Motobins BMW list again

I'm not sure what longest distance day was, there's a route somewhere.

I'm only little, so the bending over doesn't bother me - I found it
more comfortable than the NC24 which starts to hurt after only 50
miles or so.

I was ready for the nice hot bath when I got home.

 

I cooked for a friend tonight, only the fourth time in my life that
I've done that and no-one's died yet

 

The VFR has a little pouch of tools under the seat, but I never remember
that they're there. I managed to pick up some gaffer tape on the way back.

 

Actually, I'm not.

 

<trembles>

 

Oh, there's a fine line from Tipperary ...

 

Wouldn't make any difference if it had King Fayd's royal crest on it. If
the BMW logo was lacking or it didn't get passed across the counter of a
BMW parts stockist, with suitable Holy Genuflections of the plastic and
proferrings of the BMW OC #, it's obviously inferior, innit.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

I bought some oil at a motorway service station in Germany - the Guzzi
had spewed its all over the rear wheel - and it was astonishingly
expensive for a litre.

Although, no more than a litre of oil at a motorway service station would
cost here.

 

I've never seen BMW branded oil. BMW (GB) have an arrangement with Castrol
and put a very wide, generic spec in their handbook.

Doesn't stop the tossers over on UKGSer getting all anal about oil, though.

I stick whatever is on offer at Halfords/Woolworths in mine. My independent
service guy bungs in a Valvoline mineral oil.

 

Exactly. BMW themselves know the engines aren't all that exotic -
actually fairly ordinary as oil goes.

That's a given; it seems to be a common theme with a lot of owners, and
not just Beemers.

Ba-ding. If it meets the specs the engine doesn't care.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House