanted me. I'll watch this space....

Well its but-ugly, but my god it goes! How on earth does it get the power down through the front wheel? I don't see any LSD or traction control? And noticed a NOS controller - was that time with NOS? Still mighty impressive either way but just curious.

I edited when I realised the mistake - Cyclone isn't being stupid! You can see my mistake though with claims of 7.5 for a Maestro!

Where the hell did that figure come from??? I must have missed that! Porsche 911 GT2 - 0-60 4.0 seconds dead. Source - this months EVO magazine from official figures. AH! 0-100!! What Maestro can do that? Sureley not even a turbo would get close to that?!

Abso-fecking-lutely!

I hear what your saying Foo - and don't get me wrong - I am a "keen driver". I do drive fast on the open road - sometimes over the speed limit, always focussed on the job at hand in a car that can do it safely. You can read what your want into those stats, but at the end of they day bikers are only slower than cars in 1 test. They are higher than them in every other - including the one where articulated lorries are highest. I take the point about cars having more mass - but I doubt there is much in that. If you got hit by a speeding bike your fcked anyway. There are no degrees of death! There is less chance of it hitting you due to it's relative size mind. I also admit that most drivers are careless - I am forever being frustrated by poor driving. However conversely, every single sports bike owner I know thinks he is far better than he actualy is. Which in some cases is even more dangerous.

try harder...

But like you have been at pains to point out - it is all about individuals and how they see it. I have no clue to Ms Battersby is, but I doubt she is the svelt Mel Sykes type of Boddies drinker? Either way, I think some of you fella's should get out of your village more and update your view of the world. If you see Women drinking pints as unfemenine then nobody can convince you that it isn't - but you do have to ask exactly where and how you were brought up with that view?