tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post9112717901771633292..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: Me and my little blogRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-873829575781346142011-01-07T02:54:50.676+00:002011-01-07T02:54:50.676+00:00I feel very lucky to have some really great people...I feel very lucky to have some really great people chipping in here, and I always enjoy the craic. I would thank you for the quality and range of your comments, too. I think you must be the grandaddy of them all - or at least the longest-serving. Take that the right way.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-65091045367188437612011-01-07T01:56:46.812+00:002011-01-07T01:56:46.812+00:00Variety and content gets my vote, too. And I must ...Variety and content gets my vote, too. And I must include fellow commenters in that: you seem to have pulled "the right sort of people"!<br /><br />Always a pleasure to stop by for a read or some intelligent conversation.<br /><br />All the best for the coming year(s).endemoniada_88https://www.blogger.com/profile/13636529919686267714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-6778297104585010012011-01-06T16:36:51.127+00:002011-01-06T16:36:51.127+00:00Whew, thanks everyone :)
SR - I try to respond to...Whew, thanks everyone :)<br /><br />SR - I try to respond to all comments (as I know you do), although sometimes it's hard to know when to draw a line and move on.<br /><br />Derf - much appreciated, and thanks to you because you were the one who said 'get writing'. It's all your fault.<br /><br />WoaR - thank you. About the beach photos: I knew as soon as I had hit Publish that it was a good'un. The target for 2011 is more posts like that and fewer incoherent ramblings. Not hopeful I can do it.<br /><br />Bucko - thanks for your encouragement, too.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-86006988044460329232011-01-06T09:39:23.855+00:002011-01-06T09:39:23.855+00:00Nice one, keep it up!Nice one, keep it up!Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-21212506141367053152011-01-06T09:32:52.127+00:002011-01-06T09:32:52.127+00:00Congratulations on keeping on keeping on.
I espec...Congratulations on keeping on keeping on.<br /><br />I especially enjoy the pictures. The walk on the beach was particularly poignant.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-10387735234810289002011-01-06T08:27:53.743+00:002011-01-06T08:27:53.743+00:00Variety and content. I would go along with that - ...Variety and content. I would go along with that - and a writing style that is intelligent without being smug. I reckon you are 'getting somewhere'<br /><br />DerfDerfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-57068648500944697582011-01-06T07:31:42.213+00:002011-01-06T07:31:42.213+00:00Well done Richard. It's not easy to attract r...Well done Richard. It's not easy to attract readers and even more difficult to attract commenters, especially since every professional journalist and commentator now has a blog.<br /><br />As WW says it's all down to variety and content.<br /><br />Your success is down to communicating with your readers. That's one of the reasons I started because I was fed up writing comments on blogs and nobody acknowledged them. Although it's time consuming answering it's the least I can do if someone takes up their time to comment.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-53716493583294078352011-01-06T07:20:02.344+00:002011-01-06T07:20:02.344+00:00Thank you, Julia, and thanks also for linking to m...Thank you, Julia, and thanks also for linking to me. You are one of my 'must-reads'.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-63070180057041238382011-01-06T05:43:27.391+00:002011-01-06T05:43:27.391+00:00As WW says, well deserved results!As WW says, well deserved results!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-51358943293548304682011-01-05T23:10:36.782+00:002011-01-05T23:10:36.782+00:00MD - it's those of us wot have lost the plot t...MD - it's those of us wot have lost the plot that keep things sane. So the voices tell me.<br /><br />Anonymous - good move, and it most certainly can! Mine's the 790 carb version, but gutting the airbox and jetting up have improved the bike no end. Removing the AI is a no-brainer; all you get is slight popping on the over-run, which is quite nice and 60s in its way, and your exhausts don't overheat so much. Can't comment on removing the cats, but many have done it. Go and have a look at the Triulph Rats forum (if you haven't already) where there is a ton of info and advice.<br /><br />http://www.triumphrat.net/forum.php and look in 'Twin Talk'.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-78253704670291438652011-01-05T22:30:20.465+00:002011-01-05T22:30:20.465+00:00I come here now and again and find the blog very i...I come here now and again and find the blog very interesting, especially since I am a fellow Bonnie owner, a 2010 Bonneville SE. I'm about to shock all the Bonneville "experts" by removing the air injection system and all 4 cats. They say it can't be done on an EFI bike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-46077184716737977132011-01-05T22:08:45.924+00:002011-01-05T22:08:45.924+00:00"no-one has ever really lost the plot" ..."no-one has ever really lost the plot" - Oh come now, I lost the plot years ago...<br /><br />But seriously, a good blog, and as Wrinkled Weasel says good writing & variety.microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-72557890457137879192011-01-05T22:06:00.705+00:002011-01-05T22:06:00.705+00:00Thank you! I share the rage of a lot of the blogg...Thank you! I share the rage of a lot of the bloggers, but I am usually too late to the party to say anything new, so I prefer to make my own way, up to a point. Variety, or lack of focus? The latter, probably, if you took the rest of my life as corroborative evidence.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-86722942873038073092011-01-05T21:51:50.084+00:002011-01-05T21:51:50.084+00:00Well deserved results. It is a big pond out there ...Well deserved results. It is a big pond out there and there are a lot of people saying the same thing. I put your success down to good writing and variety. We both probably appeal to the same demographic but apart from a certain age thing, I don't really know what it is.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.com