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yeh , i can see the likeness...

Poor kid has only been in the world a few hours and he is already being trolled by a Mexican.

i would have been but..... it was hospital time at 8pm and he was delivered at 8.25pm. Both of them are doing very well, we've named him Leo, now that's enough dustbin lids for us, hopefully we will take him home Sunday morning.

Beautiful weather today....decided to ride BEFORE I handled some more yard work Rolled past the Cemetery rd. onto Clark creek rd. for a few miles.... it's a shame the road doesn't get too close to the creek, mainly cos it's fenced off due to mainly it being some farmer's property. I've learned that keeping it in PA level 1 or 2 conserves on battery life while still maintaining a consistent 15 mph w/o too much effort. I didn't quite make it to where it gets a bit steeper & climbs away from the creek more for better views....that'll be for another ride when I have more time & battery life. All in all, a good ride for some exercise in this glorious weather...away from all the BS I used to have to put up with on the left side of OR! Now to race home for a bit more yard work before the Mrs. & I cooled off @ the local watering hole only 3 blocks from home.

Spring sun seems to have arrived to my garden/wild meadow

Congratulations, your family is in my prayers, I’ll be back to ripping the piss out of you before you know it though.

Get in , that’s just the entrees

Haha I know you did mate, he's a great little fella, even if neither of us slept a wink last night

I heard he is already taller than his dad.

Exactly! Get some viton items!

I don't....using the front brake only....just like on the Mongoose. Gotta get the lead outta my arse & hunt down a linked brake system, which I seem to recall seeing on Cyberbike's site. Shifting is also somewhat cumbersome w/ the stock paddles on the RH side....usually just ride around in 9th or 10th gear....the throttle evens the score. Boils down to the fact that I've got material for @ least 3 projects that I could do workshop reports on....been too occupied w/ blasted yardwork & Riding!

Forget about using pumps for measuring or adjusting tire pressure if you want to be precise, particularly chinese crap like that. Get a good quality tire pressure gauge with a release valve, any motorsports online shop will sell them. Use any pump to overinflate the tires a little, then adjust using the quality tool made for that exact job. Something like this:

Anyway its incredible how fast the snow melts..from this to that...I'll be pulling out the summer stuff from the shed this weekend..BBQ time..mmmm.

I meant it as a compliment. Must be a great feeling.

Apparently , rich taught Leo how to ride in the hospital car park and little Leo road the Busa home via Thruxton

Actually, Bob, I've just checked and it has Keihin carbs on it! CV's. I'm hoping that the problem is just the float height and I don't have to remove the carbs again, as they're an arse to remove and refit!

The problem I’m talking about isn’t with the actual needles but the o ring that sits in the seat. They fail and let the fuel past so that the float level rises. If you’re doing the measure with the tubing and you find the level is wrong replace the o rings with viton items as they’re not affected by the shit fuel we have now .

They are Mikuni's Bob, but I've fitted a carb rebuild kit to both, so they have new float needles. I operated the floats with the float bowls off to make sure that the fuel flow stops when I lift the floats, and that all seems to work OK. The floats themselves appear to be ok too. The float needles seem to move ok too, without sticking, so I'll put the float bowls back on and put some tubing on the float drains and see what level the fuel goes to.

My grandad rode a motorcycle once. An army BMW, trying to get from the base to the nearest town pharmacy, he rode it through a fence and into a field instead That, as far as I know, is my family's motorcycling history. My other grandfather was very happy to upgrade from walking to work into riding a bicycle to work when he was young.

No, people like this guy, my grandfather. Or this guy, my dad. I’m assuming you have pictures of the preceding two generations of your family on bikes to show your biker heritage? No? Probably time you got another ass injection from @Beemer Bummer.

Well done you passed my test

Datsun Bluebird you ignorant ass and it is the 1979 model.

Thanks Saul, it was a close run thing though, we didn't have long before he'd have been born either at home or in the car, once we got to the delivery suite it was 12 minutes from the moment she got on the bed to him entering the world

Mine is not due till the start of May, should get a full month of the new rate...

It's louder than the o/e but not offensive like a FMF pipe. I'm very pleased with it even when fitting it tested my patience a bit

This is unheard of......me starting a thread in Workshop! The reason is that I got my air pump delivered this morning....... I was expecting something not much bigger than the battery ones, but this was a decent size! Couldn't be bothered to look at the instructions, but I still got it working in seconds! I've even got a vid of it in action! Glad I got this cos the old pump is obviously misreading......front tyre was too low and the back one too high. Sorted now, and a lot better than the physical effort of inflating them manually! €50 well spent I'd say! I've got to check the car as well, but that's enough physical exertion for today!

It's 21c here at the moment but it didn't feel that warm when i took the bike up the hill to dry it out after washing it, although i only had a T shirt on so that didn't help

Absolute cloudless sky the last 2 mornings....70f today....another Ride in the forecast.

21c forecast here......so that's just right!

My father used to ride bikes, I have very few photos of him at all and none of bikes. He had a thing for BSA's but my domineering mother stopped all of that before I came along. He still rode a Honda C90 to work when I was a kid, old S reg in the UK so a 1977 I believe, he got a new one every three years or so until then but the S reg was the last. He picked up my 1981 CB250N from the dealer for me, I could see he was besotted but nothing ever came of it. He taught me alot about basic mechanics and looking after my bikes. Don't know anything about my Grandfathers and bikes, never really spoke to them about it, didn't really know either of them very well to be honest. Too big a family and I was one of the youngest so I was way down on the time with Grandad sort of thing.

Great shots! None of my family before me, or after me, have had bikes!

You aren’t a biker, you will never understand. The best bike for you would be a Honda Goldwing, amazingly capable machines with absolutely no soul whatsoever, perfect for the turkey neck brigade.

well, at the next video i hope that i capture the sound more accurate... i already order one zoom h1n recorder. i'll see !

If you’re bored of listening to me @Buckster I can always hand this one over to my 15 year old when he’s here later today. He’s revising for his GCSEs at the moment, and he’ll be able to straighten out your remedial grasp of evolutionary theory for you without any difficulty whatsoever.

Haha the poor bugger, though you're not the only one that has said that

Congratulations! He does look like you!

Down from 900lbs to 898lbs?

That XR400 is sitting there looking unloved . It's about time you took it out for a run .

She's not deluded , she's just bloody thick

You shouldn't buy that, it's shit.

That looks more like a loudener

Going out to dinner with a couple of friends tonight, it looks like rain tonight so on´t want to take Maria's soft top as the top soaks up, decided to take the 320 even if it's in need of a proper service. Who needs brakes anyway? so just for @Saul: One main beam bulb was out, so got two and just fitted in 10 minutes, two Osram bulbs for 5€ Then checked the stoplights since I had a warning on the onboard "computer", as soon as I pressed them the warning went out, will look into it. Marvel in the sound of a rotting exhaust And since it'll be parked outside for a while, also turned the alarm on, which surprised me by working perfectly after many years switched off! There you go, happy motoring out to dinner!

Get Wankstain to explain it, he will spend three days telling you how to unscrew the float bowl but never once mention the screws, screwdriver or float bowl.

I hope that's not going to be like that set of screwdrivers you ordered when it arrives