The old girl flies again. Having bought the salvage, and working on it for 2 weeks in a friend's garage, the bike is back on the road. Bought bits off the internet, and the fairing was repaired by a mobile-bumper guy. Took ages to drill out the hardened bolts of the ignition switch. Eveything works and we went for a shake-down 20 miles on Sunday. Happy as Larry. Still needs some spraying and a new rear tyre but it's fine.

This coincided with me becoming an official grumpy old man and subsidised by HMG. Great prezzy.

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Four wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul.

You were born grumpy....that's why we like you.

Happy official grumpy day !

I sharpened the blade on my lawnmower over the weekend, its now ready for action!

Why is that m-bike travelling backwards?

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Yep, Im still here.

Top of Table (at home) 2 - Bottom of table 1. Should have been a cricket score. At least you won this time.

P.S...and why on earth have your lot nicked our shirts ??

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Four wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul.

It's the parsnoscopic effect. Your brain is too fast for the changing image and interprets it as moving backwards.

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Four wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul.

I got all excited for a moment there, I thought we'd moved on to discussing parsnips.

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Yep, Im still here.

A belated **happy birthday to you Mr B. Glad to hear about the bike; Be careful now, you don't wanna senior moment when you're flying about !

** you've got ya rail card and bus pass and ya heating allowance - but you don't get petrol tokens. Is there such a thing as a diesel bike - economy for OAPs ......... do you wear specks under your visor ?

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Duncan

Cheers Mr D.
Diesel bikes exist, but the power / weight ratio is bad. Only used in scrambles and motocross situations.
Glasses are fine except at certain temp / humidity conditions. Visor steams up, lift visor only to find glasses steamed up.
Super-duper new-generation rear tyre tomorrow. Spraying will need to wait for warmer weather.

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Four wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul.