Monday 21st an early start in the fog and a great day in prospect.  I haven’t been to the bike show before and am really quite excited about this trip.  The fact that it’s getting towards the back end of the year, we’ve just got through a ridiculously busy period and the prospect of a day off work helps too.  There were some cracking bikes on show.  Favourites being the Victory Cross Country Tour, Triumph 1200 Explorer and the Moto Guzzi Stelvio.  I was, as you would expect, just like a kid in a candy shop.  I feel there is a need for more than one bike these days.  I like to ride decent distances so comfort and weather protection is pretty important these days.  Hence the Victory and the Moto Guzzi have such great appeal.  I suppose they are variations on a theme really but both offer very different experiences.  If only the bank account would stand it…we live in hope.

I’ve had an interesting weekend.  I’ve had a few issues of late with selecting neutral when the engine is running so, with the next oil change looming anyway and having made all the usual adjustments without luck I decided to change the clutch.  Now sad though it is, I actually enjoy doing stuff like this so a fun Saturday afternoon was had messing around in the garage…very satisfying.

However, when a beautiful day dawned to day and I managed to get out for a while you can imagine my disappointment when I found the problem still there.  I loved the ride out, stopping at Loomies for coffee and chatting with fellow bikers on what could easily be the last good biking day of the year but the frustration !

Hey ho, sounds like a gearbox rebuild, thank goodness it isn’t the middle of summer.