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Have a great weekend Jimmy. I'm over there myself in a couple of weeks for the Granddaughter's christening.
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This might make you feel bit better.
I did an oil change on my CB750. Flushed and drained the engine, filter off, new one in, cover done up nice and tight. Poured in the fresh oil, and poured, and poured, and poured
. Noticed oil all over the floor, bent down to look at the filter cover, noticed the sump plug wasn't in place. I'd only forgotten to replace it after I drained the engine .And yes, Her indoors had about as much sympathy (fell about laughing and told all my mates).
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Anyone tempted to ride in just a T-shirt needs to read this girl's story.
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Sacha/Katie, I use a spray called burneze. Takes away the sting and cools the burn.
Andrew, fortunately no blister to burst as I used the burneze straight away.
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This is what you get after fifty miles when you touch the exhaust taking the rear wheel valve cap off [emoji24]
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A good day out (apart from the hundreds of cyclists on the A25).
This one used to be a 900 divvy.
No Huntsmen but I did see an old Indian
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Shortly after I got my CG125 I was riding down a local road in Basingstoke when a twat called his dog across the road a couple of yards in front of me.
The dog, being a good dog, did what his owner said and went running out into the road.
I swerved to miss the dog, hit the curb and came off. I still have a scar on my knee.
When I got myself off the road both dog and twat had disappeared.
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Obriens 65 makes a good point but very early bikes didn't have kick stands just a centre stand? If it was a case of which side of the road you drive on then it would always be on the nearside.
When bikes just had centre stand they were still mounted from the left. Which is why, when the first kickstand were developed, they were put on that side.
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The kickstand thing is about horses (no, I know horses don't have kickstands.) You get on and off a horse from the left, so when motorbikes first appeared they mounted the bike the same way they mounted a horse. Putting the kickstand down with the left foot puts that foot on the ground first and so is easy to dismount on the left, like dismounting a horse.
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Same gear in summer and winter. Just take the linings out when my nuts start swimming. Also my Nitro gear has the opening panels previously mentioned.
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For those of us in the Sarf, The Huntsman MCC are holding their annual motorcycle show on 27th July. This is at the Huntsman pub in Eridge, Kent, TN3 9LE.
Never been but I've got a mate who lives near there and he says it's always a good day out (but he rides a Triumph Bonneville so his judgement might be suspect
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Acid Drop, you obviously haven't been there for a while. I always find the food, service and atmosphere excelent. Last night they were so rammed that people were parking their bikes in the laybys up the road so they must be doing something right.
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Well, I asked my mate with the VFR and apparently it stabilises the bike when moving at low speeds. That doesn't explain a: why he does it when he's not moving at all, and b: why my bike is perfectly stable at low speeds without the need to do it.
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He's a bit emotional
. Noticed oil all over the floor, bent down to look at the filter cover, noticed the sump plug wasn't in place. I'd only forgotten to replace it after I drained the engine 
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Classic policy............................. or not?
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It's horses for courses really. I looked into classic insurance for my TR1 but in the last year I've done more than double the allowed mileage so for me it wasn't feasible. It all depends on how, and how much, you use the bike.