Car's been in the shop getting MOT prepped cos I'm a lazy bastard so I've been riding the GS all week. Couldn't be arsed changing to the 17s so it's been on knobblies. Gets a bit sketchy over 80 and sounds like an army Saracen apparently.
I've been neglecting the Zed of late,but after riding the H1 for a while,the turbine power of the big bike,handling and brakes that all work is something else. It's a great reality check to ride something older and realise how some things have moved on a million years.
A bit more cleaning and tasting about, bled the clutch so took it out for a quick hour, was warm in the sun which promptly fucked off as soon as I set off so 1 hour was plenty.
Another fun and full (100 miles) day on the lanes of southern England yesterday on the old faithful orange bike, and another puncture ( well more accurately, a rotten rusted away valve core finally gave up the ghost where it enters the tube) , but it wasn't my turn this time so that was nice
And even better, the rain stayed away until the drive home, which was an unexpected bonus, yay!
I also attached a cheapy (£27 delivered ) not-a-gopro GoPro Session clone to the front of the old girl as a test ( this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226020903008 ) - I bought it for the Bandit, mainly as it is small and cheap, but the picture quality is pretty shit IMO when you're moving, and youtube seems to make it even worse, so I think I'll do what I should have done in the first place and buy a proper one...
Anyway, a quick and cheesy cobble-together of some of yesterday's footage from it below, for anyone interested
260 miles to Cornwall, the last 100 of which was very very moist. Bike is dirty enough to give @weeksy a seizure
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
Supermofo wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 11:11 pm
Weather's been bobbins here. 2nd night of thunder storms and weekend forecast of rain. Never felt so much like not wanting to live here
It'll pass man,just shit when you're in the middle of it.