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I would beg to differ. I think that a custodial sentence in this context was vindictive. A car is a known lethal weapon a bicycle is not. The offense was drivin g a bike which was illegally not equipped with a working front brake. The collision was a low speed event which unfortunately had...

No arrogance is not the correct word Catholic theology has a term" invincible ignorance. " A person living on oat porridge would need a damn sight more than a quids worth a week and would soon suffer from rickets scurvy iron deficiency etc etc . The U.K. attempted to do that with inner city...

Imho the UK national interest is being irreparably damaged by proceeding with Brexit. It does not matter who is rearranging the deckchairs . It must be pretty galling for the top civil servants who are bright and expert in their fields to be shillyshallying about like this.

Look at it another way the current model Bosch is tried and tested so what you might gain in slight weight reduction could well be offset by purchasing an unknown quantity in terms of reliability.

The hub dynamos with LED lamps are not weak, they do provide a good level of lighting, particularly in urban suburban areas and would be legally bright. A light source particularly strobing, is more arresting than a hi viz jacket. But then maybe nothing would work with an old guy with probably...

It would make sense for any critical safety item, and one could claim that random total loss of power might constitute a safety issue, whereas a grinding noise and lessening of power would be less of a safety issue, .. very annoying certainly

yes .. and you could get disqualified or I assume points on your licence for driving an untaxed and uninsured vechicle.. see how invidious it actually is? now just to show how crazy it is the road from Dundalk to Castle blaney both towns in the republic are linked by a road which goes into the...

Does her bike work with her battery and or does it work with your your battery? It is always possible that you inadvertently shorted the battery pack. But had it properly shorted it would have basically exploded. So there is most likely an internal fuse within the battery pack. So unfortunately...

.. not a chance are those guys Irish all those guys are neatly togged out and wearing the same uniform and are drinking in step....

I would give it 10 minutes if you parked the bike in certain locations. Seriously if you need it for controlling the motor unit as is the case on Bosch get one that's removable and get into the habit of removi ng it each journey. Takes less time than locking the bike. Then its out of the...

1014 AD is as famous are in Irish history.. as important sort of as 1066AD in yours.. our Norman invasion came later in 1172AD . . Brian Boru, destroyed a Viking army , but lost his life in the process. He was the overlord of Ireland and multiple parts of Scotland, and supposed to be in his...

Careful now you are in danger of breaking the official secrets act and even more worrying since we are now aware of your current status we the irish might invade and retake Scotland.. well Brian Boru owned it as recently as 1013

You would need to tell the sales people what age your bike was is . It appears to me that they recycled the model number for at least two different bikes from different generations.

Thats ok, I won't object to you being second... That is what you meant?

Yes but that honda cub 50 was by then very second hand and probably was purchased new in 1962., As Japan was outgrowing the reputation for cheap tat. Her brother would have bought it second hand in about 1969.

Sorry for my ignorance!!!

Hang on my then girlfriend, and now current wife, had inherited a Honda 50 cub, from her big brother and was able to travel with me on the back up over the Dublin mountains in 76

.. well according to his autobiography, he was a riveting speaker , a very clever bloke .. he even knew Latin, and the most moral person to have ever lived. Mind you when I get to write mine, he will have to settle for second place.

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