Clive

It's something to look forward to. ....but I am easily pleased.

I had better get booking for next year!....beat the rush.

Forecast for Saturday 23c and cloudy......Sunday 24c with rain. It nice to be able to go out in the car without doing this.

I know, I saw them.

With petrol still being in the tank it gunked up the petrol tap, tank breather pipe, and had continued to slowly seep through the carbs, the middle one was by far the worst, Bruce gave me a spare set of carbs, I assumed they were the correct ones for the bike, I only fitted one to replace the very bad (corroded) middle carb, It would/could have been a different story if the tank and carbs had been drained.

10 or more years stood in a garage will not do any bike any good, if It had been started on a regular basis it may have stood better...

When Bruce told me the Tiger would not be a free ride to get it back on the road I should have heeded his warning. It tried my wallet, my patience, and my sanity, but while it was running it was a very nice ride, but the carbs ( they were in a bad state after being stood so long) were always a bit of a problem, some day it would run fine, the next, it would loose a little power, or stall at every junction. Maybe ( most likely) I over estimated my capabilities and i should have said Thanks, but no thanks. I read so much on the Triumph forum about the problems that came with Tigers of that vintage, the starter sprag clutch weakness being a big one, and if it went, which it did, it would require a engine strip down that I had neither the tools or mechanical competence to achieve. Jinxed, i don't know, just maybe it was stood too long in Bruce's garage.

He will have to change his name to @Plumbbob..

Well I take it back, I said I will believe 40c when I see it...... Just watched Met office forecast for Monday and Tuesday, and they say 40c for us and 25c during the night......think I will sleep in the pool

Won't be doing to much, in and out of the pool while it's hot. Also have other home chores to do.

I suppose muddy puddles are in short supply at the moment.

Any cooler out there?

You could always start, give it a go, you may enjoy the experience.

Hope this one serves you better @XTreme

Oh god you ain't started sniffing bike seats again.

Oh jeez!,....you will never get out of a muddy puddle with 48 bhp.

Get out there and unleash the 67 bhp..

We are sat here with baited breath.......

I can agree with number of bats.....when we moved here 8 years ago or so there would be many circling the trees at the bottom of our garden, last night just 2. House sparrows are in very limited numbers too, but bleeding Magpies, lots of them.

Those figures are frightening.............when I used to turn our outside light on with in seconds it would be swarming with bugs, recently very few. But houseflies still manage to end up in my cuppa when I sit outside.

I see plenty of small wild bees in our garden. But big ones (Bumblebee) are a rare sight.

Now you mention bugs, or lack of, I covered around 100 miles yesterday, and on the front of the scoot (it's white remember) I had 4 bug splats in total, and not one on my visor.

Thanks for the reminder we have a inflatable ring somewhere.

Had them done specially for the photo.

Floundering in the paddling pool now. Just need some one to bring us cold drinks on demand.