Trooper74

What a beautiful day, warm and dry …. Off we went to the beach … well, Cleethorpes. It was packed! Prom car park full, people wandering up and down the beach .. no one having a paddle … as the water is about half a mile away at low tide …. Even the pier fish and chip shop was busy , cafes all open and seaside tat shops doing trade … I’m baffled ….. 163 miles, mostly M and A roads and a tootal around b roads at the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds … First day this year without handlebar heaters being used …Huzaah !!!

Full price transfer to your secondary account before collection… immediately transfer the money away from the account …. It’s like this … the money arrives in your account … you hand over the goods … within 2 hours the transaction is recalled …. You’ve got no money and no bike …. UK banks facilitate scams on a daily basis … I’ve not been a victim but my company has … Doubt it … during banking hours transfer a sum of monies to your wife … within 2 hours call your bank and recall the payment ….. it’s that easy …..

J&S at Doncaster has a nice cafe and a good crowd at weekends … CMC at Clay Cross has a busy cafe even during the week ….. both worth a visit …

My bike was stolen and recovered after the police followed the drunken rider, without helmet , for 6 miles before he crashed it into a driveway … he ran away but the officers knew who it was … My bike was written off and I was paid £670 for it …. I bought the scrap bike for £125 from the insurance company and replaced the ignition switch from my stock of spares … since I’d only paid £400 for the bike off eBay …. I’d made a profit …… ish ….. He went to court and I was awarded £500 in damages .. which he paid at the court .. I’m considering this as a business model ….

I rode my V Strom for 6 months, including a trip to the TT, without a valid MOT … we only realised because my grandson did a dvla check using his phone to test the software …. Oops

I’ve cut potatoes, rice and pasta plus biscuits and most sweet things …. 4 months later … 3 stone lighter and all my motorcycle kit fits better than ever …

My business ….

I’m in wickersley …. [email protected] or message on here please ..

Local towing places all seem to have disappeared ….4 years ago I could have called Sheffield Trailer’s, picked up a day hire and got the job done …. not anymore ….

Great moment arms to bend the frame there …… the more they stick out the more damage will occur at the mounting points. Just my experience ….

That was a short ride …. We’ve been ill for a fortnight … all 3 of us … not man flu, not Covid, not a cold, not Flu, not the plague… but definitely some combination…. I was determined to get some miles in today …. Warm sunny dry day …. 20 miles in my chest is cold and the coughing starts …. At 25 miles my stomach starts heaving …… I got home just in time to remove the armour and get to the toilet ….. Just … !!!!! Has anyone got a single bike trailer I can hire to get my 1999 Honda CBR 600 from work in Chesterfield back to Rotherham … happy to pay a decent day rate and collect from Sheffield, Doncaster, Derby areas ….. it will be on our company insurance…

or an extension.. no dismantling, no loss of warranty …..

Both our bikes live outside, Suzuki 650 and Aprillia Tuono 125 …. Covers … Oxford waterproof lined covers …. I know they aren’t cheep …about £120 …. But they really do the job and also keep the bikes away from prying eyes… and scumbags …

Do you ever hire bikes when you’re ashore ?

How long before your back on land again …. ?

Wash day … chains oiled, salt washed off … V-Strom 650DL, Connor’s Aprillia Tuono 125.

Good run out …. …

I ride all year round … rain, cold ..but not ice. I’m comfortable and protected by cheap cordura jackets and trousers from eBay … lots of layers and decathlon fibre pile jackets … and most importantly…Oxford Heated Handlebar grips … toasty … Cafe stops are usually just for a hot chocolate … But not in ice or snow . Been there, done that … fell off …

It’s easy to bypass the side stand switch in my experience … removes one possibility …

Found the cause yet ?

Ride to the dentist’s … one extraction and a filling, plus a clean. The plan was …. Go out for a ride for the rest of the day but the pressure of my ARAI on my cheeks was so uncomfortable, and with the dribbling blood from the extraction, I retired home, washed the mud off from the last ride, oiled chain … hid in conservatory with pussy …. Cat … and drank cold beer, medicinal purposes only ….

For 40 years I have worn ear plugs on the bike … 2 stroke or 4 stroke …. The last thing I want to hear is 20 spanner’s rattling around in a tin box … ….

Sorry .. it doesn’t matter how many sliders, when they passed their test or what stories they tell … At least they’re riding … I hear so many oldies almost boasting about how early they put their bikes away for the winter … Many of us, old and young, ride all year …. It is the way ………

Today’s run out to Fridaythorpe … Seaways cafe. Had planned to continue to Bridlington but when I turned my phone on at the cafe I had a txt telling me I had a face to face GP appointment at 1320hrs …. News to me. Really good hot chocolate at the cafe …. Great ride, even with the 20mph cross wind for most of the ride. I really have not got the Selfie thing !! The Cafe. Todays Route .. Good fun morning .. 140 miles …ish.

Weather in the South Yorkshire area is sunny tomorrow ….. Cold but sunny …. Let’s Ride …..