Grinch
10-07-06, 09:59 PM
As some of you know iffy was kind enough to offer to direct me up to the AR, as I have the navigational skill of a potato.
That morning I was doing my oil change ready for the long trip, so I would have a nice fresh bike. Upon puting it on the paddock stand Jax said 'Whats that in your tyre?' and there it was...
http://upload4.postimage.org/584189/IMAGE_00007.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584189/photo_hosting.html)
A huge nail... but the tyre was still up... some how it had gone in to the rubber but glanced off the internal tyre wire (as I was told later by the tyre fitter). Looks as though I'd been riddin with it for a while as the end of the nail was rather worn.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584212/IMAGE_00008.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584212/photo_hosting.html)
So rushed the oil change and shot down to the local tyre fitters (as mentioned by me in the tyres thread), called Scoobs as I didn't have iffys number and he updated him to my problems... Cheers mate.
2 new tyres got put on... Mez M1's £160 for the set.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584242/IMAGE_00011.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584242/photo_hosting.html)
Iffy was nice enough to wait for me and we did set of 3 hours later, and Jax did us a little lunch before we left. Even PJ sat on his lap and fed him rasins... :lol:
So we made it to the services on the M5.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584259/IMAGE_00014.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584259/photo_hosting.html)
And then got to the site... tents up in record time.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584263/IMAGE_00016.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584263/photo_hosting.html)
Had a few beers in the pub...
http://upload4.postimage.org/584268/IMAGE_00018.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584268/photo_hosting.html)
Which by then I needed...
That morning I was doing my oil change ready for the long trip, so I would have a nice fresh bike. Upon puting it on the paddock stand Jax said 'Whats that in your tyre?' and there it was...
http://upload4.postimage.org/584189/IMAGE_00007.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584189/photo_hosting.html)
A huge nail... but the tyre was still up... some how it had gone in to the rubber but glanced off the internal tyre wire (as I was told later by the tyre fitter). Looks as though I'd been riddin with it for a while as the end of the nail was rather worn.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584212/IMAGE_00008.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584212/photo_hosting.html)
So rushed the oil change and shot down to the local tyre fitters (as mentioned by me in the tyres thread), called Scoobs as I didn't have iffys number and he updated him to my problems... Cheers mate.
2 new tyres got put on... Mez M1's £160 for the set.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584242/IMAGE_00011.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584242/photo_hosting.html)
Iffy was nice enough to wait for me and we did set of 3 hours later, and Jax did us a little lunch before we left. Even PJ sat on his lap and fed him rasins... :lol:
So we made it to the services on the M5.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584259/IMAGE_00014.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584259/photo_hosting.html)
And then got to the site... tents up in record time.
http://upload4.postimage.org/584263/IMAGE_00016.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584263/photo_hosting.html)
Had a few beers in the pub...
http://upload4.postimage.org/584268/IMAGE_00018.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/584268/photo_hosting.html)
Which by then I needed...