Hello FBG FC
Still riding those 6's
Been busy of late, work / life / family, but caught up with all post ( I hope)
Belated birthday wishes
@dunelm for mum,
So get the video call dad....mum would chat forever, dad was more like yours .
Hug for the neck
@alf_Josiah , hope it's improving.
And ignore
@ianpspurs ..pretty sure you aren't the cause of the timber shortage.
Outrageous stuff
@gennepher , as said
I hint of our future, sadly.
Enjoying the paintings
@geefull
Awake at silly o'clock
Mind whirring
Interesting week
Sunday: scooter handling oddly, should have checked tyre pressure, but it's a shortish commute & back
Anyway, riding home handling abysmal,..yep deflating tyre
Get to petrol station hoping to inflate enough to get it home to arrange fix
Aghh air pump doesn't fit rear valve
Lost what little air was left
Cue asking others if they have pump in car boot.
Lots of help & advise..but no joy
(My pump fits, hence surprise at garage )
Simple choice
Park up, rough part of town, hope it's all there next day.
Or somehow get it home
Got it home...eventually
Too late/too tired to sort.
Motorbike at friends, car lent to nephew for staycation south coast
Piaggio, ignored, unloved and won't start
So it's the Covid express to work
2 tubes, one overground
Get connections, it's 30 odd mins
Miss and it's an hour plus
Most masked, most distancing.
Matey who decided to sit one next to me, on a train with plenty of free seat, ...couldn't handle wearing a mask...ok.
But the almost shouting down the phone .not ok
Rude or not, I had to move.
He got a lot quieter . coincidence..who knows
Today;
Tackle scooter
Anti puncture goop, gets tyre successfully inflated, plan is to book into garage for repair/ new tyre .
Decide Piaggio needs a little TLC
Get it running,. Take for spin
Forgot how much I enjoy how it feels & handles
Honda is like a super fast bar stool.
Piaggio feels more like a goldwing in comparison.
Think I'll purchase the company COC sheet that qualifies it under the ULEZ scheme, so I can keep using it .
To charge battery and check all works ok, a quick circuit of the block/s
First circuit....
Amazon van in front of me as we approach junction
At junction, friver Puts van in reverse...and keeps coming ,.........at pace
Unable to move out of way in time .
He collides with me.
Cue shouts, scraping of bike under van, heated discussion with driver .#*****
Calm returns,
scrapes.. a few, nothing seemingly broken and nothing that can't be fixed reasonably easily,
So I thought
Oil spilled on floor and dribbling from bike...mmhh
Particulars exchanged.
Scooter starts and rides ok
However, airbox, now dripping oil
First thought was it just over flowed
Now concerned crack in casing behind it
Will have to look at some point soon
Hope I'm wrong, cos then it's onto insurance etc & possible write off
Insurance companies..mmhh
Many years back, I Followed a car out as it cleared a junction, only for them to realise they wanted left turn rather then straight on , so of course they simply reversed, into me.
No cams back then (and none today obv
)
Insurance made it 50/50 because they lied ..ho hum
And the wide awake ..?
Laurens face when I told her
It was a simple thing, no one hurt, but her shocked face ..
(Tip to self. Next time stay stumm.)
Then add in she had bad headache tonight, sore throat feels like a cold coming ..
Now I'm awake, throat sore, feels like a cold coming. LFT incoming at dawn..
Of course we still all gets colds etc. But it does set you on edge with the worry.
Enjoy the coming day.
I'm off to catch up on some zzz's