Especially the hook-up with GPS devices, knowing my propensity to get lost even with clearly marked road signs. LOL, did I say “clearly marked road signs?” In Kuala Lumpur? I think I need my morning coffee fix….
June 10, 2009
Now THIS is technology I could really use…
May 25, 2009
Sunday ride – Genting.
Probably the fastest ride I have ever made, solo, up The Hill.
Post-dawn view, and my beloved Flying Banana that just *flies* up those twisties.
May 22, 2009
May 8, 2009
Random shots. A properly used rear bike tyre!
This is how a rear tyre should look, if the sports bike to which it was fitted was ridden right to the limits. This one obviously was, and one can only imagine, unless you’ve been there, how far over you have to lean to ride practically on the rims themselves. Hero tyre! Insane rider. 
May 4, 2009
Suzi gets some attention. Finally.
After a minor incident resulted in breaking an indicator, and other personal factors, Suzi has remained in limbo for far too long.
But on Saturday, my brother The Snark helped me rescue it from oblivion.
He took me to one of his favourite bike workshops, where Suzi was fitted with micro LED indicators, flush fitted into the front, and mini LED indicators at the rear.
Then a set of frame sliders, to prevent any damage in an accident, and to cap it off, a fresh, sticky rear 021 tyre was fitted.
I did have to exercise some restraint (over The Snark, LOL!) who wanted me to fit new steel brake hoses, and would not have stopped there until the bike was almost completely renewed! 
Back home, a full wash and wax, and Suzi is back to Flying Banana status, and is looking forward to being thrashed the way she used to be!
December 9, 2008
If only it were available here and now…..
Preferably with working machine gun. Removes the need for horns, anyway.
December 8, 2008
November 24, 2008
October 27, 2008
The calendar changes date, and G43 becomes G44.
Tempus fugit, and it bloody well does so with ever increasing rapidity as far as I can see. However, I was woken this morning with a most unusual gift. Something I could not have guessed in a million years if asked.
Nobody, as far as I recall, knows that I have always had a love of Bonsai trees, but when I was younger I couldn’t afford them, and the need for care and nurturing so I stuck (groan) with cacti.
As I grew older my interest waned, but now I am the very proud carer for a ten year old Bonsai, about which I know absolutely nothing! This will give the incentive to find out however, and a Bonsai is for life, so I hope we grow old and gnarled at roughly the same rate.
Thanks Yasmin!!
Also, following a head meets road incident, it was necessary to treat myself to another present to myself. No prizes for guessing what that might be.
September 9, 2008
Wants, needs and desires.
New helmets are beginning to display the technology that has for a long time been available in cars, and about time too! These two beauties have hook-ups for Bluetooth headsets, direst connection to mobile phones, and potentially useful for me, the ability to connect to a GPS system for turn-by-turn directions.
As people who have ridden with me know, I suffer from “directional dyslexia” – also known as “can’t find my couch in the living room with a map” syndrome – and I can’t wait to get some decent GPS system hooked up to my bike. Caveat: When they become affordable!
