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from Pete at work. A GSXR750 shock - we'll see how this one goes. Got it for a good price - $50 - as it's got a scratch down the centre piece right at the end - but it's never going to hit that even with my fat arse on board.

So fingers crossed that it's going to fit because the one in the bike at present is rusted to shit.

Well we now are looking back at round 4 of the 09 VMCC Winter Series, and the up and coming round 5 will mark 1 year of racing for Team Ginger Nuts, its gone extremely quick.
I must give the big ups to Russell and Sue as they were instrumental in getting me on the starters grid at round 5 last year, what a fantastic day coming away with the Clubmans B ribbon for the days racing an the biggest grin you have ever seen only to crash out and brake my arm at Round 6!
Almost a year on and ...

The usual winter blues have been prevalent this year but compounded by an effort to cut back on spending and the easiest way to save money is to cut down on the Kms. This hasn’t been too hard because the weather has been so crappy and I’ve been so busy at work, it’s been pretty easy to not ride, other than the Ulysses Club Rides.

I have found however that one can get a bit stir-crazy and in desperate need of a blowout and that happened last weekend. There were no programmed rides ...

last time me and a mate went to coromandel from thames on your 50cc Scooters that has inspired us to go and do the coromandel loop on our scooters we will hopfully be doing this next weekend

Sat 22nd August 2009

Cruza and I went to the Little River cafe for coffee and then via Gebbes Pass, over the hill to Sumner and home again.

WOW awesome ride! Had such a blast. Need more power though, a couple of times heading into head wind, throttle open fully and was still losing speed.... bit embarrassed really. Was laughing my boobies off saying "come on girl, you can do it" etc etc. Is a great wee bike round the hills, felt very safe and comfortable. Only ...

I've attacked the exhaust with a steel brush, and it's come up pretty good.

Next step will be to use a wire wheel and give it a really good clean, then sand it back to a paint finish, then it'll get a nice UHT matt black paint on it.

It looks to me like a 1990s vintage Cycleworks 4 into 1 in damn good nick.

I've got some new packing stuff for the 'zorst and as soon as I can work out how to get the slip cover off I'll repack it.

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Okay, so its Saturday and I've got some spare time this weekend. Not raining yet so let's get out to the gargre early and drag out the bike.

Those front fork stanchions are looking very sorry, and I've picked up some replacement forks at Buckets and Bits which will do the job nicely.

Looks to be a piece of cake to get this front wheel off. It's a little bit different to the RF, but easy enough to work out. Previous owner has done up the axle WAY too tight though so I decided ...

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Blimey, so I agreed to do it....

Oxfam Trailwalk 2010 is now just over 8 months away, 100km's in under 30 hours. Trouble is, I'm carrying a bit too much around the midrift so to speak.

So, in an effort to become a slightly slimmer Fatt Max, I have decided along with the other team members to knock the booze on the head for 100 days, starting at midnight on 30th August 2009.

Counting down now to the big detox, but it has to be done..let's see how we go, ...