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Just got my new license tag for "Lola" today. Good until March 2021. Fees for my 18 year old America in California is $132. And then there is insurance. Hope I can afford to have all 3 bikes back on the road this year. Lola will need a new battery first. The other 2 have thier issues as well this year $$$. ...J.D.

 

went for pride doesn't rain much here 27deg nice day then give it a bit of a cleantrustb u are all having a good night there

 

should be ride

 

That's a relief, thought you were coming out for a minute

 

No have 6 kids and 14 grandchildren

 

We do have now its. Nearly midnight here i am of to bed you enjoy your day

 

Today I've mainly been sending my Scrambler back to the supplying dealer to fix a bunch of stupid things.

1. Handle bar top clamp installed upside down, school boy error
2. Pannier bag busted, does not lock to frame, knob broken
3. Seat, despite being told it was a low seat, it is not, so correct seat being fitted
4. Fly screen, only two of the four mounts actually screwed in, other two not engaged (I fixed this already when painting fly screen)
5. Fuelling lumpy at low speeds, under 30 mph sounds like it wants to, and has stalled a few times, maybe re-map
6. Being re-PDI'd as it clearly wasn't done thoroughly enough for a fussy fella like me

Handy that the dealer I bought it from is 75 miles from my home, still after some gentle encouragement they agreed to collect and return

 

Sorry to hear this, must be very annoying!

 

just annoying, none of these are show stoppers, but given some are just careless it makes me wonder what else these muppets have done right

 

Fitted these bad boys this afternoon.

 

Put the 2810s on my Doris. A good upgrade!

 

Got my new Bell star helmet last week.fits great 53% off original pruce. Promised pic

 

That is a stunning looking helmet mate......

 

I had a first ride out with the new shocks fitted this afternoon. They certainly firm up the rear end of the bike. Well chuffed.

 

Nice large field of view.

 

Been in the garage this week giving NUDGER a bit of a clean
Just doing it bit by bit because I can’t be arsed and it’s Feckin freezing
Decided to plug the battery tender in last night and NOTHING no lights came on to indicate the battery state
So I went in tonight to see what was going on
The inline fuse holder on the positive side had rusted lifting the contact off the fuse
Bit of a twat to get to because I had done such a good job hiding the wiring away
Anyway I got the wiring away from the bike but still connected and cleaned up the fuse contact
Will leave it on the tender until Saturday when the leads need to be removed ready for fitting to my Rocket

 

Rusted !!!!! Now however could that have happened, as you told Triumph Newcastle it had never seen the wet your a fair weather rider especially at trade in time

 

Ice from his JD must have slipped down there

 

Managed to find and buy this pile of rocking horse A chrome single seat luggage rack for the Nightstorm

He has a couple of other Thunderbird items which I'll post in the Thunderbird section (he doesn't really do social media stuff)

 

We got the new battery for "Lola" coming by FedEx this week. I had to wait until the next credit card cycle to order it. [Keep all my credit card.balances at zero every month]. Cannot complain about that old battery. It was stone dead and had to be recharged before I could test ride this thing back in 20013. Been running that same battery all this time . Amazing to me ! ...J.D.