Well for me winter is around the corner and due to chest probs Im off the road till spring unless the weather picks up for a day or two so Im getting the bannana ready for spring,(XJR 1300) and out comes the trumpet for the big start again and hopefully a final go at finnishing it.

Nothings been done on the triumph since we moved into plug hall, as the place wanted restoring back to its original condition as the other owner let it go a bit.

So new shockers /wheels to rebuild, may do them myself ( used to build em years backwhen I was a machanic on the o'l trumpets c1965) then thats the frame finished and on with the engine, it was a runner but Im the type that has to know whats happened over the years to the inners its the sludge tube that bothers me in the crank, the sludge can set like concrete if left and could have to be drilled out or its seizure time n' a regrind n' big end shells..

Well what your goals for the winter months? unless your riding all weathers and washing down after every trip... perish the thought..brrrrrrrrrrr bloody cold out there..

Same as every winter dad, trying not to crash!

What do you think will be happening to my bike i will be out there riding the bugger

Yeh winter really sucks !!! I'm worried, it might drop below 70 this year and then where would I be.


Nick

Mines italian of cource its off the road
Plan to fit crash bobbins and a belly pan and attempt to polish the wheel rims apart from that just start it up and annoy the nieghbours

Nick, thats awful m8-my heart bleeds.........

as for me, well the cruiser is my winter bike, the big zed is naked & shivering in the w/shop, awaiting paint.I miss the old bus & might put it back on the road when the paint dries.since the cruiser hasnt been washed this year i should strip it down & clean the poor thing, the mudguards both need blasting , welding & painting ,so while i'm about it i might as well paint that, & get the polishing mops out!

Pass my DAS and ditto.

Tbh, i would love to have another bike so i could ride one and eff about tarting up the other one. Two probs are cash and Bea ( which are so overtly intertwined that i reckon i could say that Bea and cash are actually the SAME problem!).

Maybe when Luke's a bit older Iand my uber shed is built ( 25 feet long and ten feet wide!) ill be able to sort something. I really want to fix a bike up and get it painted and all that but only having one means it has to be on the road all the time really.

good luck with the das tinyrodent - its brilliant when you finally pass and get an extra letter on your driving licence!

Aye Nick, kiss my batty.

Ii was out on the bike last night. I haven't been anywhere decent but the bike will only go off the road, when the snow arrives. Although I won't be riding on a regular basis and it won't be going to work. More like days snatched here and there.

theres no such thing as bad weather........... just the wrong clothes!

if i say it often enuff i might convince myself!
the cb750f will be coming out to play very soon seeing as our poor likkle AX died a horrible death and we are now carless, hopefully the pile of bits might be a whole bike by the weekend and cough n fart back into life
then all i got to do is stay on the heavy fecker asuming i manage to get it out of our rather compact skating ring of a garden, and the street that never thaws out until june!

The bike's in the garage - and I'm going nowhere........

If the day ends in a Y i will be out on my bike


Monday yep there is a Y there take the bike out
Tuesday yep there is a Y there take the bike out
wednesday yep there is a Y there take the bike out
Thursday yep there is a Y there take the bike out
Friday yep there is a Y there take the bike out
Saturday yep there is a Y there take the bike out
Sunday yep there is a Y there take the bike out

So unless there is a day of the week that no one has told me about I will be riding my bike everyday.

All them years despatching tends to make you ready for any weather.

Womble....................... ............wish I could..........but on a good day ....

Well the plan was to get the K100 Beemer ratty streetfighter thing on the road for the winter so the CB900 could be wraped up and kept for the summer months.
After geting it to my mates workshop to get the engine sorted then up and ready for the MOT, i taxed it for 6 mumphs road it for one night then starter unit gave up the very next day. Yup, thats about right.

So i have had to borrow a rotor off my mates CB900 chop that happens to be on my drive, shhhh hopefuly he wont notice... Nah it wuz his idea, it is just till i get one sorted, might need to have a chatt DP.

The polished Ally is starting to powder already, ah well , best get a few tubes of autosol at the NEC on saterday,

There will be about 9 Petrolheads at the NEC on saturday. say hi if any one see's us.

The missus is now riding a mat black FZ600, i think it wuz ment to be glossy but the guy couldnt quite get there.... aw bless. Her RD350R streetfighter is in the back garden under a cover needing possible crank bearings... shhesh it never stops.

Ace

thanks plug ...................... I think ?


strange enough i will be picking up a zepher 550 next week & putting it in my back garden all covered up like.

What a bloody waste

but the bike i brought for SAndy ( mrs womble ) & we can't afford for her to take her DAS until after christmas & i can only ride one bike at a time.

I will take a few pics & put them up so you can see what a lovely looking bit of kit it is.

Would not mind one for myself but i not a great lover of chain drives so will give it a miss.

I`ll be out every day on something,got a nice,shiny fazer at the moment and not too keen on what I know about Yamaha`s and winter.Got other things to spend money on as well so constantly on the look-out for something cheap and cheerful,a couple of really nice cheapies on Ebay round my way lately.plan is to pick up something at "winter prices" and off-load the Fazer when the insurance runs out in April and the prices head upwards again.It`s in excellent condition,previous owner only did 1000 miles in 2 years,and I reckon the price will hold up well now you cant get new ones of that model.

Mine will be getting cleaned, and then a liberal dose of anti corrosion stuff, and then ridden whenever I get the craving

But not in the snow! (But I might give the scooter a go in the snow if it gets deep enough to give me a softer landing!)

Eh?
Im sorry dad but your legendary subtlety has eluded me again. Maybe Im too thick. Maybe youre too clever, who knows but whatever you still got tom the poachers son to fit the scotoiler!

Are you and mrs Plug in residence next week end?

PLUG HALL could be open and we could be in residence,whatyer thinking my son?? (sits back and grits me teeth)

well they're all italian but they'll be out and about
the other 'arf's 'prilia will be going to work with me mon to fri and the Raptor at weekends unless there's too much snow
WD40/scottoil365 and vaseline will make a profit

The poorly scoot needs me to blag a garage from someone so's it can be fixed up, if it can i'll be on for an Italjet Dragster snow race Shebee have to get miniski's fer our feet

[QUOTE=zombie,Nov 20 2003, 11:32 PM] [QUOTE]Womble.......................   ............wish I could..........but on a good day  ....  [/QUOTE]

Eh?
Im sorry dad but your legendary subtlety has eluded me again. Maybe Im too thick.
ZOMB MY SON??

You thick ? not in a life time my son,

you may be a little yogurty around the edges but thick naaaaaaaaa

but then again it could be an age gap thing n' age being on my side n' I can't alter it