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The Englishman's wife steps up to the first tee and, as she bends over to place her ball, a gust of wind blows her skirt up and reveals her lack of underwear. "Good God, woman! Why aren't you wearing any knickers?" her husband demanded. "Well, you don't give me enough housekeeping money to afford any," she replied. The Englishman immediately reaches into his pocket and says, " For the sake of decency, here's 50 Pounds. Go and buy yourself some underwear." Next, the Irishman's wife bends over to set her ball on the tee. Her skirt also blows up to show that she is wearing no undies. "Blessed Virgin Mary, woman! You've no knickers. Why not?" She replies, "I can't afford any on the money you give me." Her husband reaches into his pocket and says, "For the sake of decency, here's 20 Pounds. Go and buy yourself some underwear!" Lastly, the Scotsman's wife bends over. The wind also takes her skirt over her head to reveal that she, too is naked under it. "Sweet mudder of Jasus, Maggie! Where the fook are yer drawers?" She too explains, "You dinna give me enough money ta be able ta affarrd any." The Scotsman reaches into his pocket and says, "Well, fer the love 'o Jasus, 'n the sake of decency, here's a comb. Tidy yerself up a bit."

Quote; Ned Kelly. I was at that trial also, and the bike is not a demonstrator supplied by KD MotoTrials, it is owned by Mark Reed and currently ridden by Kale Reed. They were kind enough to offer KD Mototrials the opportunity for a few souls to ride the bike. The bike is far from setup for your level of riding. The bike was setup suspension wise for Kale an Expert class rider. Most experts like their suspension settings pretty damn firm to take the punishment they dish out. No wonder you may have thought it was a touch firm. The standard settings are very similar to the 2 stroke and quite plush. I think you are quite right Ned in your assessement. I was not aware the bike was available for a test ride,but i did have a static play on it and can assure you it is set up suspension wise to suit Kales considerable weight (all muscle)and his very fast and aggressive riding style,it felt nothing at all like the silky smooth plush suspension of my previous SY 250s. Jim im sure to be fair,it would be much better for you to have aride on a standard new 4t Scorpa when Kale has one available, and then give us another revue on the differences to your standard 4t Montesa.

A duck walks into a bar and asks: "Got any Bread?" Barman says: "No." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No, we have no bread." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No, we haven't got any f*ucking bread." Duck says: "Got any bread?" Barman says: "No, are you deaf?! We haven't got any f*cking bread, ask me again and I'll nail your f*cking beak to the bar you irritating b*stard of a f*cking bird!" Duck says: "Got any nails?" Barman says: "No" Duck says: "Got any bread?

The Bacon Tree Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert, wandering aimlessly and close to death. They are close to just lying down and waiting for the inevitable, when all of a sudden....... "Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon I is sure of eet" "Si, Luis eet smells like bacon to meee". So, with renewed strength, they struggle up the next sand dune, and there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon. There's raw bacon, dripping with moisture, there's fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon...every imaginable kind of cured pig meat. "Pepe, Pepe, we is saved. "Eees a bacon tree". "Luis, are you sure ees not a meerage? We ees in the Desert don't forget" "Pepe when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smeell like bacon...ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree". And with that ...Luis Races towards the tree. he gets to within 5 metres, Pepe following closely behind, when all of a sudden, a machine gun opens up,and Luis is cut down in his tracks. It is clear he is mortally wounded but. true friend that he is, he manages to warn Pepe with his dying breath. "Pepe...go back man,you was right ees not a bacon tree" "Luis Luis mi amigo...what ees it? "Pepe...ees not a bacon tree... Ees Ees Ees Ees Eees a Ham Bush"

You have got a keen eye there Mike to spot them !

Observers with a track record of bias or ineptitude or down right pig headedness should not be given the priveledge and responsability the be in a position to cause these situations to arise. There is always a fine line in observing and in a WTC event to have a known contentious puncher is not worth the frustration or heartaches that come from his actions. For his name to be freely posted here is an indication of his track record.

Man, that pics the real Mc Coy definition of Bikespace.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a bar and sat down to drink a Beer. After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said "Who owns the big white horse outside?" The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched his gun belt, and said, "I do...Why?" The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, "I just thought you'd like to know that your horse is about dead outside!" The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside and sure enough Silver was ready to die from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got the horse water and soon Silver was starting to feel a little better. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, "Tonto, I want you to run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him start to feel better." Tonto said, "Sure, Kemosabe" and took off running circles around Silver. Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to the bar to finish his drink. A few minutes later, another cowboy struts into the bar and asks, "Who owns that big white horse outside?" The Lone Ranger stands again, and claims, "I do, what's wrong with him this time?" The cowboy looks him in the eye and says, 'Nothing, but you left your injun runnin"

Hey Tim, Im sure you will be well looked after any where you travel throughout NZ. The whole trials scene there is pretty layed back and a pleasure to be involved in No matter what bike you ride their hospitality is tops. Your right on those slippery sections,they have those in abundance. I'll bet you are hanging out for your new bike. Just a tip,couple of guys that may lead you astray are Beta John and Peter Jackson.... Don't worry about Merriman Junior or Senior there a push over. If you get over to Australia make sure its on a trial date I'm sure we could organise a bike.

Hi Eric, back in the 70s what were you riding. Hey Ishy...Out soon! Wheres he at ? Across the pond has been a bit dull lately. You are right there he does seem to dwell in the once upon a time themes.

Has anyone got lucky yet? Must be getting close to release.

A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day, their passions overcame them and they took off for her house, where they made passionate love all afternoon. Exhausted from the wild sex, they fell asleep, awakening around 8:00 PM. As the man threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt. Mystified, she nonetheless complied. He slipped into his shoes and drove home. "Where have you been?" demanded his wife when he entered the house. "Darling, I can't lie to you. I've been having an affair with my secretary and we've been having sex all afternoon. I fell asleep and didn't wake up until eight o'clock." The wife glanced down at his shoes and said, "You lying *******! You've been playing golf!"

Doug, Had this trouble with my 2003 Scorpa. It was very frustrating as no matter how many times it was reseated with high amounts of air pressure one side would continually slip down to give that buckelled wheel effect. Ended up removing tyre and fitting tube ,then inflating to balloon the tyre,left it stretched for a couple of days,refitted ,worked a treat. As the other guys indicated, up to 80 psi seems to do the job of beading with out any problems.

Never Argue With A Woman.... One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book. Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, "Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?" "Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, "Isn't that obvious?") "You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her. "I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading." "Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up." "If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault," says the woman. "But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden. "That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment." "Have a nice day ma'am," and he left. MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think

Hi A, Like all the other Scorpa riders replys I too have never had a problem with there braking. Have just had a friend fitted new wheel bearings to his GG and put a touch of grease on the calipers which when the brakes got hot contaminated the disk and disc pads. No amount of cleaning gave him back the braking power the bike had prior to the contamination. Had to end up fitting new disc and disc pads. If you were to fit a new disc it may be worth checking out the larger 06 disc if only for more disc pad surface area should give long pad life.

These Betas are sooooo predictable, Ill just have a quick kip.

All the flash riding gear now is so hot. I find using any of the synthetic clothing causes the bod temperature to rise immediately. Is there any non synthetic gear around that still makes it look like you can ride ?

Check to see if the bottom actuating arm that is rotated to engage clutch is not cracked at the weld and flexing, giving the unstable clutch feel.

H=Hardley R=ridden D=Davidson A=All C=Cocked U=Up

Matt, The best idea is to have a ride on a few different brands and get a bit of a feel.What is available for sale locally sure will make purchase easy but if its not your cup of tea you may regret your decision.

What was the cause for the dnf.

You sure theres not a starter motor behind that

Thanks for the tip Heath. Looks like I'd better find a gal with mighty big hands...so she wont be frightened off.

Hey DGS maybe I was a bit hard on Scorpa and the homework you have done suggests otherwise. I just based my opinion, on what to me is obvious, look at the huge gap now between the scores,(down turn in results)where as Freixa was only a clean or so between the top result previously and was always a very real threat of a top three finish. Now whether he is coming seventh or eleveth when your that far away from the main game, surely must have some bearing on his machinery and not his sudden lack of skill. Your probably right with Dougie and Fugi,but put them both on a Scorpa and it would certainly bring a smile and a ray of hope to some of the less skilled (podium challenged )championship riders.