[Closed] Things you just 'really like'.....

Being outdoors really early in the morning, before anyone else is up and about.

Wagamama Ginger chicken Udon .LOVE it

crack

Watching a pint of Guinness settle

Alex Pollizzi

the tick tick tick of a freewheel
a warm breeze
smell of a home fire

A well turned out lady, always makes my day.

nice cup of tea with plain choc digestives

Turning my lights off at the top of a hill on a night ride, and just silently looking out over the lights of Manchester.
Then turning my lights back on and going hooning down it! 😀

Lining up the ruler perfectly against the crop marks on artwork, then running a scalpel down it.

Harlem Shake! 😀

I like those calm little moments before the storm, it reminds me of Beethoven.

In the real world though, very early cold mornings and the sound of birds starting their day.

Lying down in a field full of long grasses and wild flowers, and looking up at the sky on a hot, summers day! It's almost like watching an entomological motorway .... Sooooo busy! 🙂

Motorbikes 🙂

Bought my 31st bike of the last 5 years 🙂

the taste of human flesh
pleasuring myself to the national anthem

The sight and sound of ducks landing on water.

911s

A perfect health shit.

cold glass of milk and chocolate thats been in the fridge.

cup of tea with 2 sugars after a long hard mud fest of a ride in the cold.

sitting in my chair camping with a glass of red and the last rays of the sun dropping below any hillside in the lakes/Scotland etc etc

the atmosphere in a public house, between 2.30 pm and 7.30pm.

The smell of two stroke or Castrol R as a bike goes past.
A perfecly tuned guitar.
Watching Swifts & Swallows.
Class 40's.

weeksy - Member

Motorbikes

Bought my 31st bike of the last 5 years

Good God!

Let's have a list then 🙂

ton - Member

the atmosphere in a public house, between 2.30 pm and 7.30pm.

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Wagamama Ginger chicken Udon .LOVE it [i]

Yes!!! Its not just me 😛

For me its the smell of 2-stroke and freshly cut grass.
Hmmm 🙂

-watching suspension forks track up and down (particularly POV camera shots)

This is good. I like watching suspension working on anything. The big Dakar trucks are good. Bonus points for POV shots that show the suspension assemblies/linkages working.

I also like watching vehicles turn sharply and at slow speed when they have multiple steering axles. Particularly rear steer stuff. Always fascinated me since I was a kid. No idea why, it's a ridiculous thing.

^^
🙂

Me and my 3 year old likes watching 'geeky' videos of engineering stuff on you tube too, such as:

DrP

Chopping wood

Throwing my biggest boomerang,and getting it just right.
That slow curve through the air ,then helicoptering right back to the start.

Being called Dad

the atmosphere in a public house, between 2.30 pm and 7.30pm.

Amen to that Ton. Sat with a pint and the paper.

Cheese on toast

particularly POV camera shots

Dead legs, after a very long hard ride.

Inhaling helium from balloons and talking in a squeeky voice

Flying water fowl - with long necks. Always make me smile that. 2 swans were flying parallel to me on the motorway the other day, ruins my driving 🙂

For Rusty Spanner. I made a deal with the wife when she was pregnant if i could buy a new bike i'd keep it for 5 years.... i kinda broke my promise...

I'll do my best

2002 Yamaha R1
2005 Yamaha R1
1998 Ducati 916
2005 KTM Superduke
2009 KTM 950SMR
2005 Yamaha XT660X
2001 Aprilia Tuono
1985 Kawasaki GPX750R
1996 Suzuki GSXR-600
2006 Yamaha XT660x
2006 KTM Superduke
2006 KTM 950SM
2006 Ducati Sport Classic
2006 Yamaha XT660X
2005 Yamaha R1 (Current)
2001 Yamaha R1
2000 Yamaha R1 track bike
2002 Ducati 749
1997 Kawasaki ZX6-R track bike
2000 Kawasaki ZX6-R (Current)
2005 KMT Superduke (Current)

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Taking a dump on work time, nothing quite like getting paid to poop.

The smell of woodsmoke.

sitting on the beach when its quiet picking up handfuls of pebbles/sand and letting it filter through my fingers back onto the ground.

Opening a pressurised bag of Arborio Rice.
Slicing and Aubergine with a sharp knife.
Angel Delight
The feeling I get when I've just completed a high resistance 30 minutes threshold run on my rollers, especially as I usually want to quite after about 10 minutes.

Oral. And coconut macaroons.

A massive full moon, that's so bright it casts shadows.

Live music... any live music... love it all.

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Watching Spurs beat Arsenal ... Please let it be, please

Live music... any live music... love it all.

even Mumford and Sons? 😆

The feeling of total clarity in my head after sleeping off a migraine.

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The "snap" of spds.

The pop tubeless tyres make as they seat properly. Each stroke of the track pump, just anticipating them popping into place...

The sound of a crisp gear change against a deep section carbon rim.

the sound of a TVR from my 911. lovely exhaust note. 😉

mowing the lawn.

listening to pantera whilst writing work project reports.

Popping bubble wrap, obvs.
Clicking the loose cartilage in my nose in and out of place.
Counting my steps in my head as I walk.

Brazing. Specifically, when fillet brazing, getting in the rhythm of perfect temperature and brass flow, and the brass fillets just stack up perfectly...

"even Mumford and Sons?"

every rule has an exception 😆

Touring the Alps on a motorbike

At this exact moment this: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/jimll-paint-it

The brief silence you get as you pop a jump or drop on a really nice bit of singletrack.

Having my dog curled up sleeping next to me on the sofa on a Saturday afternoon when I've nothing better to do than nap and read.

BBQ on a warm summers day with the kids playing in the garden.

Masturbation.

And surfing dawn raids.

Sleeping outside on the trail, the more outside the better bivi>tarp>tent>car.

Swiming in lakes first thing in the morning while it's misty, especialy after the above, and preceeding a mahoosive fry-up on the shore (why else does thick cut bacon come in packs of 6 if not to be eaten in one sitting?).

paulmgreen - Member

Alex Pollizzi

+1

I also love the sound and feel of old medium format cameras, I have a Bronica SQA that I hang on to solely for the feel of it.

Struggled with this one but dawn surfing raids is no.1

Tunnocks caramel wafers no.2

The smell of my cat when he's asleep (his neck is the best).

The wind. Has to be a dark evening with a blustery, warmish wind. Reminds me of childhood.

A certain perfume worn by a girl I went out with. I get a whiff of it occasionally and it takes me right back. Gives me the horn too.

Mashed potato.

Class 40's

From my biking days, the anticipation and excitement as the bike is warming up while donning helmet and gloves then the snick into first gear.
Also rolling off the ferry onto Douglas prom at the start of TT week.

The smell of a hot water bottle.

turning over the pillow in the night to get the cool side
truing a wheel
committing to a line and making it
watching my mates commit to a line and not making it

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Stewed cheese at Simpsons.

Sitting on my surfboard out behind the breakers watching the sunset takes some beating, Feeling the back end of my MTB loose grip and slide out then feeling it grip again is good too!

Tail sliding my Scalextric Aston Martin DBR9

A cafe where the staff know your name.

Lyons fresh ground 'Gourmet Italian' coffee. Even better because it cost me £1 from my local pound shop.
Lovely.......especially with whiskey in it!

My first cup of perfect strong hot expresso mid-morning

Comming home in the evenings to my house on top of a hill with the view, the still air and the silence. can't bring myself indoors on those days.

Listening to Pink Floyd full pelt (as I am now)

the elation that last the rest of the day after a really good hard ride.

I kind of get the impression that a few people missed/ignored this bit from the OP:

[i]That, in essence, shouldn't be so satisfying..
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A holeshot (1st to the 1st corner in motocross).

I kind of get the impression that a few people missed/ignored this bit from the OP:

That, in essence, shouldn't be so satisfying..

In that case... the "pop" that you get when you open a new jar of pesto.

On the subject of "pop", going wake to wake on buttery smooth tropical waters.
And, getting a perfect toe edge way out wide, one handed, low to the water.
Freewheeling a bike. Any bike, any place, any time. Freewheeling along is AWSUMZ

[i]going wake to wake on buttery smooth tropical waters[/i]

Sounds to me like that [i]should[/i] certainly be satisfying.. ?

Hot long sunny afternoon, spliff, hardpack with that tiny gravel on top that rolls real fast, green grass, a nice long undulating piece of singletrack...mmmmm...motion is a powerful potion..

Loamy swoopy Singletrack

that just right feeling you get three or four a year on the bike

Oh. You expect me to actually read the OP? Pah! 😉

Being the first person to walk on a fresh snowfall.

The peace and quiet that is left to me and the dog when everyone else is off out away not near me. (Being antisocial basically).

Dry ground getting wet by rain smell

Seeing a dog stick its head out a moving car window

The "buzz" of a mountain bike tyre on a road

Being drunk with friends

Caron bank, Innerleithen

The car starting, and keeping on going. It always does, which, when you think about it, is pretty amazing. Think of all the development, all the bits that were designed and tested over the years.

This crosses my mind pretty often when I start the engine.

What a saddo!

Dry ground getting wet by rain smell

Petrichor.

Nailing the apex of a corner whilst walking.