Saul Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Me and my shadow (youngest child) went to Chequered Flag bike night tonight.  Had a bit of a spirited ride up there on the Liskeard Bypass.  Anyway pulled into Chequered Flag and parked up and went and got a coffee and orange hot chocolate for shadow.  They obviously know me   Chequered Flag bike shop sell AJS chinky 125’s and old tat but I was interested to see they had a second hand biking gear section.  Nothing there suitable for shadow as she is only a size 6.  It was all stuff for fat blokes.  Some tidy kit there but I reckon you would get better on eBay for less.    After I drank my coffee the mechanic from the bike shop came over and asked if the Hornet was mine.   Turns out the valve on my chain oiler had failed and dumped oil all over my back tyre.   Quite a worrying moment as we had just been belting down Liskeard Bypass.  Luckily for both of us I didn’t do a Busa.   Actually shook me up if anything happened to Shadow I would never forgive myself.  Won’t be sharing this with the Mrs.   Anyway I borrowed a knife and cut the Loobman off and bined it.  NEVER EVER RISK ONE OF THESE OILER DEATH TRAPS.  As I was cutting it off the mechanic cleaned the oil off the tyre.   Very kind and helpful chap.  Didn’t take any photos until after the fact but you get the drift  Some interesting bikes turned up, my favourite was this lovely old R80 BMW These guys were up Damerells when we were this morning  I chuckled as a chap turned up to test drive the old green Divvi 900, which to be fair sounded really sweet even with 54,000 miles on it.  Obviously been looked after.  Anyway the clutch failed before it got out the car park.  No sale then.  Came away with a better opinion of Chequered Flag given how they helped me but still wouldn’t buy a bike there. Had a couple of chats before heading home, carefully given what happened to my tyre.   Total of 97 miles for the day.     5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 That Guzzi, now that’s a nice looking cruiser! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 43 minutes ago, Saul said: Me and my shadow (youngest child) went to Chequered Flag bike night tonight.  Had a bit of a spirited ride up there on the Liskeard Bypass.  Anyway pulled into Chequered Flag and parked up and went and got a coffee and orange hot chocolate for shadow.  They obviously know me   Chequered Flag bike shop sell AJS chinky 125’s and old tat but I was interested to see they had a second hand biking gear section.  Nothing there suitable for shadow as she is only a size 6.  It was all stuff for fat blokes.  Some tidy kit there but I reckon you would get better on eBay for less.    After I drank my coffee the mechanic from the bike shop came over and asked if the Hornet was mine.   Turns out the valve on my chain oiler had failed and dumped oil all over my back tyre.   Quite a worrying moment as we had just been belting down Liskeard Bypass.  Luckily for both of us I didn’t do a Busa.   Actually shook me up if anything happened to Shadow I would never forgive myself.  Won’t be sharing this with the Mrs.   Anyway I borrowed a knife and cut the Loobman off and bined it.  NEVER EVER RISK ONE OF THESE OILER DEATH TRAPS.  As I was cutting it off the mechanic cleaned the oil off the tyre.   Very kind and helpful chap.  Didn’t take any photos until after the fact but you get the drift  Some interesting bikes turned up, my favourite was this lovely old R80 BMW These guys were up Damerells when we were this morning  I chuckled as a chap turned up to test drive the old green Divvi 900, which to be fair sounded really sweet even with 54,000 miles on it.  Obviously been looked after.  Anyway the clutch failed before it got out the car park.  No sale then.  Came away with a better opinion of Chequered Flag given how they helped me but still wouldn’t buy a bike there. Had a couple of chats before heading home, carefully given what happened to my tyre.   Total of 97 miles for the day.     Never trusted any oiler! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 2 minutes ago, XTreme said: Never trusted any oiler! I won’t now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 35 minutes ago, XTreme said: Never trusted any oiler! Me too Pete, just make a feckin mess imo. We take them off any of the bikes that we sell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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