I have one for sale.
 
It's Brand New as in :  Still in Box and Never Fitted (I sold the bike)
 
Part Number on the box reads :   Hardware Kit.  DIGI 03003002     (Full product details on Google ;o)
 
I intend to put it up for grabs on eBay in June (my next ride to UK)  but you can have it now if you wish.
 
PM me with your very best offer .. and I'll consider the posibility of a deal .. and post it from Spain.
 
Stay Safe      Polar Bear.

Just for interest .. maybe ?
 
The best advert I have for HG kit is this shot of me on a ten day wintertime Husky Safari way up in northern Lapland .. temperatures around minus 27c most of the time .. and I stayed as snug as toast 
 
The suit is now (about) ten years old and still doing what it said on the original tin .. very good gear. 
 
(My dogs seemed to like reading the MCN too)
 
Stay Safe Guys .. buy the best you can afford and keep warm and dry     
 
Trev.   The Polar Bear

Hello Ad..
 
I'm thinking you'll have to marry both of us mate .. truth is I'm getting fatter by the fortnight and Lord Jon sure as hell is gonna be wrinkly all over in the not too distant future .. what on earth will he do with all that extra skin 
 
Interestingly .. I have a friend staying on site here right now (yes I do have a friend  )   Roy is an East End Boy Biker, born and drugged up in Dagenham and currently hiding out in Chelmsford, Essex .. most definitely a 'Darn Sarff' guy.
 
We are just about able to have a slightly 'warm' conversation about most topics .. because although we are both always right .. we can talk more or less in the same back street language.  However .. I'm very aware that both of us are quite cautious about over stepping the line.
 
With blokes from up north (Jon is in Rugby and I'm a Brummy) we can bounce all kinds of stuff off each other without much (if any) fear of going to far .. if it should ever get even slightly out of hand .. one of us (if not both) will have the brains to walk away and (most importantly) come back tomorrow 
 
Anyway .. I'm pleased that we are able to keep you amused .. and I know that Jon will agree .. when I say that having a laugh is the most important thing in the day!     Any doubts about that one .. ask little Short Arsed Justy 
 
Safe as always people  .. Trev
 

Now Now Then Lord Jon .. don't you go picking on me ... I'm an OAP don't you know  !
 
Of course there are always going to be the genuine reasons for not doing things and stuff like work, family commitments and money are always going to rule over buggering off up the road for a day    I think it would be much 'wiser' for the guys who know in advance they are not going to attend to keep quiet from day one.
 
In my case I do miss it these days .. I organised the first ever meet.  For me it's a money problem .. so I never say I'll be there now. The round trip from our little hutch on the Costa Blanca costs around £1.000 all in these days. 
 
So as much as I love you (you big fat lump) I'm not gonna be there, OK.
 
I do the round trip (at least once every year) to visit family and friends in both England and Scotland .. this has involved doing ten hour (pit stops only) overnight rides up and down the full length of Spain .. in winter, ice and snow on the mountains as well as during the monsoon rain season.
 
It's a hard ride (at my age I have to grit my gums and hang on in there  ) but if it has to be done I'll do it .. even more so now the rig is over three years old because the Bike has to have a UK MOT every June. I'm still English to the core me    and so is my bike.
 
As you will recall .. I'm sure I often pop in to see old friends as I'm passing if things are going according to my Plan-A 
 
Grizzly Hugs and Extra Stuffing XX   Stay Safe     Trev
 
 
 

OK Gringo ... I'll give it a go ..
 
2001 ..   Reg : Y917 ***.   'Minter' in Go Faster Purple Blue.  Sold to Dealers in Redditch. Worcestershire.
 
2003 ..   Reg : VU03 ***   Silver  .. Re-fitted with new body parts after paint job. Sold to Dealer in Basigstoke area.
 
2005 ..   Reg : OU55 ***   Dark Grey. Sold to guy on here in Benisa Spain .. then probally returned to UK for sale.
 
If anyone recognises these Reg Numbers .. please PM or Email me and let me know how the bike is doing these days.
 
Cheers.    Stay Safe    Polar Bear

In my recent experience ..
 
The Gold Buyers and The Jewelers are not much interested about items being a 'Nice' ring or a 'Good Quality' chain, etc .. they buy things by weight .. price per gram  .
 
Items with gem stones, diamonds etc .. should fetch more of course .. but right now it's a buyers world. 
 
Don't be too surprised if they offer you peanuts or less for things that originally must have cost hundreds.   Of course it's a different story when they come to sell things 
 
Shop around.. it really is worth it! 
 
Stay Safe.  Polar Bear
 
 

Hi Guys,     
OK ... it's Daft Question Time again .. only this time I'm serious 

My mate Mr Google has a trucking load of info on this topic .. but I still can't get an answer .. and it's starting to bug me just a bit. I am NOT into astronomy, the NASA fan club or Virgin space flight .. I'm a Pro Diver, Trucker .. retired 

The International Space Station (ISS) is visible from Earth as it orbits the planet. (but they don't wave back)

I have ben able to work out the flight path direction and angle of altitude and visually 'tracked' it .. for six minutes .. as it passed over the Costa Blanca area of southern Spain .. one dark night. That's a very long 'exposure' time .. most nights you will only get one or two minutes .. according to the predicted tables and your location.   

It looks like a very bright star travelling at very high speed across the sky .. bit like a large aircraft .. or UFO  . The flight path changes so we can not see it every night, even when there are no clouds.   

It's average speed is said to be 17.500 mph, or thereabouts and it's altitude is around 240 miles above sea level (I think there may be some slight 'wobble' variations with all these figures, but not a lot ?)

The distance around the equator is .. lets say .. 30.000 miles. So the total distance of the ISS orbit loop must therefore be much further than that!

They recon the ISS does a full lap once every 90 minutes .. as you see these 'sums' don't add up .. so my question is:  HOW can that be?

I look forward to your thoughts and calculations. Cheers        As always .. Stay Safe.   Polar Bear.





 

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Well Said Mate ..
 
You are the guy that's running it .. it's free, it's fun and (in my opinion) it is a nice little addition to the Biking side of a very good group.
 
Of course it all has to be done within your commitment range .. otherwise it would not get done for long.
 
Keep up the very good work .. cheers.
 
Stay Safe     Polar Bear (Spin)

Just popped my vote in the box .. good luck everyone 
 
Stay Safe    Polar Bear

I have the Honda Oil Filter Wrench ... it fits all sorts .. including the Gen 1 
 
Honda Part Number is 07HAA-PJ70100  .. been in use for about ten years now .. never failed yet.
 
It can be seen 'in use' on Pats Page    and I think that says it all.
 
Stay Safe      Trev .. Polar Bear in Spain

I'm from Birmingham    and very proud of it.
 
However .. I've never really been quite sure what nationality that is .. but at least it's North of Watford     
 
Oh Well.
 
Polar Bear (Spain)

It sure is a very tidy looking bike .. just for info ..
 
I can't recall the numbers now .. but the 500cc had one more cooling fin on the cylider than the 350cc.
 
Note .. Looks like this one has the 'wrong' carb fitted .. maybe a modern Jap Carb?  The original bikes had an Amal Carb and the downdraft air intake bell was enoumous .. we used to carry a soft rubber ball to 'bung up' the intake when the bike was parked up  .
 
Just for fun .. we also put a teasoon of castor oil (from the Chemists shop) in every tankful of petrol .. fantastic smell from the exhaust .. just like the £$€ Castrol Race Oil 
 
Happy Days    Stay Safe.   Polar Bear.

    I had one of those in 1957 / 8 ..
 
Top of the Range was to get all the Eddy Dow (of Banbury) go faster and bling bits .. a dream bike .. and still a dream today 
 
Stay Safe    Polar Bear.