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One of my boys has finally found himself a full time job...its been a week now , operating a 10 wheel dirt dump truck..was on probation for 4 days with a supervisor on board, last Friday they let him solo...been really hard to find someone or a company to give him a try , has most ask for a few years of experience to start with...long hours, from sun up to down...11 to 12 hours per day...with experience under his belt, probably better places or conditions will eventually pop up...my other boy is finishing his red seal in a few weeks at the community College at the moment..he's coming over this morning to use my garage to replace a wheel bearing on his pickup truck...its a long weekend for us here ...there is a few openings at the college we're he's at , and his teachers have recommended that he applies for the job...they are looking for candidates who are are up to date with the new cars , has all except one are all at retirement age now...

RIP Pete. 2 years ago today you left us. Never will be forgotten.

A 1500 strong group of lone wolves?

I was on a charity DGR motorcycle ride today with 1500 others. I was stuck at a light for 5 mins because the traffic was snarled up and I looked over at the guy beside me and he had two 8 inch slim cylinders on his bars with a paper map wrapped around each - he manually scrolled the map up /down winding it from one cylinder to the other. I asked him about it - "analog GPS" he said, unjamable by the Russians. Wish I got a photo of it. Was a fun day, and finished at a brewery with live music and food. Got wet on the way home

First job when I left school was a work experience course at the local bus depot. They loved silver slip and I can't think of anywhere I've used it since.

How embarasing ......lol... I just don't get these guys its like a bunch weekend bikers who try to pretend they are 1% .....

So they are a group of lone wolves?

No not today...lol...a tour of coffee shops with the lone wolfs...lol.....it's probably the last time Im joining those guys...they stop to offend like for 30 min for breacks...

Nah the way forward is copper slip

I bet he was.

Heading over to my mate's place about Lunchtime , to watch some Moto-America racing from Barber Motorsports Park ...

I'm doing the Bristol ride but with the same caveat , not going if it's raining .......

My boss hates copper slip and has converted me

You gonna ride to a drag strip

Well 22c on the forecast...sunny and no wind....definitely will be going out riding with the Tim's Angles...lol.

That's quite the overhaul Bob...nice work.

Yes have to agree it's not a comfortable bike for 3000 miles..lol...mostly just hold more of a sentimental value for me now...sold the bike 4500 bucks when I acquired the 22 1290..comfort wize it was a little better but it was a rolling laptop on wheels , not to mention it let me stranded on the side of the road a few time...and the old 950 found it's way back home after the fuel pump failed on it ...luckily that owner didn't have time to trash it before it broke down and it sat for and entire year ...having no one who wanted to work on the thing I was able to buy it back after running into the fellow at the shop...for 2500 buck...I think it was a steal...lol...he was just glad to get rid of it...

That's what I keep hearing from guys that rode them in the pass...I haven't ridden one yet kinda curious to test it out..dam thing is rated at 145hp and it's tiny....

Silver slip, don't see much of that around now.

Looks clean, just tell him to avoid corners.

Yep, great offroad bike. not soo great for traveling 3000 miles to go offroading, tho. I still have it and enjoy it on the local dirt, cause fortunately it was worth $4,500 when i last got it rebuilt for $4,000 .

Im doing the Guildford DGR on Sunday...if it's not pissing down. Hopefully should be a group of us doing it, quite looking forward to it.