You'll have to go do your motorway route again and see what it has done to your economy now....

That is the one - Brookside garden centre. They had a major flood when the link road was being built that washed a lot of the railway away. There is a much longer track than it looks from the road.

You did make sure that was DERV not petrol, right? Sounds about the price of the petrol round here....

There is a miniature railway at the garden centre just the other side of Poynton. I'm seriously considering seeing what is involved in volunteering. Quite happy to be in the background linewalking and general stuff rather than driving, though if I get to have a drive at some point I wouldn't say no!

Took him to the cafe for lunch and then to Altrincham for successful retail therapy after, having spend the morning rearranging large chunks of the garage preparing to bring my Guzzi back under the roof at last, while SWMBO reorganised the conservatory and shed. Lovely smooth wafting on all...

Drove him to and from the BILs to see what his leak on the ceiling is - looks like probably a roof issue. Otto starting fautlessly now, and our daily driver while we wait for the service / MOT / wheelbearing change on the everyday Ford. Where he's been off the dehumidifier for a few days it took...

Maybe they changed the short belt instead and that is damage that has been there for longer on the big belt?

You sure the shop actually changed the belt then, or just did bits to make it quieter / less obvious for a while to get rid of you?

Pennines above Macclesfield still look like winter mountains not just hills. Not been up there but could see them yesterday battling hoe on the little bike against the wind and today coming back from lunch at the caff.

Sounds like everything on my CMX500 - you have to take half the electrics off to change the air filter, and the tank, other half electrics, 3 plastic shields, the ignition switch and a chunk of the emissions stuff to get the plug caps off, let alone actually change the plugs. Thank goodness they...

Loose / broken engine / gearbox mount, only reacting under load?

From some Google reverse image searching and text searching, it looks like a Trackstar tracker. So I think you should have got a fob with it. Or the subscription has expired and it shouldn't actually do anything. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284029655459

My Ford one just a bit of judder on sharp take off, and a bit of an odd squeal with gentle clutch use. And went on like that for thousands of miles no issue. Came on slowly too, not in 50 miles. Loose bolt(s) or breakup of something like a crank damper?

Place I'm going to is a one man band backstreet place - did the MOT on my other bike last month. If it can be plugged from the outside safely I imagine he will do. I see online quite a lot of the plug type from the outside fittings have a 40-50mph restriction on them. The hole is only about...

You mean they don't look in the mirror either then?

I've still got to tackle that on Otto. Been too busy this weekend with ordering bits for both bikes and discovering the puncture on the rear of the current commuting bike. Off to the shop with that tomorrow hopefully, I don't do tyres myself, especially on a bike with no centre stand.

Length of metal with a suitable hole in it or a big nut, MIG that onto the remains of the bolt as a plug weld, then undo. The weld heat should be localised but also help to free the bolt.

We do every trip. Wife finds the lowest height easier access with her back. And if we go to the seaside, being on stilts gives a superior view.

My Fusion has been written off 3 times now - keeping it til it dies so doesn't bother me. Cat D crash damage about a year earlier when I got it, had opposite 1/4s shoved by idiots since and Cat N'd both times. Had nearly half what I paid for it 80k and 12 years ago now in payouts.

Took the cover off and the dehumidifier out. He fired up first turn and didn't need any throttle to avoid the initial cold stall that he has usually done. Drove him about 35-40 miles to sort stuff at the BILs get some shopping and a takeaway, and fill him up ready for the freezing weather. Was...