I have no problems with Al, not A I

I have no problems with AL who is an old man remembering his old race days, yes he rattles on and has different views to everyone else and harps on about menthol fuel, we all get old but he has no understanding of road/street going Norton Commando's in fact in his own words he hasn't ridden a road/street going bike since he was 29 years old (he is in his mid 80s now) and it's also been sometime since he ever ridden his own bike, it's good to remember the past but most of us here have owned our Nortons for a long time but we still ride them, we all have our own ways and we all build our bikes differently to each other.
Some say I carry on about my 850 Featherbed as well my Joe Hunt magneto and some say I should not be in the Commando section with what I write, but I brought my 850 Commando new and started the Featherbed conversion in 1980, but my Featherbed is 85% Commando parts maybe less, but I know my own bike built by my hands, I been trusted to work on mate's Commando's over the 49+ years of ownership and have rebuilt mine and others motors and gearboxes over those years, I am no expert or tradesman but over the time I learned a lot about my Norton and my mates who owned them, why my mates trust me to be honest and upfront about their bikes.
But as most of us long term owners of our Nortons we are all getting older, I am 67 in 6 weeks time and able to get my old age pension and then there are some who are thinking they are getting too old to ride no longer and there be a time we will all get to this point in our lives, hopefully I have many more enjoyable ride times a head, bikes and my Norton are my whole life from riding to working on them to building them.
With Al he should stop watching too much YouTube, get up in his shed and do something with his Norton instead of talking about when, even if you never ride again, your Norton is no good just sitting there and talking about how good it was or if not give it to someone who will take pride in doing it up and turn it into a good road/street going bike as if anything happens your family won't give a damm about your old bike sitting in the shed, they will just clean out the shed and dump everything, seen it happen a few times.
Al you are at the age you got to think about these things before it's too late, give it to me I will look after your Norton, well I got to try lol.
You seem to be a nice person Al but as I say time is running out for you and be a shame to see your bike just sitting there going to waste, give it a chance to be alive again, I have a spare Slimline Featherbed frame, well I got to try again lol.
Al look ahead not the past.
I let Jerry or Les decide where to put this thread, but remember we all getting older and its good remembering all our riding days but even better riding into the future and beyond we all got to think about it one day.

Ashley

Ash are you trying to say Al is like this:

This needs to go to the Pub.

Well like I said at the end up to Jerry or Les to put it in the right place.

I will leave it here for a day then move it to the Pub section.

Ashley, I had a very happy childhood, probably doing almost exactly what you are doing now, with your motorcycle. I recognise your work level and the sort of work you probably do. I have worked at almost every level in laboratories and in defence factories. When I was working, I never chased money - I chased more interesting jobs - especially those which had a training component. There is a thing about which we should always think - what will our legacy be after we are gone ? The first thing which I lost when I began motorcycle road racing was my ego. Even as a senior manager, I have never believed that I was in any way important. I just enjoy doing interesting things. I always went to where there were better toys.