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Nah ones a bath for Midgets

Out for a walk with Paolo and the neighbours dogs. Stopped for a coffee so parked my leg up for a while.........

I tried to find him on Facebook so I could call him a pussy but was unsucessful

Had a few more hours playing Sprints today either side of a two hour Zoom meeting with a Psychologist for one of the brood. TBH tinkering with the Sprint is doing a good job of keeping me happy. I started off tidying up the bodywork and painting the mirrors, also swapped the Kawasaki mirror for a Triumph one. You would probably never notice that the mirror was Kawasaki but I knew so it had to go While that was drying I stripped the dash and decided to paint that as well Looking a bit tired to me so need freshening up. Then moved on to replace the rear brake light switch and wire it in as I couldn’t find a Triumph replacement. Also replaced the cheapie chonky indicators with some more but this time with smoked lenses. I thought about getting some original Triumph indicators but they were £80 and butt ugly. I actually quit like the look of the smoked out ones. Took a surprisingly long time but I had to de-bodge the wiring and get busy with the dielectric grease. Also got the old faded beat up clocks off and got some nicer replacements, don’t care about the mileage change, no intention of selling and if I was ever to do so it would go with both sets. Had this come in the post, don’t know if I will use it but I am seriously tempted. I saw one with a black plate the other day and I thought it looked cool but don’t know if I want to risk getting stopped which is pretty unlikely given where I live. Tomorrow should get it all back together. I have to sort the tickover out then I can do some getting to know it rides.

Oh and all those pictures remind me how poor I am.

In Portugal, because of the sound a traditional 50cc scooter makes, we call them vacuum cleaners. That’s what that looks like, a vacuum filter

Got the Sprint all back together today and clean with everything working so it’s time to ride. I’m happy with it cosmetically now, still loads to do but that will come in time. The thing I am most pleased with is the passenger grab handles. Makes it so much easier to put the bike on the main stand. I reckon I have spent around £200 so it now has cost me £710, whether that is a bargain or not is yet to be seen but I am going to get a 1000 miles on it first before I plan to do anything else. That maybe famous last words but we shall see, depends if it breaks or not. I believe the bike has been serviced in the last 1000 miles as the oil, coolant and brake/cutch fluid is clean. It starting well and sounding sweet, charging well also. Tyres are good but I am suspicious of the forks seals. Hint of misting about them but I will monitor them. I have new ones on the shelf for when they are needed. put to bed for the night.

It looks fabulous!....have fun.

Being that you really want it, I wonder how long people will hold out on nominating you for cheer torture.

Nobody has nominated you, though. Which definitely gives you the title of sad twat.

Dog ate the phone?

Visited my friend who is a mechanic for a coffee today, looking nicely old school today

After much deliberation I'm nominating @YamaHead because he's a fucking cyborg.

That has got to be one of the worst air filter elements I've ever seen and remember that I mainly ride with off road bikes.

Cheers mate I’ll have a look tomorrow

I watched that video and thought it would be just about doable……….not a chance of getting the plug cap off without damaging it. I’ll investigate further tomorrow but if all else fails then yes, I’ll have to dismantle the bloody bodywork to remove the seat tub and gain access to the spark plug. Twating thing.

It's looking very nice now, great transformation! I can't unsee that it looks like it's pretending to be a Harley once you cover it:

That's looking pretty smart now @Saul

You are very lucky living where you do. I’d be out shooting and fishing every damn day if I lived there.

Has the tractor fixed itself, @Vamana Gupta?

Photo, or it never happened Got scoot out of the shed, let it warm up for a minute, then put it back in the shed, wish I could rustle up some enthusiasm.

Two sinks in one room , wtf. ????

I've got my shorts on

I have been using Petes templates from day one.

He couldn’t even get that right.

A half flouncer

Id have to say @Sir Fallsalot for also flouncing... theres my nomination

Strong argument Bob. I miss the silly fucker though

You're not going to clock it, I'm telling six

Pretty new clocks came today

Weather was shit all weekend so not much chance of riding plus I had. Covid so needed something to do in a solitary fashion. So much time spent on the Sprint. Before Used this stuff on recommendation After wire brush quenching or painting.

Spent the best part of the day servicing the scooter………apart from the spark plug. Utterly ridiculous to make it almost impossible to get at…….then stumbled across a YouTube video late on which offers a solution so I’ll investigate tomorrow. ………….and here’s the air filter that I took out. Probably the original from 2006

Well after another Atmospheric River hit the PNW in the last 3 days...I'm sure grateful I moved to the east side of the state. We've gotten some much needed rain, but the west side is still swimming.... Hwy 18 near Otis OR... Tillamook OR near the coast....