What have you done on your bike today?

Was it a big service?
Yuss.
I had some extras added to the work so the actual service was around £420.
That`s great , well better than £2k anyway but doesn`t it piss us all off that fucking VAT is charged so allowing for the MOT being VAT free Rachel From Accounts has lifted around £110 from the total or in other words added around £110 to the total.
Pay tax on your earnings.
Pay tax on what you spend your earnings on.
Save your pennies, do a good job of it, earn interest, pay tax on that.
Finally, leave something for your kids and - oh yeah - pay tax on that, too.

And for all this tax money, you get - ta-DAH - Rachel Guinnessing Reeves (or some other identical, interchangeable NPC).
 
 
Had a good ride with a bunch of guys today. We meet up at Tangiteroria and rode over to Bayleys beach where we hit the sand. Then we rode about 68km south to Pouto point light house, a historic wooden construction, which is abandoned.
My bike got covered in the spooge du jour which is a wholesome mix of, sand, salt , sea foam, sea spat and plankton. And it sets like concrete given the chance.
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Today i had to go shopping so i first went to Sainsburys and then home to drop the shopping off then on to Tesco. Now i hate going out on the bike on Saturday's as the traffic is a fucking nightmare but strangely the traffic was really light!!:unsure: Can't work out why but i'm not complaining, the weather is great and for the first time in a long time i wore my half face lid and shades,:cool: it's going to be nice tomorrow so i'm going out early and get back for the England V Italy game at 15.00!!🕒 Looking forward now for the Ireland V France at 14.15, i don't think France are going to have an easy game of it like they did against Italy. Then there is the Scotland V Wales game at 16.45, my money is on Scotland for that one. Anyway i forgot to get some bloody yogurts when shopping and it was on my list, there's allways one!!:)
Come on Ireland and open with Bundee Aki ffs!!🤷‍♂️


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Today i had to go shopping so i first went to Sainsburys and then home to drop the shopping off then on to Tesco. Now i hate going out on the bike on Saturday's as the traffic is a fucking nightmare but strangely the traffic was really light!!:unsure: Can't work out why but i'm not complaining, the weather is great and for the first time in a long time i wore my half face lid and shades,:cool: it's going to be nice tomorrow so i'm going out early and get back for the England V Italy game at 15.00!!🕒 Looking forward now for the Ireland V France at 14.15, i don't think France are going to have an easy game of it like they did against Italy. Then there is the Scotland V Wales game at 16.45, my money is on Scotland for that one. Anyway i forgot to get some bloody yogurts when shopping and it was on my list, there's allways one!!:)
Come on Ireland and open with Bundee Aki ffs!!🤷‍♂️


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Lowe put his back out in the warmup😕
 
I popped out on the Multi today, first time I've used it for a couple of months. It's such an easy an enjoyable bike to ride, equally happy pottering along looking at the fluffy bunnies in the fields or getting a move on.
I headed over to Ducati Cambridge just for a coffee really as not planning to buy anything but I'm going to have to give myself a good talking to as today when i looked at the latest monsters instead of being totally repulsed I thought that they now look only mildly repellent .
They also had a new V2 Multi in green, it looked good in the flesh, not so good in a photo though.
 

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I remembered when you first mentioned it that you said you'd only been on short trips so hadn't really used it that much as it was earlier in the year. Then I see you mention a decent ride out. Plus I put a tracker on your bike 😂
 
Today's bimble (on the Maverick) included Sherborne, Charlton Horethorn, North Cheriton, Holton ,Maperton, Blackford, Compton Pauncefoot, South Cadbury, and Corton Denham. Lovely scenery. The hunt was out and so were the antis. Now waiting to tuck in to pork tenderloin with all the trimmings and a bottle of Malbec.




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Today's bimble (on the Maverick) included Sherborne, Charlton Horethorn, North Cheriton, Holton ,Maperton, Blackford, Compton Pauncefoot, South Cadbury, and Corton Denham. Lovely scenery. The hunt was out and so were the antis. Now waiting to tuck in to pork tenderloin with all the trimmings and a bottle of Malbec.




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Yeah, those are made-up places. No one's ever heard of them. Not real.
 
Just returned from a Birthday Trip to visit friends in Western Australia for a month with a few days in Singapore. Got up early due to jet lag so gathered together the wheels from the bikes and put them back in. Even got them back in the right bike first time
 
This weekend's forecast was just too good to ignore. Taxed the Rocket 3 this morning, did the Tesco run, called in at my lock-up, refitted the battery and checked the tyres. All good.
Had a great first ride of the year out to Rothbury for a brew and a natter with the lads, then a brisk winding ride back to Corbridge under cloudless Northumbrian skies.

I've sometimes questioned in the dark days of winter why I spent 17 thousand quid on this behometh. But today it all made sense. Man that did my soul good. Stonking ride.

Going to leave the KTM off the road this year and give it a bit of a refresh. Looking forward instead to getting the dear old Streetfighter out of hibernation. The Rocket and the Ducati are going to make a great pairing for 2025.

When the SF's shakedown run is completed hopefully we can have a meet-up somewhere like Devil's Bridge for some of DC's northern membership.

Winter forecast to return this week but the seal is broken. The big Trumpet has stirred.
 
Today i went to the batcave to fit the new speedo gearbox on the Enfield, it turned out not to be not that bad a job!! I had a look at the brake caliper and as i thought the pistons are corroded, so the next job will be to strip it down and give them a clean!:rolleyes: One brake pad is to far gone so i will get a new set at some point before May for the MOT. Anyway i went for a ride out to Winchester and the speedo works🥳, got to Winchester and was going to go to Greggs but had a look in Mcdonalds and it was dead in there so went in there instead. Got myself a McCrispy medium meal and very nice it was to, I then headed for the big Tesco then home, it's not the warmest day in the world but not to bad. I also noticed the daffodils are out and the tree's are budding, roll on spring and summer.:)

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The one on the left is made of plastic and that's the fucked one and the one on the right is made of aluminium alloy!!

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Today i went to the batcave to fit the new speedo gearbox on the Enfield, it turned out not to be not that bad a job!! I had a look at the brake caliper and as i thought the pistons are corroded, so the next job will be to strip it down and give them a clean!:rolleyes: One brake pad is to far gone so i will get a new set at some point before May for the MOT. Anyway i went for a ride out to Winchester and the speedo works🥳, got to Winchester and was going to go to Greggs but had a look in Mcdonalds and it was dead in there so went in there insted. Got myself a McCrispy medium meal and very nice it was to, I then headed for the big Tesco then home, it's not the warmest day in the world but not to bad. I also noticed the daffodils are out and the tree's are budding, roll on spring and summer.:)

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The one on the left is made of plastic and that's the fucked one and the one on the right is made of aluminium alloy!!

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It needs brakes? 👀
 
I’ve always thought, when on this road up the side of the Trent, at a particular bend, I reckon I could get up that bank, well today I did.
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Came down off the bank and finally reached this particular milestone
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This bike was the first new bike I ever bought, it’s taken me to the top of Norway, to the bottom of Croatia, to the far end of Poland and to Portugal the t’other way and everywhere in between. I think I might have to do a thread on it, betcha can’t wait.
 
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