Steve_M

I have a frozen pipe that feeds our outside tap to deal with. Luckily I managed to isolate it. That’s a springtime task… sod sorting it out on this weather.

It’s warming up here to around to slightly above freezing. The difference it makes to our draughty old place* is significant. *slightly less draughty after coughing up to have the sash windows double glazed and draught proofed.

It’s been a consistent -3° to -6° For the last week in this bit of Cumbria. The river Irthing has mostly frozen over at Lanercost.

I’m probably a bit late to this party (quelle surprise)… but. Here y’go.

We based ourselves just outside Zell Am See for a week back in 2014. It was probably a couple of days too many as we found ourselves covering the first few miles on each ride several times. Kinda tedious. However, as a location, it would probably provide you with the sort of roads you describe - and easy access to the Grossglockner (OK, it’s an expensive toll road and has hairpins but, what a road!). I’m sure we barely scratched the surface of what the Tyrol has to offer - we intend to return.

Bonnie Tyler summed it up. “Lost in France”… possibly the Col de Champs. Fabulous road.

Good evening. It’s been a while - life got a bit busy so I may have to do some catching up… anything of note I should look back upon. Busy life? Since I was last here I seem to have acquired two grandchildren, moved house (not mine, one of the kids moved house on the same day as she was having child - long story - so my OH and I ended up doing the move for her. I’m currently sitting in a hotel in the French Alps after riding down over the last couple of days. We’ll be touring for another ten days before returning. Sod’s law, the weather forecast is for continuous rain. Bugger.

A mate of mine takes his RT there and recommends them.

No. That doesn’t mean I trust this particular dealer. I’m considering a trip to Reiten in Suffolk for the next service as I do trust them.

I’ve. Been spoilt by having a superb independent work on my bikes. My local dealer, since I relocated, failed to mention that my front pads were worn at the last service. It only came to light at the MoT. Their reply to my feedback was quite dismissive. I have, therefore, lost faith in them.

Thanks for posting this. My GS falls in the range of models that may (will?) need looking at, and I don’t trust my local Motorrad dealer enough to do it as a matter of course. I’ll have to give them a prod when I take it in.

I had to pop to Glasgow to help one of the kids prepare to move house. Motorway there but I decided to use a circuitous route home. This lay-by is on the edge of a village* called Sorn (there must a pun there) not too far from Moscow. *Shame it’s on the edge, otherwise it could have been the dead centre. I’ll get my coat.

It could be worse, it could be a GS… Damn, it is.

It’s almost a lay-by….

So far the Sena has been relatively easy to install and pair with satnav and phone. I can’t get it to pair with the Cardo, though. I’m not sure I want to sling out the price of another Sena for my good lady (I’m incurring a lot of other costs right now).

good morning. I’ll be staying in the shade during the hot weather.

How often do you replace yours? Having just bought the new lid I was astonished at just how much clearer the visor is. I did a quick visual comparison with my old one. The old one, despite being cared for and cleaned regularly, is significantly scratched - not large scratches but many, many micro scratches. I have previously replaced my visor after a couple of years but with not riding much during the pandemic I didn’t see any point.

How did it go? The motorway there wasn’t too bad but I needed fuel when I reached the outskirts of Glasgow so left it to find fuel. My satnav then sent me in via the A8, which was a bit tedious. I missed a turning due to not being able to see the satnav due to the sun reflecting off the glass. The bloody thing then put me back on the M8 and for a couple of miles before sending me back. Or, at least, that was the intention. Unfortunately many of the M8 on ramps are undergoing structural work and every one it sent me to was closed. What a pain in the arse! I eventually found my way by just heading in the general direction that I thought it would be and letting the sat nav sort out the last few hundred metres. I was a bit hot and bothered by the time I arrived, and just a bit annoyed that I’d ridden about 15 miles in the city to cover about 6 miles of distance from the petrol station. To too it off, they didn’t have the colour I wanted in stock, nor the intercom. Still, I tried on a lid to check size and realised I actually liked the effect, so bought it. The intercom is being posted to me, hopefully arriving in the next few days. I wore the new helmet for the return journey to find that there is a pressure point that I need to deal with. I had the same issue with the previous lid but had forgotten. An easy fix… I just need to deform the styrene a little local to the pressure point - locating the exact spot will need some careful measuring is all. Anyway, this is it…

I have the original Neotec, my good lady has the Neotec 2. Time to upgrade. My Scala intercom is knackered and the Sena seems a good upgrade. I’m hoping it’ll pair with her Scala. If not then that’s going to be a painful upgrade cost.

Infinity is offering a Neotec 2 Splicer with a decent discount. Newcastle is 50 miles, Glasgow 88 for us. The difference is balanced by my popping to see the grandkids in Old Kilpatrick.

The A74 (M) isn’t recognised as a motorway. I could go via Kilmarnock…

I’m off to Glasgow to buy a new lid (Shoei Neotec) and intercom (matching Sena). I’ve tried to find an interesting route but Google maps keeps sending me on the M74. PS. Sportsbikeshop is too far away* and I need to try the new lid on before coughing up that amount of money. *the route is also bloody tedious.

I’ve played football on wetter pitches (Perry Barr, Brum springs to mind).

How’s that?