Weather was not as gloomy as it looks here! Quick blast round Bowness and Ambleside which are getting busy with tourists again so won't be doing this ride of a weekend any time soon. Good to be out though.
And if you heat the fork reflector with a handheld hair dryer for four or five minutes before you use the fishing line, it makes the reflector removal even easier! I've used Steve's method coupled with the hairdryer to remove fork reflectors on lots of bikes. It's always one of my first "mods "on a new bike.
The warmest day of the year just had to be a ride into Lincolnshire. Willingham Woods was packed so gave it a miss today, instead dropped into Burton Waters marina for lunch, I've mentioned it in the cafes thread and here it is You can't see my boat, it's too big for this part Here's the cafe All in all a good days ride.
Up the West Coast of Cumbria today to Ravenglass which was busy but roads fairly quiet with lovely scenery. Spot the Speedy.
SteveRS, On the way up there are places like Grizebeck, Millom, Waberthwaite (pronounced Woberthut) and Muncaster Castle. Some of the locals up that way look like they should be in GOT too
Collected my bike from ERS Racing at Knockhill tonight, as I had a leaking fork seal I decided just to get them serviced at the same time, Eddie Stone from ERS is Scotland's premier Ohlins specialist,https://www.ersracing.co.uk/ . I took the long way home, via Glendevon & the Sma Glen
It's a big difference to what they were like when they were leaking!, but to be honest I feel no difference to what they were like before, the manual says to change the fork oil every 24k or 4 years so as mine is 5yr old I just decided to get them serviced at the same time (I got the bike at 2yr old with very little miles on it). you might notice the difference if you waited 10 years or 50k miles?
When for a couple hundred kilometre ride today and got caught out in the rain . I’m a fair weather rider and don’t like getting the bike too dirty, but that was unavoidable today. This is what she looked like after the ride. It actually doesn’t look that bad in the photos but trust me it was filthy. A full spa treatment was necessary, finished with a nice blow dry with the leaf blower.
