Greetings from "Royal " Windsor, UK

Hello all

A few days ago I placed a deposit on a shiny new black Silverwing. All being well, I pick it up next Tuesday. I bet it rains ... or worse!

I'm trading in a 7 year old Burgman650.

I'm known to few here and I recognise a few other names from the X9 Owners Club (known there as Big Ears).

Any questions? I'll have loads no doubt.

A princely from Belgium

(with more SNOW forecast.... )

Welcome Colin.

Hello again, Colin, and welcome to the warmest, friendliest scooter forum on the Internet.

Hello Colin and welcome.

Do you know the guys who meet regularly at the Ace Cafe on Saturday mornings by any chance?

Hope to see you around the area

I've been known to visit The Ace. I haven't been for some time.


Thanks for the welcome messages.

You know me! I used to go there on a Saturday morning.

Yes, I know you ... and I claim my £5!

Hi Colin, welcome from me - nowun here - nowun there! I've never been to the Ace Cafe ...

Wise choice!

I have just realised who you are!!!

Welcome. Hope you enjoy it here as much as Mike and I do.

See you soon.

Thanks Laurie. I'm who I've always been!

Young, talented, good looking.......are some of the other things I'd Like to be!

I hope to see you on April 3rd.

Hi Colin
I am very near you ( burnham ).
Were did you buy your wing from ?
I have had mine now for about 9 months bought new from Doble honda in london. Only done 1900 miles as the weather has been so bad but planning lots this year ( trip to french alps in june ).

Shendy

Hello Shendy

I (hope to) collect the bike on Tuesday from Chiswick Honda. They offered an acceptable trade in for my Burgman and are just down the road from work, so servicing should be easy.

I too rode little last year. More this year with any luck. Mike O and I have a few ideas up our sleeves. Watch this space......

Colin B wrote:

HelloI too rode little last year. More this year with any luck. Mike O and I have a few ideas up our sleeves. Watch this space......

Or the X9 Owners Club space.

Ah, but what if Shendy isn't a member there?

Not the Shendy?

Sorry old boy, but I'm not following your line of questioning.

There's a lad on the Muppets forum called shendy40, been on there a few months, got a Mars bar as his avatar. Who are you on about...old boy?

Muppets???? Never heard of them.


"Old Boy": (British, Informal)
An alumnus.
A man belonging to a social, professional, etc. group regarded as prestigious or influential, whose members provide one another with assistance or preferential treatment.

As in Old Boys' Network

Colin B wrote:

Muppets???? Never heard of them.

So you're not the 650 Burgman owning Colin B still on their Members List who joined for a couple of months in 2009, who used to display an I.A.M. badge on his signature, and then went over to the Burgman Riders UK forum then?

Yes, one and the same. I suppose I should have put a whistling smiley next to my reference to Muppets.

I was a member for a while, when it began, but I found it .... how can I put this gently? .... rather juvenile. I believe that it changed management and that many members were deleted. I assumed I was one having not visited often. It may also have changed style since then.

I was also on the late "Tscoot" forum, but found the "colourful" language not to my taste. The "F" word is sometimes useful exclamation mark, but should not be used as a comma!

The above, and the (rather sedate) Maxi Scooter Riders Club, were all spin-offs from the X9 forum, with largely the same clientèle and much repetition of posts. I stayed with the X9 forum as it was the first and I made a some good friends there - a few of whom are also here.

New bike; new forum and (I hope) new friends.



EDIT: Apologies to all for the potted history and the spelling mistake - wot I have now dun propper.

Hello then.

Hello.

Welcome Colin, like you I used to use the 'Muppets' forum and left for very much the same reasons.

You'll enjoy it on here, hopefully!

I'm enjoying myself already ... and I haven't picked up the bike yet.

Meldrew wrote:

There's a lad on the Muppets forum called shendy40, been on there a few months, got a Mars bar as his avatar. Who are you on about...old boy?

Yes thats me on muppets as well. Mars bar avatar because thats what I make and were I work ( slough Mars factory ). Not only have a silverwing but a honda PCX scooter .
Shendy

Hello shendy, is it just me or are Mars bars getting smaller as I get older ?

Hi
Yes I think they have got smaller but only by very little. This is not to make more profit as everyone thinks but the cost of ingredients and everthing else has gone up alot in the last few years. Water, gas and electric has rocketed and the factory uses alot every day.

Hi Colin B,

Welcome aboard.

Welcome Colin and I hope you enjoy the SWing as much as the B650. It seems you already have many friends too. Welcome.

hi colin & welcome

Hello Colin, welcome to you! My silverwing is also black and a pleasure to ride. I am in west London and near to Ace Cafe, another forum member RArach and myself go tbere some saturday morni gs for breakfast, are you up for that?

Does Barry with the white Burgman still go?

Hello Duke,

I used to go to the Ace every Saturday morning for a regular meeting of the X9 Owners Club, but a change of employment means that I have to work many Saturdays.

I'm afraid that Mike O's question above has relevance (long story).

Perhaps Mike, Laurie and I could arrange a joint meeting with you.