Mickly

Ok, so this was yesterday. Went to Cinders for a chat & brekkie. Not many other bikes there but the cafe was rammed. Here’s a couple of bikes I liked:

Reminds me of a lad telling his mate how his bike would be a rocket shop once he got the heads gas flowed & a Yoshi exhaust fitted … I then watched him walk out to the car park and sling his leg over a CX500

Also ripe bananas can contain 0.2% ABV which is more than the 0.0% quoted on the lager & nobody gets Id’d for those.

I’m not sure about that, if that were true then if certain religious groups believed that would not be able to drink it, which they do

I had to call someone across to approve me to buy alcohol free beer at the bloody self check out today … what’s that all about?

I’m still hanging on in there with Dry January, despite the multiple temptations offered up. It’ll be 4 weekends in all, I’ll probably fall off the wagon with a bump when we have a weekend away beginning of Feb TBH I haven’t felt any bad effects or great desire to drink, but after drinking daily through December I reckoned it was definitely time for a break.

Suspected a leak from one of the fork seals on the F650GS, took the dust seal off & this was the crud I found underneath: So much cleaning was done & then I used one of these to clean the seal ( got it free when I bought some fork seals for a different bike ) After much cleaning & front end bouncing, there is no longer a leak … either that or the fork leg is devoid of oil

I went out to meet up with a couple of mates, it was 2 degrees but my hands were toasty ( except right on the finger tips) due to having gloves on the red setting… riding back home my fingers were chilled to the bone coz I’d forgotten to charge the batteries

Kudos for testing the cornering ABS, took me all my bottle to test the Speedtriple’s basic ABS in a straight line, back brake was easy enough but I was sh*tting my self trying the front in case it locked.

Ooh Bugger, hope everyone recovers & you get a chance to celebrate at a later time.

Or another loony on a rail cart

‘Twas a tad nippy in the front room this morning, Mrs Mickly informed me that the gas fire wasn’t working & that we’d have to get someone in to fix it. Getting someone in, is, in my eyes an absolute last resort, so I said I’d have a look when we got back from the school run & shopping - thus began the argument over whether l as a non professional should go anywhere near it in case I blow up the whole house, she wouldn’t let it lie & kept on about it for the next 4 hours !! I eventually said yeah ok, just to shut her up. When we got home I realised it was the piezoelectric spark not working so used a couple of cotton buds & contact cleaner to get rid of any debris & hey presto it was working again, she hasn’t said a word since. - footnote: she’d ‘cleaned’ the fire the night before

Would have been ok I reckon, as long as coal kept being shovelled into the factory boiler

Maybe contact NABD (National Assocation for Bikers with a Disability) https://www.nabd.org.uk/ They should be able to give you some good pointers & if you’re lucky a grant towards the cost.

Oh FFS .. I’d planned to get that one !!

There are several reasons this might happen, but before you start buying & replacing stuff try disconnecting the BMS for 1/2 hour. You should always start the bike in the following way - 1/ ignition on 2/ wait for the red temp light to go out 3/ press the start button Without touching the throttle, apparently if you mess this procedure up the BMS uses the throttle position as the default closed position, disconnecting the BMS resets it. This shows you how: Good luck, let us know how you get on

I diagnosed a water leak, changed the water pump as the shaft was worn letting water past the seals. Got all the bits needed & started putting it all together, as the Haynes manual says “ just the reverse of the assembly process” …. Except … to fit the clutch cover you have to hold the gasket in place & align the water pump drive, the gear change shaft, the solid oil bypass pipe & finally the clutch actuation mechanism, been trying for hours without success but think I’ve fond the reason: In this video the centre shaft needs to remain in its starting position to mate with the clutch actuation shaft in the clutch cover - it seems I have a poltergeist that keeps turning it slowly out of position when I’m trying to fit the cover, (which I can’t show you as I can’t upload the .mov file from my I-phone )any ideas? Starts in this position Ends like this:

Decided ( again ) that I fkin hate French cars … I spotted that Step Daughter’s Clio had a headlight out, so I had to buy a bulb & remove the skin off my knuckles to remove & replace it.

Had the granddaughters round for a sleep over, I am utterly exhausted, but Missus Mickly is very happy & contented … & not for the reasons I would like

Resting

Ah, yes, I think the technical term is F*cked Use the internet to find a suitable replacement, doesn’t have to be OEM part for that actual bike, just something cheap to get it going at first so you can eliminate other issues.

A tale of sorrow & a warning to all … Step Daughter has been a quite ill over the last week or so but has been gamely going to work because they are so short staffed ( she’s a dental nurse ) it has wiped her out and so Mrs Mickly volunteered for us to do her Xmas food shopping for her, which we did yesterday at Aldi and a couple of other places .. all well & good so far, shops were busy but not too bad. We also got some stuff for ourselves from Aldi including a piece of beef. I wasn’t really concentrating much, just pushing the trolley & picked up the beef I had seen advertised for £25, only one left as well. Much later late last night I was going through the receipt to work out how much Stepdaughter owed us & saw an item for £67 only to realise that it was the beef I had bought & that it was £25 PER KILOGRAM & I’d bought a 2.6kg piece. Mrs Mickly was unimpressed, especially as she doesn’t like beef. So although it was a shock, I’m quietly excited to try it. The price was on the bottom of the box - a bit dodgy if you ask me It better be bloody good !! Lesson learned.