How not to arrive at a climate summit

With a reputation that precedes you

This one is my favourite Piaggio, the Piaggio P180 Avanti, twin P&W turboprop engines, 460 mph:

 

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I've lusted after this Italian beauty:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati_916

How not to arrive at a climate summit

With a reputation that precedes you

 

There'll be a press release or somesuch about tree planting to offset the emissions of that journey, any moment...

Edited October 24, 20214 yr by guerney

I have a similar double quandary now.

 

I should have my usual flu jab asap, already overdue my usual time for one. And in 7 days time I reach the six months since my second Covid jab so should get a notification for a booster. But both can only be obtained at the main health centre where there's no car parking.

 

So for each it means a bus and a tram ride, meeting various people at stops and on board each. Then at the big health centre it means contact or proximity with any number of people, sometime queues etc. My masking only protects others, them not being masked is a big risk to me.

 

My risk of contracting Covid in my normal isolated life is virtually zero, but each of those two visits will multiply it enormously. So I'm seriously tempted to pass on both, especially since the evidence in my area is that the Covid vaccines efficacy has been greatly overrated anyway.

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Horse and cart hire is cheaper where I live, maybe for next time...

 

https://www.carriage-masters.co.uk/

This one is my favourite Piaggio, the Piaggio P180 Avanti, twin P&W turboprop engines, 460 mph:

 

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Famously Piaggo who were aircraft manufacturers found themselve at the end of the Second World war with lots of aircraft tailwheels they needed to put to some use.

At that time personal transport was all but none existent in Italy and someone in the company put their inventing hat on, and using a

Aircraft construction techniques created the Vespa scooter (Because it sounded like a wasp)

This is what it looked like in 1946

 

Fortunately they soon improved the looks!

This was the model I bought second hand in 1960

The only weak point was the clutch , which was driven through a single tooth

Plate running in slots in a bell housing and in use cut slots into the metal at the side of the slots it was supposed to move up and down in.

This jammed the clutch completely and needed the engine out to fix, which I did twice in the 32,000 miles I drove it.

Edited October 24, 20214 yr by oldgroaner

 

I finished rebuilding this recently..

Bought it in 1972...had it ever since.

Its a 1967 Cotton 250 Trials.

Famously Piaggo who were aircraft manufacturers found themselve at the end of the Second World war with lots of aircraft tailwheels they needed to put to some use.

At that time personal transport was all but none existent in Italy and someone in the company put their inventing hat on, and using a

Aircraft construction techniques created the Vespa scooter (Because it sounded like a wasp)

This is what it looked like in 1946

 

Fortunately they soon improved the looks!

This was the model I bought second hand in 1960

The only weak point was the clutch , which was driven through a single tooth

Plate running in slots in a bell housing and in use cut slots into the metal at the side of the slots it was supposed to move up and down in.

This jammed the clutch completely and needed the engine out to fix, which I did twice in the 32,000 miles I drove it.

 

I know the problems from when I was working n the Vespas in the 1950s. I would never have bought one, preferring the slighly later Lambretta. The only scooter I ever bought was a Rumi Formichino twin cylinder 125:

 

How not to arrive at a climate summit

With a reputation that precedes you

So where was ZZ336, especially after we paid £900,000 to have it painted like a circus float?

I know the problems from when I was working n the Vespas in the 1950s. I would never have bought one, preferring the slighly later Lambretta. The only scooter I ever bought was a Rumi Formichino twin cylinder 125:

 

Tell 'em what you could do with a threepeny bit and one of these Rumi's , flecc!

 

The scooter I lusted after was this one

 

The Heikel Tourist

Brexit Britain portrayed

Brexit Britain portrayed

You have the roll the wrong way round. Well, it's the right way round but in brexit Britain, it would be undershot not overshot.

Famously Piaggo who were aircraft manufacturers found themselve at the end of the Second World war with lots of aircraft tailwheels they needed to put to some use.

At that time personal transport was all but none existent in Italy and someone in the company put their inventing hat on, and using a

Aircraft construction techniques created the Vespa scooter (Because it sounded like a wasp)

This is what it looked like in 1946

 

Fortunately they soon improved the looks!

This was the model I bought second hand in 1960

The only weak point was the clutch , which was driven through a single tooth

Plate running in slots in a bell housing and in use cut slots into the metal at the side of the slots it was supposed to move up and down in.

This jammed the clutch completely and needed the engine out to fix, which I did twice in the 32,000 miles I drove it.

Had a 200 at uni - frugal, but unstable past 60mph (I thought because of small wheels, but may just have been my battered example)

Spiegelhalter thinks there is not much to choose when it comes to protection between vaccination and prior infection details in link below.

Which protects you more against Covid – vaccination or prior infection? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters | The Guardian

I've just got myself one of these..900cc and handles like it's on rails....not very popular among the die hard bikers...Yamaha have knocked £5.5k off them.[ATTACH type=full" alt="20210917_114003.jpg]44496[/ATTACH]

Nice bike, they use them a lot on the Tour de France I guess they are not selling too well hence the massive discount on the price.

My neighbour is resisting getting a road legal mobility scooter, though he really needs one - it's better than getting Cabin Fever. I'm sure he'd feel less depressed, if he could get out a bit. Are fully enclosed mobility scooters allowed inside hospitals? Mine could have it's own oxygen tank... I'd have briefly to exit my Covid-free, atmosphere-controlled, positive air pressure spaceship for blood pressure tests and injections (I always carry my own alcohol swabs, for a thorough clean), which is when I'd break out the full face scuba gear.

 

My uncle had the right idea:

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/270811-052_CPS_%286276820345%29.jpg

 

https://www.smartscooters.co.uk/mobility-scooters/cabin-car-Mk

 

https://www.mobilityuk.uk/smart-scooters/images/heavy-duty/images/shoprider-traveso-all-weather-mobility-scooter.html

 

I'd burn it after use - can't be too careful... or perhaps a light roasting with a flamethrower will suffice?

 

They let pretty much anyone use them, it seems. Drug dealers love the things. Tinted windows, dubstep and bling hubs give the game away...

Edited October 25, 20214 yr by guerney

I hope everyone realises that the reason for polluting the rivers and sea with sewage is very simple

To prove that Raab was right and the Sea can indeed be SHUT

Edited October 25, 20214 yr by oldgroaner

 

 

Credit side: Better handling and braking

Debit side: Butt ugly and give a 50% bigger chance of suffering a puncture

You would think so but no...most punctures on a motorbike are on the rear because the front wheel throws the nail or screw into the rear tyre. Because my front and rear tyres are not in line this shouldn't happen.

.....hopefully.

Nice bike, they use them a lot on the Tour de France I guess they are not selling too well hence the massive discount on the price.

You're not wrong. The bike shop had sold 2 in a year....after discounting them they sold 3 in a week.

You're not wrong. The bike shop had sold 2 in a year....after discounting them they sold 3 in a week.

How wide is it Dave compared to a normal bike l’m wondering if filtering in traffic jams might be difficult. I imagine Royal Jordanian wouldn’t have a problem though have you seen his videos on YouTub?

https://newsfeed.upday.com/?aid=a3f6ee28-e7a7-4e8d-9b7c-e8f93f18e693&channel=all_news&app_name=huawei_assistant

 

If stopping this sort of thing makes Patel a Fascist then I, m all for it.. Starmer is supporting her in strengthening specific legislation.

The non vaccined chap with Covid I mentioned is out of danger and a double jabbed lady who ended up on ICU with it came home a few days ago. She, s been told its highly likely vaccine saved her life.. (she has quite a few other problems)

Our booster next week... (189 days past 2nd)

How wide is it Dave compared to a normal bike l’m wondering if filtering in traffic jams might be difficult. I imagine Royal Jordanian wouldn’t have a problem though have you seen his videos on YouTub?

Trouble (or sensibly) with the Yam is you still need bike license. The Piaggio MP3 (LT version) comes under trike rules. (track width front axle) so can be ridden (driven?) on car...

I had a go on the 500 version last year. Very impressive... Even tho it's a single cylinder... Seemed smooth, easy and quite fast... Auto box tho. They are the weapon of choice for darting around Periphique.. Swarms of them..

I, d certainly have one...winter project...

Don't think the width of either prevents threading through traffic.. With Panniers on bike is wider at back. The French certainly cut through anything on them..

https://newsfeed.upday.com/?aid=a3f6ee28-e7a7-4e8d-9b7c-e8f93f18e693&channel=all_news&app_name=huawei_assistant

 

If stopping this sort of thing makes Patel a Fascist then I, m all for it.. Starmer is supporting her in strengthening specific legislation.

The non vaccined chap with Covid I mentioned is out of danger and a double jabbed lady who ended up on ICU with it came home a few days ago. She, s been told its highly likely vaccine saved her life.. (she has quite a few other problems)

Our booster next week... (189 days past 2nd)

That link is to a page full of stories.

How wide is it Dave compared to a normal bike l’m wondering if filtering in traffic jams might be difficult. I imagine Royal Jordanian wouldn’t have a problem though have you seen his videos on YouTub?

16.1" track.

How wide is it Dave compared to a normal bike l’m wondering if filtering in traffic jams might be difficult. I imagine Royal Jordanian wouldn’t have a problem though have you seen his videos on YouTub?

Its 4 inch wider than my Triumph Tiger at its widest point and that's the mirrors but they do fold towards you.....limited to 129mph......116bhp

Edited October 25, 20214 yr by daveboy