Too Many Pork Pies?

Just finished checking over the bikes after last weekend. After a hose down and a clean of the spark plug the Shiny Stormer was returned to it's normal pristine-ish condition. A quick re-tension of the chain, check the points and timing, a double check all the nuts and bolts, and a judicious squirt of WD40 here and there and it's ready to do battle once more. Two strokes are so easy!


On to the BSA. Apply liberal quantities of Gunk where the engine 'displays it's character', hose it down and wipe over with the proverbial oily rag. Check the valve clearances, oil levels, chain, spark plug, then trace through all the electrics to make sure everything is still ok. Then check evey nut and bolt to make sure they haven't succumbed to the vibrations. I was just checking the tyre pressures and wheels when I noticed all was not well with the front forks. The bottom retaining cap was fractured so the front axle was about to make a bid for freedom! Straight on to the internet to order a pair of CNC billet caps. Bit too close for comfort that - reckon I'll have to lay off the pork pies and try not to make quite so many heavy landings.



Apart from that, everything is ready for the next meeting - is this a record? Rumour has it we may even camp on the Saturday night. Time will tell!