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

its kinda yellow here at the moment...

what a ride today, through suffolk's inner roads, 

we had them virtually all to ourselves 

 and the sweet scent of the yellow rape seed fields

as we blasted by...

fucking great

about... tin, commandos, food and a boat...

Tin primary cover

Time to stop chewing my ankle on the open belt

going commando in orford (honest)

 food fest in market square

and Andy is about to launch his boat after winter fettling

the cro has landed...

all the way from los angeles to paradise

and a little helper for Christines internal (or is that infernal?) combustion 
(NB. it didn't work and they are sending another, guess my luck is still holding haha)

a little green rosetta... its really getting betta ....

though mainly blue (streak)

The bitch seems to have found a new habit of cutting out on tick over, as though the ignition has been turned off. The old accel super coil gets a bit warm so I ordered this bright blue number.

I'll let you know how we get on, off to Oxfordshire next weekend for an unofficial party, so watch this space... 

A LITTLE GREEN ROSETTA.....
She started 3rd Kick, open throttle
No primary kicks, fired on 2nd kick but petered out AND THEN
 KABOOM
Fucking Great!
ITS REALLY GETTING BETTA.... 

how long lord, how long... one year of kicking misery...

Finally she will not start, just the odd pop and bang.

That was two weeks ago and I'd had enough.

So today I fitted my old points plate with new points and condenser
and my 17 year old Accel super coil
and junked that Ultima Piece of Shit 
electronic Igniton
She started so easily, a pleasure to kick, she wanted to start.
thats one year of misery...

lalala lala... i gotta be me....

some jobs you just dont want to do... Like sound proofing a party wall...

this 2nd week started, shak'n and a ach'n with a dose of 48 hour flue... 

later drag myself out of sick bed to finish the poxy job, fitting the last bit of plasterboard lopped off part of my thumb...

two days later I get up early to do a little cleaning job on a saturday and its projectile vomiting time...

and then damage the heel of my foot so badly,  I can't walk...

So fuck it all...

and then this morning my invite arrived...

just sayin...

and one hundred and forty miles later...a car park in Dorking, Surrey...

Tony and Paul 

 nice, liked the pipes 

 £7500

Gary

chitty chitty 

JohnosPanKnuck 

 Troy and Johno

fooled silly old me 

zorst 

 Five shovels Wade

 WidowsKnuck

 pretty

 bloody tourists

adult toys

 Ians stall

and his shovel for sale

and all the way from wales - Lee

a chance to catch up with friends in a car park in Dorking
my mate Peter from Chertsey who kindly delivered a package to me
a brief hallo to Vaughan and a chinwag with 'epsom salt' Peter

Currently one out of seven days are Ok here on the east coast, a bright clear sky but the damn wind never dies...

postman rings twice...

 got the shirt... not the heads...

32 years old and worn out...

 strange, it fits, with no filing or cutting...

safe kickstand at last... 

and finally... the postman rings three times this week...

I have spent a lot of money on plugs over the past year in the vain hope that it will resolve the bitches crappy starting. 

NGK's (an old favourite), HD Brand (She seems to like these, made by champion) Champion's (not used these much as it would not start at the time) NGK Iridiums (liked these, seem to use less gas) Accel's (not had much use, would not start in Jan this year)

I put in the big intermediate jet (29.5) for the super E, hoping that the bitch would not only fire on the fourth kick cold as usual but also keep running!

Last week she would not start at all, just the odd pop.

Off with the pushrod covers and re-did the pushrod adjustment - they were spot on.

I changed the plugs from my reliable? HD Brand to the NGK iridiums.

Finally she starts and we go for a ride, stop three times and three non starts later, just a cough out of the carb, without using choke.

So grabbing at straws, I go on www. Shovelhead.US, the consensus seems that those who 'know' use Bosch platinums. 

So here they are and its snowing...

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THE SURREY HARLEY BOOT SALE THE NEXT SURREY HARLEY BOOT SALE WILL BE ON April 7th 2013 At the Pippbrook Car Park Reigate Road Dorking Surrey RH4 1SJ

BEAKYS on Sunday - See you there?