Tony nitrous

Guy just drove all across the city to give me a half worn tyre for free. What a star. My favourite 190/55 with plenty of meat left on it.

No, Just no. Bloody NO !

Love mine. Never had a drama even at Busa speeds. Only down side is be REAL fussy about where you put it down and folding the magnet flaps away. They pick up any metallic grit and bits that will scratch your tank.

Only 413K's this morning ( about 257 miles ? ) but still beats being at work on a Monday.......

Friday, that's the start of the weekend ? Right ? 30mm jack-up on the shocks, new cam chain and a service deserves a test ride......

My favorite.....

.... bloody mad Aussie's !

Checked a few things like cam chain tensioner and valve clearancesvetc but bike has a little constant rattle that's annoying me. Not down on power at all, go's hard, but to my ears, its not 100% healthy. Currently in bits getting a new cam chain and guides. Got an "April Fools Run" coming up into NSW and I'd like to use the 14.

That'll stop me dragging the pegs on corners and speed the slow steering up a little....

Left work at 3.30, heading home. A few K's up the road on a dual track there's no one coming the other way. Normally a VERY busy road. Next thing I see is a bike on its side and all cars stopped. Must have just happened, traffic still backing up. Couldn't stop. There was a centre barrier and all traffic on my side was fast flowing. Got home and put the news on. The lad died. R.I.P. fellow rider. Be careful everyone. Lost a few mates over the years, some I was with at the time, but I had a real lump in my throat tonight. Not anyone I knew.

Mrs didn't enjoy Xmas last year. Too much stress and all her family turning up and her trying to cater for everyone. This time is just us and the kids. .... and it has a pool !

It's a place called Noosa, About hour and half up the coast from us. Was looking for a 3 bed place to rent near the beach for Xmas, folk are booking them up already! Found a nice place and booked it. Xmas on the beach this year.

2nd day of Autumn, went down the beach this morning,

The FBI had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists; Two men and a woman. For the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. 'We must know that you will follow your Instructions no matter what the circumstances. Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair .... Kill her!!' The man said, 'You can't be serious. I could Never shoot my wife.' The agent said, 'Then you're not the right man For this job. Take your wife and go home.' The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet forabout 5 minutes. The man came out with tears in his eyes, 'I tried, But I can't kill my wife.' The agent said, 'You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.' Finally, it was the woman's turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.. After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman, wiping the sweat from her brow. 'This gun is loaded with blanks' she said. 'I had to kill him with the chair'

Well done that man ! I got married again the day before my 50th birthday (last December) I find relationships easier and more fun ask got older. My partner and I have both "been there - done that" and have a better idea of what we are doing... LOL GOOD LUCK Mate.

Not if I mentioned it before ? Road tax is a little different here. Not cheap but it includes basic 3rd party insurance. That means anyone with a licence can legally ride anything with tax! This has its advantages. The downside is you have to take out a policy like in the UK to get fire, theft or fully comp cover. The downside being that the chav's / bogans / ferals don't take out extra cover because they don't have to. Get hit by one of these unemployed numb nuts and you can't claim against them. A good thing is that because your road tax includes insurance, If you remove the pillion seat and pegs (easy on a B-King) then your road tax is MUCH cheaper as there's no pillion at risk. Funny system but it seems to work.

Dropped right down to 29 degree's C today. Much nicer.

Colin Chapman would turn in his grave! It's has some very odd geometry, a strange mix of old and new tech idea's and no one has worked out how they are getting 200hp out of an RC8 motor. A 10 ltr fuel tank ? It's another Jay Leno type trophy bike.

Nothing actual on the bikes, but it will make a huge difference to them. Nice to have a day of work when it's not either blazing hot or raining, I get to fit the whirlybird vent that I had for my birthday last year... It's been too hot in their recently.

I'll surprised if it makes much difference, a few weeks away and then rest of the season... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/motogp/26273923

Got some rain coming in for this week, Hopefully that'll cool things down. Was too hot to be in the shed today. Gave up and went back in the aircon.

..... But heading home by 9am. Going to be a hot one again !

Great pics Dave. Thanks for sharing. Shame I missed it.

Mate sold his copper / bronze 99 Busa for more tan my very tidy 04 model with extras. My King has a very low build number, sold in 07, but the fact that sales bombed its unlikely to do the same (Unless one day tastes change)