Son's first bin

Well, hardly serious.

"Er, Dad, I've broken an indicator on the bike...."

Cue one smashed lens.

"It's still working, though...." he adds, hopefully.

So I ask how he managed it. Cue shuffling of feet, downward glances, in
fact body language identical to the embarrassed shuffling exhibited by
the monsters in The Internet Is For Porn vid. "I dropped the bike. I
went too fast round a corner on the wet road."

Heh. No further damage to the bike (dirt bikes are as close to
crash-proof as you can make a motorcycle, IMHO) and he's directed to
remove one of the other lenses and take it to the nearby Yamaha dealer
with a request for "another one like that". He even replaced it
himself. Tutorials in engine rebuilds start next week.

I reckon that nothing improves one's riding, or gives a better wake-up
call, than a bin (any bin, large or small) from which one emerges
unscathed.

 

Right. I'm going to spend the night in our wheely bin & see how much my
riding improves. Assuming I can get out unscathed, of course.

 

Me too. It seems a little far fetched but if TOG says it it mut be
true.

<Pulls plastic lid down over head and sits patiently>

 

Yup. And if the Dettol is applied with a wire brush, so much the
better. It reinforces the aversion therapy, IYSWIM.

"Stop moaning. It's less painful than a serious prang would have been!"

 

I'll see your combined Dettol and riase you both a Hibiscrub or
whatever that stuff the hospitals use to scrub out gravel rash. <sucks
teeth and winces>

 

Hibiscrub? Nail brush, more like. Or that's how it seemed at the time.

 

Hibiscrub is the pinky liquid they use with the nailbrush. Stings like
a conger. Then you get the bristles.

yum.

 

Quite.

 

You need to crash harder then at least that way you'll be out for the
count when they start to scrub the dirt away.

 

Never mind all that you twat,

Talking of nasty scrape injuries, am I packing my Climbing gear for
this weekend or not ?

P.

 

On 18 Aug 2006 07:58:31 -0700, wrote:

snip>

It's pissing with rain and is supposedly going to continue to do so
all weekend. That's a NO btw.

See you on Saturday.

 

It's grit you steaming great tart, not limestone.

Ok, i'll come along al nudo

Cheers

Paul.

 

FFS, CIHAG on your 12R, FFS

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

LOL!

It'll be a 1200 for sure....

Let's see what the weather does ..

P.

 

I never got that far - having a mother who was a nurse I was given
ample opportunity to see how they cleaned up gravel rash.
Which meant that when I did go road surfing I sat there and picked out
all the gravel myself with a pair of tweezers rather than go to
casualty to have them do it.

Phil.