Manky Monkey Motors

 The clothes I've been wearing today are in the washing machine, possibly ruined, I have a swollen elbow and I'm waiting for the bath water to heat up.
 This sort of started yesterday. Took the trike to the local coal merchants to buy a few bags. No problems there. They even wanted some pics of the trike with the coal in the back. But when I went into the garage this morning, realised that the front discs were going rusty. For some dumb reason the local authorities have heavily salted the local roads already.
 Not wanting to leave the trike covered in salt, decided to treat it to a wash and while I was at it cleaned the wife's car.
Thinking ahead, thought, it might be a good idea to give the 650 a bit of winter protection. With the engine running to charge a slightly low battery  I started to clean the chromed engine cases prior to a coat of duck oil. Unfortunately I must have loosened  the oil filler which decided to pop out. This, was not a good. Hot engine oil sprayed at an amazing rate all over the place. It hit me, the bike, including the front tyre and brake disc, the garage door and driveway and also the freshly washed Volvo. As for the elbow, in my haste to reach the keys and perhaps partly because my glasses were covered in oil, I tripped and hit the doorstep.
Oh, while cleaning up the mess I also noticed my rear tyre needs replacing :'(

go careful mate...  :'(

But the trike escaped unscathed?
As we always say, be careful out there guys.
So ...any pics of the coal laden trike Dave?

Why oh why did you go for the keys - don't you have a kill switch?

Hope you're ok, that's the main thing.

hope all's ok with the elbow probably hit your funny bone which is not the least bit funny of coarse but it's just an automatic reaction to do wot you did,I'm sure we all have ,I surley have in the past but hope no lasting damage done,that's the main thing

Luckily the trike had already been put away :) and no I didn't bother taking any pics of it loaded up. 100kg of coal is no problem  :D The guys at the depot said it'd be fun for local deliveries.
Yes I have a kill switch but never use it, so I automatically went for the keys that are on the other side of the bike.
My elbow will be fine. The biggest problem was trying to get the oil out of the beard. My face was about a foot from the filler when it popped out.
The beard is not as long as some (Shaun) and at least I didn't have to worry about it getting in my hair  ;D

Not a great day then! Glad there is no lasting harm done, best to grin and let it go :D

Good that your ok and no lasting damage to your self and property
Just goes to show the most experienced of us are still prone to accidents around the work shop

put it down to ------ water proofing ,,, ;)

You'll be going for the slicked back Brylcreem look for a while then Dave.