While outside Tesco yesterday I saw what I at first believed to be an old Triumph Bonneville.
That is, until I saw it was a 2010 plate and realised it was an modern SE. Spoke to the bloke who owned it and he's had it 8 years - hence from new. Nice, but not an original Bonneville.
Trying to find a popup tent for the bike. There are loads of tent-like structures for bikes, but not of the popup variety - the ones that are impossible to collapse when you've opened them, Perhaps that's a whole new market of frustration.
That is, until I saw it was a 2010 plate and realised it was an modern SE. Spoke to the bloke who owned it and he's had it 8 years - hence from new. Nice, but not an original Bonneville.
Trying to find a popup tent for the bike. There are loads of tent-like structures for bikes, but not of the popup variety - the ones that are impossible to collapse when you've opened them, Perhaps that's a whole new market of frustration.
Hay's getting a bit annoyed at the amount of bike paraphernalia that's appearing in the house - T shirts, jackets, covers, leathers, gloves, hats, etc. Women just don't understand the amount of work that goes into being a bloke with a man-toy. It's not only the things I've already bought, but the things I have yet to purchase, like a Bluetooth headset, etc. and the stuff ordered but yet to be delivered.
Our neighbour and tame builder, Colin, is working out a price for a bike hut that will fill a corner of the outside of the house, jut large enough for the bike and a few gewgaws, plus sufficient room to move around the bike. It will be clad in oak and have a slate roof, so it matches the house and doesn't look an eyesore.
Our neighbour and tame builder, Colin, is working out a price for a bike hut that will fill a corner of the outside of the house, jut large enough for the bike and a few gewgaws, plus sufficient room to move around the bike. It will be clad in oak and have a slate roof, so it matches the house and doesn't look an eyesore.
I'm not sure whether modern bikes have fuel gauges, but older bikes certainly don't, the Daytona included. Never understood why - it's a simple addition, surely? Perhaps not required for a race bike, but it's an easy optional extra for one that's destined never to go near a race track. All you get is a warning light when you have about 20 miles of petrol left, which may not be enough to get you to a filling station in certain situations.
I've discovered that Daytonas have issues with ethanol in petrol and the paint on the plastic fuel tank bubbling in places - personally I think it's down to all the Novichok in the petrol these days. The advice is to keep the tank only half full and drain it when the bike isn't in use for a lengthy period, or find zero ethanol petrol - do they even supply that in the UK? Of course, I fully filled the tank over the weekend.
I've discovered that Daytonas have issues with ethanol in petrol and the paint on the plastic fuel tank bubbling in places - personally I think it's down to all the Novichok in the petrol these days. The advice is to keep the tank only half full and drain it when the bike isn't in use for a lengthy period, or find zero ethanol petrol - do they even supply that in the UK? Of course, I fully filled the tank over the weekend.
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