Yup, thanks for the tickets from Tom & me too Terry -yeah, we were the ones who deserted the pitch!
Tom & I are both building Yamaha XS650s, but in completely different styles. Neither one's finished yet, (of course), so I rented a van to ferry them the 6 miles to Popham. Somehow Tom managed to lose a handlebar grip in that time -how does that happen in the back of an 8 foot square van?!
Having parked up with Terry & the Portsmouth Trikers, we wandered across to the autojumble & immediately found a guy specialising in XS650 parts. Tom wanted some cables & bits & pieces but because it's not a standard bike, didn't know what lengths he needed -can I just nip over to my bike & try this for size? And this. And this.
Tell you what, why don't you just bring the bikes over here.
So we did. We discussed our advertising fee for bringing in extra punters to his stall, but oddly, it worked out to exactly the same amount as his storage/bike minding fee.
Nice to see everyone, as always -almost an alternative MMMotors forum gathering
There was another auto show in Basingstoke on Sunday -the "Endless days of Summer" VW show, which Tom wanted to go to, so we jumped in the van & nipped back for an hour or so, managing to miss Mr & Mrs Stinkey in the process. Oh, & Markju, I actually remembered to bring the MMMotors stickers along for you & you weren't there! There were actually 3 auto events in the area that day -Milestones Museum in Basingstoke was also hosting a vintage commercial vehicle run, so lots of interesting vehicles about.
Best sight of the day- the guy towing a light aircraft up the runway with his trike.
A lovely sunny day, lots of bikes to look at & stuff I don't need to buy, but still did & ice cream to be slurped & friendly people to say Hi to. A good day.
