Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Without crashing in on Tom's diary, thanks all.

Yes. I hate it when people post on my diary. 

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Teaching Kizzy to hold. (last doggy vid, I promise)

This is her first lesson so don't expect anything earth shattering.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkpIfogsA9k&list=UUJ74KM-PNISzu8jQjNtUxiQ

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I think I might have over done it with the top box...

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Are you going to sleep in that? lol

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Teaching Kizzy to hold. (last doggy vid, I promise)

This is her first lesson so don't expect anything earth shattering.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkpIfogsA9k&list=UUJ74KM-PNISzu8jQjNtUxiQ

NO! Keep them coming.

Absolutely loved all 3 of them.

When I get my dog, I'm going to use therse videos to train it.

Like your You Tube name.....

incredred

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I've been awake for over two hours, but I'm still in bed, which is unusual for me. Now I have a choice, lie here browsing blonde and listening to the rain, or get up, put the heating on and make a cuppa.

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I'd made a my decision even before I'd finished typing.

[Rod Paradise]

I think I might have over done it with the top box...

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Ha!

Love it. So does the dog, by the look of it.

[Woodsey]

Ha!

Love it. So does the dog, by the look of it.

Not sure he has much say in the matter even if he doesn't!

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I bet a pound to a pinch of pig shit some jobs worth official tells him it's illegal or animal cruelty or something.

I've been stopped by the police for having Kizzy in a basket on my pushbike, and for having a four foot tall Shetland pony in the back of a six foot tall Transit Van.

The RSPCA told me that my lurchers were too thin, and that I couldn't put a horse on a tether, (but apparently I could keep it locked in a stable indefinitely).

Mini rant over. I know their intentions are good.

 

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I think I might have over done it with the top box...

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I bought the super sized top box because it's big enough to carry a can of instant puncture repair, a tool roll and disc lock with room to spare for my helmet and jacket when I park the bike.

£22 brand new off eBay. How the hell do they do it?

I don't think I'll use it for our European adventure, I think some soft panniers and a rucksack strapped to the pillion will be better.


I a paid a fiver for couple of panniers like the one below on the car boot. The straps for attaching them to the bike are missing and I don't have a rack for them anyway, so I'm going to join them together by sewing two pieces of seat belt between them so that they will throw over the seat like saddlebags.

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I have a bit of vibration on my forks when I apply the front brake at anything over 30 mph, and at slower speeds I can feel the brake lever pulsating beneath my hand. I suspect that the front brake disc is slightly warped.


Fortunately I managed to buy a brand new second hand one off eBay for £19.50. I will be attempting to fit it today, if I can work out how to get the wheel off. (Do I need to remove the caliper first, (or at all even)?

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[Rod Paradise]

Aye, practical considerations for actually using the bike can cost, or mean sacrificing the look.

I've got panniers to fit to mine, got them cheap on Ebay - but don't like the metal studs all over them - I'd have had plain black leather, still at least they don't have tassels....

Was looking at Silverman's website, they use military webbing and packs to make saddlebags - a few cheap drybags for inside & they'd do a job.

Am also thinking of the pacsafe helmet bag to allow me to chain the helmet to the bike & save carrying it about. This is costing a fortune & it's the interim learner bike...

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Aye, practical considerations for actually using the bike can cost, or mean sacrificing the look.

I've got panniers to fit to mine, got them cheap on Ebay - but don't like the metal studs all over them - I'd have had plain black leather, still at least they don't have tassels....

Was looking at Silverman's website, they use military webbing and packs to make saddlebags - a few cheap drybags for inside & they'd do a job.

Am also thinking of the pacsafe helmet bag to allow me to chain the helmet to the bike & save carrying it about. This is costing a fortune & it's the interim learner bike...

Never been much into looks over practicality. (Just look at my clothes if you don't believe me). Plus I enjoy adapting stuff or finding work-arounds.

Once I have all my luggage sorted, I'm going to pack as if I were really going away, ride around locally for a few miles to see how it feels, and then do a test-camp in the garden.

After that, well do a meet up somewhere and do a test camp together. (I wonder if we would have to pay two fees on a campsite, or if we could have two tents on one pitch?