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Weather was amazing...during the entire trip except for the first morning...was almost to hot ...but I'm not complaining..we will be covered in white shit soon enough...lol. So I've now scratch that one from my bucket list...what's remains...Sturgis...hopefully this will happen next season...few odd pictures from the rally...

Good new for the misses but that looks a bugga to get your hand in.

My day today went a lot better than yesterday! Went to the hospital with the missus to have a consultation with the arrhythmia specialist. Proper swanky hospital, first class service and definitely worth the monthly fee. The cardiologist has said she needs a small operation to stop excess electrical signals being generated and sent to the heart muscles which is what causes the arrhythmia. The way he explained it is that most people have one circuit that sends signals to the heart muscles to beat according to whatever your doing (resting, exercise etc) but some people (the awkward ones ) have an additional circuit that chips in randomly and causes the heart to go mental……hers hit 212 bpm last time it happened. Anyway, he reckons the operation is pretty straightforward and should be done fairly soon, possibly in the next couple of weeks (can you imagine that on the NHS?) They basically seal the end of the extra circuit to prevent it sending electrical signals. It’s a case of dropping her off one morning and they look after her all day with the op usually in early evening. She can go home the next morning. Thank fuck we can get it sorted because it’s really scared her and me too. However yesterday was a complete twat of a day……… had a lovely ride out in the morning, all went well until I got home………… Pulled up outside the house and noticed coolant pissing out at the bottom of the bike. Traced it to where one of the hoses fits onto the rear of the cylinder head. I’ve noticed that where the hose clamps to the engine there’s no stud and that’s because it’s corroded and snapped off. It’s probably stuck inside the hose but until I can lift the tank and take a better look I won’t know for sure. If that’s the case I’m not sure if it can be welded back on or whether I need a new head cylinder! If that’s the case then I think I’ll have to sell it for spares and repairs because the cylinder heads seem to be quite pricey and you never know what you’re going to get second hand. So now I’ve no working bike and the mountain bike is sitting in the corner of the garage looking smug. Double fucking bollocks.

Ride report?

Whoo hoo! The new sofa has arrived, old one had several broken springs, well it was nigh on 15 years old, maybe this new one will help with my back, which has been bad for months. Both sofas are the same size, got then from SCS when they were on for a sale price.

Here we are again. I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed riding the CB125F over here. Something about bimbling around on a small bike. Lot to be said for it. Now I wait . Got plenty of podcasts to listen to.

I read this on a Bikers FB group, the original post was banging on about patched clubs. I liked this response though.

Off over to Davidstow airfield to let Shadow have a couple of hours practice on her CB125F later.

Seen plenty of these coming through the yard this year....

Now in the Pyrenees, travelling back. Bilbao tomorrow, for culture.

Well just made back home...excellent ride if you like riding on highways ...for the time we had to get there back it was the only solution...the port Dover rated has the biggest bike rally has for Canada...wasn't expecting to see that amount of people it was literally shoulder to shoulder for about 5 km....the town has a population of around 7 thousand and Friday they were expecting 300 thousand attending the rally...

And Dan's brother bike had this ridiculous low windshield on his roadglide...could barely do 120kph...the wind blast was just to much...not at all suitable for a ride like this...highway speed limit is 110 kph..so everyone is driving 130 ish...grandma Jones was even passing us with her prius...

I'm sending her a link to this.

Must admit, quite nice to ride if I was shorter in the leg, shame Mandis not here.

Went to Asda in the Dacia, traffic was light. That OK for a ride report?

Yup that's how i feel it was different when i was young but i have felt that way probably since my late 20's

2014 400cc. I'll get a pic later today

Another 1 of those "Bob Approved" Maicos....

Got out early on the XR with Gary today out about 7 hours, but we did manage a respectable 164 miles and a lot less talking. Started to drizzle mid day and didn't let up until we were on the last leg home poor Gary didn't take any waterproofs so was soaked though i was pretty cold and wet with them on by the time i got home The red arrows This was slightly washed out Our route

Yeah she’s always been a tight fit

Jap shite.

It stands very well, the 400cc is the best size, the 650cc Burgman is a heavy old lump, and earlier 650 were a bugger to paddle about.

Sounds like a needy cunt to me.

Just arrived back home....we got greeted by a hord of Flys just has we entered are home province...thank God for the windscreen...lol.

I'm getting a full respray at some point.

HMS Prince of Wales leaving St Ives today.

On are way back from the rally...just outside quebec city...ran out of Giges on my phone yesterday...but me and Mike pick up some two nice looking blondes with experience at the rally...lol.

I bought a new touring screen for my CBF but didn’t like the look of it as it came. I had the choice of clear or smoked but the standard screen wasn’t either. So the new screen didn’t look right to my eye. Anyway after a couple of weeks I got fed up with it and put the standard screen back on. Now it’s getting colder I thought I ought to go back to the bigger screen. But I had to improve the looks. I took the pattern from the standard screen and masked the new one up to resemble it Then took some statin black paint and sprayed it to match I’m pretty pleased that the results look okay. Not perfect but definitely good enough. I will tidy up a couple of spots with thinners when the body of paint has cured a bit more.

Yes it was a good run, kept dragging Gary along but i just couldn't get him to break any speed limits LOL oh and i lied i was out 10 hours not 7.

Would you stop..lol...not going to win any awards for this...all in all think we covered just over or close to 4 thousand km...I won't be going there again for sure...even thoe we were just 3 rider...I'd rather travel alone...I was riding tail end...Dan really has a nasty habit operating his GPS....he would let go of the throttle when messing with it...I had to tell him to put his cruse on wyll he was playing with it...he would reduce speed without his brake lights coming on ...on a multi lane highway In Toronto ...it's not advisebale to do so...extremely dangerous for the fellow in the rear...

Just because you can doesn't mean you should..... It looks like it could b the Bat-Truck....

That's a fair old run Fred

Just had a Suzuki burgman dropped off for me to check over as the owner's just got it. It's fuckin huge.

Does that mean you'll be making good on colour to the front of yours?

1 of my favorites....

Hwy 20 through WY....

Great action shot of Ukawa on the NSR...

Sounds like a good time to be out of town before Fred and his mates arrive and start raping farm animals and the occasional house pet.

I got the apology I was after. Thank fuck for that really, I would have had to travel to Plymouth or Exeter for the next Honda dealers.

He wouldn't like my dark side....

Was this pillow talk in the showers

Lefty people in the US have lost their shit. Bit of a stretch methinks....

haha iv done a few 250 mile stints

It occasionally drops to 0 to -3 centigrade in the winter. Commonly ride then but no colder as the roads get too slippery. I live in the far south west so prolly warmer here than most of the UK.

Have you ever ridden the Busa far enough to get cold hands?