What Grinds my gears archive B

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Elmbridge Borough Council - aforementioned sticker in the window.
Restormel Borough Council - no fucks given.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

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recycling has been like that in Southampton for a couple of years now.
fly tipping has gone through the roof
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Ribenapigeon]

[MCN]

I live in a pseudo rural area with a substantial fly-tipping problem.

How do our Cooncil React?

They limit the number of special lifts per household per year.

Require Pre-Booking of trailers and vans into recycling centres.

Some tipping is commercial but there are just loads of filthy scum taking the pish and dumping bin bags along verges.

The most annoying thing is the scum only tip when no one is watching.
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Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385564257845

"never been raced" why the fuck would you apply such a moniker to a Svartpilen 401?!
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Polarbear]

[Ribenapigeon]

Ive been thinking of getting a Svartpilen 401

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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Wiltshire council and I just drive in, no id needed.

There arerestrictions for what are clearly works vans.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[UncleFester]

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AFAIK commercial is generally okay at local dumps but you'll most likely need to register for a commercial licence which councils might charge an admin fee (Restormel is free to register.) There will probably be ANPR cameras somewhere round the entrance to tie in with this.

Once you're in the chip & pin machine comes out to charge for commercial waste. Prices obviously vary wildly between councils (or service providers.)
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Ste]

[Nobby the Bastard]

They've never asked me for ID and I've never heard of them actually asking anyone else.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[MCN]

[Bhud]

You have to bring proof of ID to Bucks recycling centres. They started doing this a few years ago (start of Covid). They really should let everyone from everywhere (including trades) bring whatever they want as long as they have the capacity, because fly-tipping has become a huge problem.

[stinkwheel]

Many years ago, I was doing a tour and needed to do an oil change on my Enfield. I looked up the nearest oil bank, rode out there and did the oil change in a laybye outside the recycling centre into a washing up basin.

I walked over with my washing up basin full of hot waste oil to be greeted with a guy in hi-viz blocking my way in and a "You can't walk in mate."

The oil recycling tank was literally 5 metres from the site entrance.

There followed a conversation along the lines of what the hell am I supposed to do with a washing up basin full of hot engine oil and would you like to be cleaning it up off the yard. "Not my problem mat, you can't walk in, more than my jobs worth.".

"So, can I ride in on a motorbike?"

"Oh yeah. That's fine.

So I shit you not. I landed up putting my basin down on the ground, pushing the bike over. Starting it. Balancing the basin on my knee, riding forwards three feet, putting the basin down, getting off the bike then pouring it into the tank.

That was in Somerset. I remember thinking it was a shame That's Life wasn't still on the telly because he'd have been a shoe-in for a golden peaked-cap award.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[MCN]

[UncleFester]

Ebay.

I knew there was going to be bother when it was 20 questions before they'd even bought the case.

After a load of back and forth because said idiot didn't read any destructions and hadn't a clue what he was doing. Tried to jam a 15pin USB3 board connector onto a 10 pin USB2 header and then got shirty when it either didn't fit or bent a pin on his board. THEN got in touch to ask why it wasn't working and that i needed to pay for the damage HE had caused to his board. I refunded him the cost of the computer case and postage. Been doing ebay since about 2003 and this is the first real pillock i've had. Bleating on about "what's your tech support number" etc etc.

Next message was a load of blithering on about what am i supposed to do with it now ...... i neither know nor care, refunding you the full amount closes the contract between us and now I can ignore you. It's not worth the hassle to get it back and the price of the case wasn't worth the earache never mind that PayPal/Ebay always side with the buyer. I'll happily swallow the inevitable negative feedback to avoid having to listen to him carp on.

Prick / Snowflake.
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2017 Z1000SX

[UncleFester]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[UncleFester]

When it's eBay / PayPal it's just not worth the bother over 30 quid. Life is far too short to listen to folk bleat on.
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2017 Z1000SX

[A100man]

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