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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.

Another scooter day today, brekkie, tapas and 200 klms of twisty tarmac.

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.

Well my T300 Hinckley was delivered today. it is old and was cheap but I am chuffed to bits with it. Somebody has thrown a lot of money in consumables at it in the last couple of years. Starts on the button and sounds as sweet as these things ever get. I have no history apart from what I can glean from the DVLA MoT check. I can see a lots of tinkering in my future.

I just done a pack of Oreos

General chat reached 100,000 posts today, Pete would have liked that.

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.

When you say fluid change does that mean you'll be washing it again. Looks good , enjoy.

Bank Holiday today (rememberence day in France is on the day , not the nearest sunday) adn bizarrely nice weather, up to 17deg c and blue skies, so, having shovelled a 2nd coat of varnish on the shutter from the kids room and a first coat of rattlecan black on the ironwork for it, I got the bike out and was about to leave when a mate rang asking if I was thinking of riding and if so leaving when? I replied "now" we met up down the road a little way and ended up doing somewhat over 200km in a loop north and east from home. Great afternoon out

That and he posted a Pic of his penis.....the years of comparing his bike to a dildo has finally caught up to him i think...

Figure you guys don't see many snowblower like this in where most of you live...since im servicing it , I'll post a few pics. About the blower itself it a pronovost commercial grade , they have 3 levels of blowers...the lyns , the puma , and the commercial one wich this one is..its 72 inches wide , 30 inches high at the main intake and I think the impeler is 26 inches. Its got 356 hrs on it , they are Canadian built , no China parts on these...lol...built in Quebec...it weigh 900 lbs..

I would post the video but the dog ate the memory card.

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.

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

Probably not because it’s factual.

I’m being strong and resisting the bait. I’ll go read my book!

You make shrimp dip already with shrimp in it, you don’t get an opinion on food.

I think you’re all racist.

There is a diesel shop in town , ive heard good reviews about the place , tampering with diesel emissions are illegal here but it isn't enforced, everyone who owns a diesel truck or machinery after the manufacturer warranty is over...they have everything deleted, I might stop in today and chatt with the fellow to see if he has any experience with this make and model of tractor .

And then your alarm clock went off....

Wasn't always this fortunate to own such a thing...I did freeze my arse off for many years, I remember countless nights shoveling snow at my father's house when I was boy , before snowblowers were invented...lol Before this tractor , I just had walk behind blowers...remember the first winter I moved to this place , the snow was so high I could touch the lower cable on the telephone pole...there was so much snow around the house I had to hire a payloader with a front mount blower to clear the snow around the foundation...since it was are first winter to this place...was affraid to get water in the basement when it starts melting...

You go steady

If he is driving a Miata he will already be at the hairdresser's, in fact he will be the hairdresser.

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.

Well at least they responded to my enquiry.