That the mighty Frankfurt Run took place

The Contenders:
http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html

It was all down to a bet between Sean and Ben Blaney as to whether
ancient sub 200cc machines could get to Frankfurt in a day -
specifically a CG125. I think there was some video of us dicking about.

I'd pressed one of my "spares" bikes into action:
http://sweller.co.uk/sob/red-ts.htm

I think Pip or Lozzo had it afterwards - not sure what became of it -
probably was left outside a school.

--
Simon

On 14/03/2024 09:40, sweller wrote:
>
> That the mighty Frankfurt Run took place
>
> The Contenders:
> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html
>
> It was all down to a bet between Sean and Ben Blaney as to whether
> ancient sub 200cc machines could get to Frankfurt in a day -

Ah, what ever happened to silly challenges, that now seem so "normal"? :-)

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 14/03/2024 09:40, sweller wrote:
>
> That the mighty Frankfurt Run took place
>
> The Contenders:
> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html
>
> It was all down to a bet between Sean and Ben Blaney as to whether
> ancient sub 200cc machines could get to Frankfurt in a day -
> specifically a CG125. I think there was some video of us dicking about.
>
> I'd pressed one of my "spares" bikes into action:
> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/red-ts.htm
>
> I think Pip or Lozzo had it afterwards - not sure what became of it -
> probably was left outside a school.
>

"The connection to sweller.co.uk is not secure"
:-)

Chris
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

chrisnd @ukrm wrote:

> > http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html

> "The connection to sweller.co.uk is not secure"

http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/

and

http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/red-ts.htm

I think it may be happier with the www bit

--
Simon

On 14/03/2024 11:04, sweller wrote:
> chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>
>>> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html
>
>> "The connection to sweller.co.uk is not secure"
>
> http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/
>
> and
>
> http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/red-ts.htm
>
> I think it may be happier with the www bit
>
No, its the lack of the 's' in https :-)

It works ok if I go past the warning and treat you as a 'trusted source'
<G>

I had a similar problem with all my sites until I did the 'upgrade'* but
even now, a year or two on, some sites haven't got the message!

Chris
*Oops! I see I even need to update my sig to include the 's' - doh!
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
https://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 14/03/2024 11:04, sweller wrote:
> chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>
>>> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html
>
>> "The connection to sweller.co.uk is not secure"
>
> http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/
>
> and
>
> http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/red-ts.htm
>
> I think it may be happier with the www bit

That won't make any difference. It's HTTP rather than HTTPS, it's never
going to be secure, but it's just pictures of SOBs so who cares?

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

On 14/03/2024 11:24, Eddie wrote:
> On 14/03/2024 11:04, sweller wrote:
>> chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
>>
>>>> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html
>>
>>> "The connection to sweller.co.uk is not secure"
>>
>> http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/red-ts.htm
>>
>> I think it may be happier with the www bit
>
> That won't make any difference. It's HTTP rather than HTTPS, it's never
> going to be secure, but it's just pictures of SOBs so who cares?
>
Indeed - on at least one count - I was just trying to be helpful in case
other people 'won't go there'.

Chris
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550T
https://www.Deuchars.org.uk

sweller <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I think Pip or Lozzo had it afterwards - not sure what became of it -
> probably was left outside a school.
>

I think it ended up with us for a while and then went to Ogden when he
needed some no claims.

--
Adie

On Mar 14, 2024 at 5:40:35 AM EDT, ""sweller"" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>
> That the mighty Frankfurt Run took place
>
> The Contenders:
> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant lunacy. I salute you all.

> It was all down to a bet between Sean and Ben Blaney as to whether
> ancient sub 200cc machines could get to Frankfurt in a day -
> specifically a CG125. I think there was some video of us dicking about.
>
I'm still pissed off that I wasn't able to participate, having accidentally
moved to Qatar two weeks earlier.

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 22:57:03 -0000 (UTC), Ben Blaney
<benblaney@gmail.invalid> wrote:

>On Mar 14, 2024 at 5:40:35 AM EDT, ""sweller"" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>
>> That the mighty Frankfurt Run took place
>>
>> The Contenders:
>> http://sweller.co.uk/sob/frunners.html
>
>Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant lunacy. I salute you all.

+1

>> It was all down to a bet between Sean and Ben Blaney as to whether
>> ancient sub 200cc machines could get to Frankfurt in a day -
>> specifically a CG125. I think there was some video of us dicking about.
>I'm still pissed off that I wasn't able to participate, having accidentally
>moved to Qatar two weeks earlier.

That was careless
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On 3/16/2024 3:57 PM, Ben Blaney wrote:
>
>>
> I'm still pissed off that I wasn't able to participate, having accidentally
> moved to Qatar two weeks earlier.

Accidentally? I missed that story.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)

On Mar 17, 2024 at 9:30:38 PM EDT, "Turby" <xsurf@xmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/16/2024 3:57 PM, Ben Blaney wrote:
>>
>>>
>> I'm still pissed off that I wasn't able to participate, having accidentally
>> moved to Qatar two weeks earlier.
>
> Accidentally? I missed that story.

Well, it was all a bit of a rush, really/ Nothing sinister. And I liked it - a
lot - when I got there. Just a shame about the timing.