smilinjack

Well, after 12 years and not quite 70,000 miles, something broke on my Kawasaki. I'd noticed a little misfire type noise for a week or two, and sure enough an exhaust clamp had rusted through, broken, and left a little blow hole. Was up at Clay Cross Kawasaki today so I pushed the boat out and bought a pair for £3.50 each. I have to say, for a bike that has stood outside quite a bit recently due to our kitchen conversion stuff hogging the garage, and not been ever so well looked after, that's a pretty impressive record. If only it wasn't so big.......

Montjuic has shorter fairing and different side panel decal, timing cover looks different too. 750 SF looks nearer the mark. The one in Tony's pic also has hydraulic front brake so may be a bit off piste, as it were. Anyway, hats off to the the guy who was riding it-in my book a proper classic. PS later ones did have disc brake. Been reading them up a bit, sadass that I am. SFC had a zinc plated frame too.

That Laverda looks like a 750 SFC with single seat conversion. Like you maybe, I could never see beyond the Jota when it came to Laverda, so not too good on the rest.

Should be ok to get the bike off the estate, hopefully see you at Donno in the morning.

In Spain on those dates, deffo out

I assume that is this Saturday then. Is it to Muston Gap? Only Gap Inn l know, all you can eat breakfast. May be off work this weekend, will check the weather

I reckon this battery is maybe three years old tbf, but for the cost l plan to change annually. Just bought three CR1616 online for £4.50 posted. Still may very well rag it off though.

Been having bother with my VFR alarm again. Replacing the keyfob battery appears to have sorted it, but I'm taking it to Spain in a few months, and I spoke to an alarm fitter today who will come out and remove it for £60. Bit tempting to kiss it off for about the same price as replacing the other (lost) keyfob. Bearing in mind all the grief I got with it last time in Spain when Brittany Ferries broke off my underseat transponder, a simple life looks the best. Any opinions?

If you look at the video the car he undertook was passing a line of slower vehicles and was doing 68mph just in front of a police vehicle, on a SPECS observed stretch of dual carriageway. No one hates a lane hog any more than me, but in this instance I thibk the biker got a bit trigger happy. Could easily be me one of these days mind.........

To be exact, he got done for undertaking among other things He also hit 95 mph on a stretch of the A14 which has SPECS cameras to enforce the speed limit. Obviously figured he was immune without a forward facing reg plate. He didn't think things through too well did he?

Cor, you piss in the sink!!

Saw this on the BBC site. I'm going to Germany on Sunday for a training seminar. Can't wait to get there and discuss Sitzpinklers.

My ZZR does it. Poor contacts on starter button.

No mate I can get hoodies which can be printed/embroidered. Not really what we do though TBH

£20 for embroidery origination is OK-cheap side of average. Once done that charge is over with, and you can request a copy of the original file. Worth doing so if you have a fallout with your embroiderer, or they go tits up, you don't have to do it all again. Ask for it to be emailed as a .dst file. Plus I can do some for you if necessary.

Stay west as much as poss Dave. Eastern side down from Aberdeen is a bit crap TBH, and A9 to Inverness is now SPECS all the way from Dunblane so might be a case for A82 past Loch Lomond. You can go towards Skye or Applecross from there or continue up to Inverness, which is a nice little city BTW. Deffo do Skye, see the Quiraing and take the road across from Staffin, looks interesting. Applecross is on my to do list, not least because you can get there via the Bealach na Ba (google image it ) Not been further up than Inverness other than Ullapool, which is nothing special in my book. And remember the Scots can't build roads-the best ones were built by the British army 200 years ago. It's not uncommon to ride roads with no white line in the middle, so be pessimistic about your daily mileage, it's hard to do. To go up I'd be tempted to go A1 then cut onto the A66, detour to Middleton and on towards Alston. Plot up somewhere south of Glasgow first night. Quite nice in that Peebles/Hawick/Lanark triangle.

To be fair it's not a job or employer (or wage structure) that galvanises staff into giving a rat's. I use them quite often for breakfast on the road, and given what I 've just said, I find the staff a lot jollier than I would be if I was on that side of the counter. Only got one order wrong BTW.

Faggots

Went to a job in Walsall on mine last week. It slashed it down on the way down, but lovely & sunny coming home.

Deffo be interested in Wales, depending on dates. Good roads and you can get a sweater, dinner and a date all in one go

How long you going for Dave?

Got to say Scotland, at least "proper" Scotland, is a long ride for a weekend-ish. Don't know what dates might be being considered but the land of the porridge wogs would be too far for me I reckon.

ok m8 ,but we will have to sort a day out I haven't given up on a weekend later in the year. Got my tank protector & pannier rails for my Speedy, try to spring some cash for a tank bag, so should be good for a night or two at least.

I won't be going mate, Zac's car in bits, wife's car to prepare for mot, and so on... no point if it won't be enjoyable anyway.

I'm a big fan of Alpinestars. Feel nice on and look nice too. Good choice.