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Many thanks all...You may not think it but it does help:

got out for an hour on the bike yesterday, nearly home whn i came across 2 "yoofs" on mobylettes ( 50cc bikes) they were busy dismanteling one of the bikes so I stoppe to see if I could help. They'd somehow managed to stripp the threads of the exhaust header fitting to the cylinder. They had a good selection of tools with them, and didn't seem overy phased by the situation. I went and got an assortment of bolts and washers from the nearby hardware store for them and left them to it. As night was falling I did check they had phones to call someone if they couldn't fix it. lovely day for a spin

I am going out!

I have a lathe and a milling machine and used to make Yokes and other bits for people...But the cost of Ali is such that it could well be cheaper to get an engineering firm to Lazar cut a top yoke..Just a thought. If you have a good engineering drawing it could workout not too expensive ..and repeatable ... Just looked at my supplier for Ali a lump of Ali 4" wide and 2" thick..( smallest length is 1mt ) is £257.80p Then the drawing and electric even if i did it for cost..See what you are up-against!! bloody inflation ... I am Shaw you will find anther Honda bike with top yoke that would work. Lyn..trying hard to keep my mind off life at the Mo.

Good luck with that.... Everything I set out to do to mine takes 5 times as long as I think it will, hence it's mostly still in bits all over the garage floor

Bought a new project today. Being delivered next Wednesday

Something like this would be better.

Yesterday - clearing up leaves and smoking the place out burning them. Today - village Remembrance Day parade / service. I have a lot of local military and ex military friends. They go straight to the pub from the service and stay there until chucking out time. I will wander up there in a bit for a couple.

Been out washing Devon off the bike. All tucked away now nice and clean. And yes I know washing my bike in the rain is questionable in mental heath terms but the dirt was bothering me

I used to setup BMW airhead gearboxes i made a setup plate, i ended up doing 10 or 12 for my local dealer..then it got a bit much so i gave them the setting plate. I used to get a credit on my account that kept me in services and a good part of a new Bike. I still have an 80gs box fully rebuilt in the pit in the garage. Too much trouble these days, plus not as much call for real mechanics skills,,,all seems to be plug it in and change stuff. WTF is going to happen when the chips die and there is no body who can repair stuff.

True, that aluminium headstock could give up anytime.

A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3 year-old grandson. It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for candy in the candy aisle, cookies in the cookie aisle; and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles. Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, "Easy, William, we won't be long, easy, boy." Another outburst, and she hears the granddad calmly say, "It's okay, William, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here. Hang in there, boy." At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart, and Granddad says again in a controlled voice, "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay cool, William." Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. She said to the elderly gentleman, "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa." "Thanks," said the grandfather, "but I'm William… that little bastard's name is Kevin."

Went into Yarmouth this morn to watch the service. Mandi picked me up on the way home so we could get a breakfast. Pic was a little late sorry.

Not bad is it! This is Vélez Blanco so a little inland from my place but lovely nonetheless. The day started well too!

Out on the scoot again…….its stupidly addictive.

I don’t know, when my mechanic had my bike’s gearbox apart last year it seemed like he was fighting BMW against their will for people to not work on bikes. Skills like that never become useless.

We have had our first snow of the year, just clearing the way so I can get the bike out.

Well at least they responded to my enquiry.

I might take it up to where he used to live and ride around a bit just to fuck the old codger off.

I wish Xtreme was here to see this scooter shit... there would be some f.ing and blinding.

You're days of whipping things off are well and truly over

Probably not because it’s factual.

27F here in Elgin this morning....w/ a bit of fog, but it's starting to lift now. Got a coupla domestic tasks to take care of today....but a spin on the Mullet is definitely in order....

Quite a scenic area you live in there Skip....

Nothing much planned for today....spend 3 hours yesterday washing the truck..no way im going out until the pavement is dry....got to install a fresh battery in the polaris...Dan tried to pass a fast one on me by selling me his old battery from his 22 challenger for 20 bucks...lol....

Making progress...pretty much cleared the floor in the main garage...think now I could possibly fit my truck and my son's corolla inside when we get a good dumping of snow...total pain in arse when a storm hits and I have to run around to try to find his keys and move that thing out of the way when Im snowblowing..the dam thing is always stuck in the yard and can't move...the Indian is in hibernation mode...

Lol....bing bang badaboom...only a visit by the way . Physically ok...but she just looks to much like her dad...I won't be seeing her again...

Thanks Lyn, yeah I am fairly sure the yokes from the previous CB125F are a straight bolt on and that would help for sure with dropping the front. It would certainly sharpen up the bikes quite lazy steering. My mate that has the Guzzi has his own workshop with milling machine and lathe plus everything else you could ever want. In fact he used to make custom yokes for BMW Airheads as a sideline for a bit of cash not that he needs it. So fabricating something was also an option for Shadow but she copes well with her bike now, a year and 15k miles experience has made all the difference so the problem has gone away to a degree as she has learned to cope. She wants rid of the CBF now but is to young to do her A2 yet. I could see her getting a sporty looking CBR125R when finances allow, for her. Shadow is very envious of Grace's (family friend) CBR125R. Not something I am getting involved in. She has some health issues at the moment which I can't share on here that have curtailed her biking a little but she is still dead keen nonetheless.

I’m planning an adventure, if the weather cooperates and the forecasts for the two weeks starting on the weekend go according to my desires I shall start a ride report thread on the end of the weekend.

You think you’re so smart. And you are … for a Harley rider.

No, it’s a BMW, made in Germany by Hitler.

22 fully grown men kicking a bag of wind around::: Why FFS.

I can only hope, at least it’ll be some kind of action

lost 4 stone you say...

No, twatism!