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After the MOT i had a run up over the Bwlch mountain road where someone showed me how slow their car went as i flew past and he disappeared in my mirrors LOL something I've noticed for quite some years now is when i start pushing on on the bike and the adrenalin starts flowing i get a pain in my lower back like a cramp i can push on the same on my own without it but when someone else is involved i get it. I think my body must have grown a slow the fuck down mechanism after i turned 50

Had the MOT done it's a nice little old school workshop and there's always some old characters hanging around there, the owner Barry was away today so had his side kick go through the bike with a fine tooth comb glad Barry done the MOT on the dog LOL. Something that has just started on the MOT certificates is a notification comes up if there are any recalls that haven't been done on the bike. One came up on mine for a circlip on the center stand i couldn't be arsed to book it in to Honda travel there and back for a £1.50 circlip so never got it done. A few photos from the workshop not much there today

I'm heading home ...few pics from yesterday.

WTF i wondered why the wife got me some cans tonight and then announced she was off out bloody tart is hob knobbing in Cardiff anyone know who this is cos he's having it when i see him

That reminds me of a mate of mine he planted a monkey puzzle tree in his back garden in the late 80's it was not much bigger than that tree of yours and not knowing anything about plants other than weed he wasn't sure it would survive this is it now

I think I've said before my dentist insisted on getting his whole hand in my mouth every time i was in the chair when i left i always felt like i'd been in a fight and thought it was just normal for dental work that was until i had to use a different dentist in the practice, first time with a woman and it was almost a pleasure compared to the bloke that was beating me up, so i told them at the reception i didn't want to be worked over by him again and wanted to be treated by the woman in future he was a butcher

I think he's a pussy myself but what can you do...oh and thanks for the botm everyone...we stop at this farm house kinda bed breakfast place last night ..there was a couple from the UK ..they said they lived 30 min from london...we chatted for a good hour...boy you guys talk funny..

Sat in the waiting room, oh joy Not many victims today

@Skippy your wife knows she lives in Spain right? Be happy it’s getting done at all, The End

Hob knobbing sounds naughty

That’s very cool! I watched all three of these trees grow. The Left one is an olive tree, just sprung out by itself maybe 3 years ago, the middle one is an indian tree, forgot the name, around 6 years old also sprung out by itself since the neighbour has a few, the right one is an almond tree I planted with Maria, it was a meter high twig when we planted maybe 5 years ago. trees are very cool I have this vision of people in Portugal in a few centuries wondering how this very non invasive trees ( Argan ) very hard to germinate, ended up all over the country.

Second little tree is in the ground. It’s on a little bit of public land, a triangle next to my neighbours’ house. If it grows I’ll be able to see it from my house in about 200 or 300 years, cool stuff, can’t wait. It’ll be a tough little tree if it manages to grow there, the dirt’s colour there is very Moroccan like, but it’s very rocky very tough ground, look what it did to my pick. It’s windswept and arid but it properly rains and gets to freezing temperatures in the winter, I hope she makes it.

Thanks i'll look into something like that but i really need to just ride the bike haven't done a great deal with any of them this year, i need to kick myself up my arse i and get back to it. i have only done 533 miles between MOT's on the CRF1000 fuck me skyrider is clocking more miles than me on a bike LOL

In the key cutting place, not many of this type of thing left in the UK (courtesy of places like B&Q squeezing them out), old school, come in here and they’re always kind of grumpy, knowledgeable and you can still buy just one nut/bolt/screw! Love it.

Picking up cabin bag, checking in for flight, finding España house keys , packing a few things and tomoz wave goodbye to the boys leaving them in a puddle of paint

Did you ever think when you were out riding your bike someone was in riding your ex

About time your forecast got shit because that means we have it good again

Dentist in an hours time, I don't particulary hate the dentist but she's not very good at her job. Let's see if she can get my crown to stay put for more than two weeks this time Hoping to go for a walk with Paolo tomorrow if my back allows , still walking a bit like Mr Crab at the moment . Haven't ridden a bike for two weeks now, I'll see if I can get my leg over on Monday all being well as I'm supposed to be riding to Cumbria next Friday .

I’ll give you her number so you can explain it. Clearly I’m not able to do so.

Got a new battery for the bike today, a little trick i do is to put a piece of foam rubber under the battery terminal nuts to hold them in place it also helps start the screw when you have a few extra accessories added to the battery terminals making the screw too short to reach the nut I also bit the bullet and stripped the carbs off the bike to clean them out, couldn't see anything wrong with the main jets but both pilot jets looked blocked so cleaned them out and blew all the fuel lines out. It's now its running on both cylinders again going to have run it at least once a month from now on just to keep it going and maybe one day i'll clean the outside of the carbs LOL

There's a rumour circulating that Honda may be putting that new 750 motor into a retro! And allegedly it's going to be based on the original K0 styling! If they do it authentically with a 19" front wheel then it's got my attention. Along with probably thousands of others who spent many years in their younger days on 750 Hondas! By a strange coincidence, the 3 sons I had in my first marriage (1977, 1980, 1982) and the eldest boy from my second marriage (1988) were all born when I had SOHC 750 Fours, and the youngest from my second marriage (1991) was born when I had a DOHC 750 Four! However, even if I did get one of those Retros, the chances of son number 6 turning up are fairly remote! And probably biologically impossible!

Fuck off @XTreme… stop hacking accounts

She's out all the time doing her thing which makes it easy for me to do my thing guilt free lol when she said she was going to see Dizzee Rascal in Cardiff i didn't think she was going to actually see him

Why not go for a ride on a Kawasaki retro, though? They look very nice in person, and are very comfy to sit on. The paint on the 900 is amazing, only maybe Harley does something so nice.

Forget it @XTreme, it’ll never have a 19 inch on the front. And the bike’s character will be completely different being a 2 cylinder. I don’t know what it is, I have very little experience and have ridden maybe 10 bikes at most, but I do also find smaller wheels kind of weird in corners.

Shit age to die, poor fellow.

is that the BOTM waiting room ?

My boss has a totally restored K1 and i always thought i'd like one until i took it out, when i came back i said to him how the fuck did i ride one of these to work everyday and not die LOL Obviously a modern version would be a lot safer to ride

If you don't mind shutting down the odd popup you can see it on Putlocker!

7 minutes between me posting that and you picking up on it your slowing down

No ......her wheels (looked) shit. Demon Wheels alloy wheel cleaner.............Rubbish.

So the Rally is now back with the original red seat, the 'hop-up' ECU has been removed and the original put back, she is now ready to go for p/x

11 days. Then back to UK for solar panel installation on house then back out to España on the bikes whoop whoop

We may go to Mablethorpe next week good weather forecast. ☀

I had an nhs dentist, he was truly terrible. Didn’t help my dental phobia one bit The latest one is so nice he almost doesn’t seem human!

I had an F1 to commute on for a few years good bike bought it in kit form for £300 it came with a new Honda seat still in the wrapper which was £300 on its own so i'd bought a new seat and a bike came with it LOL

Been raining here on and off this morning hoping it will stay dry for me to take the bike for an MOT in half hour

No, it has to go through their workshop first and they're quite busy. The salesman told me about 10 days so hopefully it will be the middle of next week. I'm not in any hurry though as my back is still dodgy.

I hadn't thought of that but my experience in the past has tought me that when you see those guys it usually gets worse before it gets better. I'll stick with the Ibuprofen for now and hope it gets better before next Friday .

I did like my CB 750F2N, not a fast bike but competent, and so easy to work on.

I totally agree I saw one of those new one in the showroom, it looks even worse up close

Something between a Furnace and a Tsunami would be OK Clive!

There is no pleasing you

Now your just digging

I’m more afraid that the local drivers won’t see me

Do selfies count? In my defence I was knackered, very overheated and had a pre-puberty moment. I also had the offending earphones in but only whilst I was sitting down and recovering………….honest cunstable.

5 little trees were looking like this a few days ago: They were moved outside with the beginning of summer, and I kept them in a place sheltered from the wind and as much sun exposure as I could at my parent’s place. Now two trees, the biggest one and the third biggest one moved south. The biggest one is now on the ground by my oldest tree from 5 years ago. It’s a very windy area so there’s a helper bar to keep it from bending too much. The other one is going on the ground by my neighbour’s house tomorrow. It’s a very poor quality ground, rocky and dry, in a very windy and dry area. Hope it does well, they’re hardy trees that live in such places except for the wind. Also, we might have a problem with roots interfering with houses in a few years, but I’ll leave that to the people in 2200 to deal with.

I can see the Cornish mafia heading your way right now @Catteeclan

You fucking cheat @Buckster