Yeah, well that debate could last a while. All those bands were interestingly different from one another. Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes etc - all contemporaries and broadly psychedelic/prog rock but all quite distinct. I do like Nursery Cryme a lot and play it quite often. Amazing that music...

Wow. I've never seen a bike odo pass the 100k mark.

Well done for hanging on to it and doing all the servicing / maintenance required to keep it going so long, instead of just trading up every few years.

Yeah, I'm partial to the occasional Prog night. Couple of spliffs, volume right up etc.

For me the masters of Prog were Yes:

DCT - why not? So far the bikes it's been fitted to are relaxed tourers/cruisers. So why not have a relaxing gearbox? You probably wouldn't choose it for an R1, but that's not the point really. If I bought a Ferrari I'd want a manual box. If I bought a Bentley I'd want an auto. But soon all this wil...

IanB wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:24 pm

Excellent band. Still sounds good now. Sadly I think there's only one of that original line up left, but the band still tours with younger members keeping the tunes alive.

diggermanbob wrote: ↑Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:46 pm Picked up the FJR today it's lovely just need a bit of dry weather now to give it a run , thanks Dave for making me buy it I can see it's going to be lots of fun

Nothing to do with me. If it goes bang tomorrow, just remember how much I put you off buying one....

Not sure what it is, but a lot of people on Thumpertalk are talking about it.

Air cooled 2 stroke? Chinese? Light, very cheap...

Personally I think the Gilet Jaunes have got it badly wrong and the protests are now being directed by parts of the far right. It's a mess and becoming self-defeating. But I've got no problem at all with some direct action. Without it we wouldn't have many of the rights we regard as normal today. I ...

Great piece of animation isn't it?

Get out while you can. I'm very glad that I did.