As a proud Englishman, it would be remiss of me to not talk about the weather. In the last few weeks since my last update, no two consecutive days have been the same, culminating today in an eerie pink/reddish orange morning (thanks to the sands from the Sahara) following by a crystal clear, warm sunny afternoon with gale force winds. To say its kept me on my toes is an understatement.
Taking the Ducati to work on all but one day, I've pretty much ridden through everything. Glorious unseasonably good weather, to early morning chills, to grey, rainy and overcast mornings. It's been eventful.
The FireBlade has been off the road since mid August now since her MOT expired. As I previously mentioned, without changing the tyres, she would have failed. The local community highly recommends a man in a van called JT Tyres, who you can find through Facebook. We arranged that he would come around on Monday last week and I asked him if could make it early as I was working from home. The van arrived at 08:30 and as I didn't need the wheels put back on, less than 25mins later he was all done. The two of them didn't even finish the tea I made them. I was very impressed. I've gone for GT Angels again as they last well and I'm confident in their performance.
As the wheels are off, I'm taking the opportunity to clean the bike in the hard to reach places, just in time to cover it in winter crap. Kevin, my local mobile mechanic from Motor Vehicle Services, has started to offer ACF-50 winter treatments and I think that would be a pretty good idea. Yes I know I could do it myself, but its worth having that conversation anyway.
The FireBlade has been off the road since mid August now since her MOT expired. As I previously mentioned, without changing the tyres, she would have failed. The local community highly recommends a man in a van called JT Tyres, who you can find through Facebook. We arranged that he would come around on Monday last week and I asked him if could make it early as I was working from home. The van arrived at 08:30 and as I didn't need the wheels put back on, less than 25mins later he was all done. The two of them didn't even finish the tea I made them. I was very impressed. I've gone for GT Angels again as they last well and I'm confident in their performance.
As the wheels are off, I'm taking the opportunity to clean the bike in the hard to reach places, just in time to cover it in winter crap. Kevin, my local mobile mechanic from Motor Vehicle Services, has started to offer ACF-50 winter treatments and I think that would be a pretty good idea. Yes I know I could do it myself, but its worth having that conversation anyway.
In social media news, after being 'advised' by Carolina, I've started an Instagram account. Although I still fully plan on keeping the blog going, it will hopefully provide a new platform for me to distribute some of the photos I take on my travels. You can follow me by downloading the Instagram app on your phone and searching for me under headbehindthebubble. The account won't just be about bikes though, as a few deserving cars will make an appearance from time to time. Really hope to see you over there. Come and say hi.
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