using the thou to jump it to get enough power to run the starter long enough to get the bike started.
It was rather reluctant, but eventually started with no choke and no throttle - it seemed to really not like either of these when starting
Inb4 "the thou won't start now"
Today, I did do the Wye Valley:
and Tintern Abbey:
Then off down to Caerphilly:
Had a bit of a play around the Brecons:
And then stopped at Raglan Castle on the way back:
Weather was kind all day, not much traffic about (are you listening Skippernick?
), about 320 miles covered. Booked in for new Pilot Road 2s tomorrow afternoon - ancient, crappy BT021s (
) that came on the bike will soon be nothing but a bad memory
Oh, and destroyed a Merc SL in a traffic light GP on the way home - think it's time I grew up