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Out with the Fowey seniors, 7 of us with combined age approaching 450 Up to Kitt Hill for the 1st of the month bike meet. Some interesting bikes there but there always is Not a massive fan of what has been done to this CBX but it is out there being ridden which a lot aren’t. After Kitt Hill we headed off to Tavistock for a look around a vintage fair but no bikes. After that up to Dartmoor and Princetown for a drink then home. About 90 miles but good ride. Weather a bit changeable on the moor. Had a new chap turn up this week with a triple Shaded 500X Pete would have loved it

Keep toying with buying th CF450MT but took the old girl out today, she's been neglected because of the Sled and T100 , not started for months, anyway 2nd spin and she fired up , we've been together now for 15 years or more and she still makes me grin like a twat.......so the the CF450MT is low on the list again.....not all trails are well used

Congratulations @boboneleg, great picture!

I took a quick ride out to The Cove at South Queensferry after church, there were a few bikes there, it absolutely pissed down just after I walked into the cafe so everyone ducked inside until it stopped, it’s a great place, there was much banter, the sun came back out and the rounds of tea started flowing, had a burger followed by a good cigar before heading home. It is currently trying to rain again.

That got your attention! Get your thoughts out of the gutter. I have been getting a bit of a wiggle from my back end (okay just stop). When I did the inner primary bearing I had a quick check of the swing arm and noticed that the isolator rubbers were looking a bit knackered, for some reason Harley decided that the swing arm pivot shaft should go through the back of the transmission and double up as the rear engine mount. To this end the outer ends of the shaft are mounted in some rubber isolators for vibration damping but to also allow the rear of the motor to move a little in the frame. It is such a brilliant design that they did it differently from the model year after mine. The isolators wear and odd handling occurs, usually a wobble in long curves. With mine I am getting what feels like some rear wheel steer intermittently. Rather than just replacing the isolators, I have decided to fit a different pivot shaft with after market isolators. I have this sat on my dining table at the moment, while I am on I am going to renew the radial swing arm bearings and bushes. So that’s something for you all to look forward to, you lucky people.

7 miles of twisties without the slow hairpins but great views and fast, we call it "Sheep Alley" as that's the main hazard

Well played Edinburgh zoo.

Just did a quick search and the Prolink was available here but only in silver.

Pretty sure that was called the Super Sport and later the Pro Link, the latter was US market only if I recall, still never came with the HRC colour scheme though. You are right about the side panels though, definitely a previously faired bike.

One of the limited edition Thruxton RS’s.

Those are CBX 550/750 colours, strange choice.

A fetish to ride agricultural vehicles on the road and gather with a large groups of men and sing ?

The bike got rained on while I was in church, this is next level hardcore biking.

He will never have what we have.

Funnily enough there was a Baxi Burmuda like that in our house when we bought it. Donkey's years old but totally reliable and proper furnace, made the house very toasty. We got a.Bosch/Worcester Combi to replace it. Now 25 years old and still going strong but I do wonder for how much longer. You will save a lot on gas though with you new Combi.

Jealousy is an ugly thing

Baxi Bermuda with a back boiler . It was here when we bought the house 35 years ago and has been 100% reliable. I bet the new Worcester combi doesn't do as well .

We start today with a very sad story ........ Ive Just arrived home back from the hospital after seeing a good friend take his last breath, I was honoured to have been there at the end. This was a man when had dodged a snipers bullet in the Falklands, had survived many armed patrols in Northern Ireland. A man who had walked away from a high speed motorbike crash. At the hospital, just before he went he beckoned me toward him, he couldn't speak due to the pipes and tubes that were attached to him so I moved closer as he pointed at his mouth. I ...said I didn't know what he wanted and asked if he could write, he nodded vigorously so I passed him some paper from his bedside cupboard and took a pen from my pocket. Unfortunately, as he was writing, he stopped, the pen fell to the floor, the machine that he was attached to started to make that ominous monotone that tells you its all over. The paper dropped from his hand as the nurses rushed in and tried in vain to revive him but all to no avail, he now knew all the answers to all the questions ever asked, including the ultimate. I returned to my car in the car park with heavy heart, trying to avoid looking into the faces of the mixed patients, visitors and hospital workers. I somehow managed to get to the car without breaking up, and, as I fumbled for my keys I rediscovered the note from the recently deceased. By now it was all crumpled up so I attempted to straighten it out but it It just looked gibberish so I returned it to my coat pocket. I have now got home and was about to throw it away but the though hit me, it might be some sort of final message with hidden importance, there are no spaces between the words, it just appears to be a jumble of letters. I decided to share it on facebook to see if anyone could decipher it, I never was any good at anagrams or conundrums so here it is in its entirety (I'm not sure whether or not he finished before he shuffled from our mortal coil ) it says GETOFFMYFUCKINGOXYGENPIPEYOUFATBASTARD ...any ideas?..

One day a 12-year old boy was walking down the street, when a car pulled slowly up alongside of him, and the male driver slowly wound the window down and kept oace with him as he walked. After a few moments, the driver calls out to the boy, "I'll give you a bag of lollies if you get in the car..." The boy replies sharply, "No way, get stuffed!" Still slowly following him, the driver said, "How about a bag of lollies and £10 then, if you get in?" Clearly even more annoyed at this, the boy retorts, "Are you deaf or something?" "I said no way!" Ignoring this, the driver persisted, still rolling slowly along, to keep up with the walking boy. "OK - What about the bag of lollies and FIFTY QUID then, eh"? Angerd by the driver's continued offers, the boy tells him, "Look, for the very last time, No!, I'm not getting in the fricken car!" Seemingly unfazed by the boys repeated refusal, the driver continues, "OK then, I know what you want..." "I'll give you £100 and the bag of lollies if you just get in the car for me." Furious now, the boy leaned into the car window and screamed at the driver, "NO! NO! NO!! - get it through your thick skull!" "I'm never getting into that car with you!" This time, with a long sigh, the driver simply asked the boy, "Look, what will it take to get you into the car?" The boy replied, "Listen Dad, you bought the Tesla, you live with it."