InvictaMoto's Red Pepé Blog

A bit late for me as I had a new one fitted on the rear in the summer. I will need a front though soon enough. https://www.avontyres.com/en-gb/news/d/!/503/avon-tyres-launches-new-cobra If the suggested increased performance and longevity are true then it will be a hit with Rocket owners. posted from Bloggeroid

The dates have been confirmed for the entire BSB (British SuperBikes) season for 2019 and the Assen round in on the 20th-22nd September, a week earlier than in 2018. This is to fit in another round at Donington Park before the final at Brands Hatch I had a look at hotels and the one we stayed in this year (see  https://devalltravel.blogspot.com/search?q=NL18+-+Assen ) wasn't on booking.com  but one a mile or so down the road was. So I have booked three nights at the Wapen van Vries hotel. For Claire and me it will be some €60 cheaper but a single room for Neill will be about the same as this year. I'm posting this on this blog (this early) as I am hoping that after Claire's successful total hip emplacement last week (October 13th) that she will be fully fighting fit to go on the bike. I expect that bike to be Pepe! I am also considering a different route.  Instead of the tunnel I might see about the longer ferry from Harwich to the Hook of Holland.  ...

I joined the club a few weeks after I bought Pepe not because I like clubs, but because they are a pretty valuable source of information when you need some advice, and also they do have a social side. So far I have not been to any social events but they have been useful when I have had a problem and there are so many people that can help.  And have. It is a shame that the South-East and Kent in particular has pretty much of a dead social scene.  After many years in the SOC, I am not putting my head above the parapet.  Never again.  I want to be a follower not a leader. posted from Bloggeroid

OMG! It's a month since I last got out on Pepé. So as expected with some damp days and nights the battery needed a jolt from the dbPower unit. It's a nice sunny morning so I got the Triumph Steve McQueen jacket out. It's definitely a three season jacket. I always remove the zip-in liners as they tend to be sweat inducing quilted nylon. Another reason is that despite the body being XXL, the arms are still S or even M. Narrow tubes that my old man's arms find a tight fit. If you are a gym bunny and have muscles that bulge like The Rock, then look elsewhere. The jacket has metal zips and snap fasteners. I do love that. It's short enough not to touch the tank with the bottom snapper. It also has two zippered vents along the collar bone and a huge zipped vent across the shoulders. Not that they were needed today. There are plenty of pockets. Two snap fastened ones on the chest, left and right, a zippered pocket on the left chest to. Two lower...

From the line I sent an email to Eurotunnel customer services to complain about the lack of information and the long wait to get home.  I didn't expect a reply for a few days. On September 28th they emailed. "I am sorry to learn of the difficulties you experienced whilst travelling with our service on the 15th September . From the information you have provided, I regret that I have not been able to locate a ticket booked in your name. In order for us to respond in more detail could you please provide us with the booking reference number of the journey concerned." They couldn't find my name on their booking system for that day? If I was called Smith, then maybe I could accept that..... but I have a rather rare surname - Devall. Once home from Assen I made a screenshot of my booking reference and sent it to them. Result. They replied this morning to offer me a £33 credit note. That's what I paid for this trip, so not quite a stagge...