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I got on the beans a bit today, the bike is producing a lot of torque right from 1500 rpm through to I don't know where as I haven't gone past 5000 yet. It produces more from tickover it needs less juice to get going. I reset the throttle response to standard which was definitely the right thing to do. At the top end where the lack of Horsepower was evident before it just keeps going now so bhp is well up. Acceleration is very fast, I was the A68 for a while and passed a ton of cars and bikes, probably a couple of Hyabussa as well but it was hard to see them as they disappeared in my rear view mirrors. Climbing up into the Lammermuir hills it never missed a beat and the torque was relentless. It's a lot nicer to ride now, feels like a different bike. The valve train noise is really smooth now and the bike sounds really nice, different from before. I also noticed the sheep ran off more quickly but that might be just because it's a Harley and they didn't want to get raped.

It's all back together and the new air filter system is on.

Well I got 120 miles in after church, I have 250 since Monday so will drop the oil out this week to clear out all the assembly lube and anything from the new parts. Will also an auto tune or two, I think it is running a bit rich at the moment.

**URGENT MESSAGE** A very good friend of mine has bought tickets to fly to the Isle of Man to watch the Races on Friday the 5th of June. The problem is that he completely forgot that Friday is in fact his wedding day. This is because he bought the tickets ages ago before agreeing to the wedding date. Now he's asked me to post on his behalf to see if anyone wants to take his place? The wedding is at 2pm and all paid for you just need to show up - he assures me she'll make a terrific wife

condolances mate, as you know i lost my soul mate in October, i am with you all the way, every week i end crying as some thing will just spring into my my mind. I am told it gets better.

Milestone on the old CBF today.

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

So they are a group of lone wolves?

Today me and @Sofia rode to the Algarve, to then unload a truck full of rental bikes ready for our next tour. With guys arriving from Ireland through the day tomorrow. View from the hotel room: Bikes waiting:

It must be really bad if a midget like you says you're a few inches too high....

When you have a friend with a Harley....be prepared to be constantly running to the dealer for repairs...loose baffles in Roland's machine..lol. Wasn't planning to come up for a ride , cause me and BillyRay did 300 km or so in 33c yesterday..and Im looking like a cooked lobster...nice 22 c today. Few more pics from today, Roland managed to get a demo out , took it for about 40 km or so...

I was going to make my own exhaust but on a trial, welding tube pieces together I found it difficult to make them neat as I don’t have a rotary thing which turns the work piece so I have to stop every few seconds to reposition everything. I also don’t have a way of purging the inside of the tube with argon so the inside of the weld looks shit and I’m not sure how that would affect the strength long term …. So I gave up and bought a used one. Even with the rough mock up exhaust the kick stand hits the muffler so I thought I would drill and tap a socket head screw into the yoke of the kick stand so by winding the screw in or out I could control how far the stand closed in the up position to keep the end clear of the can. Even being very careful with the tap the bloody thing broke off in the hole and I don’t have a broken tap extractor & at 4mm it might be too small anyway. Plan B, after some shouting a swearing, biuld up a weld on the thing the kick stand closes against and I can then file it down to suit once I have the new exhaust…then find I’m on the last gasp of Argon so had to do it with the min possible gas flow rate so it looks shit, but at least it will / should work. I was too annoyed and irritated to take any photos

My bike only carries one passenger, the bus carries 130. The company wouldn't be too pleased.

Duuuuuuuh Newport Gwent or Newport Pembrokeshire your reply has now made it complete.

You’re a ray of sunshine

Four gigs done and knackered. Newport is vastly improved from the last I was there 20 years ago.

Fitted a radiator gaurd today . The rad had taken a bit of a biff after on off last time I was out, it's very slightly crushed at one end but no coolant loss that I can see .

Cheeky bottle of white from the Napoli region with tonights pasta .......

Pushrods and lifters are all in, clutch cable is attached to the gearbox. I decided to do some painting on a few bits before I refit the exhaust as it will be a pain to do afterwards so got that done and put the bike away to let the paint dry properly. Will finish up during the week.

this is Fred's entry. He wishes to point out that absolutely no photoshop was involved here and up yours @Buckster

Hornet at Helston with Seaking

On the sauce again.

Theres only 1 retard on here and he got banned for a month recently....

Rear brake caliper rebuilt , should be good for another while.........

Going to Jean's place in a wyll to help him install some forward controls on a old 2003 vmax 4 that he picked up this winter...the bike is in half decent shape...ill try to snap a few pics...I keep telling him...you better be careful when you take that thing out...has he never ridden anything else than a Harley...I think he's in for a surprise...lol.

Yesterday I went to the opening of a new Trumph dealership in Porto, because Sofia was invited. I parked the GS on the other side of the street behind some cars The Speed Triple is, by far, my favourite current Triumph.

At 40k miles, i had to fix a leak in my 950's engine. Was told that it would be $1500 just to tear it down to the point where they could figure out where the leak was. Suggested that while they were at that level there was a bunch of other work that should be done. I asked them for a rough estimate - $4k. I then asked them if people just threw these bikes away at 40,000 miles. Didnt get an answer.

All back together..the seal came in yesterday afternoon at the dealership...was planning to have it sent by mail..but didn't want to take any chances for it not being here Friday..so I borrowed my mom's car wich is a little easier on petrol..lol. Should be out in hour or so to test things out..

I didn’t go for the extra knobbly ones. The choice wasn’t great due to the weird size rims. Keeping the high bars so not gone full artisan coffee, but I’ll fit the cup holder tomorrow

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

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

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...

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.

It sure is a wonderful bike that they created so long ago...well after the test ride my oil leak is 50% resolved...took it apart this morning, it's coming from the clutch, water pump side...oil pressure switch is bone dry..valve cover down to the cylinder base gaskets are also dry....looks to me like it's seeping from the inner clutch cover gasket....the oil leak isn't extreme at the moment...think I'll just ride it like this for the summer like it is...unless it gets worse...

I'd still have one today but too big and heavy for my old bones , still got memories though..............