I have crashed my mobility scooter several times IN my garagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKR9tCiwvA I had a
bad day today.
Spent a fortune, taking out AA membership, plus a supplement for European travel for the Dutch trip next week, plus travel health insurance & picking up a wadge of Euros for the trip. An expensive morning, but hopefully everything's sorted now.
So back to the bike-
Fitted the headlight unit into the powder-coated shell. It's a Bates style light. I've had loads over the years & never had a problem with them. Put the lens into the shell, slipped the retaining ring over it & did up the securing bolt. Walked away, came back 5 minutes later & knelt next to it to work on the engine when ..
bang! the glass cracked in about 4 places. Bugger. I'd obviously over tightened the screw & put it under tension.
Fortunately, through the power of mobile phones & the internet, within 2 minutes I'd bought a replacement from Cycle Haven in Lincolnshire, but that's another 30 or 40 quid I didn't plan on spending. Mr Loon's Triumph Speed Triple's in the same lock-up & has mis-matched Bates headlights, one normal & one halogen, so I've actually pinched the normal one with the old style curved glass & will replace it with the new flat glass halogen one when it arrives -yes, I did ask him first.
Took the left hand engine casing off to replace the clutch mechanism that I removed when the casing went to the engraver & discovered the clutch pushrod that actually moves the clutch plates is missing. Good job I didn't plan to ride the bike to Holland. I bought the donor bike as a running non rider, (it had no brakes or chain -& still hasn't), so I assume it's always been missing. So this evening's job is to find another one on the 'net.
Decided the mudguards really do need respraying, so took them off again & over to Mr Loon's workshop.
Every job seems to involve at least one nut or bolt that I need to go & buy or one hole that needs filing out. I think I'm actually going backwards at the moment, taking off more parts than I'm putting on. One week till it needs to be on the ferry to Holland -what could possibly go wrong!