Thursday 20 March 2008

Last night, we enjoyed the Sausage and Mash night with the local NACC (National Autocycle and Cyclemotor Club) and will soon be the proud possessors of another Raleigh Runabout. OK, so this looks as if I am acquiring another bike before I've even finished congratulating myself on reducing the stable by selling the Bantam. I can justify this, to myself at least, because the new addition is free of charge and it is intended to be used as spares rather than as yet another project. The theory is that this will make it easier for me to get no 2 Runabout up & running & road-legal so that I can sell it. It can also be stored in bits so it shouldn't take up much room.

Yesterday, I took delivery of a new (inexpensive) digital camcorder with which I hope to get some film of Red Marley hill climb on Monday. I'd also like to work out a way of mounting it on the bike (or myself) so that I can film while riding, particularly on club runs.

Saturday 8 March 2008

Why a blog? Well, apart from the possibility that someone else might be interested in some of what I have to say, I have this idea that if I set myself some targets and tell people about them, it gives me more incentive to get things done!

I have come to a conclusion that I may have too many bikes. Or, at least, too many bikes for the space I have. So the plan is to get one of the Raleigh Runabouts finished and sold, get the BSA Bantam B175 finished and sold and the same with the Yamaha Radian. No 2 Runabout needs some work to get it running and I need to reclaim the registration number. I have the original logbook and a couple of tax discs so this should be possible. The Bantam is pretty nearly there but lack of time and my falling in love with the Starfire 3Ta have meant that it has been shamefully neglected. The Radian shouldn't take too much work either. I get too attached to my bikes so I want them all to go to good homes. So those are the targets I am setting myself for this year - not to mention getting around to doing some much needed decorating and DIY to the house and making the garden presentable. This includes making room for a new shed to house the bicycle collection, which currently resides in the kitchen......