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& now for the Wheeled hardware.... An L-29 Cord...that's actually FWD Early 30's Packard Phaeton....so clean you could eat off of it... Man, I'd love to own this Truck!...

Just got back from a Fly-In & car show in Joseph.... some pretty cool winged hardware....

one of my fvorite loops south, truncated becuase I didn't leave home till gone 3 for verious reasons and wanted to be back in taime to accompany Mrs and the girls to the village 14th July party. 260 ish km took the back roads to Planchez, then did the sempiternel "planchez - Chateau Chinon" which I prefer in the other direction but still a cracking road. Fuelled at Chateau Chinon and had to spend 5 minutes cleaning spilt deisel of my boots, the forcourt of the filling station was fucking swimming in it! shan't be going there again. My original plan had been to cut across country from there to Glux en Glenne before turning north to Moulins Engilbert but given the time and the fact that i fancied some faster curves rather than the tight twisties I'd had up to then, I elected to take the more majour road westwards to Chatillon en Bazois and turn north from there back via corbigny, Bazoches, Vezelay and chatel Censoir. took a couple of pics on the way somewhere between Auxerre and planchez in the Morvan, a rare straight line through the woods Chastellux sur Cure middle of nowhere on an unamed road in the morvan forest , a memorial to 15 allied airmen who died in a mid air colision whilst parachuting arms to the local resistance cell (camille) the 18th july '44. aparrently they managed to parachute in numerous arms between July and september 44 including a jeep and two British 57mm field guns! Chauteau d'Aunay, nothe the two artillery pieces... I wonder if they're the same two 52mm field guns? got home in time to shower before trotting down to the square and pretend to be an actual human being for a couple of hours...

Is the stand shaped like a fuckin boat anchor

I can't understand how the shooter missed his massive head

They're much prettier than our Buck

I don’t know, but if ever there was one perfect election winning picture against a feeble opponent…

Probably the prettiest american car ever?

You'd need a bus to knock a Harley off its stand ................................ oh wait a minute

lesser bikes clearly don't weigh that much...

It's a pretty obvious thing to state now but you should always leave a bike in gear if it's on the side stand . Don't ask me how I know that .

That is completely not accurate!

Fucking bikes, pain in the arse they are. That will annoy you all week now, you will need to buy a reassuringly expensive bike accessory now to get past it.

Well yesterday started fantastically with an early run home from work down the A30 across Bodmin Moor. Stunning beautiful scenery, fresh morning with my Hornet carving it up in light traffic. No heroics just bimbling along in the 70/80 mph range with an occasional spurt quicker to get past traffic. My idea of heaven on two wheels. The sound that bike makes doing that sort of thing is addictive even on the standard pipe. Anyway stopped in Bodmin to get the dog his favourite biscuits then home as happy as you can be after a night shift. Put the bike away in its tent thing, had a drink and chat with my Mrs then went to bed. Next thing I know my youngest was shaking me awake to tell me the bike has fallen over. Fuck, out of bed and dressed to get out side to see the Hornet has gone over on its side inside the tent thing and to top it off was lying against my car. By this time I was totally pissed off and even though I managed to get inside the tent with the bike I couldn’t get an angle to try and lift it. I didn’t want to try and fail and let the bike drop against my car again and cause more damage. Luckily for me my best mate is a freakishly strong bull of a man who I used to play rugby with. So I rung him, he lives in the street next to mine and he came over. Between us we lifted the bike back up, with him outside the tent and me inside. Now the damage. I had been very lucky really as the Hornet only had a minor scuff on the rear plastics below the seat. The SW Motech pannier frames saved the day at the back. The front was unmarked aside from my new bar end mirror. FFS My car has a small car park ding sized dent in the passenger door. No big deal but just enough to piss me off. Anyway ordered another set of the same mirrors from Amazon so it should be all fixed by tonight. The bike tent thing is a bit twisted but still fully functional. As far as I could tell I think I had not put side stand down fully and the bike has just rolled off it. So fucking annoying but shit happens. I think what freaked me out is that I could not get the Hornet back up on my own. Luckily my mate helped.

Bears have been extinct in Portugal for over 200 years, some have survived in the mountain peaks in northern Spain and over the last 10 or 20 years they have flourished, now at almost 400 animals according to the last estimate. That isn’t funny or a joke, but the other day I found out one of those bears took a stroll to Portugal in 2019, and went out to dinner at a bee keeper’s place, and ate between 50 and 60 kg of honey in one sitting! That cracks me up!

The Buck brothers passing through the front yard...

Pete would be proud of ya....

Anyone can ride it on roads , go and find some lanes you big Gayer

Oh yea…

Found Mawsleys Road

Just a phone snap on route, the Kyles of Bute

Bodger.

brings a whole new meaning to the phrase to "come in a jiffy..."

I fitted my new front wheel bearings, definite improvement, the vagueness has gone away. Interestingly the Harley bearings had metal seals, they were definitely stiff when I removed them and the left one more so than the right, it gave a good old click just once then seemed smooth so I suspect one of the balls is cracked but without a load you cannot tell. The Koyo’s were noticeably smoother and faster rolling, the old ones came out and new ones went in very easily, thirty minute job all in. I even cleaned the wheel to keep ugly Bob happy.

Also, it’s not a side stand, it’s called a jiffy stand. Side stands are so passé.

Or busa's truck. Overloaded.

Superb Chris , just the sort of roads i'd be on . I'm really missing my French fix this year .

Nice, you were missed. Love the road through the woods!

well thats why I don't leave mine in gear, cos I just know I'll ride the bloody thing straing into the wall if I do . This bike won't start if it's in gear so I guess that particular stupidity is less likely than with previous bikes.

I tried to start my old TDM outside my brother in laws in gear. Only just managed to keep it upright.

I think sporty road bikes are worse as they don’t lean so much into the stand as big trail bikes.

14th July National holiday and party day here today. village BBQ and music in the square last night followed by HUGE firework display in Auxerre at 23h00. I was out on me bike all afternoon yesterday and another couple of hours today. first time in what seems like ages that we've had decent weather for riding.

I never leave my bike in gear ( & only have a side stand) I wonder if I should be learning from other people mistakes...?

I know that mate but fuzzy head after working all night lead to the error.

I guess it might be football this evening ............

Who?

Yeah, & they're not tripping over a Rip Van Winkle beard...plus they can outrun ANY Hardley in their sleep.

The van is just out of shot.

Good sky here tonight and no Pete I didn’t use photoshop

Anyone watching ?

Well fuck - now that you put it that way, it does sound like a long haul.

Cold as a cunt full of snow made me laugh

Talking of stalking