Mississippi Bullfrog

Met with a few mates and rode to Chester, on to Old Stores, then to Berries in Wrenbury. Cracking weather. I was leading and had an interesting encounter at a T junction when a motorist waited until I was right on the junction before deciding to pull out. I had a feeling she hadn't spotted us so was on the brakes in good time. It became a non-event as I was able to stop before she crossed my line of travel, but her elderly passenger was clearly berating her quite vociferously.

It's not just bike insurance that is crazy. We have a house bought as an investment due to us living in tied accommodation. When I retire next year ( hopefully!) we lose our home. So the time has come to sell the investment property which means it will be empty for a couple of months. The insurance company we gave been with for 17 years, and never claimed, wanted to charge us £1007.00 to keep the insurance valid. The meerkat found us a policy to cover a vacant property for £187.

Oil change on both bikes. Blimey - oil is getting expensive these days. They both get annual oil changes despite the mileage being much less than the service intervals.

Swinging the handlebars to full lock either side with the engine running is part of the MOT anyway so it's no bad thing to find that out now.

Congratulations @Fozzieand Mrs Fozzie. Both looking fabulous.

Good evening

Hope you have a great day

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I used to take our girls on the back of the bike when they were younger. They enjoyed it. My wife on the other hand was a nightmare on the back.

Let's just pause to enable us to remember those who are lumbered with a warped sense of humour.

It was one of mine. I have a few left

I thought this was interesting.

I suspect the refund amount already had the charge deducted for making a change to the policy mid term. With insurance companies cutting corners it's now standard that any change during the period of cover incurs a charge. It's a rip off considering all they need to do is press a few buttons, but nearly all of them do it. The only one I've found which doesn't is LV. I had to change my mother's insurance and they were brilliant.

That's not good. I am planning to retire next year and was going to sell my CBF. I have two bikes on a multi bike policy. But if the insurance is going to rise then it's cheaper to keep it. The road tax would be cheaper than the insurance increase.