The rideout thread...

Originally Posted by nick_1871

It went in for cam chain , new chain & sprockets, new horn and replacement fork oil.. Everything bar the cam chain was done in the first day or two but the cam chain has been the problem. It arrived late then they found a siezed bolt which took several days of soaking in something to free it up and now he says its a bigger job than he thought, he had to strip it down a lot futher which would have cost a lot more if he hadn't quoted me already!

To be fair I did tell him i'm not in any rush as I don't commute on it..

I still say boooooooooooooooo to them.

That's looks like quite a bit of work...

Next purchase will be an Abba stand and a workshop manual... Better doing stuff myself I reckon

Lame excuses if you ask me. And you made the fatal mistake of saying you were in no rush. That no means your bike is stuck in the corner of the garage and will get seen to if there is nothing else to do. It's not always a good thing to get a cost price job. If it takes them longer than expected that means it's money down the pan for them. That's why they will leave it to one side until there is nothing else to do.

[ogden]

Right, lets get this thread going for this weekend.

Sunday the 16th - if the weather's OK I'll be doing the MH-Fox's-Aylesbury-Buckingham-Bicester-Thame-Fox's route again. If the weather's rubbish I'll stay in bed.

Anyone up the former?

I think i'm busy, but i'll post if things change.

If I have a bike then i'm in... Who knows..

Saturday? (wedar permitin)

Standard BigApe response. Can't make it.

[KnightRider]

What's the plan this weekend?

BBC weather says :
Saturday - Light rain
Sunday - heavy rain

I guess this means that this weekend is a bike free zone?