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Johns town "wrexham" famed for the local pit and the electricity power plant,

I never once said i was welsh and to be honest dont want to be,
 Wrexham is'nt anything like Mid wales, Not in the least.
I did tell you i owned two homes (owned not rented Ive always bought cash)
 the other house was not so far away from the wrexham area, it was chester area,
so i do know what johns town is like ,

I'd have thought a know all like you would now what an MTD was? Why not do your usual and google

Ive had a good day today just returned from a visit to the gite, mmmmmmmmmmmm what a nice warm feeling to drive just over 5km and there it is just waiting for this years bookings to arrive,
I couldn't help but think of "silly Mark" and his trailer donated to the thieves, the digger must have been like your workshop contents a pile of junk
I mean who else would go and take a chance to remove a trailer but spend time dumping the digger? (only  the ones that thought the digger wasn't worth the bother) and that was only one of two visits from these people

But as i made sure the emergency heating was working and all was well i loaded a ladder on the wifes car (her's has a roof rack "Bentley 's dont)    ready for the fruit orchard pruning to be done in the next week or so, 34 tree's to prune.

After that i made a coffee and while drinking it i glanced across the courtyard and by the old well i could see  the two trailers ive parked on it,

Ones a larger open trailer (the tractor pulls this one with logs on etd)
And the second one is a road trailer thats a covered one with a roller rear door, both in first class order and both are parked here for months on end and yet never once have i had any problems with thieves,

And the gite is in a little hamlet and only a hand full of people live in the area, all the properties are hidden away from each other,

Makes you sick dont you think "MARK" poor old you get done twice and yet we've never had so much as a sniff of trouble,

Infact here's something that will really pee you off good time.

 on the road to the gite you come to a  'Y' shaped section of road, left is to the gite direction & right to the village some 5 km further on,

Well "MARK" in the middle of this 'Y' is all grass and for the last 12 years that i know of someone has left an old wooden wheel barrow in the centre of this grass area,

Every summer that wheel-barrow is full of flowers, all summer, this time of the year it's full of soil and bulbs ready to spring up about april time,
It's also a common thing for the odd bit of a fiels to be used for the local people to grow home use veg /fruit etc and never anything taken by those not entitlet to.

I bet you have nothing like this in your area "mark"  Why Mark? 
 
This is whats so different from you and me mark, you couldn(t make a friend even on the I.N. because your so set on being mr nasty,
You think any saftey is for (TIT's)  (your way of saying things not mine)

You've the idea anyone moving to france is here for the cheap wine!!! your saying not mine,  Having the idea because ive a car you couldn't afford to run gives you the right to say i know nothing about classic bikes (ive never stood and said i did) what i know comes from interest not a time served apprenticeship for the motor trade, but you go on then to say i stand in bars giving all kinds of chat about bikes etc

Mark, we have an english run bar in the village here not only is it closed by 9pm because of two reason's one is the french are not bar drinkers,
they'll drink in a family group 'maybe in the summer with a bbq on the go and the kids enjoying the gatherings, (french kids are brought up to drink wine from an early age they dont cause trouble because their use to how to behave ) or as i see when i take the dogs for a late walk "i'll offten see folk sitting outside with a bottle of  (mostly home made wine "this is the countryside and home made is normal')

And the english around here are not here to hold up the bar all night, a lot have bought older places (like we did) and spent the money on doing them up "Not filling the pubs drains with waste wine etc"

In all these years ive been connected to this area (ie bought two homes at seperate times) ive never once set foot in the english pub here.
So all this crap your trying to think up ref me pushing up the bar is a load of complete rubbish,

I enjoy a nice cool drink around the pool in the summer and if we have friends round i can assure you we dont offten talk about bikes or classic cars,

Gardening "YES"
 Ive a 2 acre garden around this house and a further 1 acre a few minutes walk away i use as an allotment and this keeps me occupide and plenty of fresh veg etc on the table, And the freezer filled with fruit pies etc/jams/chuntneys all year round.

I like nothing better than taking the older dog to the allotment (thats completely) hidden from roads etc and really is a peace perfect peace sort of place, the only company i see is the dog the odd deer and the rabbits & birds,
You can't imagen the pure pleasure i get fom just the two of us having the afternoon on the allotment,
It's a place for making plans, growing good clean food and enjoying the simple life.

So Mark all the crap you give out is a sign your not a happy chap, your a basic trouble maker "but only via I.NET" not face to face.
To say your going to start smoking again because your getting (or have arrived) to fat is again you not finishing the job "another  "MARK" cock-up.
What about health,? And also the cost you'll burn everytime you light up?? (No wonder you cant afford to own a Bentley)

I came on this forum to make a few like minded classic bike friends, but like anything to do with the I. NET. you tend to meet the mouth on legs brigade, those who have no intention of being anything like nice people,

Do you know something "MARK" Ive met so many people from the uk who have come to live here in france that left the uk but really brought it here with them,
All the reason's why the left the uk ie couldn't get a place like we've bought here in the uk for this price & a few acres of land in with the deal,
And for so cheap,

These places do need doing up to the buyers  needs,

 ie the french a lot of the time live in houses etc that still have outside loo's and the drainage for all the household needs (loo/bath used water etc etc ) have just been drained onto the outside pit, (soak away pit) very much a health hazard.

Now by the new laws         (the law's for safer living the laws you dont like "MARK") ie anything to do with saftey your against

 Will not allow new buyers or sellers to let this type of drainage to continue,   by Law you now have to have a foss tank installed and by a certain date after signing and inspected and passed fit for purpose by the local  health people and a certificate issued.

And this type of work along with new up-graded rewire of the properties
 (a lot of the older french properties are of a much lower feed and once more than a few items are used such as washing machine microwave ther's a big bang and or a fire)

 plus roof work etc etc  cost money,
The brits start to complain the french costings for this work is far to high, "So is the french tax these artizans have to pay" remember i told you french retire at the latest aged 60 and the money to pay these pensions has to come from the tax payer.

And so we now have an influx of brits aged under 30yrs telling any idiot who wants to listern that these young people are fully trained briclayers:/electric/ PLUBERS etc etc etc!!!!

 Just the age of these so called uk trades people tells it all, "What 25-30 year old would have had time to complete a full apprenticship for several trades at that age?
WHAT IS A BUILDER,,,,,?   Is he a bricklayer?  plumber?   You tell me.

And so we now have two things have come about, shoddy work and people like you who in one part of this page your saying  the tax was to high so you went home to the uk, (did you or didn't you live here full time?)

And the other thing is when the likes of you come on these forums you've got an almighty hump ref anyone thats done better than you.

When i said i employed 15 workers "I did" and i worked bloody hard to make sure all those workers wages always got paid on time inspite of one or two firms going bust "my workers always got paid,

So for you to come out with some stupid remark about sheep is both an insult to the welsh and to me "but" again for all who are reading this page it's also saying "MARK" isn't a nice bloke to get to know,

We could of been good friends, maybe even had met up here we're you could have seen another side to france, but "MARK" i wouldnt want to meet up with you your not grown up enough,
And to start making comments about 'do i have children' and then add i hope not, says it all,

For all you know my wife may not have been able to give birth?
Or maybe we lost a child through accident or illness,  Or maybe we've 10 kids,

  You'll never know but for the sake of your next victim i hope you give alot more thought to what and how you say things.
What goes round comes round "remember that Mark.

Ive better things to do from now on than to exchange words with you so i'll wish you well and hope you keep your mouth in check

Well Mark "silly as always, idol whats that all about, your words not mine,
REF proping up bars "noway" i dont attend bars and its a long time since ive been in one, i leave that to others to do not my scene at all
and ref me knowing nothing ref "what was it you've said Oh yes arm chair petrol head, no no no  Silly Mark, ive a fully active life and since reading your last load of crap ive been in my workshop enjoying servicing the ride on mower, the gem rotovator and in general enjoying the fruits of a fully worked life span except i employed peopel 15 to be precise so to say i prop up bars shows again how stupid you tend to be,

Your for ever using google Is this because you dont have any thing else to offer of your own?
And to say Bentley are a has been company!!!
What a complete idiot you are, Have a look at the crew site and have a look who buys Bentely and why!!!!!
They are still one of the only "BRITISH" not jap or german but British car companies that have full order books and infact are growing in size due to the sales,
I wont go into explaining to you how a company works because i know it'll be way beyond your understanding skills,

But you think or should i say "Say" i was suckered in to buying my car, Well all these years ive had it and drove it ive never had one single problem with it and its still going as good today as the day i bought it, ive never changed the exhaust system ive never even had a new battery
so how you can say suckered into buying it says it all, Oh what car do you drive "MARK" or should it be push & what year is it??

Now looking at your work place i see you've a battery with leads connected and some sort of exhaust sitting on top of the battery, thats really a safe thing to do, (or maybe its a bad picture)
Your work or storage place tells a lot about you, "a junk heap, messy, and one of those places you'd expect not to be wanting to work in,
or in your case slob about in.

You know it and anyone else reading your  advice (if you can call it advice) you have a lot of time on your hands, and im sure a lot of thoughts of days gone , "and all the cock-ups you've made and thieves who have have liked your stuff they even returned "twice" before you decided to listern to some good advice ref security?

As for buying yourself that christmas present!!   Did you get the skip with it??

No mark you stay in your area "and as you say if i was to leave any of my cars parked on your street it would be taken, well  you seem to have a lot of things stollen "Mark"
  the house you say you didnt live in in france (two times break in's) and now the house and area you DO!!! live in is a place if i was to park my car would be a theft job,
Again Mark you've made another silly mistake but im sure nobody will be driving away your christmas present to yourself,
They'd have one hell of a job getting anything in or out of that workshop,

Let me tell you what it's like to have a good workshop " But you have to work to make this little lot, it was'nt given free "
   I have two floors, on the bottom one side is for storage  (at the minute for two ride on's and large electric log cutting machine three pushbikes, a chest freezer and verious metal shelving units,

a passageway to a back stable and thats another storage area, approx 10feet x 12 feet and this is used for the dogs food prep area and the dogs beds etc,
The other ground floor area is 40f x 12ft and this has a large work bench for the heavy stuff and an hydrolic car lift for the car's tobe worked on such as service work and the odd repair if needed,  thats 4 cars ie the wifes nissen (i service every year) the vw golf, the 2cv and a lomax kit car
now all these are serviced by myself as is the tractor and when i bring all 6 bikes round to this location they will also be worked on by me in the bottom workshop, (NOT IN THE PUB)
Above these workshops is the woodwork and general work shop come office area,
this is 24feetwide by 40feet long, and has both a full length french doorway fully glazed , and four roof velux windows a wood burner and two full sized woodwork benches, of verious sizes , a free standing lathe & wood storage area
A band saw  and  scroll saw / free standing rip saw, the full workshop has units fitted all around the three wall's for storage of tools etc

But get this "MARK",
 ive not only a desk for files etc ive a rocking chair infront of the french door and the view from this window is miles & miles of countryside,
the same for every window view from any window in the house, three sides mile & miles of countryside & the fourth view is of the pool area.
Both workshops are kept clean and safe, seperate area for charging batteries (not under cars with leads just waiting for "Silly Mark" to trip over,
I even have smoke alarms all over the place and first aid box , but your not into saftey are you mark!! being seen while on the road isn't your thing is it?
So "Mark" dont think your pictures of a disaster waiting to happen has impressed me because all they've shown me is what i already thought
your a dreamer and a silly mark who just will not think but has to open the mouth first,

It's nice some days to sit in the rocking chair and just relax and take in the view and be able to think out what ever im doing,

Well mark why dont you  "as you say " keep occupied" but by sorting out that mess your telling us is a workshop?

But dont put to much junk outside "it might be taken away when your not looking!!!! (by the rubbish collection service)

Have a nice day  "MARK"

Again mark your talking a load of rubbish ref Bentley (you'll find an "E" in Bentley) and i can assure you my bentley eight (notice the eight) is an 8 Ltr engine  they made three size engines at crew and mine is the 8LTR automatic engine.
And the body has NO lead in it's make up at all not one single ounce, and ref 15 years and these are classics what comic did you read that info in???
Try 25 years, in the uk and as far as the DVLA is concerned 25 year and a classic car is excempt road tax in the old system "NOT 15 as you've said " Bit more of Marks daft info.
Ive owned this car from new and again your price if it went for sale would'nt be anything like £9000 And ive not looked at the market for a long time as im not looking to sell but i can assure you Bentley are a much higher priced used car than rolls of the same year,

You keep making the same mistake in that your half way there before you find out all the info

 "just like when you cocked your big move to france up and then found out the tax was high if you work here, you didnt take into account the likes of actual living cost combined ie rates for you house inrespect to what you'd pay in the uk for the same house and land,

 the fact that we have no waiting list for hospital treatment unlike the uk we're you pay all your life and when it comes to needing to get a hospital bed your told about the waiting list "but keep paying you NI. "for what"?
the french retire at 60yrs with full pension,
And keep using the motorways "if you can go 20 miles without roadworks and 30MPH restrictions (dont see much if any of that here,)
yes the french motorway system in areas do have a pay system but not around the city areas the motorways are free there.


No Mark you keep using your insulting language and child like talk and im sure your very entertaining to some but to me you tend to talk the talk but with no experience to back anything you say up !!!!!

I think i'll not bother giving you anymore space as you tend to be silly and i enjoy nothing better than a good adult chat "but silly people" i just cant put up with.
Anyway I'll say good night now mark as im sure the nurse with the white coat will be bedding you down about now but true.
NITE NITE Mark?

Yes you just cant beat quality,
Ive been a petrol head for mant years without knowing it at the time and like the bikes "a good well made car" just say's it all,
My own car is a 1988 model and still going strong, no rust and even now when you open the doors you can smell the leather seats,

I use it as the daily car and i still get that buzz after all these years,
Yep they sure did know how to put a car /bike together in those days.

your bike will run fine on unleaded (mine has) watch the front brake plate tie rod , anchor rod thing , look for any signs of cracking at the brake plate , the b31/33 are great bikes

Hi mike,
Im some 400 miles from the crossing from Dover, it's about the middle of france, very country feeling "but we do get a summer here every year,
When i lived in mid-wales the weather always seemed wet and because of the country roads the bikers death rates we're high hence the police would offten pull us over for complete checks, both paperwork and the bike inspected,
I was pulled over twice in one day and three miles from the first stop going in the same direction,
It really got on your nerves "but " as i say a lot of accidents and a lot of dead bikers,

Not all caused by the car vers the bike thing but the sheep wondering across the roads on bends and the very slippery roads due to the shaded sections of roads after rain and the speed some rode at didn't give them much chance of stopping.

Im pleased to say the roads here are well looked after by the local councils and as this area is such a small place thats a good point to note that the powers tobe do spend on the roads and the fact that we dont pay road tax makes you think what happens to all that road tax being collected in the uk.?

Anyway as i said check to see your engine is ok for unleaded with the right people,  "You'll be sorry if you get it wrong"

Hi Mike,
And welcome to the forum,
Ive not been a member very long myself and i did move from Mid- Wales (BALA LAKE area) to here france,
Like you ive had a rook of bikes and still have 6 now, one being the BSA 650 Rocket, and again like you ive nearly cried when i think of the bikes ive sold in the past after spending time & money getting them up to A1 condition, "hence i put a stop to selling on the bikes and just kept them".

Ref the fuel for the BSA, the one i bought had had a complete engine strip/ etc from a well known racer at the time a bloke called 'VIKERS' and he'd put new hard top valves in this BSA, so ive not had to worry about the fuel, but i not honestly know what the original valves we're ie hard or soft.

Having said this ive an classic citroen 2 cv and its the original engine in it and these cv's we're made with hard top valves from the first editions all those years ago and this car has unleaded in it all the time,

If you want to get hold of your local branch of the BSA owners club im sure one of the members will be able to give you some sound advice ref this one,
just google BSA owners for your area and you should get the contact details,
It's better to get details from the likes of these clubs and sleep well at night rather than not being sure?  Even think about joining the BSA owners if your not already a member.

But back to the BSA you've got, Great sounding bike and mine is a joy to ride,  You've picked a good classic one (keep hold of it

Hi Scott,
Now before the trail go's cold,  BUM BUM

 try getting intouch with the OLD BIKE MART, you can www them and ask for your request to go out in their next edition,
This classics paper gets to a lot of people and i would'nt be surprised if someone has or know a place to get one.

Hi one and all,
Ive just been talking to a classic car owner and he's crawling up the wall because mice have eaten into his seats and parts of the rubber coverings in the engine section, and wiring

I was able to help ref this problem because i had the same thing happen to me but it was my tiger cub seat the mice took a fancy to,

If your having mice/rats etc problem ie they have decided to eat your inside of classics or any bikes etc try this,

Go and buy the comfort clothing freshner strips, (every supermarket sells these, on the washing powder shelf's)
they are whats used in the clothing drying machine to give your cleaned clothing a fresh smell,

The mice/rats etc hate the smell and will not go near the strips,

Just lay a few of these (4) in the engine and close the bonnet, a few in the boot, a few inside the car under the seats over the sun viser, under the bike seat near the plug leads, any cluster of wiring,

This method works and if like myself you live in the countryside mice will look for shelter in the winter and they'll chew your wiring/ etc so put mice poison in places we're the domsetic animals and children cant get them and use the comfort strips,

I was told about this way of dealing with mice by a salesman in a citiy car show room (even they had this problem)

And as a bonus the car will smell fresh,

One last point is to think about the exhaust pipe !!! if your leaving the bike/car for storage cover the end of the pipe with the likes of wire wool
so the rodents can't get any further into the engine and make a nest or store nuts etc,

 "Make a reminder note and put it over the ignition  so you'll remember to remove the wire wool from the pipe.

Or before someone says it "Get a cat"