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Just a quick 'blow out the cobwebs run' on Mr Yamaha's velocipede.
I'd forgotten how much fun it is :-)
Got back, Nikwaxed my (old) gloves and (new) boots...
(had trouble getting them off!)
I probably ought to polish the bike as well...[1]
But it looks like rain, so I'll do it another day :-/

Chris
[1] more important to actually ride than have a clean bike that goes
nowhere I think?
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Chris
[1] more important to actually ride than have a clean bike that goes
nowhere I think?

Defo.

I should ride more as well
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On 23/07/2025 14:43, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:

Just a quick 'blow out the cobwebs run' on Mr Yamaha's velocipede.

Congrats, I commuted on the gsxr which was joyfully hilarious.
MOT tomorrow :/

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chrisnd @ukrm <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

[1] more important to actually ride than have a clean bike that goes
nowhere I think?

Ho yuss.

I was going to say that I haven't washed the KLR650 since 2014
but that would be a lie, as we were coming back from God's Country
(Wisconsin) this morning[1], it rained in a truly biblical fashion,
think Noah's Ark style, so I figure it's good for a while now.

[1] It was on the trailer with the DR200.

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On 23/07/2025 19:49, Mark Olson wrote:

chrisnd @ukrm <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

[1] more important to actually ride than have a clean bike that goes
nowhere I think?

Ho yuss.

I was going to say that I haven't washed the KLR650 since 2014
but that would be a lie, as we were coming back from God's Country (Wisconsin) this morning[1], it rained in a truly biblical fashion,
think Noah's Ark style, so I figure it's good for a while now.

[1] It was on the trailer with the DR200.

I think the Pegs only got washed once on the Americas trip, and that was
only because a local in Belize was insisted.
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On 23/07/2025 19:49, Mark Olson wrote:

chrisnd @ukrm <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

[1] more important to actually ride than have a clean bike that goes
nowhere I think?

Ho yuss.

I was going to say that I haven't washed the KLR650 since 2014
but that would be a lie, as we were coming back from God's Country (Wisconsin) this morning[1], it rained in a truly biblical fashion,
think Noah's Ark style, so I figure it's good for a while now.

I think 'inundated' might be a more appropriate term than 'washed' then?

Chris
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550T
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On 23/07/2025 19:22, cat wrote:

On 23/07/2025 14:43, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:

Just a quick 'blow out the cobwebs run' on Mr Yamaha's velocipede.

Congrats, I commuted on the gsxr which was joyfully hilarious.
MOT tomorrow :/

And?

Congrats back if it passed, commiserations if it didn't and may the god
of spanners be with you!

Chris
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550T
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On 24/07/2025 14:05, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:

Congrats back if it passed, commiserations if it didn't and may the god
of spanners be with you!

It DID and the enjoyment of the ride home was only spoiled by two police
cars so exemplary behavior was committed.

Just one more bike to fix and mot and one stupid truck to fix and mot...

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