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Nearly 2 hours to put new tyres on and im still waiting. I really need the loo too

1 of many staircase's I've designed for my MetalFab mate over the years...

Weird day here today. The Farmers are protesting and have blocked the motorway and major roads, so we noticed a bit more traffic through the village this morning. Anyway, we went across to the hyper Market in Narbonne a while back to get our weekly shopping. They had half the checkouts shut and a lot of security guys patrolling the place. The store itself was pretty quiet compared to normal, so we got our shopping and paid for it pretty quickly and headed home. The roads were unusually quiet, but we use the back roads to get across there. I'm thinking that the main roads around Narbonne may have been a different story! I'm now waiting for the stories to come in about rioting and cars etc being set alight!

That's slow........my local shop take about 10mins per wheel, and they have toilets in the place.....hang in there.

No chance I can keep up with Pete's record of previously owned bikes... but I'm pretty sure I still have my "Potcher" status as I've been called before... in other words, I ain't afraid to turn a spanner & I don't have a "Tommy the Tool" to do the work for me...just like a few of you chaps. So I counted up the one's I've owned...came out to about 25 bikes over a 28 yr. period. Still have 2 left that I'm about to finish up & plan to deliver to a coupla worthy recipients...my brother & my youngest boy. So here's a few of my favorites.... My brother is getting the Sumo....tried to sell it for over a year for only $2500....not 1 bite, as it's a kick only thump. Society these days are full of nothing but pussies that can't handle NOT having the start button on the bars! My brother is 6'-4" & a helicopter crew chief who definitely knows his way around a wrench...he's my "Go To" guy when I'm stumped with mechanical woes. Perfect Recipient-- My youngest boy, I couldn't be more proud of as he's a home owner, business owner & about to become a Dad in another month or so.... this was his 9th birthday present that I've gone completely through.... can't wait to see him teach his kids how to ride it! This post wouldn't be complete w/o this "Party on 2-Wheels" that was an absolute blast to ride.... Then there's the bike that started my Red/White affliction... rode it daily for 13 yrs. through every weather condition possible here in the PNW....including an earthquake whilst doing a good buck & a quarter on the freeway heading to work one morning.... 1 of thee scariest moments of my entire life! Now, this one really put the "FUN" back into riding for me....went to new/different places more than any other bike prior.... Then age & the need to carry the misses along as she rode as well for awhile.... found this beast just down the road from where I lived. I also did a 2500 mile trip down to AZ & back in only 98 hrs. That was a blast-- Then there's this Taiwanese job that was the last bike I actually rode....actually had Honda motor & an awesome front brake. I high-sided this beast on the way back from the upper Clackamas river about a year before MRSA hit me. Almost died from that off.... & still to this day feel aches & pains from that accident. So, what bikes have you lot owned that are memorable?....

She is having blood taken, and they putting in canulars now.

Keep us updated on how it goes Clive!

On Wednesday the sun was shining the temperature was ok so I dragged the bike out of the garage early. loaded up and went for a ride to meet up with some friends for lunch in Cortas de Pallas which is in the mountains to the west of Valencia. The roads around that area are great biking roads. When i got home 300 kms later I noticed that my total for January already outstripped my total mileage for the whole of last year, Was that a bum year or what? In January last year the bike had its first ITV (mot) as it was four years old I took the crash bars off as I had added them after I bought the bike and as fellow Spanish dwellers know we have a sort of type approval thing going on here. I was going to put them back on but I never got around to it, it might be just me but I think the bike handles a bit better without them.

Stopping at a very nice supermarket before heading to a friend’s place for dinner. Dangerous place to shop, and my kind of shopping bag: cheese, prosciutto, bread, wine, whisky, and cigars

Yes sir, spent 3 days in a chemically induced coma so the Dr.'s could figure how to stop the rapid spreading of MRSA...due to the birth defect I was born with.... My brother sneak'd this pic before they warned him that it wasn't allowed. I have absolutely NO recollection of those 3 days....but it took me 2 weeks to come out of the fog that those drugs caused. Spent the following 7 weeks getting my toes & fingertips chopped off & recovering from a big skin graft under my right armpit.

I'm gonna feel the territory and see....it could be the knob in the ice-cream..sometimes she's cranky...

+ 10 BHP.

It started 1st jab, but the fuel gauge never moved!

Well I've got a full tank in the Honda! And despite not leaving the garage for two months it'll fire first press of the button on Sunday.

Off to Manchester when Mandi's ready, in the car.

Had to go in the car.....

I bet Pete spent many hours under here picking up coins that had been dropped through the walkway slats

Decent weather here...... However, tomorrow I go to Albox! Here's a memory from 2014 when I used to go down on the bike......just for teabags! And Sunday I should be back in action on the bike after 2 months of being sidelined! But it isn't all good news cos I'm going to be seeing @Skippy in Almeria province! Hopefully he won't have any fucking bike problems! What you lot up to?

Nor bought the coffees

Hope she is ok clive

This is the surgical triage unit, there are others sat behind me. After the drip is finished (Whenever that is) she will be on her way home, with other medication, doc say, any dizziness, short of breath or feeling faint she is to go to the A&E at our local hospital....

Born with a birth defect called Hemangioma....basically an imbalance in blood cell count....quite vascular. Went through 28 different surgeries by the time I was in 7th grade....most of those before I was 6y/o. Feel quite blessed that I got to ride motorcycles daily for 28 yrs.

Pellet stove maintenance this morning...Done. Spanner twirlin' in the garage for a few.... & the usual Tequila shootin' Friday night with the misses.

It’s part of their DNA to be cranky.

The only problem I’ll have is getting you to open your wallet and buy me a coffee

Going down the local pub this evening for a pint and a bite to eat with the neighbours , it's usually a good laugh.

Pretty sure the fever has broken, I dozed off for an hour or so and my head actually feels fairly clear now.

NEVER happen....but it does come in handy for emptying some dumbass' brain out through his ear.

It was bloody horrible on Tuesday night up near ayr, thought the truck was going over in that wind.

So it's not replenishing itself of fuel just sitting there?

"Out" is the term I think you are looking for.

I know bike of the month is a Honda free zone but I’m in

Empty tank.

Getting the scoot out!..nipping to Farmfoods, they still take cash!...... Fuck Asda.

Weathers not bad here but I feel like shite.

Another bright day......and supposed to go up to 25c.

I know you mean well @Nute, but you can’t fix stupid, believe me we have been trying for years.

Jammy git.

I have a pass out today so stand by for some rugged individualism

Could crack a smile Scott.

Having a drink now, it’s been a tough week. Tomorrow afternoon I ‘ll be on the GS heading for the hills where I learned to ride the Transalp.

This came up in my Facebook memories from 7 years ago!

Tough to handle that you're NOT the only one...eh?