Zensen started this morning after I finished putting her together. There is a big BUT with the battery getting 16.7 volts, which means the regulator/rectifier maybe fried. So more fun testing
Time to leave Moab after a full day there the previous day. Dave was up at some early time, so I ended up waking up. Waiting for Dave to leave, Kevin is also up and about packing the van. I haul myself out of bed, chuck on some clothes and deliver my bag to the van. My bed is calling, so straight back into it, and Kevin thinks it’s a good idea, so heads back to his as well. He even checks for when I have set my alarm, agrees with 8am and we’re back asleep. At 8am, he suggests ...
THIS WEATHER IS SO FRUSTRATING. It's simply to cold and wet to do much work in the garage In saying that my hands haven't been completely idle. The parts arrived last week for Zensen and ended up only replacing the exhaust valves and seals as all I could find was a lot of carbon build up. I've fitted the race shock (which lifted the back end by at least 3 cm), which I can't wait to try out as this should give me a higher corner exit speed. When comparing the race cams to the standard ...
Just before the mobile was due to ring at 8am I reset it for 8.30am, with Kevin and Dave still asleep. 8.30am and we’re all stirring. They will drive into Arches National Park and several others are riding in. Shortly before 9am I’m walking down the road to High Point Adventures to see if I can book at ATV Tour for 4 hours. Indeed I can for 1pm, so I sign my life away, agree to ignore the instructors (ok, fine, listen to them) and head back to the Inn to chuck some washing ...
Dave is up at some ungodly time like 4.30am. I find out later it was to take pretty pictures of the hills in the dawn light… who cares, my bed was a pretty picture to me. I’d had a restless night, waking constantly, but slept better during the early morning hours. At 6.45am the alarm rings, I’m already awake for the 3rd or 4th time. Kevin is downstairs already, packing the van when I hand him my bag. As is now par for the course, I head back to bed. Kevin also comes ...
Venice is expensive - $16 for a can of coke and half that for a small bottle of water and the road tolls are the most expensive in Europe. But then you are paying for class: In architecture, style and sheer panache in extracting money. Most of the Italians , I spoke to said Venice was not the real Italy – it was the Italy for tourists. Florence, Milan, now they are Italy for Italians. Milan is the fashion center of Europe. With my black Whangamomona Hotel T shirt, blue ...
Murray knocks on the door, wanting his charged up phone at 6.45am… the alarm only rings at 7am, as the van will be leaving at 7.30am. Kevin the driver is in my room anyway, so I will know what’s going on. Dave is kicking my bed, thinking it’s going to get me out of it, yeah right, I’ll be rising in my own damn time. Kevin has been slowly rising, then disappears out the room. Around 7.15am I throw on some presentable clothes and drop my bag by the van, Kevin has ...
Today was programmed as a SH2 Claytons Ride. For those who weren’t around in the 1970’s, try looking here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytons , so it’s the ride you have up SH2, when you’re not actually riding on SH2!! The plan was to ride through Greytown, then deviate around Carrington, take the Masterton bypass and Loopline through to Mauriceville, cross SH2 again to go around Eketahuna through Nireaha and exit at Mangamaire. From there we would emerge at Balance, then depending on time, head ...
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