My mate Dave called me last night to see if I fancied a ride out this afternoon. The weather looked good on the forecast and well, Dave has recently picked up an 1198 so it seemed like a good enough excuse to me. Riding out of London I met him just off the A406 and we headed off to ride, what he referred to as the Charlbury TT, a network of roads in and Bucks, Beds and parts of Oxfordshire. When we got off the bigger A roads, it was pretty clear to me that my suspension is still set up way to hard, but despite being knocked about in the seat, it was still a great afternoon to spend on the bike on some really good twisty roads. There's still a bit to much dust and crap from the fields on the road, but it was dry, so it wasn't too bad, however when we stopped for fuel, I noticed this on my belly pan.
Its builders paint. Some idiot has dropped a can of white paint all over the road and I thought that I managed to miss it, clearly and more annoyingly I was wrong. Thankfully though and I don't know why, but the paint didn't really stick, instead it had turned to a powder and was therefore pretty easy to remove. Which was a good thing as it made its way on to my rear wheel and up onto my exhaust as well. All in all a greats days riding, but did I mention, I had to fill up three times today?
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