07/04/08Did I miss a weekend? Ah, no. Easter was 21st to 24th, and last weekend I went to the police BikeSafe national doobrie at Hendon on the Sunday, so I would have been doing all the weekend’s work on the Saturday. Really enjoyed the Bikesafe event. Blagged myself a ride on a BMW GS1250 for the observed rideout (because I didn’t take my MoT & insurance docs with me). A load of manufacturers were doing demo bikes – on the condition that you only took them out on a formal observed ride. Good plan! Gets a lot of the real loonies out of the system. My friendly policeman was very complimentary about my riding (thanks to all those who have given me various types of advanced training over the years), and apart from a slight misunderstanding I had with the bike about indicators at the beginning… I really enjoyed the ride. The GS (mine was a 57-plate so probably the latest model but I didn’t get any real details) is a stonking bike! I couldn’t really find out everything it could do with a fluorescent yellow police bike behind me, but I was impressed. I don’t want one though, there’s that irritating flat spot in the fuel injection at around 4,500rpm where the emissions are tested (you don’t get that with a carb!) and it really is just too BIG!! Very smooth though, and you certainly get a commanding view of the road. Anyway, on to Project 250. Hopefully there are some photos hereabouts... Ah! At the top. OK. Well, picture 1 is the bench in all its random glory, picture 2 is the pile of 250s in the corner, and picture 3 is the 125 in position ready to be dismantled.
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