They will have to put a steel plant, someplace, on overtime soon the number of Hooks I am getting through fly tying !
Aye, I’m spending a bit of time behind the vice too. I was hoping for some grayling action this week, but Boris has put paid to that!
Aw feck, here we go again.
I am SERIOUSLY thinking of letting out my house when/if this is over, slinging my tent on the back of the GS and naffing off for an indeterminate length of time.
That sounds like a plan 😁
All the best for 2021 folks🤘
Let’s hope we can ride our bikes a bit more, notwithstanding Outrunner’s impressive mileage this year!
Sad news indeed 😢
Hi Philip and welcome to the forum.
We’ve already exchanged a greetings over on my ADVrider thread... unless there’s another Philip Barrett from Dallas TX on that forum! 🤔
When are you making the move to Skye? And, are you really sure you’ve thought this through! 😂😂😂
I’ve been rereading some Christopher Brookmyre (One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night, Pandemonium & Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks) and Carl Hiaasen (Tourist Season & Razor Girl) recently - light, easy, entertaining reading. 👍
I could do with something new though, might have a look for something on Amazon.
We are a trio of mid life crisis victims from Ayrshire , 4 and a half lungs , and 5 kidneys between us
Looking to swap stories and routes / recommendations
Cheers
Welcome!
How’s many legs, arms, eyes and brains between you? 🤔 Full disclosure required! 😂
Jim
'Could always bore a tunnel thru the worst bits. I think there's a good used Hitachi boring machine in Seattle we could let you have for the shipping alone.
Yes, they’re not thinking this through are they! 😂😂
I think there might be a spare tunnelling machine left over from the Chunnel or DLR extension.
Having said that R&BT is a brilliant biking road on the occasions when it is open! 🤪
Welcome Alan. 😎
We asked Steve for photos of the alleged car park drop. None were forthcoming so, officially, it didn’t happen 😉
JRT
P.S.
An adventure bike doesn't have to be an Adventure Bike
True words indeed. Every bike I’ve ever owned in the past 40 plus years 😳 has been an adventure bike!
P.S.
An adventure bike doesn't have to be an Adventure Bike ---- but personally I avoid anything that goes Potato Potato Potato Phart Phart !
Jimster just needs to wrap some different parts around that Sportster motor 😂😂😂
A Buell Ulysses!... the very best or very worst of both worlds, depending on your point of view.
Oh yes, welcome to the forum Jimster.
Steve T is a man of many talents and changing bikes is certainly one of them !
SteveT’s many talents:
1. Changing bikes.
2. Roadside brew-ups.
3. Changing bikes.
4. Fixing your ejector seat.
5. Changing bikes.
6. ...?
Welcome Alec. You and SteveT form the core of the CB500X ADVScotland chapter. That’s until Steve moves onto something else. He has form in that respect 😂😂😂
Thanks Andy. I’m looking forward to getting it finished and clearing the workshop 👍
Almost there...
Still to do:
1. Fit the footpegs, bashplate, fairing and side panels (they're just on loose at the moment).
2. Ride it 
Apologies for the overly contrasty image, I'll get some better ones once it's complete.
If I am stuck for inspiration as to what to "put on" my fallback is always the Traveling Willberries.
A good choice 👍
I was never a fan of Bowie after Aladdin Sane, Ziggy Stardust, etc. but he did know how to reinvent himself and move with the times.
I liked Mick Ronson’s guitar work though. When I worked in Hull, I used to have my lunch at the Mick Ronson memorial tea stand in Queens Gardens. I was fortunate enough to see him play (guesting alongside Eric Clapton and Albert Lee) in 1980. Brilliant guitarist.
In an effort to understand Lowflyer’s ABBA problems, I’ve taken a wander down memory lane to late 70’s new wave classics like...
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which inevitably led to...
plus...
which connects directly to...
An XLnt Update:
I've been a bit busy with other things for the past couple of weeks so progress on the XL has been a bit slow. I reinstalled the alternator and cover last weekend (no pics) so, this evening, it was time to switch attention to the clutch side. 
On with the oil pump and kickstart spline and gears...
And the clutch basket. Then off with the clutch basket and oil pump to instal the oil orifice and 'o' ring that sits behind the oil pump. I'd forgotten it first time round!
In with the clutch plates, oil pump drive gear and ignitor...
And finally fit the clutch case, auto de-compessor cable and external oil line to the cylinder head.
The mechanicals of the engine are now complete! I was enjoying myself so much I set the valve clearances and adjusted the auto de-compressor to correct tolerance before calling it done for the day. Here's where it stands 
