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Got 7 inches last night and I'm still sore! Another day in paradise...

Granddaughter rang yesterday "Scoot making a funny noise and won't start!" .....So I nipped over to hers, battery almost totally flat, starter relay just chattering when button is pressed, she also said that when it was running it would only do 25mph!....tried to pull it out of the garage, front brake absolutely seized, charged the battery, stripped the caliper, cleaned and greased it...scoot now starts and does 55mph again, so i thought I would check other things too, oil level fine, air filter clean, tyres!...both down by at least 22psi....... a bucket of wash and wax would be a good thing too.....

Finally got around to sorting out the noisy inner primary bearing. It's not a difficult job but means removing the entire primary, I wanted to inspect the Dark Horse motor sprocket I fitted in place if the old compensator anyway and make sure the old deflector was still in place on the inside of the cover as it has been 1500 miles since I fitted those. The Dark Horse and deflector all looked good, unfortunately one of the starter bolts wouldn't come out, the allen head was buggered. I started drilling it but looking at the head I had an epiphany and sure enough one of my cam driven stud pullers fitted it so it came out nice and easy. At that point I went to get my bearing race puller and after turning the shed upside down I couldn't find it. Last time I used it was ten years ago in Georgia. I started to think maybe it was still over there. So I put the bike away while I figured it out. Found the tools this morning after two minutes of looking, they were under the bed of course. Hopefully get most of it done this evening.

I'll fix it, but nobody really knows what Harley models are called.

Again I had a similar thing with my boys scoot the other day, I noticed the front brake pads were wafer thin. I ordered new but when they came one of the pad pins seized and stripped, so bought a used caliper and fitted that. Only for the boy to tell me the front brakes had been rubbish for weeks. FFS He was shocked how good they were now they actually work. I sometimes wonder if at 21 he would have the sense to come in out of the rain. I did enjoy playing with the ped though, all relatively simple but therapeutic to do.

I’ve been rumbled, Adolf was my dad.

Oh where is @Slowlycatchymonkey on this day of fooling, i recon i could have roped her in again with some flight of fancy

Next carb fitted and alls well with that and the fork leak. Must of had a dodgy seal or something. Got out for a 20 mile run and all was well until it coughed and spluttered to a halt. Not petrol as the rev counter was dropping to nothing and back up. Pulled over to the side of the road and pushed the button and it started again. Pushed and pulled all the connections I could give my hands on but sat there ticking over so rid home. Something to get into later. Couple of pics while out, this is the old town pump in somerleyton and the next is just an old good looking barn with a thumb for perspective, ,both on the same road.

It's a Street Glide you mexican twat!

thats you Banned until the summer

Is this what our new fuel is doing to our bikes? Got this out of the tank with the tap out and shaking it about That gasket's never going back in. I've used the body of a spare carb I had with the new needle valve just to rule out any probs with the seat.

Frisky......need a long memory to remember the last time I was feeling frisky. A couple of lagers for me is better than any sleeping tablets....

That's what happens after a couple of beers, get frisky and bang the misses in odd positions. Hope you're feeling better soon.

thats you banned for 4 months from BOTM

So far it’s bloody great, it’s made me realise how much I like this style of bike. It’s very easy to ride, still running in but the engine seems to be quite willing given its modest power. Off out again on Saturday to get a bit closer to the 1,000 klm first service/check over. Meeting five mates from the UK up in Segovia on 25 May and who knows from there? We’ll discuss the next destination over a few beers and some grub each evening, mostly it’ll depend on where the good weather is……..I ain’t riding in the rain if I don’t have to

Bloody love power delivery and a peach to ride , don't like the high exhaust, much prefer my style

Arrived at Skeggy at 2.30, Lincoln ring Road was the usual disaster, 2 miles covered in 30 mins, won't go that way home on Sunday....off too find food now.

Funnily enough I have just come in from checking overs Shadows bike, tyre, pressures, oil, chain all the usual stuff. Then washed and GT85 ed it. Just slipped her a sneaky £10 for fuel as well. So her mother doesn't moan. She is off over St Eval this afternoon to spend the weekend at the boyfriends parents. I am going to lead her over there as she isn't sure exactly how to get there, getting home is easier as she only has to follow the signposts to St Aweful or Bodmin. Found a screw in her back tyre but only about 3 mm into the chunky part of the tyre, lucky catch

A carbed Triumph would be a good choice .......................

Nice one @Clive . Between you and @Saul you make a good emergency response team

A coupla winter shots of Wallowa lake from this year....

It used to be the drugs but I blame the wine now

I went shopping today in Asda and i was behind a grandfather and his badly-behaved grandson. He has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets, biscuits, all sorts of things. The granddad is saying in a controlled voice: “Easy, William, we won’t be long . . . easy boy.” Another outburst and I heard the granddad calmly say : “It’s okay William. Just a couple more minutes and we’ll be out of here. Hang in there, boy.” At the checkout the little horror is throwing items out of the trolley. Granddad says again in a controlled voice : “William, William, relax buddy, don’t get upset. We’ll be home in five minutes, stay cool William.” Well, i was really impressed, so i went outside to where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. I said to the Grandad “It’s none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don’t know how you did it. That whole time you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his granddad.” “Thanks,” said the Granddad. “But I am William. The little bastard’s name is Kevin.”

No idea why this photo should pop up on Facebook memories but it’s me on my Yamaha EXUP circa 1991 I think.

Get to it , whatever it is your doing . Let us know here ................ Clive the Stud will just be w*nking from now on as his weekend has been ruined after he attempted the sexual olympics in the caravan

Twat

The Hurricane on his trusty YZ....

Repacking our garden shed today....moving some things up into the loft so there will be enough space on the ground floor for Mrs. Hook's stuff that we'll be collecting this next week from her hometown in ID...which will eliminate a $80 bill every month....she's pretty stoked about that fact.

You two are meeting up in a car park in vans?

your van broke down again .... tell me which car park i'll come pick you up

Any particular car park in mind ?

Those tyres are extremely gay , sort it out

When you said taking the carb off a cold shiver rain down my spine LOL. I will be looking to get mine off at some point i have a flat slide in there and need to take the throttle cable off to measure it up so i can try and get a spare somehow, not sure where to start with that though.

Well your banned from entering next month for a start

P6 Rover is now done. Found a broken wire, once repaired the Alternator is charging again. New tank sensor fitted and working after some probs getting the pipes on. Dominator fork leg stripped, cleaned and reassembled with gen bushes and seals. Got another float needle to fit, can't wait to take the carb off again. Watch this basted space.

i want some buttons and a control panel and shit..... give me

1 for @Saul....CB750f Spencer tribute....

A TT & an XT from '76...

I was having sex with my friend's wife, the phone rang. I heard it was her husband and I quickly started to get dressed. She told me not to worry. He was out drinking with me!

And now she talks of wanting a big bike my workload could increase considerably..

@Six30, instead of whining like a little bitch all the time, do you want to try running BOTM in April?

What happened ?

We need horizontal pictures, the only horizontal one you posted is this one, so that's what I'll consider: It's also the best one, by far, so happy times!

That’s more fake than the moon landing