Well, a few people know this but I may as well come clean with it.
I go in for prostate cancer surgery on Tuesday morning  so will be in rough shape for a few days 2-3 in the hospital then off home to recover. If all goes to plan then by the end of April I should be up and at it again

I am only mentioning this to have you guys aware that if something goes funny ( funnier) on the site I will get to it but it might take a day or two. Everything at our end is all set and the family are ready to give a hand so we are in good shape we think. I will up date when I get home and start feeling decent again   
Ron and a couple of the local riders were out to my shop and storage locker last week to have a look and I think they enjoyed the morning hopefully once I am back at it u will hold  another open day and some others can come and have a look. I am hoping to be back to riding for the Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride May 19
Frank

Take care of yourself Frank and get well soon. Jenn and I are sending good vibes your way.

Hope they give you a cute nurse.

Oh and f--- cancer...

  Good luck on the procedure Frank. I did the prostrate cancer surgery last October. They've got the procedure down to a fairly smooth operation. Honestly the worst you should potentially expect is the miserable catheter you'll have to live with for a while. Changing over from night time bag to 'mobile' bag which is strapped to your leg is a system you'll get used to quickly but never becomes enjoyable.  And if your doctor decides to keep it installed an extra week like me, it became a stage beyond uncomfortable, it became painful and damaging to the johnston!

Whoa.  Way TMI. 

Wishing you well Frank.

Thanks guys. I am prepared for all of this, as much as I can be. It will come out just fine I am pretty sure
Frank

Wishing you and your family good luck Frank.  I haven't had THAT surgery but I've had both hip joints replaced.  It takes more out of you than you think.  Get plenty of rest before you go in and the same when you come out.

Good luck with the surgery Frank, I'm sure you will do great.

When you recover, if you need any Triumph stuff, let me know.

Wish you well Frank.

Hoping all goes well Frank and hope to cross paths somewhere this summer.
I am so fortunate that June guided me through my mess just over a year ago and get me back on track.
Wishing you the best and hoping for a good recovery.

John & June

All the best with the procedure hopefully they get you pissing like a teenager at some point.

They should finally send me home tomorrow. Second try but this should go better
Frank

Excellent Frank!....Excellent!

Hey Franky baby, just read this thread and Holy crap I'm so glad to get back here in time for the sweet recovery. Soon we'll meet for coffee and, or arrange with the guys to come and visit you at home. Nice to be back.

Pegdtag, buddy!  Long time no hear. Looking forward to meeting up soon   

Got out of hospital today and now to work on recovery. I was in 22 days because of complications but free now.

Good news Frank and now the healing begins.    June and I are hoping to cross paths somewhere this summer,  until then please look after yourself.   As much as we like to be critical of your medical system they do seem to spit most of us back into circulation even if we are a little more frail afterwards.

Great to hear you’re back home Frank.  Lately I’ve been thinking about the cost of running the site.  Surely we (as a group) must be owing someone some money.  Can you enlighten us? 

Also, I’m wondering about the complexity and additional cost of upgrading the site so that pictures are more easily uploaded.  I’ve given up on posting pictures.

Cheers,
Ross

YEAH, the photo thing has been bothering me for a year or two.  I 'used' to be able to send out two or three photos with my posting, but rarely can even get one to be successfully sent in recent times.  In recent times I've been using photos taken with my "I" Phone. I wonder if that's the issue?

I’m also on the SOHC forum.  They also use a “simple machines” forum website.  But it’s much better.  You still post pictures the same way, but you don’t have to re-size and you can post many at a time.  I’m guessing they pay more.

Why pay anything when you can just have a group page on Facebook?
If you do it right it’s easy…this is so 90’s

  I belong to many motorcycle based Facebook groups. Yeah it’s easy, but it has definite limitations, to lack of available format categorization that we see here, plus, often ridiculous unanimous Facebook police that can and do ‘eliminate ‘ you , or even prevent you from joining in the first place,,,,,for no apparent reason. Other than swearing, and threatening behaviour, you are free to bring up most subjects here.

  I watched BC Sportbikes Forum go from  a huge presence to mostly now AI advertising disguised as a person asking a question. Most of the former people on the forum left because of this, and because of a change of ownership which brought  huge advertising‘bumps’ which were early AI intrusiveness. Most former BCSB residents went to the various Facebook groups, but nothing replaced BCSB and, it’s all fragmented now.
 
  It’s only the inability to easily download pictures .  Everything else about this forum,,,including the residents, is great!

I’ve been handed a lifetime ban from Facebook.  No lie.

Even Trump didn't get a lifetime ban.  What did you do?

He said something about Zuckerberg's mom having soft hands.

  Hey,,,,,,,have you spent any time around Ross???????????         :-)

I dunno.  Honestly.  During the pandemic, I tried setting up a facebook account.  After I pressed the last key to enrol, a screen came up that I was banned, would I like to appeal?  Yes, I would like to appeal.  Check back in 24 hours.  I checked back next day.  Apparently l’m an evil person and told I am banned for life. 

I suspect it’s because of all of the controversial things that I post on this site.  At that time, my social media footprint consisted KZRider from about 2008 to 2013, and BCCMC up until the present. 

  I suspect it has something to Do with someone with exactly your name who has affiliation with a bad ‘thing’ or people who
Have done  bad things. Heck, I’m banned for life off of ADV, and that forum has a special section to get nasty!

AHAHAHAHAHA!!!  They still talk about you on KZRider!