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My latest ride to Squires ..

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Karey
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Ok...6pm.. opens mi front door to go and get my bike and Ninas there waiting!! lol (Thanks to my son for gettin bike out for me.. it's a reet awkward manouveur)..anways... We don't hang about.. a few adjustments to the gaffa tape on my indicator and we're off.. Everythings going fine.. gets to Hemsworth by-pass, time to open up the throttle and hit 60 woooooooo hooooooooo.. except.. Ziggy starts resisting and holding back "cmon Zig" I drop down a gear "POP" (he lets me know that hes not happy and lets rip a big poop) but hes still resisting the need for speed... dropping down to 30mph I go up a gear.. still nothing... I twist n turn the throttle giving it more and more revs... but hes proppa protesting now, so im chugging along at 30 and Nina's having to keep holding back for me. We get to Ackworth and take the little village twisty roads.. fine, 30mph is good (in this situation) then as we get to the faster stretch of road, the 60mph bit ... Zig has a strop and don't go above 30mph! This is gettin a bit embarassing now.. i have my own convoy who one by one decide they want to be leader, me and Zig let them past, while i keep one eye on Nina who has gone on ahead to make a clearing for the convoy. Then I have an artic wanting to tickle Zigs rear end.. which he takes an instant dislike to and lets out a rather loud "POP" Ok Mr Lorry Driver gets the hump and decides he doesnt want to be back marker any more, and off he goes into the distance. Then we get to the old A1, right, this is gonna be fine, Zig will keep up with the movin traffic....... WRONG.. we join the A1 and Zig thinks it would be fun to pootle along at 25 mph!! This is gettin silly now, not to mention dangerous, I'm tryin all ways to get him to move a little faster, but hes not having it. We get on the last stretch of road before Squires and theres a trike waiting to pull out of a junction, It's Mick (triker100) and he pulls out behind me, soon very close behind me as Zig refuses to get above 30 still . We gets to Squires and I tell Nina and Mick of my speed problem, lack of it! lol After a bit of discussion we decide to go an get a cuppa and have a think. Gets inside and Geoff and Rachel are there, and Raf, then Emzed turns up. I immediately tell everyone of my little problem and after we've had a cuppa, Em, me, Mick and Geoff go to have 'words' wiv Zig. Long story, short (soz i dint think i cud type this much this early lol), Em checks alsorts including the air filter, the spark plug which is black! (thanks to Geoff for the loan of his virgin/untouched/unsullied/spotlessly clean Honda toolkit!) and does a few tweaks here and there. He takes him for a spin and Mick says its still sounds rough. EM gets back and its still not running right..a few more tweaks this time the choke, and Em goes for another spin... Ahhhh sounds much better! Me an Mick watch him go whizzing past Squires (yes Zig can whizz lol) and we joke that he will be comin back round on the rear wheel, he did seem to be enjoying himself lol Well he gets back and says its much much better... all sorted! by this time Tony(tb100) has arrived, and he has a look and a little ride round the carpark and says the back brake needs adjusting.. which he does and its much better now too! Then comes the ride home and Zig is like a boy-racer!! wanted to hit the tonne .. im not kiddin..hes a hooligan .. ok ok.. so i lied but he did want to keep up with the flow of traffic and i think he fair enjoyed his ride home.. I know i did! lol Big Thanks again to all of you there last night, whether it was just to give me moral support or actually to get your hands dirty, it was very much appreciated. Especially as there was talk of me leaving Zig there and gettin a pilly back wiv Em.. or tying Zig to Micks trike, or puttin a tow rope on Ninas bike Tiny.. and thanks Raf for suggesting the Bungee... and catapulting me home! All in all another good ride out .. albeit an eventful/embarrassing one at times, but if i had known Zig was 'choking' i would have been able to sort it.. Sorry Zig Thanks you lot.. luv ya loads !!

Ok...6pm..  opens mi front door to go and get my bike and Ninas there waiting!! lol  (Thanks to my son for gettin bike out for me.. it's a reet awkward manouveur)..anways...
 
We don't  hang about.. a few adjustments to the gaffa tape on my indicator and we're off..
Everythings going fine.. gets to Hemsworth by-pass, time to open up the throttle and hit 60 woooooooo hooooooooo..   except..
 
Ziggy starts resisting and holding back "cmon Zig"  I drop down a gear "POP" (he lets me know that hes not happy and lets rip a big poop)   but hes still resisting the need for speed... dropping down to 30mph   I go up a gear.. still nothing...  I twist n turn the throttle giving it more and more revs...   but hes proppa protesting now, so im chugging along at 30 and Nina's having to keep holding back for me.
 
We get to Ackworth and take the little village twisty roads.. fine, 30mph is good (in this situation) then as we get to the faster stretch of road, the 60mph bit ... Zig has a strop and don't go above 30mph!
 
This is gettin a bit embarassing now.. i have my own convoy who one by one decide they want to be leader, me and Zig let them past, while i keep one eye on Nina who has gone on ahead to make a clearing for the convoy.  Then I have an artic wanting to tickle Zigs rear end.. which he takes an instant dislike to and lets out a rather loud "POP"      Ok Mr Lorry Driver gets the hump and decides he doesnt want to be back marker any more, and off he goes into the distance.
 
Then we get to the old A1, right, this is gonna be fine, Zig will keep up with the movin traffic.......    WRONG..   we join the A1 and Zig thinks it would be fun to pootle along at 25 mph!!  This is gettin silly now, not to mention dangerous, I'm tryin all ways to get him to move a little faster, but hes not having it.
 
We get on the last stretch of road before Squires and theres a trike waiting to pull out of a junction, It's Mick (triker100) and he pulls out behind me, soon very close behind me as Zig refuses to get above 30 still .
 
We gets to Squires and I tell Nina and Mick of my speed problem, lack of it!  lol
After a bit of discussion we decide to go an get a cuppa and have a think.   Gets inside and Geoff and Rachel are there, and Raf, then Emzed turns up.  I immediately tell everyone of my little problem and after we've had a cuppa, Em, me, Mick and Geoff go to have 'words' wiv Zig.
 
Long story, short (soz i dint think i cud type this much this early lol), Em checks alsorts including the air filter, the spark plug which is black! (thanks to Geoff for the loan of his virgin/untouched/unsullied/spotlessly clean Honda toolkit!) and does a few tweaks here and there.  He takes him for a spin and Mick says its still sounds rough.
 
EM gets back and its still not running right..a few more tweaks this time the choke, and Em goes for another spin...  
 
Ahhhh sounds much better!   Me an Mick watch him go whizzing past Squires (yes Zig can whizz lol) and we joke that he will be comin back round on the rear wheel, he did seem to be enjoying himself  lol
 
Well he gets back and says its much much better... all sorted!  by this time Tony(tb100) has arrived, and he has a look and a little ride round the carpark and says the back brake needs adjusting.. which he does and its much better now too!
 
Then comes the ride home and Zig is like a boy-racer!! wanted to hit the tonne .. im not kiddin..hes a hooligan ..    ok ok.. so i lied but he did want to keep up with the flow of traffic and i think he fair enjoyed his ride home.. I know i did!  lol 
 
Big Thanks again to all of you there last night, whether it was just to give me moral support or actually to get your hands dirty, it was very much appreciated.    Especially as there was talk of me leaving Zig there and gettin a pilly back wiv Em.. or tying Zig to Micks trike, or puttin a tow rope on Ninas bike Tiny..  and thanks Raf for suggesting the Bungee... and catapulting me home!  
 
All in all another good ride out .. albeit an eventful/embarrassing one at times, but if i had known Zig was 'choking' i would have been able to sort it..   Sorry Zig
 
Thanks you lot.. luv ya loads !!

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