Beating the boredom and still getting your bike fix

[Last Train]

I’ve spent the last few weeks polishing the **** out of anything I could get to the mop.
So for the last few days I’ve been suffering from a hands on hangover of sorts.
What I’ve been doing was instead is dreaming of my next purchase
I want an old Brit, something like this would fit the bill nicely

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[WR6133]

Was that you giving me a rev as you went past the other day on your GSXR?

That was me, went past the next day on the Enfield.

I want an old Brit

Indian built Enfield?...... all the authentic performance but more "usable".

[Badger-Roy]

That was me, went past the next day on the Enfield

yep I was out in the garage and I saw you both times, some would say I spend to much time out in the garage (by some I mean people with the same surname as me but with a mrs in front of it)

[Last Train]

Indian built Enfield?...... all the authentic performance but more "usable".

A couple of Buell guys have them too & love them, but not really on my radar.

I quite fancy a Grumph

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[BB]

A couple of Buell guys have them too & love them, but not really on my radar.

I quite fancy a Grumph

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Nice looking Grumph there

[Badger-Roy]

Iv spent the last 2 days pulling an old Suzuki an400 Bergman apart that iv had tucked away for a while (paid peanuts for it as a non-runner) but not had the time to spend on it.
After 2 hours working out how to take the body work of iv de-greased and jet washed 3 years of ****e and crud away from where it’s been stood up, wire brushed away rusty frame paint and repainted, glued up and fixed a broken nose cone, cleaned the carb out etc and finely got it running after tracing a broken wire from the brake lever (started 2nd try after fixing the wire ).
Its actually running rather nicely apart from a bit of a clatter from the variator and having just taking it for a naughty whizz down a track near me I’m quite taken with it, 1st big scooter iv ever ridden and I was amazed just how well it pulled and comfortable it is.
Plans for tomorrow are to rip the callipers apart as they work but probably could do with a clean and fluid change then change all oils and then give it a good clean and polish.
Then it’s book an MOT and fingers crossed time, I admit its not the prettiest but for what it owes me it can have a place in the garage if it passes.

[BB]

Result Badger-Roy! Well done. Never ridden a scooter myself - well unless you count delivering a 50cc Honda love back in the 80's!

I've not touched a bike since this plague thing started. I have been gardening instead, also cooking and sewing.... I think I'm turning into a girl. Oh, hang on, I forgot, I am one!

[Badger-Roy]

Result Badger-Roy! Well done. Never ridden a scooter myself - well unless you count delivering a 50cc Honda love back in the 80's!

I've not touched a bike since this plague thing started. I have been gardening instead, also cooking and sewing.... I think I'm turning into a girl. Oh, hang on, I forgot, I am one!

[WR6133]

I think I'm turning into a girl. Oh, hang on, I forgot, I am one!

I should probably attend more of our events, I actually thought you were a bloke with a load of old Brit Bikes. I even had an imagined image of a late middle aged bloke, spectacular moustache riding a BSA and wearing a pudding basin.

1st big scooter iv ever ridden and I was amazed just how well it pulled and comfortable it is.

It's weird to ride a CVT that actually has some power, I thought so anyways when I had a try on one. Well done on getting it running, I've been told those maxi scooters can be quite profitable to flip, apparently weapon of choice for the phone snatchers in London.