Skippy

Having had a good test ride today, taking in everything from motorways, fast sweeping bends, tight bumpy back roads and town centres I can confirm that it’s a fantastic bit of kit. Absolutely my cup of tea and at €6,200 it was too good to resist. Should be in my sticky hands next February (ish)

My favourite colour

Cheers Bob

Yep, they are meant to be good and great value. I always keep an eye on what Nathan the postman is doing. He invariably makes a lot of sense. i’ve got a test ride this Wednesday

So I checked behind all the sofa cushions, I tipped out my piggybank and I sold all my wife’s jewelry and I scraped together enough money for a new bike. I put a deposit on it today but it won’t be here till February. …………. it’s a crying shame that Pete isn’t here anymore because he would’ve ripped the piss out of me, mind you I’m sure some of you can do quite well at that anyway.

Glad to hear that your daughter is okay, mate, and all the damage et cetera has been paid for.

Been out on the FZ6N last couple of days, browsing at new bikes …………I’m being a golf wanker tomorrow

Yeeehharrrrrrr! Gave it a good thrashing today and no leaks at all……..I hope I haven’t jinxed it now

Test run on the FZ6N in the morning. Fingers crossed it holds!

Well the old FZ6N has been fixed (bodged) and I ran it up to working temperature in the garage and not a hint of a leak………going to run it around locally over the weekend and hopefully I’ll still have a working motorcycle

And an ethnic minority

Oi! …………..made the repair today so I’ll give it a couple of days and I’ll fill it up with distilled water and see if the fucker leaks!

Not like they are in Andalusia and the Valencia region. We had nearly 20 hours of extremely strong winds and pouring rain but luckily the only damage was our gazebo roof which was torn off and shredded. Needed a new one anyway. No local flooding either. We were on the edge of the storm luckily.

No chance of submitting anything as the fucker is still in the garage until I can get to sort it on Monday……….well, that’s the plan but anything can happen between now and Monday

Been a few times but the last one I went to was 2013…………hideous.

That’s the plan Bob, fingers crossed

Coolant leak but nothing simple like a split hose. If I can fix it with a bit of ingenuity and make sure it works fine I’ll part exchange it for something as new as possible. If the ‘fix’ doesn’t work properly then it’ll be sold for spares or repairs……….that should satisfy @Buckster’s holier than thou attitude

Finally managed to get over to the Yamaha dealer to see if the bit need is available. Seems not and they were not interested in fixing it in any other way e.g. a bodge. So, off to buy a small bit of metal tube of some kind to fit in the hole and then apply shit loads of JB Weld to see if that holds it in place. It should do as it’s pretty potent stuff by all accounts. Once set and cured it’ll be back on with the hose and see if the bastard leaks. Fingers crossed it doesn’t so I can at least part ex it for a new(ish) bike………now don’t worry, I’m not about to start a Pete-style poll!

Having undertaken a quick visit to the UK last week to start the process of Power of Attorney for my old man I’ve been absolutely knackered since I got back. It so fucking stressful so today I thought fuck it, get the mountain bike out! Can’t get to the Yamaha dealer until later in the week to see if I can get the part to fix the old Yamaha without bodging it (it may come to that! ). ……..the UK was expensive, miserable and depressing

A mate of mine had the Benelli 502c for a while and absolutely loved it. Comfortable, plenty of poke and it looks different but luggage is a bit limited I think. Maybe the 350 Meteor or the Hunter could be a good option. Also the Leoncino 500 goes well.

Oi…….i resemble that remark.

I think he’s stalling, can’t see my lovely broken bike at the head of the pack yet.

I can sense the disappointment

Get in!!!!

I’ll start things off then…… it was still working at this point