Motorcyclists Corner.....

[Hagar]

Good to see you Paul. Sorry to hear about Daisy but I'm sure it's for the best. Take care old chum.

[Jungleace]

Hi Fozzer.
I have been visiting for a lot of years too. I enjoy you reports of your 2 wheeling explorations. I will miss those. I also enjoyed photos of your meals you prepared. Always good.
Just curious something you have mentioned in a couple of post. I wondered if you are or were a real world pilot? What have you flown?
1st motorcycle in 1950!!? I bet you have seen a lot of changes!? what was your 1st bike?

[Tug002]

Good to hear from you Paul. I was worried when I hadn't seen anything from you in a while. So sorry about you having to give up riding but you still have FSX. Stay safe and healthy.

Keep smiling
Tug

[Fozzer]

Hi Fozzer.
I have been visiting for a lot of years too. I enjoy you reports of your 2 wheeling explorations. I will miss those. I also enjoyed photos of your meals you prepared. Always good.
Just curious something you have mentioned in a couple of post. I wondered if you are or were a real world pilot? What have you flown?
1st motorcycle in 1950!!? I bet you have seen a lot of changes!? what was your 1st bike?

Hello Jungleace...!
Good to see you!
I'm so glad that you enjoyed all my explorations on my 2 wheels....
...and my "Home Cooking" achievements.... ...!

Flown stuff?....£100 Trial Flight in a Cessna 152 in 2004, (Shobdon Airfield EGBS), as a result of my interest in my Flight Simulators; "FS2002" at the time!
With my many Flight Sim Crashes, I now feel that my place in my cosy armchair, clutching my trusty Flightstick, was always the much safer option for me...and everyone else...LOL...!

My first motorcycle in 1950?.... My Dear old Dad purchased it for me....98cc Sun motorcycle, which I crashed a couple of times... ...as a new rider... ...!
Followed quickly by my 1949 350cc Royal Enfield Model G, which again, my dear old Dad purchased for me!
350cc Royal Enfield Bullets were very popular at the time!
....I constantly miss my dear old Dad...1901-1989.... ...!
All my following motorcycles were a selection of various British and Japanese motorcycles, solo and sidecar, including my 1949 1000cc Vincent HRD, culminating in my 1996 Honda 250cc Rebel cruiser....Daisy...(my cheap Harley Davidson)... ... ....!
My favourite out of all of them was my 500cc 1959 BSA Super Rocket, parallel twin, a real Cafe Racer!... ...!
A lifetime of motorcycles...1950-2025...happy memories...and I miss all of them!
Bike it...you'll like it.... ....!

Many thanks, Chums, for all your interest!

Take care, all... ....!

Paul...in England... ... ... ...!

[Fozzer]

Good to hear from you Paul. I was worried when I hadn't seen anything from you in a while. So sorry about you having to give up riding but you still have FSX. Stay safe and healthy.

Keep smiling
Tug

Hello, Tug, my faithful, comical old Chum!
Good to see you again!
I miss my two-wheels now, as it was my only means of getting around!
I have to rely on others to get me out and about now...including my shopping for all my good stuff to eat (and drink) all day long!.... ....!
I still do my daily exploring of the world: Mostly California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico (' cos it's warmer there!), but now only in my Flight Simulators (1982-2025), my present being my FS2020, with its wonderful Satellite Scenery!
Without my interests in all my Flight simulators since 1982, I would be a Vegetable now, slowly decomposing in my armchair, waiting for the Angel of Death to carry me away!... ... ...!
No danger of that...with all my daily Home Cooking stuff filling my tummy!....and my Flights Simulators!.... and my/our wicked sense of humour.!... ... ...!

Take care, Tug...and keep posting the good stuff....
I follow it every day!

Paul...an ancient Anglo-Saxon... ....!

[Fozzer]

Good to see you Paul. Sorry to hear about Daisy but I'm sure it's for the best. Take care old chum.

Hello, Doug...

Good to see that we both are still followers of Simviation and all the good folks there!

After all the years of you constantly criticising my Punctuation and Spelling.... ... ... ...!
You will be pleased to know that I now rely wholly on my trusty "Grammarly" to aid me along, and automatically correct all my errors and mistakes....
...apart from the ones I intentionally make, for everyone's amusement.... ...!

Take care, Doug...

...Remember...we've still got lots more Folks to annoy before we pop our clogs....
...that's what I keep telling myself... ... ... ...!

Paul...in the West Midlands...quite close to Wales... ... ... ...!

[Hagar]

Hello, Doug...

Good to see that we both are still followers of Simviation and all the good folks there!

Yes, I still visit regularly but don't say much now. I miss all our chums from the "good old days".

After all the years of you constantly criticising my Punctuation and Spelling.... ... ... ...!
You will be pleased to know that I now rely wholly on my trusty "Grammarly" to aid me along, and automatically correct all my errors and mistakes....
...apart from the ones I intentionally make, for everyone's amusement.... ...!

All in fun as I'm sure you realise.

[Fozzer]

Hello, Doug...

Good to see that we both are still followers of Simviation and all the good folks there!

Yes, I still visit regularly but don't say much now. I miss all our chums from the "good old days".

After all the years of you constantly criticising my Punctuation and Spelling.... ... ... ...!
You will be pleased to know that I now rely wholly on my trusty "Grammarly" to aid me along, and automatically correct all my errors and mistakes....
...apart from the ones I intentionally make, for everyone's amusement.... ...!

All in fun as I'm sure you realise.

Hello Doug!

Yes...I well remember the "Good Old Days", from long, long ago!
The Forum was full of enthusiastic Aeroplane enthusiasts...always dragging me off to fly with them with the aid of the "online" Flight Sim Servers!
Many hours spent following the coasts together around North and South America, Australia and New Zealand; (NZFF)....and the coast of Great Britain, with pre-planned flights!
Where we all learned so much about the World around us...which is the joy and education of Flight Simulators!
As well as Simviation, I follow our Chums in New Zealand via their Flight Sim Forum, every day...>>> https://nzff.org/index.php ..I was taken there by one of our Sim V enthusiasts, many years ago...and where I also posted many of my Motorcycle Rides in the "Auto" Category!
So many motorcycle enthusiasts in the Flight Sim Forums!!
So many good friends from all around the World who have now either passed away or gone onto other things!
I remember many of their names with great fondness!
...and not forgetting all the other various Flight Sim Forums where we obtained much of our information...and free aircraft, etc!
It was a time when we all experimented with building our own Home Computers, from lots of electronic bits and pieces...I have rooms full of them...and crates of computer Games!
Uncle Bill Gates has a lot to answer for when he invented "Microsoft" and its DOS and Windows Computer programming since 1981...and Sinclair Spectrum 48K and Commodore C64...still got 'em!
The whole new world of Electronics!
Which, my dear Dad, 1901-1989...and me, 1934-? lived through!
So...there you go, Doug...
Lots of good times in the past!
Good Queen Victoria would be proud!.... ...!

Paul...an Ancient Briton...With a Hewlett-Packard Gaming Computer...and a Joystick... .... ... ...!

[flyboy 28]

Good evening from New Jersey, fellas. I have been thinking of late how the internet is not like it was "back in the day" and that I am grateful to have experienced the way this place connected a bunch of people from around the world. I'm so glad to see you all here and posting in this moment!

[flyboy 28]

Hello, all my faithful Motorcycle Chums, and everyone else, all around the world!
Sad news, I'm afraid... ...!
After some 75+ years of daily Motorcycling (I obtained my motorcycle licence in 1950), I have finally decided to hang up my trusty Motorcycle boots (and everything else), at the age of 92 years, due to a lack of strength to manage "Daisy" (my present 1996 Honda CMX250C Rebel, Cruiser Motorcycle.... ....!
I still have all my "Marbles" regarding safety on the road, for me and others, (the constant fear of dying), it's just the difficulty, being all skin and bone, little strength, and weighing a mere 130 LBS (in old money), trying to manage my Motorcycle (pushing it around), etc... ...!
I cancelled my Yearly Vehicle Tax and surrendered Daisy to my Garage, and covered her up to go to sleep!.... ...!
I've spent many happy years exploring the local scenery of England and Wales by two wheels, on the ground, so now I'm concentrating on exploring the scenery of the World (mostly the USA) from the air, with my various Flight Simulator "games", Microsoft Flight Sim since 1982, all the way to my present favourite, MSFS2020 on my HP Gaming Computer and my BenQ Gaming Monitor and my Thrustmaster X Flight Stick!.... ...!
So all is not lost!
The constant stress of keeping all my various Ultralight Aircraft safely in the air keeps my mind active in between continuing to prepare, cook, and eat all my Famous Home-Cooked meals!
So, there you go, folks, after many years of being a faithful member of Simviation since the late 1990s, I still pop in every day to follow all the exciting news!
(Many thanks, Pete).
Take care, all...
...and avoid the dreaded tail-spin and nose-overs when braking, and flat-spin in the air when stalled!
Trust me...Been there, done it, many times, got all the T-shirts!.... ... ... ...!
....... ... ... ...!

Paul...1934-....In England... the Land of the Anglo Saxons!...... ... ... ...!

Paul, I applaud you for your years of safe riding! I'm sure that decision wasn't made lightly. I always enjoy catching one of your rides on Youtube!

James

[Hagar]

Good evening from New Jersey, fellas. I have been thinking of late how the internet is not like it was "back in the day" and that I am grateful to have experienced the way this place connected a bunch of people from around the world. I'm so glad to see you all here and posting in this moment!

Good to see you too James.