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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.

Well my bike will now lift the front wheel, only a little but it definitely leaves the ground, not something I'm going to be trying to do but something I would rather avoid, it ain't the right kind of bike for that. I was pulling to the front of a queue and the lights changed so I pinned it and the front came up and I eased it back down after about 30 yards or so, there is now a ridge along the centre of my seat where I gripped it with my arse.

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

First autotunes session done, Burger King for lunch. Living the dream.

Dull and overcast here but I plan to get a look over the tracer later today as it'll be taking me to the Isle of Wight again in the week.

Oh dear. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1527328245460809/?fs=e&fs=e

So, have you got any pictures?

Amongst other things today I changed two heater plugs on a diesel astra. These are the ones which have a built in pressure sensor, £100 each. Lots of stories and tails of them snapping off but they both came out easy so I'm having a beer to celebrate before Mandi gets home.

Done a brake job on one of my mother's friend..a little accura rdx...this morning. Took out the indian for a little scoot to get something to eat..ran into somekind of UDV ..and unentefied diving vehicle wrapped in aluminum tape...lol. It had UK plates on it...Six30 on a north American tour ?

yes its not great on an enduro style bike

That looks much cleaner there Bob...Nice work. ...Shame you guys have to run those barn-door sized plates...

The WR has a convoluted number plate holder, it's more like you'd get on a sports bike and is prone to damage when the inevitable tumble comes from trail riding. Having bent it back into shape more than once I decided to junk it and try to find a tail tidy . There are not many options for this bike and I certainly wasn't prepared to pay over £100 for one Ali Express came to the rescue and at a much more reasonable £20. As with anything Chinese it needed a bit of modification and the oem indicators wouldn't fit but I found some mini-indicators in my stash. I'm quite chuffed with the outcome and hopefully it will survive any tumbles ...... I also fitted a new mudflap as the original was well shagged .......

It can't be him as he wasn't aiming for the ditch

Those aren't UK plates.

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 .

New tyres front and rear and new chain and sprockets , I have upped gearing to 14t front and 48t rear.