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11-03-2018, 11:13 PM | #1 |
5ft 3 of perfection!!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: enniskillen
Bike: M620
Posts: 524
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holy crap 5 years since my last post on here!
Hi all! wats the Craic?!?!
Any new Northern Irish monster owners here? I WAS checking in once a year but I seemed to have let that slip! Ive been still nosing on here now & then, mostly on the 'how to' and 'for sale' sections as ive a goal to buy an s4 very soon!!! Well just in case anyones wondering wat ive been up to... (I'm sure they havnt!) ive got married, bought a new house with a built in garage and have owned another 5 bikes. At the moment in the stable there is my trusty little 620 monster! An fzr 1000 and a fazer 600. I also have a trike that I am currently building to sell to buy the aforementioned S4!!! I have my UKMOC patches on my waistcoat and every year look forward to my yearly email about the DOC kits! lol If anyone is planning to come to the emerald isle this year please make sure to give me a shout... I usually go to the NW200 and Ulster GPs and my local bike club is actually hosting our 1st road race!! Speaking of clubs, I have my own called SHORT ARSE MCC make sure to add us on fb!
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12-03-2018, 12:23 PM | #2 | |
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Hey Ricky, you're not concerned about this suggestion are you?
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They are mostly London-based (although not all) and meet for breakfast at the week-end and have a Christmas meal together to reinforce the social bond. This is not just my opininion and I once saw the UKMOC referred to as 'The London Club' The rest of us are not really wanted anyway and the suggestion about deleting members will please many of the clique. Don't worry about it. |
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12-03-2018, 12:27 PM | #3 | |
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12-03-2018, 12:49 PM | #4 | |
No turn left unstoned
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: leicester
Bike: M750
Posts: 4,555
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In fact I disagree with them strongly. However you do raise a valid point regarding the "lapsing" of membership. Unfortunately you only address the issue from one side. Criticism is easy, solutions are harder. I'm a midlander btw. Ricky .. I will get the monster over to Ireland at some stage. Will give you a call. |
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12-03-2018, 01:02 PM | #5 |
5ft 3 of perfection!!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: enniskillen
Bike: M620
Posts: 524
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Yeh i guessed something was up when i got the recent email... the forum is a great source of knowledge and should be available forever!! But if u had to sign on at least once a year or quarter or watever to keep it active then i would agree with that. With today's social media its certainly a much different world than 2005 when i 1st joined!!
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12-03-2018, 01:54 PM | #6 | |
Pleasantly surprised!
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Stoke on Trent
Bike: M900ie
Posts: 780
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I will say that I have recieved a fair amount of advice & friendly chat. I can't honestly say that I paid a great deal of attention to the area where every reply came from, but some were certainly poor devils who live "dahn Saf" - even a few from the smoke! This site for me has been a good experience which is why I continue to log in.
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12-03-2018, 02:40 PM | #7 | |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: A Foward Location
Bike: S4r
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13-03-2018, 07:14 AM | #8 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Warminster
Bike: M696
Posts: 170
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Met guys from East Anglia, Midlands, London and all over the UK on the Coast to Coast run and felt very welcome. Local group also friendly. Pedro, who is is one of the club officials, lives in Wiltshire and was only too happy to take a couple of us newbies for a spin after one of our breakfast meets last year. I think this post is a slap in the face for those people who give up a lot of their own time to run this club and forum, organising the Weekender, sending out annual membership packs etc. I, for one, am very grateful to them. This forum is full of useful info and comment, that’s why I log-in most days.
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13-03-2018, 09:04 AM | #9 | |
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13-03-2018, 09:24 AM | #10 |
No turn left unstoned
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: leicester
Bike: M750
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Well said Maggsy and Shuffy.
In fact there are so many bigoted untruths there that its hard to know where to start. Backed up by the pseudo-evidence of one anonymous "quote" with no context. |
13-03-2018, 09:39 AM | #11 |
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Berkhamsted
Bike: M796
Posts: 1,398
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Perhaps BLUNT feels like UKMOC is cliquey simply because he is a twat. It's hard to like a twat.
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13-03-2018, 11:43 AM | #12 |
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13-03-2018, 01:04 PM | #13 |
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Warminster
Bike: M696
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He's certainly a silly blunt!
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13-03-2018, 03:05 PM | #14 |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: widnes
Bike: M1100s
Posts: 780
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I don't know about the London Club but up here in the sunny northwest for the last 15 months the has been gradually growing in numbers at our monthly meetings so you see once someone makes a move (thanks Garry for rattling Mikes cage) the group comes together.
As Rob stated Lars is from Norway and has attended WDW four times travelling down sometimes on his own to stay with the group that used to stay at the villa, he's a true ducatisti and his input is always factual. It's a shame that you'll be stepping down Rob so a big thanks from us up norf and let's hope that we get someone good to fill the boots that you're vacating.. |
13-03-2018, 03:06 PM | #15 |
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Berkhamsted
Bike: M796
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I vote Rob for president.
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