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"Tuna" vs. "Tuna fish" The term "tuna fish" is used to distinguish canned tuna from the live animal, and originated when canned tuna first became popular in the early 20th century. Today, "tuna" is often used to refer to the fresh fish (as in a tuna steak or sushi) or simply the canned product, especially in casual conversation. The term "tuna fish" often specifically refers to the processed, canned product. When people refer to a fresh, seared steak at a restaurant, they usually just call it "tuna". While technically redundant (a tuna is a type of fish), appending "fish" is a common linguistic phenomenon, similar to "chai tea" or "ATM machine", which can serve for emphasis or to make a short word less likely to be misheard.

Beautiful riding weather here in Port Stephens....waters calm, fish biting and a 167 HP steed awaits.

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Never ridden a motorbike. My son has one in the garage, but hasn't ridden it in about 10 years.

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Never Owned a scooter. Ridden a few. Much more dangerous than a bike.. Nev

Just bringing the CBF discussion back to here: Thankfully, no tram lines on my route. London only has one tram line between Wimbledon and Croydon, and from the below snippet, it does not interact with the road all that much: I purchased a Shoe neotec helmet with a pinlock visor, which is an inner visor that fits to the main visor. It does a great job of keeping the visor from fogging up. However, it comes with an inbuilt drop down dark tinted visor, which is handy for someone like me who wears specs, but thgat does fog up, but for the times I ride in winter, the sun is rarely a problem. I do have a steep driveway, but the bike will be parked at the bottom of it, so I don't see the need to use the brakes at the times I ride in winter that often until there is some warmth with the bike. I have purchased a decent waterproof cover for the bike, which of course doesn't stop condensation and then picking up moisture when riding, so that's a fact of life I have to live with and manage. Peak hour drivers in the UK are much better than their Aussie counterparts in general. That is because there is so many of them and they are all very focused on getting through the traffic to get to where they want to go. They are generally situationally very aware and very courteous to motorcycles - often moving away fro mthe centre of the road if they see a motorcylist filtering, for example. Of course, there are exceptions. Day drivers are a totally different beast. I have learned the hard way about debris on the road - and not only leaves, twigs, sand and the like - but I was coming up the centre of the road to a red traffic light passing stopped cars. As I turned to get back in lane at the front of the queue to get back into lane, the ftont wheel slid out from under me (at low speed). As I was going down I was thinking what the F! caused that. I got the bike back up and stood it out of the way of cars ready to go on the green, and walked back to see what happened. You wouldn't believe it, but a think clear rectangle of perspex or similar was laying - impossible to see - right where I started the turn back into the lane. That was my skinny faird er6f Ninja, Bent clutch lever, scrape on the fairing, busted foot peg (they are cheap bikes) but massively dented ego. Yes.. there aren;t too many riders that haven't learned lessons the hard way. Youtube is full of those that can teach others. I agree - there aren;t too many. The First day I had my brand spanking new Honda CG125, I dropped it. I out it on its centre stand on the side of the road, not realising how much camber was on the kerb side of the bike. It stayed upright until I got to the front door! Thankfully, it is a light bike. The VFR750 went over twice - once it had snowed overnight and our road had ice and snow on it. So I walked it to the top of the road (about 100metres) where the main arterial road into London was, which was nicely ploughed. But, as I looked right, I noticed a bus coming and instinct kicked in to get out before the bus came. I gave it a little throttle and let the clutch out a bit while the rear wheel was still on the icy bit. Over she went. The second time as at a supermarket. I wasn't payint attention when disengaged the centrestand, lost balance and over she went. The er6f had three drops - the one I mentioned; one where a van cut me off in a turn and I lost balance as it clipped me (and then took off - but I caught up with him, as did a witness, so that fixed the damage), and my accident where I lost grip in the wet under moderate braking - I can only think I hit oil. As the bike started to veer into oncoming traffic, I had to dtop trying to keep it upright and drop the bike - just didn't get my ankle out of the way quick enough. These are all lessons learned. Even the van incident, which was not my fault, taught me what I could have done better in that situation. I have only hit black ice once, and that was in Richmond Park on by bicycle, on a concrete shared walking/cycle track. Wearing helmets is not compulsory when cycling here, but I make a habit of doing it. It was on the 24th December, and I came off backwards and whacked the back of my head so hard on the concrete, it snapped a side stap of the helmet and cracked the side as little. Shudder to think what would happen if I weren't wearing it. If it is too cold, I will leave the bike at home, but the weather seems a lot warmer, and the motorways are well salted these days (an issue for the frame - for which ACF50 will come in handy). I haven't yet encountered black ice on the maotorways or arterial/main roads in London yet. But, yeah, there will be a first time.

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago how the fish and chip shop misspelled my name. Tonight I ordered our usual fortnightly meal, and clearly gave my first name. When I went to collect it, there it was in the warmer, the exact order, with the number they had given me over the phone. The name on it? BAKER. Today was our annual parish fete. I used to work at the fete for years, a few years ago, in the counting room where I recorded the takings from the various stalls, and giving the counters a total to balance against. My kids went to the parish primary school, and I used to recognise about 2 out of every five people at the fete. I was there over an hour today and only saw one person I knew. Admittedly I haven't been to mass for many years. My wife was the Catholic in the family.

I'd really like to know how many bikes haven't been dropped, as so many adverts claim. I'll wager it's only a tiny percentage that haven't gone down at some stage of their lives. I can recall driving N out of Kalgoorlie one evening on the Kalgoorlie Menzies Rd (the Goldfields Highway today). About 10 kays out of Kalgoorlie, in the deep dusk, I spotted a big motorbike lying on its side, on the edge of the (gravel) shoulder, on the opposite side of the road. I pulled up rapidly from my normal 120kmh, fearing that someone had come off. As I stopped and wound down my drivers window, I could see someone who appeared to be lying down behind the bike. Even worse, I could hear grunting and groaning noises coming from the body! I called out, "Are you O.K., mate?", whilst getting ready to get out of the ute. A strained voice came back, "No! I stopped for a piss, and the bloody bike fell over, and now I can't stand it up again!!" 😄 Of course, what had happened was, the bike had actually ended up lying somewhat downhill as it fell over the shoulder, and was partly lying on the drop-off, away from the road shoulder! And of course, the rider was struggling to get any footing on the slippery slope below the bike - what with it being covered in pea-gravel rocks, and being about a 1-in-3 slope! I got out and went over to him, and with both of us under the bike, we managed to get it upright again. It was a big bike, and bloody heavy, too! I don't recall what it was now, just a big Jap bike and certainly around 1000cc or more. He was extremely grateful for the assistance, and he soon had it cranked up and ready to go again, so I left him with it. But I'll wager he'd also learnt a good lesson about being careful where you park your big heavy bike, on country road shoulders!

I've never forgotten a hapless scooter rider many years ago (over 20), when I was waiting at an angled T-junction to turn right in my Holden ute, which was my transport back then. The angled T-junction had sharper angle to my left, and a lesser angle to my right. As I waited for a gap in the traffic to pull out, a scooter rider came belting along on my right, and indicated a left turn into the road I was waiting on. He zipped around the modest-angle intersection, leaning over in great style. Unfortunately, he hadn't read the road. Trucks had been hauling sand over that intersection, and a nice coating of sand covered the bitumen. I looked left as he was cornering, then as I looked back again, I was startled to see the scooter rider part company with his now-nearly horizontal scooter, as it skated sideways - and both scooter and the hapless rider were now skating along the intersection join, flat on the road, making straight for the front of my ute!! Fortunately, the scooter shot past the front of the ute, and ended up by the side of the road to my left - and the scooter rider ended up sliding unceremoniously to a stop, right in front of the ute bumper!! The rider sprang up off the road in front of me, with an alacrity that would do credit to a 100M sprinter getting out of the starting blocks!! I'm sure he was convinced he was going to get run over! But I wasn't going anywhere, as looked on in amazement at the performance! I was getting ready to get out to see if he was O.K., but it became obviously pretty much immediately, that he wasn't too badly hurt, just shook up and possibly a bit bruised. He hurried over to pick up his errant scooter very promptly, so I took off and left him to sort out the damage and injuries! But I'll wager he learnt a valuable lesson that day! It could've ended up a whole lot more serious if I'd been moving, and he went under my ute - which has no doubt, happened elsewhere.

Oil on wet Roundabouts Wet leaves and sand/gravel washed over roads and using OLD hard tyres. Frosts in cool patches in the early morning. Water on Stainless Brake discs. Wet tram lines. Visor fogging up as well as the Usual way "TIN TOPS treat you. Nev

You only have to "drop it" to Damage the fairing. That Means while you are Moving. With an alloy frame on a road bike that often means a write off. Nev

Oh, the black ice is going to be fun, for this coming Honda riding! And watch out for the oil spills on the roads! My ideas around travelling in severely inclement weather, involves being cosy inside a warm, waterproof steel cage! But I'm old and soft, and my motorbike riding days are long gone.

My crystal ball predicts rain, rain, rain!

Been bucketing it down all day today. As we're on top of a hill, we are OK, but the village roads have standing water everywhere. And to top it off, we have found our roof has a leak again! F! And the builder's phone is diverting straight to voicemail. First world problems, actucally. But it is still, F!'ed But I still feel OK.. I get my motorbike on Monday. Have I mentioned that, yet? Forecast for Monday is stuill sunny, though the surrounding days forecast have become decidely worse Quite the opposite woudl be the case if I have an aircraft booked!

I got around that by getting a Honda without fairings. But really, if you've crashed badly enough to crack the fairings, you've got bigger problems (injuries)

(editing window too late).. All done online, no Amazon involvement. It is a well known local chain supplier. With friends coming over this weekend, I would not have had a chance to get to Bristol or Cheltenham, the closest two stores... which are about 45 and 75 miles away respectively.

Just ordered: Textile Jacket -Alpinestars - Their own Dryshield rather than Gore-Tex... On sale. Has elbow and shoulder body armour. Body armour - back protector Trousers - Waterproof and knee/hip protection. Can't reall the brand, but they were well reviewed and the zips fit the jacket. About 1/2 the price of Alpinestars. Alpinestar racing boots (best protection) Gore-Tex on sale (1/2 price and I checked other stores). Bonza! Gloves - Alpinestar Gore Tex, with knuckle protection High Vis one piece waterproof outer. All done online.. Should arrive tomorrow. That is all the kit done now. Just waiting for Monday!

Good luck with the bike. Use the Piano theory for riding and you will be safe, it's worked for 40 years for me. Stay shiny side up.

@facthunter - your post re the cooling system did get me thinking - in case, how much am I looking at. A new Honda (claimed) genuine waterpump goes from around £100 to £150 at dealers. The radiator is around £100 (again, claimed genuine). Fitting and coolant would be extra of course. .Allow a couple of humdred pounds. A thermostat is about £30.. So a full refit (ex sensors) would probably be £450-ish.. I am now double hoping there are no problems.

Yeah.. one has to be careful with water cooled bikes, but everythign checked out OK on this one so far. The radiator looks in good condition and although placed nicely away, has a guard on it, too.. Of course, that doesn't stop corrosion, but with only 3 owners and very well documented history, it seems it has been well cared for and with the right anti-freeze and concentration, should be OK for a few miles yet. Fairings are generally expeinsive over here. If I break a fairing, so be it.. It is a winter/commuter hack. Another reason why I didn't want to spend a lot of money on it. I will do a repair if needed, find second hand (never easy), or a mate has a really good 3d printing setup - I am sure he can knock something up in the right colour for a lot less. Honda here are not known to be more expensive than the other Japanese brands in parts. Hopefully I won't need to find out (famous last words).

Older water cooled Bikes can Have radiator and Water pump issues. The life of an aluminium radiator can be quite short and some Pumps are of Magnesium.. Honda Parts are NOT cheap. The fairings cost will surprise you. Nev

Looks like the Democrats need to grow some gonads: Of course, it is only a few of the Democrats, apparently

It may come across that way, but I am not wedded to Honda. The CG125 was purchased purely on cost. I happened to be in the shop and they had a sale; something like £2300 down to £1,800. I got anouther £200 knocked off. I sold it for the same as I paid for it, and if it was maintained well, it would still fetch about £1,800 punds today, with hacks going for about £1,000. The VFR750 was impulse buy. I liked the look of it, it was cheap, so I threw caution to the wind. The next bike, the Kawasaki er6f, altthough definitely built to a price, earned my respect on its utlimate lengevity given the life it had forced upon it. Like aircraft, motorbike design is a compromise. So, I wrote down my mission and the important features of a bike. My mission was commuting 170 miles each way with an overnight stop from motorwasy to gnarly urban streets. Also, when this house is finally done and sold, I quit my job (3 month notice period) and head back to Aus. That could means from 6 months to god knows how long. So key charateristics for me are: Reliability. I don't want it to be in the shop too long. I don't have the tools to do much maintenance myself, so any down timeis a pain to get to the shop, and get back to it. I simply don't have the time. Price - I may have to sell it within 6 months, so putting a lot of miles on will depreciate it. I want something that has had the depreciation kicked out of it. Storage - Overnight stays reqire me to bring clothes and work stuff. Fuel efficiency - the less I can spend on fuel, the better. Flexibility - Good on the motorway and easy filtering in congested London traffic. Comfortable - The er6f was good for urban work and day rides where stopping frequently is not only an option, but desirable. But, mr posterior was quite sore after the long commute from the south west of England. Anythign else like fun on the twisties or speed demon is a bonus, but I just need a good allrounder that can be boring as anything. Oh, and it isn't that attractive to theives, especially in London. It is going to be used in all but the worst of the winter weather, so it has to be good at keeping the weather off. It had to be ULEZ compliant I tend to limit myself to known brands. On all of the above, the Honda NC750 came out trumps. It is virtually bullet proof. The engine is torquey, but doesn;'t rev too high or produce too high top end hp. Yet, it will eat up the motorway miles at 80+mph comfortably and is agile and narrow enough in town for traffic. It has a fuel tank under the seat so where the fuel tank is normally located is a 21l storage space - not quite enough, but a handy addition not to need a back pack to compliment the top box. It was about the most fuel efficient for the mission at up to 80mpg. I did test ride one and they are comfortable, but I probably would add a gel cover on the seat just to soften it a bit. It is thought of as a boring bike, so thieves generally ignore it unless they specicially need it, and many people use them in winter and rave about them. The problem was cost - and I didn't want to spend that much to sell later for a big loss. So, I had to compromise on my needs, which I did. In the end, I was looking keenly at a Triumph GT1050, but only 2010 on models meet the ULEZ requirement and decent examples of them were starting at around the £2,500. This one was £2,800. But, what walked me away from it was insurance at almost £1,000 without the add ons. In the end it came down to a good example on the second hand market of a bike that largely met my criteria at the right price and in the right condition. There were others I was looking at, at the right price, but they all seemed to be up in Nortnern England and Scotland, and it is too much of a faff to go there from where I live. That's a very long winded way to say I wasn't targettng Honda per se; it was a model that I didn't want to afford was the best, and in the second hand market, the bike that otherwise best fit my bill at the right price happened to be a Honda.