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Before I have another look at my pictures, here it is.

Prepare to be 'Scootered' again

What about one of these

I treated Miss America to a new air filter today .............

I've been getting my underside washed today before I swathe it Lanoguard

Weird flavour.

The boy came home last night complaining his ped keeps dying. He had been for a long ride to Tavistock and back and run out of fuel during the trip. It’s done 15,000 km and has only had oil changes whenever I do one of my bikes as there is always enough left over to do his ped. So the oil is always pretty clean. Apart from the first service I don’t think it has been touched otherwise. Anyway it was really difficult to start and wouldn’t tick over. Not an ideal situation in a twist and go. First thing I did was check the valves which were tight. Less than 0.005 mm when they should be between 0.010 - 0.015 mm I set them loose on the max measurement. It started fine then but would still not tick over. No idle screw that I could find (fuel injected ped) so I adjusted the cable to raise the idle enough so that it wouldn’t stall. All seems good now. Rideable at least so he can get to work. I’ve put a shot of Redex injection cleaner in the tank and will do it a few more times when he fills the thing. I have ordered a service kit for it which fuzz nuts will be paying me back for also I think it will need a new drive belt in the near future so I will look into that as well. Learning stuff about peds I never wanted to but if it keeps my useless boy in employment it sort of makes sense.

It could be glazing in the throttle body, some Wynn's injector cleaner will clean that off.

Couldn't find one but will check again when I service it. Priority was getting the thing rideable today so Fuzz Nuts can get to work.

I said we needed a horizontal picture.

Just heard back from the guy who is doing my valve check. All well within spec and reckons they have probably been checked before so that is good news. Something less to worry about

I could probably get some Lanoguard in there through the drain holes.

Rykas box hill .. not been there for ages , proper busy

Not much to see really just out for a gentle bimble as my grey mates were all weary of the weather so I went out for a mooch on my own. Did 40 miles down to Gorran to take some practice shots for BOM.

You will never have that much hair.

Ideally the spark plug should be the colour of a Nairns ginger oatcake.

same as mine but yours is wider ..which i think i'll get

Swap them around Phil, the first one has the best composition

Here ya go @Six30 , I've got one in my van as well. British made , not like some of the cheap chinese crap on eBay .......... https://www.theramppeople.co.uk/loading-ramp-with-double-support-bar-2200mm-long-x-285mm-wide

Twat

You are thinking digestive

Twat

Chocolate or raisins?

No way of doing so at the moment. I think it has decent compression though as it pulls pretty well when running like all peds it gets of the line well for 11bhp, I imagine if it were down on compression it would be very obvious. Also it's a 4 stroke can't imagine running out of fuel would damage the motor like a two stroke.

3 colours darling ...it means 3 colours

It’s what Italians call a thing with four colours.

The inventor Arthur Davidson, of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Corporation, died and went to heaven. At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur, "Since you've been such a good man and your Motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is, you can hang out with anyone you want in Heaven." Arthur thought about it for a minute and then said, "I want to hang out with God." St. Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room, and introduced him to God. Arthur then asked God, "Hey, aren't you the inventor of women? "God said, "Ah, yes. " "Well, " said Arthur, "professional to professional, you have some major design flaws in your invention." God was somewhat taken back, and when He asked what the flaws might be, Arthur Davidson produced a list for Him to read. 1. There's too much inconsistency in the front-end protrusions. 2. It chatters constantly at high speeds. 3. Most of the rear ends are too soft and wobble too much. 4. The intake is placed way to close to the exhaust and finally, 5. The maintenance costs are outrageous. "Hmmmm, you may have some good points there and it may be true that My invention is flawed... " God said to Arthur. "But the last time that I checked, more men are riding My invention than yours."

dont be so facetious

Where have you been?

' Those ' ramps.

Been to Marlborough today, returned this 1098 Tricolore to the customer

Mmmmmnnn, Dear Boy alway had to have the best numbers, I remember his weight lifting numbers . Born olympian

We stopped at Westerham on way for a coffee , bird in pic came through village think it is an r1 , saw her at Rykas .. with her flip up plate

I headed down to Newport now to go and have a gander at Wildcat Scooters. It was a fail as it wasn't open ........... As it was so hot now it was time for some refreshment , so I stopped at a pub in Caldicot ........... I then had a brief look at Caldicot castle................. I needed to fill up twice during the ride so it's probably a little bit thirsty (aren't all 2-strokes) and don't even ask about the faff with the pre-mix oil but all things considered this is a great little summer ride pop pop

Local car/bike meet..

Out with the Fowey grey gang today. Combined age 240+ years. Truro, Blackwater, Helston, Porthleven and finally Restronguet Creak to do a Freddie Dobbs. Well not really just for a pot of tea

Next stop was the river Thames and the Ferryman pub, it was a nice place but I don't think they really wanted anyone there judging by the notice . No swimming, no paddleboards, no fishing, no mooring, £10 to launch your boat from the slipway (but only with permission). I took a couple of photos and started the bike (loudly) and left ...... Not far away was the main destination of the day , the Devils Quoits ............... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Quoits I parked up in a snotty car park next to a weighbridge for the local waste vehicles, it was a very dusty walk to the stones . How on earth whichever authority was responsible for this allowed a landfill site next to an ancient monument is beyond me . I was underwhelmed with it all.....

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

So the parts came in the end and the job was completed , no leaking so far so likes the job's a good'un. New DDC valves were fitted as well.

I saw a few of Fred's girlfriends, it is lambing season to if Fred had been here he would have gone full nonce. I then headed to Talla Reservoir, as usual the scenery was okay. Going off the side of the road would give you a bad day here. I eventually rejoined the main road and headed back to Edinburgh.