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[damon80]

Hello again folks,

Apologies for being absent for so long (not that I expect anyone's noticed!  )

Have been pre-occupied lately by quite a few things... 
Working loooong hours, and through weekends too. 
Selling our old motorhome, and searching all over the country for a new one (well, new to us) that fits our needs. 
Family weddings. 
Having a month touring round Europe in the afore-mentioned new-to-us motorhome. 
Working even longer hours to catch up on the work missed since being away for the afore-mentioned month.

Getitng myself back onto 2-wheels!  Got a 1979/80 Honda Superdream 400.  Bought as a restoration project from a 74-yr old gent who's owned her for 25yrs!  He was asking peanuts for it (the price of a couple of good nights out!), with full MOT but no tax.  It looked a mess (the poor chap couldn't bend down to clean it, so it just got left), but I took a punt on it given it was rideable.  Got it home, and stripped it down.  Gave it a good dousing in Gunk.  Under all the grease and grime was a spotless machine.  Gave it a further good scrub and polish, built it up again, and she's come up like a new penny!  Still a few bits n bobs to sort out, but the bulk of it's done 

Oh, and the main thing, my Miggy flew through her MOT at the beginning of Oct, not even a single advisory!  And the MOT tester said "that's the cleanest car underneath I've seen for years", to which I said "It can't be - you told me that last year!!"    Fortunately he has a sense of humour!

So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?  I have been checking in now-and-then, but it's mostly been on my mobile, and it doesn't have the best screen to read off really...

[Andy B]

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So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?   ......

Hi Lee.   

Nothing new ..... same sh1t, different days 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Hello again folks,

Apologies for being absent for so long (not that I expect anyone's noticed!  )

Have been pre-occupied lately by quite a few things... 
Working loooong hours, and through weekends too. 
Selling our old motorhome, and searching all over the country for a new one (well, new to us) that fits our needs. 
Family weddings. 
Having a month touring round Europe in the afore-mentioned new-to-us motorhome. 
Working even longer hours to catch up on the work missed since being away for the afore-mentioned month.

Getitng myself back onto 2-wheels! Got a 1979/80 Honda Superdream 400.  Bought as a restoration project from a 74-yr old gent who's owned her for 25yrs!  He was asking peanuts for it (the price of a couple of good nights out!), with full MOT but no tax.  It looked a mess (the poor chap couldn't bend down to clean it, so it just got left), but I took a punt on it given it was rideable.  Got it home, and stripped it down.  Gave it a good dousing in Gunk.  Under all the grease and grime was a spotless machine.  Gave it a further good scrub and polish, built it up again, and she's come up like a new penny!  Still a few bits n bobs to sort out, but the bulk of it's done 

Oh, and the main thing, my Miggy flew through her MOT at the beginning of Oct, not even a single advisory!  And the MOT tester said "that's the cleanest car underneath I've seen for years", to which I said "It can't be - you told me that last year!!"    Fortunately he has a sense of humour!

So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?  I have been checking in now-and-then, but it's mostly been on my mobile, and it doesn't have the best screen to read off really...

I remember these from my youth. Comstar wheels and about 43 BHP if memory serves. Nice enough, but not a replacement for the 400/4 which I owned back in the mists of time.....

[damon80]

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So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?   ......

Hi Lee.   

Nothing new ..... same sh1t, different days 

Story of my life! 

Still working up the rad pal?

[damon80]

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So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?   ......

Hi Lee.   

Nothing new ..... same sh1t, different days 

Sorry, "road", not rad... 

Story of my life! 

Still working up the rad pal?

[damon80]

Bugger, can't find the "edit" button - it would appear the layout's changed since I was last here!

Meant to say "road", not "rad" - b100dy wireless keyboard...   

[Andy B]

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So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?   ......

Hi Lee.   

Nothing new ..... same sh1t, different days 

Sorry, "road", not rad... 

Story of my life! 

Still working up the rad pal?

If you mean am I still employed at that Beanz place up the road, then yes. Am I still working? .......... As little as possible - like the rest of them! 
New shifts mean we're there even fewer days in a month now, 14 in 28 

[Andy B]

Bugger, can't find the "edit" button - it would appear the layout's changed since I was last here!

Meant to say "road", not "rad" - b100dy wireless keyboard...   

Wireless key board is OK. Edit button has gone AWOL since your last visit.  It's still under review ..... apparently 

[damon80]

I remember these from my youth. Comstar wheels and about 43 BHP if memory serves. Nice enough, but not a replacement for the 400/4 which I owned back in the mists of time.....

Yep, them's um Opti! 

Was your 400/4 the one with the snake-like (sorry, couldn't think of a better description!) 4-1 exhaust?  Gorgeous bikes them, but prices are through the roof now 

[damon80]

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So what's new on here?  Have I missed much?   ......

Hi Lee.   

Nothing new ..... same sh1t, different days 

Sorry, "road", not rad... 

Story of my life! 

Still working up the rad pal?

If you mean am I still employed at that Beanz place up the road, then yes. Am I still working? .......... As little as possible - like the rest of them! 
New shifts mean we're there even fewer days in a month now, 14 in 28 

Hahaha!     Glad to see you've still got yer sense of humour! 

You can't whack them shifts!  Are they 12hr shifts?  Plenty of time for 'vanning it then I take it?

[damon80]

Bugger, can't find the "edit" button - it would appear the layout's changed since I was last here!

Meant to say "road", not "rad" - b100dy wireless keyboard...   

Wireless key board is OK. Edit button has gone AWOL since your last visit.  It's still under review ..... apparently 

Why under review?! 

And I hope you've been keeping your engine nice and clean??? 

[Andy B]

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You can't whack them shifts!  Are they 12hr shifts?  Plenty of time for 'vanning it then I take it?

Most are 12 hrs, just a few 9 hrs. (5 days in, 3 days off, 6 days in, 5 days off, 3 days in, 6 days off) Not too bad for 'vanning, but have to work around SWMBO's job too. 

[Andy B]

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Why under review?! 

  No idea .......... Jamie says so 

And I hope you've been keeping your engine nice and clean??? 

mais qui! 

[damon80]

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You can't whack them shifts!  Are they 12hr shifts?  Plenty of time for 'vanning it then I take it?

Most are 12 hrs, just a few 9 hrs. (5 days in, 3 days off, 6 days in, 5 days off, 3 days in, 6 days off) Not too bad for 'vanning, but have to work around SWMBO's job too. 

Beltin' shift pattern that!  Do they have you switching between days and nights much?

[damon80]

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Why under review?! 

  No idea .......... Jamie says so 

And I hope you've been keeping your engine nice and clean??? 

mais qui! 

Will not question our fearless leader then! 

Nar, what's that in English?!  I don't speak any French me (hence why on our Europe trip we missed it out, bar an ovenighter in Dunkirk - Germany is the future!  Was paying 1.65euro for 6 500ml bottles of beer, cheaper than water!!)
But I hope "mais qui" means "yes, given you spent all day on it and skinned your knuckles countless times, and found out that Gunk smarts more than a tad when it makes contact with an open flesh wound...