Wiring

Some goodies have landed today, ready to attack the ingnition and wiring... Looking at the wiring diagram it is not going to be a two minute job. Maybe 5 buy definitely not 2!

Wallpaper

Had a single print edition of Wallpaper run last year to sum up sum up the brilliant summer and it's been gathering dust ever since. Jetset bought me a matching frame for the poster print so it is ready for the wall on Saturday.

Bruiser sat and waited whilst I framed it.

Next to the desk are some treats for Saturday afty... Can't wait.

Tank stripping

After a long round trip to Cambridge today I swang into the DIY shop and stocked on some nitromorse, brushes, a stripping blade and dug out a pair of unused gloves.

After applying a thick coat to the top of the tank and top yoke I sat and waited, once blistered on went the second.

So an hour of waiting & scraping has removed most of the gold, the primer, the original red and the original primer is now exposed.



I want raw metal.

The Runner

Here's what's happened with the bike. In the last few weeks momentum has picked up (from the square root of 0) and things are a happening at last.

Uv gone from wanting to bin it to loving it and everything I'm learning along the way - probably about myself and lack if patience to be frank.... Which has been addressed ;-)

After this I am up to date and ready to keep on track in 'realtime'... Thank **** for that.

Last weekend without the seat and tank, note the old bars hanging off due to breaking a bloody bolt in the switch housing.

New bars, grips, switches, levers, speedo (now moved again since) and mock up seat

The shite I have removed form this bike to date, she is a lot better for it.

Beofre the new drop-bars went on.  note last years rattle can tank with petrol spill down it!

Note to self; you cannot make something tidy by simply bolting something new to it.  do not repeat.

Last years home-made improvised seat... it did the trick for a few months and will be missed

New skinnier seat layout ready for a good mate to cover it properly for me.

last weekend, getting there slowly.

and from the front, she is no lingerie model but I love her again & she getting there.

The last few months

To test this new app and get rid of the burden of a million pictures here is the last few months in graphic detail, a picture speaks a thousand words after all... so here they are, as I said; its been busy.

Home - The new decks

Work - London Rush hour traffic

Home - Sunday lunch for the horses

Home - Bonfire night

Home - Jetset bough goddam winter socks for Bruiser!

Home - Christmas day nativity (the deptford street version)

Home - sadly there is no more Tonic, now just Gin and Bruiser :-(

Home - sorting the stables

Home - a quiet drink at the local

Home - x2 new nieces :-)

Home - healthy detox food

Home - Jetset & company work off the vino

Home - The infamous Boxing Day Buffet, love it.

Home - the muts-nuts

Work - standstill almost, again.

Home - My lovely old nan with a good ol' british fish n chips (& she finished it!)

Work - hotel life after a VERY long day.

Work - more hotel life for one

Work - the -'skimming stone'

Home - Jetsets prints for my office, nice :-)

Home - teaching niece No1 some basics.

Home - the view from the hills

Home - doing the tourist trick in London for once, hilarious.

Its back

Ok, so it's been a while. I have fallen out of love with the bike... and then head over heels in love again. This bloody little machine has been driving me mad for months - sat there in rain, snow, rain and rain. However just as the nights have gotten a little lighter so the bug has bitten. So much has happened that the blog had come to a stop. It too is back now in flow, More posts to come