I ordered the paint for my respray, hoping to collect it this afternoon. Annoyingly they couldn't supply it until Monday. This depressed me, it really did, and coupled with some lovely sunshine and being stuck in traffic, it just left me just feeling down today. This is the kind of weather to ride bikes in and at the moment I don't have one road worthy. When I got home I did have some stuff waiting for me: my new screen (which I'm not really happy with thanks to the massive 'Desmo' on the front) and my new clutch cover, which thankfully was black as ordered.
I received a call yesterday from a company called i-validate (note the small 'I', trying too hard to be hip and modern - how sad) who have been sub contracted by my insurers, asking me a few questions regarding the theft of the Kawasaki. I was certain that I had already explained what had happened, but they wanted me to send a chunk of documents to them and schedule a 30min conversation on Monday afternoon. So today I dropped them in the post, which cost me £6 as some of the documents were original. What a major pain in the ####! I ordered the paint for my respray, hoping to collect it this afternoon. Annoyingly they couldn't supply it until Monday. This depressed me, it really did, and coupled with some lovely sunshine and being stuck in traffic, it just left me just feeling down today. This is the kind of weather to ride bikes in and at the moment I don't have one road worthy. When I got home I did have some stuff waiting for me: my new screen (which I'm not really happy with thanks to the massive 'Desmo' on the front) and my new clutch cover, which thankfully was black as ordered. In a bid to feel fairly proactive this afternoon, I did some work on the rebuild. I fitted a new rubber bracket mount, the complete new tail section and the new clutch cover. I also took the opportunity to transfer the sound proofing from the old panels to the new. It was the first stages of getting my Ducati back on the road, which will now be a bit longer than planned because of the paint issues.
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MeMy name is Matt Brown and I'm a UK journalist formerly based in London, but now calling the South of England home. I've been riding bikes since 2007, but got hooked straight away. Nothing gives me the feeling of freedom, even when stuck in a city. In 2010 I became a RoSPA gold rider, but when it comes down to it, I'm Just a normal man, riding his bikes as often as he can. Archives
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