What have you done today

[Brockett]

You might also consider running some carb cleaner through it and maybe putting petrol preserver in the tank that you empty the machine into to save it from going stale in storage.

[Barbel Mick]

It's E5 Brocket so should be OK???  but for a few £'s I suppose it covers my Donkey!  I knew it was going to change the word but it does add humour to an otherwise boring post. 

[Brockett]

 

[2112]

Today, I signed up for the next level of my Cardiac Rehabilitation in the form of a 6 month intensive gym training regime. Doing nothing is not an option, and I have enjoyed the relatively gentle sessions so far. This is a step up but needs must and doing very little got me to where I was... Wish me luck!

[Rixington43]

Good luck, if you're enjoying it then that's the big battle won already.

[Rusty Nuts]

Enjoying and gym don't belong in the same sentence.

[StromGeeza]

Keep going Mr12. A lot of the satisfaction of activity you get afterwards, thinking "I did it". And the benefits last far longer. 

[Brockett]

I Went into 
My bike needs an annual service 
I don't want to ride it in foul weather so how much to have it picked and delivered?
£99
And while I'm thinking about that he says "each way".
 
"Don't bother I'll ride it in."
 

[Barbel Mick]

Cleaned a bit of shite out of the garage, loaded it into the car & took it to the tip.
The tip just happens to be opposite Powerslide Motorcycles (Derby) and I'd heard they had the 800RE in store so nipped across the road to have a look.
We had a bit of a look around but couldn't see it, then a chap came along & asked if we needed help. When we said we were looking for the new 800RE he said, "You've just walked past it!"
He lead us back outside & stopped at a large cardboard box. When he removed the cardboard this was inside. It will be assembled this afternoon & ready in the showroom tomorrow. It will be the demonstrator.
We'll go & sit on it next week just to check the height & riding position etc. but we've decided not to test ride it just yet until we can see it & ride it fitted with luggage so we know how comfortable it is. We sat on the 1050 last year, complete with Suzuki metal panniers & there was less room than on our 650, I'm not expecting anything different with this model! 
3rd photo is just for fat rat. 
     

[V-Twin]

It'll need a new front wheel though before you can sit on it

[The Doctor 46]

It looks green in the pictures. The BMW1300GS cost's extra in green, maybe green in the new hip colour for motorbikes, unless the Suzuki is just a trick of the light? 

[Barbel Mick]

It is green. 
Metallic Matt Steel Green. Didn't like it.
They also do a blue & black in this model.

[Upt North]

Mick, thanks for piccies, nice beak.
It's difficult ain't it? Trying one with luggage etc. I spent what seemed like months last winter agonising over panniers that would hold at least a bacon sandwich and allow Er'Indoors to still sit on it.
Shad 35's were the answer. But until they're on it's a guessing game.
Upt.
The colour, meh.

[Brockett]

I pulled the bikes out of the garage, picked up the movable junk and ran the vacuum cleaner over the carpet.  I moved the bike lift to the middle and put the XJ600 on it ready for a winter fettle. I put the Moto Guzzis on each side and then decided to take three bags of garage rubbish to the dump. Oh! Oooooh! no... Can't do that nowadays as we have to book an appointment a 'fifteen minute slot'.And get a bookig number.  On arrival at the dump you have to prove who you are by producing a named addressed document ( not easy when you go paperless) and then produce the booking number. Such a faff. I suppose that's why the headgerows and lanes are getting full of rubbish and litter. Never mind it fulfills the councils target of reducing waste going for landfill. 

[Rusty Nuts]

Plus the " we don't take this, that, those any more" signs when you do get there. Where exactly do councils think stuff will end up if we can't take it to the tip? Saying that we know a chap who disposed of an entire Reliant Robin bit by bit in his wheelie bin. Before the Bin Polizei with their VERBOTEN stickers were quite so keen.

[nigel s]

My step father was a dustman for a long while ,pre wheelie bins,hard graft.
Back then they used to get xmas tips off of "customers" ,a tidy sum in the week leading up.
I have kept this up and catch the binmen and slip a tenner into  the pot for a beer.
It paid off when we moved to wheelie bins.
I now have TWO black bins to fill with  cut up fridges/tellies which get taken without question.
Good lads.
Ho Hum

[Brockett]

Up here in the far north east of Essex we have large plastic wheelie bins but everything has to be put in plastic bags in the wheelie bin so the refuse consultants or whatever they are called nowadays have a good idea if anything verboten    is being smuggled through on the fortnightly collections.

[nigel s]

Brockett ,
I guess you are using the wrong palm grease.
My lot ,as long as the lid is closed and nothing inside is moving........it's gone

[2112]

Today, I took a picture of our Paperbark Maple which every year has a spectacular finale to the season with a dazzling display of colour. It's been a few years since it's been this vivid -

[2112]

After changing the ceiling down lights I am happy that our kitchen refurbishment is finished*. Pics below

* still needs the extractor fan motor replacing, it still works but it's noisy, it's taking forever to turn up...

And yes, that's the Simpsons on the TV and yes we have a rose gold bin - which is battery operated and flips up automatically when you wave your hand near it. Or your arse walking past...

5M x 5m (with a little bit 45 degree door in one corner) for scale/reference.