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pretty well summed up. was great to use up the last of the tyres too. got me a new set already and ready for moar riding

after warkworth I was practicing a new (for me ) ride concentration tecnique too. Worked a treat I might say

My jacket smells like bug juice

The iPad is on loan from a colleague, who has two. Needed to learn how to use them as clients were starting to ask for help on the infernal things.

I hate you guys.

Really, really do.

As per usual, this would not be a typical gremlin foray without something happening. If it doesn't I get extremely worried, because I know something more outrageous will happen. Running out of fuel? With a large extra capacity tank?

Only gremlin could do that.

Will be interesting to catch up with TOTO to see how much between the lines was NOT said by gremlin!

And oh yeah ...

I hate you guys.

At least I got to use up gremlin's bandwidth on his ipad. Yep. He has one. What a closet Apple fanboi he is! Also, gremlin has also admitted how he also insulted TOTO several times to his face, without TOTO actually realising it until several minutes after the fact. Even gremlin had no idea he'd done it - I was just laughing my arse off!

Now, both TOTO and gremlin will be using their GPS's ... I shudder to think of the incredible opportunities for mayhem and mischief that will abound!

I need to keep a shotgun filled with rock salt. Just for this character whenever he turns up. It won't kill him, but it will make me feel a whole lot more better and satisfied when I've shot him full of it!

To be fair, Gremlin is starting to come along in the spannering skills. He even has his own set of tools. Yes, I am very afraid.

I gave you a spare bulb. What storage compartment? glad its made a difference.

Yeah p.dath, we know about touching bulb, usually don't touch, just handle the base. If the bulb is touched, I clean it after.

The only problem with carrying a bulb is the filament life can be shortened from the constant vibrations, hence why i don't carry one all the time. I do carry a spare on the Grand Challenge and TT2000. That said, any bulb with at least one working filament is better than none!!

Give up biking, haha. Never!

I also didn't tell you to get to Whangarei as fast as possible. You took that upon yourself! Silly boy, no throttle control whatsoever

Yep, them bulbs don't likies the human oils, it puts the lotion on the bulb and the bulb plays "pop goes the weasel!"

But anyhow, the new +50% bulb works a treat, tested it tonight riding back up from Quasi's in the 'Tron. Cindi approves of her new bling! (which reminds me, better stash a spare bulb into the storage compartment!)

Some types of bulbs can't tolerate human oils on them from your hands. It causes uneven heating and cooling, which causes them to blow much quicker.

Because of this I try to fit bulbs using a tissue now, so my fingers never touch the bulb, and then I give it another wipe once it is installed just in case.

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

The words I wish to throw at Gremlin are not fit to print.

The words I wish to throw at Gremlin are not fit to print.

Once again, another fine mess I find myself in with Gremlin, he's done all the hard yards yakking. All I can say is that those bloody bulbs cost me 35 demerits!

Was riding up to meet Gremlin and I was having the usual conversation with myself ... against my intuition, I basically convinced myself to ride straight up the moronway and take my time. Well this I did, until I got to the uphill section towards Orewa, thinking I had slowed down, I opened the throttle ... just in time for the nice popo hiding around the bend to tag me! :slap:

Ah well, like they say, no good deed goes unpunished - doubly so whenever Gremlin is involved! I guess the two of us are doomed to forever goad and delight in each other's destruction. I fear we are going to do this until one of us eventually relents and gives up biking!

Anyhow, this tale doesn't stop there.

The next day, Gremlin arrives (late) to my place to help sort out my Scottoiler. He had laughed at me for laughing at him for running out of oil at BK in Whangarei. I was like "shite!"

Anyhow, waiting for ages - I had set up a chair and was snacking on chips and reading a comic when he putt putts up. Well, as he started to fill up the Scottoiler in Cindi (my CB1000R predator) - he goes and splurts a whole crap load over my shirt. The shirt I was meant to go out on a date in.

I. Can't. Believe. It.

He's gone and done it to me again!

So inside, new shirt, dunk oiled shirt into soak and back out to sort out the refilling. Which, somehow manages to be done without anymore snafus.

Then we went to sort out headlights and this was almost as farcical as the filling of the Scottoiler. Somehow Gremlin managed to break the light that was working when he got back to Auckland! So fooling around with my lights also, we replaced mine with a +50% - this was a good thing, since it was the first time I had to remove the cover off to see how it went.

We both oohed and aahed over the nifty new bulb collar that secures it into the mounting. Of course I forgot to put on the dust cover when I had almost done everything up!

Anyhow - my Cindi and Gremlin's Katie now have new lights and topped up oilers. Job's a good 'un.

Oh yes, will keep a big stick nearby to thump Gremlin with next time he does the next stupid thing! (And trust me, I know this will happen).

Yeah, what the big boy on the katoom said - he also forgot to mention how I took over the lead from Miranda and I was constantly waiting for the lad's lights to appear. Seems Gremlin was doing his sheperding thing and had TOTO in the middle of us.

So TOTO must have been getting a bit drowsy, and we know that it is akin to being a little drunk on a bike. So good to see that he took it at his pace. I did prod TOTO about it when it came to the GC ... seems more training is required!