Gonna put this in Events, where I should have put it in the first place... 

I'm sure I can see some suspiciously fresh-looking blood on rustyrider's tyre though...
Does he get extra points for actually creating the road kill?

I'm sure you've already edited that price down. When it gets to £500 I'll be on it like white on rice!!

Brilliant links, Kosmic. Thoroughly enjoyed reading those. And an epic trip. I can't imagine doing that return journey the day after the ride up! I'd have needed to sleep for a week after that. Anything on the American trip?

Yeah, I read somewhere about certain tyres giving a more "springy" effect - funnily enough, it was Michelins they were referring to! I run PR2s usually, but not sure if I've really noticed the effect over other tyres.

What's the furthest anyone's ridden their Fazer in one go then?
Mine was Fort William to London, including a circuit of Ben Lawers. Survived on coffee and painkillers (due to reconstructed shoulder) - not recommended! Can't remember what mileage total that was though. By the time I got home, I was hallucinating police sirens!

Jeez, I wish I got paid as much as solicitors for knowing f**k-all about my job!! Although my tale had a fairly happy ending, my solicitor sat back on her fat arse and let me do all the work, never said a word about the 2006 ruling.
If it ever happens again, I'll be looking for someone with bike-specific knowledge to represent my case.

Missed delivery of my new can today. Bugger. That means I won't get time to pick it up til Wednesday, so can't fit it till next weekend now.
Ordered in fairing inner panel damper strips - went to collect them today and they'd only got six in (thought there should be at least ten). So also got to put up with annoying buzz until at least Weds too.
So I thought, sod it, I'm off to burger wagon at Hein Gericke on the A40 for lunch. A40 blocked by car smash up! Fortunately, didn't have to wait too long for police to allow traffic to start slowly filtering through. One of those days, should have stayed in bed 
Filled up with Shell V-Power today, having just run a fuel system treatment through the tank to try to cure stuttering on over-run at about 3k rpm. Still not cured so more serious measures required, but I'd forgotten how the ol' V-Power improves general running on the Gen 1s. Definite improvement noticed.
Still not ready to take it in for full set up and Ivans while the weather's so good though. I can live with it for a while longer...

Every bike shop I've ever worked in has had a pretty even consensus that even on z rated tyres mushroom plugs are o.k., up to 2 in any one tyre, all other things considered. I'm betting that, even though most people who work in bike workshops have just learnt their trade over time without any "official" qualifications, the tyre manufacturers would include them as experts! Whilst some are more knowledgable than others, I've worked with enough very experienced people to trust the two-plug-per-tyre line.

Anybody doing any Fazering in the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire area this weekend? What's on?

They were all posted within the last couple of weeks, though. I wonder if the fact that I,ve just set up a new internet line could have anything to do with it? I'll try putting them back on.

Bear in mind that the police investigation will not be trying to establish who's to blame - they'll just be interested in finding out if anyone broke the law (traffic regs etc).

I never run my fuel level to the bottom of the tank if I can help it cos I'm worried about any silt at the bottom getting in the carbs and blocking jets etc. Am I right to be concerned about this?