Sir Fallsalot

At only 53 i don't know how you old fuckers are still going i'm constantly aching and cant remember fuck all from the past, i also cant remember the last time i got out of a chair without making a noise of some kind can you drop me off in the late eighties on the way back i'd like to run my fingers through my hair again

A few new organs to transplant into the monster were waiting for me when i got home from work tonight not much there for £534 After a few hours on the operating table the monster lives again lets hope it lives longer than a KLR this time. I'll finish putting it together tomorrow night take it for a short run then drop the oil and hopefully an MOT on Thursday

Sounds like fuckmines MO

Not me i voted for Mawsley as well, cracking photo that

Don't drink tea or coffee it was always a grown ups drink when i was young and i guess i never grew up

Yes but is there anything more British than a cup of tea I'd be ok i don't like the stuff and i'm not saying this is you but it sure looks like you at this protest

Yes thing is he still would have made the sale if he had told me the chain needs looking at and i would have had more respect for him and what made it worse for me is he was a fucking copper ass hole is all i think now

Your 200km trip for a cup o tea tends to contradict that statement

Trouble is people lie, When i bought my old Africa Twin the guy said it had new chain and sprockets which when i checked them it seemed to be true and i believed him but a few months later i discovered he had fitted new sprockets but just cleaned the old chain which was totally knackered.

I cant help but think of Hondas XADV when looking at this

There's a regular bus service up there so not totally isolated

It's not the same today as it was and the views from up there are great. If they built a modern housing estate there today you would be paying top dollar for the houses If it wasn't for the god awful design on the buildings there it would be a nice place to live https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6459655,-3.4435171,3a,75y,179.11h,98.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_9Kl1_gwfgR-TDpgrJryMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I do the same as well its real easy perhaps that's why i liked the paper maps as it was more challenging plotting and riding the route. A lot of people couldn't do it

The place i live was superposed to be a real rough place in the 70's but more to do with fighting than a shit hole that title was reserved for Penrhys and Lansbury park. now they were real shit holes

I was also the same about the OS maps for finding the green lanes i ride, used to dismiss the electronic devices and say a paper map was all i needed but using the same maps on my phone makes the ride go so much smoother, only a few U turns now. But i do feel i have lost a skill and rely on the device too much i used to enjoy plotting a route and using paper maps

I was all the time used to say shit like real men don't need heated grips guess i'm not a real man anymore

Not sure but lots of people saying they have gone to 200 hours with no problems

Honestly i cant think of any;. they all had issues but cant think of one i would say was my worst bike

Hey i'm an optimist i'm going to be off work and its sunny i'm going to be happy right up till Thursday morning

Out with the wife tonight so probably recovering tomorrow, Sunday i'm hoping to get a ride in just for some exercise the weather don't look too good but that don't bother me too much. booked next Thursday and Friday off work and just look at that sparkly yellow thing next Thursday

Funny enough i washed the guts of the helmet i use trail riding this week, i have another for the non sweaty stuff. I usually change them when their totally fucked. I've almost pushed my spine out my arsehole at least half a dozen times this year alone by hitting my head on a low branches trail riding so there's no way i could afford to change it every time it gets a bump like they say you should.

An Intercom is something i'm interested in but wont buy because music has a huge influence on the way i ride i just cant afford to lose my licence because a good track comes on For me its got to be heated grips its the difference between staying out or going home. I remember the first time i got to use them it was on the XR riding a mountain road in freezing fog i could see my mate in front reaching back to his silencer to warm his hand just as i was turning my heated grips to the low setting as my hands were getting a bit hot

I think its a chrome bore so its just piston and rings and being a 2 stroke its half a days work but i shall fix it when its broke

That's how i'm treating it, its not having a hard life and only opened it up a handful of times it pulls so good at low revs i just short shift through the box very rarely do i need more than 50% throttle

Yes service is all in hours run. The book says new piston and rings at 60 hours i'm on 42 hours and its 3 months old, I'm sticking to that old motto if it ain't broke don't fix it