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All change in 2024

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  CLK is for the chop... as is this house, we're starting a new chapter. CLK has been replaced with this E220CDI which I won in a raffle last week - it's bloody great, especially for 2x £20 raffle tickets.  Had to collect it from the North Pennines though, on many trains.

Old, high mileage, no service history, dodgy previous owner

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2023

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  First ride of the year today, using this old thing - after a Xmas break of TV, eating, Microsoft Flight sim, more eating, even more TV, going out on this was like being hit with a firehose of sensation.  Clutch switch seems to have failed as I can't start it without being in neutral now (had an embarrassing stall at traffic lights and held up a couple of cars I'd blasted past just 30 seconds earlier). Bought myself a fancy GPU, I needed it for Flight Sim VR!  Hopefully I can get 4-5 years out of this, at which point it'll probably be worth 50p.

Tokyo

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 I've come to Tokyo to move some IT kit around, and take photos.

Big, obsolete buses

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I set the sat nav to use the 'Fun' route...

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 ...and it took me to these sheep. Have had a couple of nights in Snowdonia ( not in the company of sheep), 750-ish miles covered in total.  Was TOO HOT though, so I spent £10 on a visit to an old copper mine where it was wonderfully chilly.  Shame about all the steps - motorbike boots and wet, iron staircases are not a happy combination.

Officially an old fart now

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 Finally I'm old enough to have one of these: Honda ST1300 Pan European, bought it the other day from Chester and rode home through Wales, was bloody super.  It's huge and a totally different riding experience.  It belonged to a very nice chap who's been an aircraft technician so it's been immaculately maintained, in fact it's too nice to use in bad weather so I guess the old VFR will not be getting replaced after all. In other news, the tattier CLK was sold but I've done bugger-all with the other one... too busy playing with bikes in the sun.