Fiddlesticks

No worries, we are en route back home from France. Blagged an earlier shuttle but there's only so much one can do.

Lightweight

Yup

Anybody here?

Greetings from another Yorkshireman in exile.

As per previous. Aim to join you for Saturday evening, on way back from France. We'll stay in a nearby hotel.

The legal size relates to the characters, not the plate itself.

Bit harsh. First job I did on the Thunderbird was change the small metal plate for a road legal plastic one. The smallest legal one I could find was online via JDM.

We're in Folkestone at the moment. 13 hours via the scenic route from Wirral. Kept having to stop for challenge 2023 tags, cups of tea and one pretty cool bike night.

Happy Birthday

Not only that, it's having an adverse effect on my MPG!

All for one bike!

Happy birthday

All the time. Stand and engine crash bars, mostly.

Noticed the brake light wasn't working properly. Took the switch to pieces, cleaned the contacts - all sorted.

Folks will drink anything when the pubs are all shut.

Cheaper to pay the fine than buy the insurance! I thought crime didn't pay?

A few little jobs on the explorer. Oil n' filter Diff oil New Horn Rear tyre New mirrors The new horn wasn't necessary, the problem seems to be a bad earth or something in the wiring making it sound weak to non-existent. I had assumed it was my over-enthusiasm with the snow foam. It'll have to stay like that for a bit. First time doing the oil and filter on this bike. Bit surprised that the sump plug had a fairly thick (non-crush) washer. I cleaned it up and put it back on. Rear tyre (Michelin Road 5 Trail) had done 8,645 miles. Probably would have left it another month or so, but we're about to scuttle off to France so... The new one is a Road 6 (not trail, couldn't find one). And the second one to require no balancing weights at all. Just got to tidy up, fuel up and go for a ride now.

Definitely. The repair kit lives under the seat permanently, and the compressor in the tank bag. Did have the mad idea of deliberately sticking a nail through the old tyre before changing it just to prove the process, but I'm not sure I'm that dedicated.

Good to know. I'll be sure not to stop if I see any blue lights behind me.

I read quite a bit on this. The prevailing wisdom seems to be that you could interpret the rules that way, but it's really for helmets bought in France.

Off to France on the bike next week. First time on 2 wheels, so I'm trying to think if there's anything I've forgotten. This weekend's jobs: Rear tyre Diff oil oil & filter New mirrors horn replacement Paperwork V5 MOT Insurance License European breakdown (Greenflag) Chunnel tickets Passports Pack Yellow vests Do advanced passenger thingy Get some euros Not bothering with CritAir How hard can it be?

Hi, welcome

Ignore it and it will go away.

Declare it under "modifications".