InvictaMoto's Red Pepé Blog

It's been a mild winter so far this year. But since I got back from Ostend, Pepe has sat in the garage unused. With work and then Christmas, allied with miserable drizzle, I've not been out. This needs to change. During a routine in-garage check I found one of the grub screws had gone AWOL from one of the screen brackets. Dashing off a quick email to Skidmarx resulted in a couple of spares arriving g in the post. Now maybe I can get out for a ride before the end of the year? Happy New Year everyone.

Friday . I like to prepare for a trip and usually lay my riding gear out the day before to look for any defects. So this was a job for Friday. We were both home as the night before we had been to see Deep Purple at the O2 in London, getting home in the wee small hours. Claire then had provided the extra hands it takes to adjust the Skidmarx windscreen. Loosening off most of the fittings needs a pair of hands to hold it in the right place, and another to tighten the bolts and Allen bolts. In fact I did the holding as the new position meant my hands were too big to get into place to tighten up the lower mounting points. Once completed,  I was almost ready for the run to Belgium the next day. Saturday . I had everything laid out for a 7.30am start but as usual I had forgotten some things. The alarm went and Reggie was up wanting to go out. After a night on the bed he needs his "garden break" before his breakfast. I double checked the...