Not an awful lot to tell from last weekend. Took the Bonneville out for a quick(ish) jaunt supposedly down to Chew Valley Lake - though my internal navigation seemed to be on the blink so ended up riding in ever decreasing circles for far too long.
Finally found the place, which was disappointingly full of people sleeping in their cars with the windows wound up (presumably to keep the fresh air out) so came home again.
Bike started coughing and farting like a goodun' on the way home - so used to having flashing fuel warning lights on the old ZZR I'd totally forgotten the existance of reserve tank (fumble, fumble - phut-phut-cough).
Clocked last tank at 48 mpg - not too bad considering it's been spending most of its time warming up, riding 3.5 miles, stopping, repeat.
Bought a tube of "Peek" chrome polish and started working on shining the bike up a bit.. Offside engine casing, sprocket cover, offside pipe and some of the front wheel now so shiny you could use them as mirrors. The machine is going to look drop dead gorgeous when it's all done - just need to wait for the feeling to come back in my fingers after doing the rim between the spokes - ouch.
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"You forgot your basics Morgan" Or in this case your reserve tank! I look forward to seeing it shiny again!
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