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andyBeaker

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Woken up feeling happy that I managed to get the whole of the driveway cleaned yesterday as I had expected to be finishing the job this morning.


Instead I will now be moving and cutting up some wooden sleepers.

Unless it is raining.
 

andyBeaker

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unusually the ancient laptop booted up in less than twenty minutes. I then spent about two hours trying to copy a couple of PDFs from an email into a file.

Used to be a simple drag and drop exercise. Why do people keep changing things that aren’t broken?
 

Malone

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Travelled into Sweden. Paid £104.77 to cross the Oresund bridge, and have to pay the same to return! If only I’d signed up for the regular traveller ticket and saved a whole lot

Diesel was pleasantly cheaper here, I just refilled at £1.27.4 per litre.
 

PD75

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After getting a lawful oder that both tyres should be 42psi earlier I checked them.
41 rear and....... 36 front.
Im blaming the slow puncture on the front so theyre both 42 now.

Took my other bike out after realising ive barely ridden it since getting the bird. I dont want them thinking I have a favourite.
 

Robbi

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After getting a lawful oder that both tyres should be 42psi earlier I checked them.
41 rear and....... 36 front.
Im blaming the slow puncture on the front so theyre both 42 now.

Took my other bike out after realising ive barely ridden it since getting the bird. I dont want them thinking I have a favourite.
And you prefer.?
 

PD75

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And you prefer.?
After properly mulling this over most of today, I find myself in a strange position....
Not bound, gagged, covered in marmite and talc, and sing west side story songs.... honest.

I think I prefer a 25yr old bike I picked up about a month ago, to a bike I hunted for ages, spent 2yrs and a great deal on to trick out and set up exactly how I want it, and finally finished.

Both are superb in VERY different ways, but having had a long think about this, when out on the CB, im thinking of how that series of corners or straight would be on the bird. I dont think that way the other way round.
FFS...!!!!

Based on this revelation, and using proper man maths, utter dick logic, and hiding everything from the family, I intend to start to modify my bird a bit to exactly how I want it.

Here we go down an all too familiar rabbit hole. Damn you Honda!!!!

Powder coating/ceramic, cans, hoses, levers, wheels, custom fab work, plus all the bits I put together last week at Jaws.

Today has been decision made day, and im happy about it!
 
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