The 2011 Excel London motorcycle show

Finally got round to doing something bike related ! this weather has been bloody awful, I've been using the scooter for work and the scrambler is under cover to keep the salt and grit at bay , a few nice machines to be seen ,the new Kawasaki W800 ,potentially a rival to the Triumph Bonneville , also the new Ducati Diavil, a few familiar faces doted around these picture , Keanu Reeves can be seen just behind the new Ducati and also Chris Walker on the Norton stand doing his sales pitch , anyway enjoy .

Mudguard be gone !

Ive finally got round to removing the rear mudguard and replacing it with the part Gary made for me (its been sitting in the cupboard for a year or so ).

After a bit of swearing and nearly loosing a finger by using a huge pair of tin snips to shape the underseat cover , all went quite smoothly with fitting the rest,very pleased with the look ,next is the front mudguard (off a bonneville which has been dramatically shortened), which is back from Gary's after having the holes welded up and the paint removed . No doubt it will be taking up space in the cupboard for a while yet !

Brenzett air museum

Bouncing Bomb

 

Flaming July and a few hours off work .

bugger me , it`s flaming hot ! .I have a few days off work and was determined to get the bike out for a bit of a run , so it was down to Kent and just hit the back roads and single lane farm tracks .I managed to loose myself down some of these potholed and gravel covered tracks,but that was all part of the day , great weather ,very little traffic and some great Kentish countryside .

 

 

 

 

Bank holiday Monday was upon us again ! time for the annual trip to Southend for the Ace cafe`s shakedown . All week i have been watching the sky and checking out the weather forcast for the day........wasn`t looking to promising,showers and drizzle expected,but Monday morning arrived , home at 6.30 am from working the nights shift and put the camera on charge straight away (don`t want to have a situation like a previous year when i fired up the camera in aticipation of a feast of photography and ........ nothing )
A quick e-mail to my pal Gary to confirm all was good down his end and we meet at the usual place then a spireted ride to the coast, and what a great mixture of machines , something for everyones taste and a few smiles raised by the weird and wonderful, anyway..... enough BLAH BLAH ,here are a few snaps of the day.