What have you done today

[2112]

The exhaust looks funky mind 

[The Doctor 46]

I'll bet that the exhaust touches the ground. 

[Asmith61]

The top box looks fine 👍

[cooltshirt]

Stood on the scales .......... mistake. 

[Brockett]

DON'T LOOK DOWN

[2112]

The scales are NOT your firnd this time of year, just saying....

[The Doctor 46]

I went to Spain for two weeks over Christmas and broke my foot while there. The Spanish hospital was first class, they x/rayed and identified the fracture as 5th Tarsal left foot. They put it in plaster then wheeled me to my friends car and waved bye bye after telling me to report to the hospital on my return to England.

I visited my GP hoping that he would tell me there is no need to visit the A&E but he phoned the A&E department and was told to send me there ASAP for a plaster. I had to cut the first one off when I arrived back in England because it was wet, loose and hurting away from the fracture.

The Dr in A&E took another two X/rays and confirmed the fracture but said there was no treatment required, no plaster or plastic boot?

Today I put my normal walking boots on which offer some support and went out to my bike for the first time. It started first touch of the button and I was so tempted to ride it but the thought of having to put my left foot down (usually right) and dropping the bike because of the pain put me off but one day very soon I will have to mount the beast and ignore my conscience. 

Bit late but Happy New Year to all.

[UK_Vstrom650]

Saw this brave soul riding along when I was out on a walk this evening. Hope they got back OK - was bad enough walking.

It's been many years since I took a motorbike out in conditions like this. May have been my Fazer in 2010. I remember coming to a stop at a junction on sheet ice and a group of school kids started pointing at me shouting "he's going to fall off" 

[Rusty Nuts]

......and did you?  30 - odd years and and old z650 since I played that silly game. I don't miss the “thrill” of riding in snow and ice.

[Brockett]

A 10 mile commute (no public transport) on a solo in all weathers and a mostly rural route. Before Gortex, Tinsulate, or full face helmets, freezing fingers, feet and face or soaking wet and going too fast because I was always almost late. The good old days weren't that good at all.

[Ianmc]

    Worst winter in my memory was 1963/4,I rode to work on my Bantam with wellies on so I could put my feet down in the slush,no trolley buses were running and the diesel bus engines were all clogged up with wax.This was before we had “winter diesel” .Passed my driving test a year later and bought a car.

[UK_Vstrom650]

@Rusty, no I didn't but I did have to park at the bottom of my drive and use a spade to break up the ice before I could get the bike to the garage.
Think that was the year I thought about buying a quad bike for winter commuting but the missus said I was an idiot  (never bought one)

[Ianmc]

    Worst winter in my memory was 1963/4,I rode to work on my Bantam

   This should read the winter of 1962/3.👍

[Ianmc]

   This is my worst winter.

       https://youtu.be/RPcdXb3jpMM?si=6WW8U8EBCsyELgbu

    Hope it works.

[Joe Rocket]

A true story.

One unusually wintry early morning in Cambridgeshire I dolled up in best warm winter gear and boots to ride to work on my trusty Suzuki GT550. The road looked like UK_Vstrom650's photo but I knew how to ride gently in the unpressed snow at the edge of the road so sucessfully made it to the village crossroads, wanting to turn right. Unfortunately the road surface here was packed snow topped with glassy ice. Cars were sliding in different directions and drivers unacustomed to the conditions insisted on wheel spinning on the spot with no forward momentum whatsoever.

I dismounted  my bike having been told that the traffic was backed up as the local bus couldn't manage to mount the hill to my right, just past the bus stop. At this point I decided to retreat, push my bike to the edge of the road and go home and return to catch the bus even if I'd be even later into work.

So in a standing position with hands on the handlebars I pushed gently. The bike didn't move but my feet did...backwards. In a moment I had to lay the bike over before my feet sped up and I found my helmet against the ice. I gingerly recovered, put my feet under the seat and tank and lifted the bike back up. No problem there so I went for push number two. Ooops, same effect, once more losing any traction on the ice and the bike was on it's side again. At this point no-one is getting out of their vehicles to help as it's far too slippery. I got the bike up again and you can guess, the third effort has exactly the same outcome.

I am obviously embarassed now but determined to surmount the problem. I took a far more upright posture and got the wheels moving at last and with a bit of momentum and very short steps I got the bike turned round and back into soft unpacked snow. So home I went without too much delay to change into general citizen gear and return to catch the next bus out of the village.

A little bit later I'm at the bus stop with another traveller and chatting to him about the chaos such bad weather brings to road users. "Yes," he said "you should have been here earlier. Some mad idiot tried to get to Cambridge on his motorbike from the crossroads back there, dropped his bike three times before he gave it up as a bad job!"     

    

[Barbel Mick]

Today was/is my birthday so Deb & myself picked up my mate and visited a local café for a coffee & a bite to eat. No Full English today as we were having dinner tonight when one of the grandkids was coming round straight from school.
After that we had a run up the road to the Superbike Factory at Donington Park for another coffee & a bit of bike porn. Nobody was looking to buy anything just something to do on a cold winters day.
My mate has had some medical issues for a few years & has stopped riding. I was round at his house 3/4 weeks ago when he announced he'd found his heated gloves, a few years old, but only worn once before he had his first stroke & they've been in the cupboard since then, about 6 years. I offered him £50 for them but he said he wasn't selling them.
Today he gave them to me as a birthday present! (plus a few bottles of beer) I obviously said no (not to the beer) & offered to pay him the initial offer I'd made, but he was adamant.
Can't wait for the temperature to go up a few degrees & the salt to get washed away then I'll be able to get out & try them. 
A few photos to prove it happened.

[Asmith61]

Happy birthday Mick 🎂🍻

That was very nice of him hope they get lots of use.

Great pictures 👍

[Barbel Mick]

Thank you & yes it was.
Regarding the usage....I don't!! 

[The Doctor 46]

I dug my heated waistcoat out a couple of days ago. I haven't used it in years. I then remembered it has a Euro (I think) type plugs on it so I found one of the more usual type plugs in my toolbox. It needs to be soldered and my soldering iron is miles away in my lockup so ordered a new one that screws together.

The last time I used the vest it was -4 when I wore it over a T shirt and under my bike jacket to ride from Plymouth to London for the motorcycle show. It got so hot it burnt my shoulder. Anyway, when the new plug arrives I will ware it again but be more careful what I wear under it this time. I hope it stays cold enough to try it, just for a few day's though.

I remember many years ago my Son told me that he couldn't get to work because the busses couldn't get through the snow. I asked if he really wanted to go to work or take the day off and when he chose work, I took him on my BMW R65LS. I did get some strange looks as I rode past streets of stuck cars. Those were the days. I loved it and was proud of myself and my Son and ready for a hot cup of tea when I got home. 

[Brockett]

Mick - Many happy returns of the day.