meeting the choppergod in watford...

johno @chopstock 2013

Funny how everytime you want to get away, all of a sudden work appears

 the local pub ( closed due to the landlord doing a runner) 

needs a clean and... 

'can you help us out  - pronto'

of course  sir, your worship etc,

then my lovely partner has a wobbly fit (meneires disease)

so I thought, fuck it , i'll go to the event late (as usual)

but its all finished bar the shouting...

 and myself and the good ship (bitch) Christine

shall fuck off to pastures LINKERTS

on thursday at 11am

arriving at the chopper god residence on the way, approximately 2.30pm

one hundred and twenty miles later for a cuppa

and then my friends, on to  the holy grail...

persist...

 since this shit

cooking and empanadillas

sound proof wall and bookcase 

trying my mates latching relay 

but no lights though

tested the replacement horn switch, - the tester doesn't work 

test 'the new switch' in situ - it doesn't work 

so I try the third switch which arrived yesterday but had been posted first but never arrived so they sent a replacement, the one I just tested.... 

which finally worked - so in for a penny - in for fifty seven pounds

mini latching relay - made in germany

the shit stuff ( got a new battery for the tester - still fucked)

so no lights - and then I read the instructions...

yeah baby... 

they dip too... 

and so now we can go... 

on a trip out, 
ha ha, not that trip out...

 to the linkerts!!!!!!!!!!!

expect the unexpected... or fucking typical...

tidying up the handlebars - switches and wiring 

 drill and tap some holes and feed the wires through...

 looking good, and no fuck ups so far...

nice clean bars, no more external cables, just needs a new small brake master cylinder...

then connect the wiring up and... 

the horn doesn't work - but it does when connected to the other micro switch... but that's  for the head lights...

bollocks, all that work and the switch is fucked

if you go down to the woods...

forest bitch

on a back road that cuts across Tunstall Forest

maintenance... the never ending story...

old tricks are best

crappy old wobbly shifter linkage

crappy old crankshaft seal and ingenious removal tool 

made in taiwan

you shall wobble no more

I do like her new old style cover

oh yes, took the inner off for a clean and polish too

glitter baby