Tango

Obviously they're new, but surely if you're interested in one you'd just rock up at the dealers and put a deposit down. Bearing in mind that there are no bikes available at the moment to test ride, so you'd be buying blind! It just struck me as bizarre?

I was looking at the new Honda Transalp and Hornet 750 on the Honda France website and noticed a link to "register your interest" to buy the new Transalp 750. Intrigued, I followed the link and it transpires that, for a 99€ deposit, you can get your name put on a list in order to buy one! After registering your interest and stumping up your 99€, you then need to visit your Honda dealer within 14 days to actually place an order and once you've done that they'll condescend to let you know when you can expect to receive the bike! It's not just in France. The Honda UK site has the same "deal"! I don't know, am I missing something here?

Another millstone?

I'm trying to work up the energy and will to do some of the jobs around the house that need doing. So far drinking coffee and listening to Prog radio seems to be winning though!

Sounds like a stuck float in the carb, so it's probably flooded now. You could try tapping the float bowl with the blunt end of a big screwdriver to see if that unsticks it. Otherwise you may need to remove the carb and check the float height and needle valve seat. Enjoy your ride and lunch anyway.

The farmers are pretty aggravated by it!

Beware of booby traps!

Thanks @Slowlycatchymonkey

Pretty busy weekend, Pete. Plus I'm still not sleeping so well after the operation, so I run out of steam by the evening and can't really concentrate on anything. Anyway, I am still in the land of the living..........just!

I tend to use Deepl, as it seems to be more accurate than Google translate.

Quality!

I think I'll pee somewhere else then!