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I was going to say “the Chinese will buy it”

spent much of today ( and most of last night) on the phone with daughter No.2b who is massively unhappy at uni the other side of the country ( lucky that walking around with a phone to my ear is normal practice at work) I also have man flu so am obviously at death's door.

No worries Pedro, Portugal is just the wrong side of Spain for your route to come this far east. We’ll try again next time

standars responses: "is it still available?" = " it was still in the garage last time I looked..." "what's wrong wit it?" = " it's a fuckin scooter!" " what's your postcode?" = "SW1A 1AA"

spent yesterday wondering if Pedro was going to come far enough east for me to ride out and meet up for a drink / feed. Didn't get nearly close enough yesterday and it's too late today now ( cos I know where he wants to be tonight and it's too far away for my knackered old frame to ride in one go.) Shame, but there it is.

Robobob...

For sale on e-bay…

I’m lucky, I have a fully equipped workshop and lifts etc at work so i do most stuff there during lunch time, i also have tame mechanics who will do the more complicated stuff for a pack of beer or a bottle of wine… This car is a hybrid monstrosity and still under garantee, ( though i replacesd the tyres at work) so its all done at the dealers, but i wouldnt pay thos prices otherwise.

I'm taking my car in for a service tomorrow morning. Quote was 400 odd €... it's only happening cos its still garanteed though, once that's over it'll be dne at work like the other 3

I just realised that my paycheck is like my wifes period arrives once a month and last for 4 days

you wish

The tiger could do 280 km on a full tank, but only if ridden intelligently to maximise range. Not at 8omph though. The autoroute speed limit here is 130kph, so 128mph and riding that speed I usually reckon on 250km range. less if loaded.

At the spot where the two French forces met on 12th September 1944 ( one laned in Normandy with Operation Overlord, the other in Provence with Operation Dragoon) I got there just 81 years late...

I did this today344km round trip tp drop off No1 daughters bank card.

forcasting snow here for thursday... I doubt it'll happen though, haven't had any more than a light dusting here for years now.

if it is, it's a shit one.

nearly there Bob; side stand cut off switch. FFS! it"s absolutely typical of these corporate types, emploi someone with a degree in Engrish but don't think to find out if they actually have any subject knowlege at all. The translation of their wiring diagrams are clearly done by someone who learnt engrish while working on jet fighters, "flame out" for kill switch, "afterburn" for "boost" "thrust" for "drive" and so on and so forth... I'm still waiting for an SSV with ejector seats...

I just spent half an hour trying to figure out wtf one of our Chinese suppliers meant by “side brace flameout switch”… ill leave it with you, the only clue is that its a motorcycle part

I was planning to ride this week end but I did my back this morning ( made the fatal mistake of bending down to pick my jeans up off the floor... ) so am confined to a comfy chair and doped up to the eyeballs with aniti inflammatories and pain killers.

surprised at work today by one of the girls from the office turningup on a brand new KTM790, aparrently hadher licence for years but only ever ridden offroad (including multi day tours in morocco apparently) It appears thet KTM are giving 20% discount on 2024 models here at the moment. I thik they're fucking ugly but then what would I know?

Don't you believe it! I can still reactivate my father in laws facebook account and he's been dead 10 years, it was all officially deleted by facebook at out request about a year after his death, but it's only ever been made invisible, the information is stored forever and so long as I have the password I can reactivate it ( though to be fair I havent tried for acouple of years)

It will mate, 21 years managed that port ( probably me that fucked it!)

Lyon Saturday for bro in law’s 40th ( in the car cos 3 hrs of autoroute each way is no fun on a bike, and its a real struggle getting the children to fit in the panniers these days…) Sunday, am supposed to be going boating, my previous employer has folded and i have been asked if i would move a boat down the river to Auxerre. It will be the last boat out, leaving an empty port behind…

Sounds ti me like you could do with a holiday in France… my brakes honked at me yesterday too, and the bike really needs a clean by someone who can be bothered with the details…

No, I haven't changed again Bob, still dealing with chinky bikes and quads but have been translating the companies new website till it has become this; https://deltamics.com/en/ This site went live last weekend and is a 100% in-house production.