Slowlycatchymonkey

The way I view it is me and Mr Slowly have always been destined to be together so the date and time doesn’t matter, tis wot it is

You’ve got one up on me, I never remember the date or how many years, nevermind every year it gives Mr Slowly the anniversary gift of looking at me in an incredulous manner

Mysterious

Bloody hell Clives BACK. Great news. Very happy to see you here

Poor guy that was hardcore and he wasnt fit enough. Then again for that who is

Its all play it by ear. Not just by us but Millward too because the rule of 6 still exists in Scotland so he wont be crossing the border (neither would I if I ran a business that would cop thousands in fines) but others have said they will break off n go on alone. I will definitely be crossing the border (relatives to see and LEJOGs not LEJOG without the OG), I wanna see some of Scotland while everything is open and say Hi to my brother for the first time on a very long time. Ive blocked off 14 days but expect to be gone 10ish. Taking the Bandit Dont think I fancy 2500 miles on a 24.5bhp bike riding with someone on over triple that. I may regret it because the Himalayan is a beautiful sightseeing bike and the Bandit for a shortarse is very much a sports bike position. Millward is no breadhead which is so refreshing, whoever breaks off will be reimbursed for days theyre not there Apart from leaving in torrential rain its a win win.

So far he certainly seems it Shame its peeing down all day tomoz. My son came in looked at the camping gear, pointed at us and said “Youre sleeping outside...losers” then laughed a lot

Yes but its here so only two or three posts are actually about the ride

I dont know. Millward’s a chilled out guy and until yesterday I didnt know if we were travelling with him or on our tod. I literally paid him for it 30 mins ago and we leave tomoz I’m sure there’ll be some sort of leaving pic. Ill count them up then

Almost finished packing. So much extra stuff if you want to be able to camp on route. Reckon Id rather stay in whatever lousy hotel is available than lug all this crap on and off the bike everyday! But tis good insurance if the hotels are booked up. Have loaded myself up with a lot of tech and dont know how to use any of it, new phone, new camera, helmet cam I still dont know how to use, a thing on the handlebars to make a phone call from the helmet that I also dunno how to use. I said to my other half- “Christ Ive gone from one extreme to another, loads of gear and I dont know how to use it, what’s that phrase for a moron with all the kit and no clue?” “Oh all the gear and no idea” he replied “oh yeah thats me except if there was one on from that Id be that” “There is.....” “What is it then” pause.... “All the stash n youre still gash” I think this’ll go swimmingly

More a oh yes with a special helmet.....

Aaw fresh out of toast, Ive got a nice sandwich for you though.

Thankyou.

This is turning into far more of a todo than I imagined. Is the demon tweeks website just wrong?

Just checking I see in the vid I need to order 4 of these spark plugs then?

I knew my youngest son was gonna be musical when he was about 3 years old. I started singing something and his face screwed up in a pained expression

It’s freaking me out how nice and helpful you all are. I’m not used to it, I’m more accustomed to screw ups being unpleasant Thanks very much for the info and vid. Id rather he got the parts too but I can see why he doesn’t. He’s a mobile mechanic with limited space on his van and would have to spend his own time n money sourcing parts. At least this way I know the parts are good. Still pissed of with the other garage though. Particularly when he took the tank off and the breather tube thingys weren’t attached.

Eh Think I’m just gonna have take a ride over to the dealers.

That’s very nice of you. Thanks.

Pretty sure before I had it it was well loved and looked after, still have occasional contact with the guy I bought it from, he’s been friendly and helpful but I now don’t know what the garage I took it to did or didn’t do The new mechanic doesn’t order parts though. He’s been stung too many times by unreliable customers so I’ve got to get the parts.

Yers agreed but do I just change the spark plugs and hope that fixes it or do I cough up for another full service? And where to I order them from?

My grandfather came back from ww2 as screwed up as you’d expect and turned to the bottle, took a job with the BBC (he’s the reason programmes like grandstand and others sports coverage happened) and spent the remainder of his life never coming home travelling the world on the beebs expense account getting pissed. Which sounds fine and dandy until you know he left two boys with my schizophrenic grandmother who could hear angels talking to her and telling her to beat her children better. A bad mother is a fucking travesty. But of course that’s all he’d experienced so he married my mum who was I think it’s fair to say a shit mother with a narcissist personality disorder. Heyho it was never dull Someone sent me a link to a website last week with a page asking for more stories about my grandad (he was a character) and it was weird as hell reading entertaining stories about a man that I’d always thought of as a selfish old bastard!

The gear indicator and the usb were wired into the heated grips but that’s been remedied now. The air filter hadn’t been changed so I’m dubious if the oil filters been done because he didn’t have the other parts ordered when I took it in and he only had it for a day. All in all I’m not impressed with the previous work and now I’m left wondering if I should just cut my loses and pay the new mechanic to do a full service cos it’s still missing some of its edge. The new mechanic said changing the spark plugs might be worth a go cos if they haven’t bothered to change the air filter then the next thing you’d naturally skip would be one of the spark plugs that’s a swine to get to. The bit that looks like a spare switch on the wiring diagram is I’m told something to do with testing the abs and best to leave it alone. So I’ve never ordered spark plugs before. I’m guessing it’s straight forward but thought I’d ask here before unwittingly wasting money!

I’d always assumed cos of the way you talk that you were a boomer. Got that wrong didn’t I.