Slowlycatchymonkey

Yep. Incoming shortly!

Well one doesnt like to get pulled into childish squabbles………… but thats pretty thick gravel and there are no track marks in it, are you sure it was wheeled out of the van and this isnt just another 2005 photoshop special?

Soz tried deleting the last two repeated pics more than once. It wont let me!

The Livewire was so much fun yesterday I woke up thinking about it and decided as Sunday is please yourself day -not that sort @Tym and it was early enough to be cool I decided to go over the Mendips and get some breakfast. Mr Slowly said he’d come with and picked his steed for the day, honestly in the sunshine there was only one choice. We stopped for fuel, well Mr Slowly did. The Livewire powered up while we slept so I opened the garage door to a ready to roll bike. Here it is quietly fuelling itself up. I sat patiently at the petrol station while the pump had a malfunction and spewed petrol all over the low rider. There was a convivial air about and another biker complained he’d misjudged his photo bomb timing, could he have another go? A group of hardy Kutte wearing mean faced men arrived but couldn’t have been nicer as I dashed through their entrance to get to the blue roll, didnt try to take their pic Im not that stupid BTW I love those blue Spada gloves on the pillion seat of the Livewire but they wont stop shedding dye, I have Smurf hands every time I wear them We head across the Mendips, its a beautiful temperature across there, definitely the place to go when its hot. Mr Slowly said I wont be able to keep up with you on that, I say cors you will (the low rider is 1800cc) but he was right, the instant power delivery on the Livewire and throwability is something else. Fortunately our current escapades have arrived us in a comfortable riding together style- set the destination and ride how you feel, so you wanna go for it then do it, see you there! I arrive and attempt a selfie of me being happy with my new steed, I may enter it into the ‘crap bike shot of the year’ competition, though Bucksters wheelie bin fetish will probably outdo me A man in a posh Range Rover gave me his day parking ticket (result cos bikes can only park in the designated bike bay and thats not in the shade) and so I wait a bit, then a bit more and a bit more, then I start worrying. Just as I open the ‘stalk my family’ app (aka find my friends- Ive opened this app twice in my life) I hear the satisfying rumble of a Harley pulling in. We head to a cafe in Shepton Mallet called the Cheeky Bean cafe but Shepton Mallet isnt interested in being open, the whole place seems shut. This charming well reviewed cafe has decided they dont want to work today either. “a little days holiday” hmph! The Market Cross in the centre of Shepton Mallet I find somewhere open.. barely, it opened yesterday and despite being the only customers they’re not ready for customers. Ok breakfast, not great but they all looked pretty hungover so have to cut them some slack Shepton Mallet is an ancient place and as with the architecture theres an air about the people that are from another era. Theres no reason for anyone to move there and you get the feeling like you do in some West Country places they’re a different breed. For you South West riders- saw this on a boarded up shop, might be worth a look. Breakfast done, temperature rising, time to head home.. except I remember @bobonelegs pics of the outside of Shepton Mallet Prison. Im definitely going to have a look before I leave…

Aaw dont you all look lovely. This’ll sound weird but here goes anyway- the sort of people that if you find yourself on your own and suddenly in need of a hand you look around you and think “them, I’ll ask them, they look decent, they’ll know where theres a garage/hotel/preist”

Correct! How was the wedding?

Happy Sunday Hope theres lots of pleasing yourself on the day of rest!

Sliders are those things like flip flops with no 'toe thing' and a big plastic band across the toe width aren't they? Tango is I believe wearing posh flip flops!

Sure there will.. of your bike in a van taken from different angles, all dating from 2001

I also thought they were real mice, I assumed downed floating carcasses but didn't dwell for long cos it was so grim Steven Kings IT and the Losers popped into my head. Im sure I am normal.. sometimes

Or sandals.

Mr Slowlys decided to join me for late lunch. This means it’ll be too late for varnishing

They really are. Surprisingly secure.

Thanks for that but that’s too bulky for me to bother with. These grippy Velcro strips are good for holding the brake on, flat small. Usueful for lots of things. I’ve actually got one on each leg at the moment holding my flowery trews inside my boot https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0746LNW8M?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Me neither but it’s a thing. Doesn’t roll forward so easily but back oh yeah. I’ll just have to remember to leave the back wheel wedged against the kerb of whatever I can find.

Not been at home to ride it and when I got back had to work a lot to make up for gallivanting!

Don’t know Pete but I’ve never ridden anything that felt so light. It feels lighter than my 115kg 125.

Ha there’s no parking brake! Wot an oversight! Apparently there’s some sort of mod you can do but most people bungee the front brake. Harley fucked that up a bit ay! Some guy said he got off and turned back to look at the bike rolling backwards down the road!! You don’t expect to pay top dollar and have to carry a brake lever bungee with you do you?! Mind you what a wally not checking his bike was secure before waking away

Not sure, got it the day before we went galavanting. This is only my 2nd ride out on it.

This is better than varnishing doors. Nice sea breeze here. Stopped one short of the turning. Meant to be down there Found the only sliver of shade I could, can’t imagine battery bikes like being fried in the sun. It’s a bit steep, didn’t cross my mind I’d need a handbrake, couldn’t find it, hopefully it still be upright when I get back to it Way too hot for a cup of tea. Nice icey drink and a view of the Brizzle channel and the Severn crossing. Now just need to waste enough time that theres no point starting on varnishing, question is will there be enough charge for that?

I live with 3 boisterous, slightly clumsy people, steel toe caps indoors are the minimum necessary

Am I the 1 or the .5?

I laughed my head off at a mate of mine who's a proper fashion Nazi when I saw him wearing socks n sandals, he would have crucified anyone else doing it but he protested so much about the comfort level of socks and sandals I tried it and blow me down he was right it is very comfortable. But I only wear sandals when its exceptionally hot or they're the strappy heeled variety and socks don't happen in either of those scenarios You wanna let your feet be happy in socks n sandals rock on. I get it- oddly enough due to a fashion Nazi!