Remember when refuelling your bike and your glasses are misted up not to put your head over the hole in the tank in case there is a massive splash-back into your face and you get petrol in your eyes.
It does sting a tad and yes I'm a plonker

Wow Mark, you sure can tell your an ex-teacher. Here lately you've helped expand my vocabulary tremendously....

1. Plonker - "dope, idiot, moron, wally, pillock, dunderhead, dimwit"

2. Plonker - "The term plonker started out as a reference to someone who was forever drunk on cheap wine (cheap wine is nicknamed plonk) this person was usually a homeless person, or poor person.

Today the term plonker is a very light hearted insult. It's not even seen as an insult, it's like calling someone a wally. It's in no way meant maliciously. You call someone a plonker when they say or do something stupid."

Definitely a much more gentile way of calling someone a dumbass....

Thanks for learning me....

Hagar wrote on Jan 14^th, 2011 at 4:13pm:


Oops, forgot the link - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plonker - this is where I got the above definitions. I only looked at the first few.

I sure didn't know until I googled it....lol

Plonker...I must store this one away for future use.   

I met the worlds biggest plonker this morning. He knocked me off my bike and then buggered off! His mate the 2nd biggest plonker then decided to run over my hand with his Discovery rather than go round the motorcyclist stranded in the middle of the road and trapped under his bike!

ozzy72 wrote on Jan 19^th, 2011 at 8:06am:

Ouch! Did you break any bones?

ozzy72 wrote on Jan 20^th, 2011 at 12:30pm:

I need another language lesson Mark. I get knackered, and I am very familiar with motorcycle nomenclature, but what is an 'end can'?

Better your hand than your neck...! 
Been thinking about buying a (first) bike- somebody talk me out of it! 

Did you get any number-plates and was Plod interested long enough to put down his cup of tea and respond?

Matt

ozzy72 wrote on Jan 30^th, 2011 at 2:50pm:


In the words of Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderios de LaClos ........"La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid,"

Matt

Im assuming that its a sports bike you have got your self there.  Hope it all goes back together ok. (if you need some one to have a look at your fearing I know some one who is fantastic at getting them sorted and is very reasonable price wise.)

Iv been riding for 13 years only ever had two offs once a week before my test (locked up front wheel at lights searching for some where and the guy in the car in front stopped at green) I super maned off my Honda CG125 (First Bike) and looked silly but was ok. The second time was when I left my Brake lock in tryed to rush to catch some friends up landed in a big heap fortunately by BMW K100RS (Second bike big jump I know) did not land on me!

(edit due to me being a plonker and not seeing page 2 )

You could be right there Buggs Once the little people have gone to bed I think I'll watch Harry, perfect with some beers

Clint has ALWAYS been one of my favourite actors, whether being Harry, the man with no name or even accompanied by Clyde the most famous orangutang! I wonder, are there any City Heat fans out there? The pairing of Burt Reynolds with Clint and chucking the legendary Madeline Kahn into the mix was pure comic genius
I always liked the way everyone said the Western was dead, then Clint releases "Unforgiven" and blew the world into the tumble-weeds

ozzy72 wrote on Jan 20^th, 2011 at 12:30pm:

I never really expected to read a report like this one, about you Mark ?  W T F !
Come on out here and we'll ride the island AND keep both wheels underneath us as we enjoy a little twist of the throttle in the mountains.......
Sorry to hear, but glad that is isn't imobilizing for you ....

beaky wrote on Jan 29^th, 2011 at 12:33am:

My only advice to you Sean, is accept everything as your responsibility and you'll do fine - but - if you can't have that outlook, don't ride, someone out there may take you out. You are the only one who can affect your destiny on the bike to keep you safe........

ozzy72 wrote on Mar 7^th, 2011 at 10:12am:

Good call Mark, I usually never think of things like this, but yes, hot-heads can get too bent on "fixing" the morons who continually try to kill us two-wheelers on the roads....