It’s nearly the end of the holidays and I’ve achieved about zero in terms of productivity. My grand plan of touring for the whole two weeks crashed early with the realisation that there’d be no-one at home to look after the in-laws and #1 son.
Any thought of doing something a little less extensive was also destroyed with a careless reversing manouver that damaged the rear of the car and has seen it off the road for the last week and a half.
I’ve also had to get two new tyres on the bike and that’s eaten up a lot of the funds that I had salted away to finance the tour. All in all, pretty disappointing.
On the subject of tyres, I am bitterly disappointed in the much-heralded Bridgestones BT-021. Lauded as a Sports/Touring tyre with a dual compound tread (hard in the middle, soft on the sides) it has proven to be a major let down. I have never gotten less than 11000kms on a rear on any of the VFR’s I’ve owned and I often get a bit more than that. This BT-021 lasted 9870kms. Grr.
On a brighter note, I hope very soon to go “live” with the real “meat” of “Half of my Life” a detailed recounting of my 30+ years of motorcycling obsession. Watch out for that soon.
By the way, what did the principal of the inflatable school say to his student?
“You’ve let me down, you’ve let yourself down and you’ve let the school down.”
