Z is for Zoo#

Sat Jun 7 17:25:08 2025

Z is for Zoo and we have reached the end of the alphabet. For the first time in a while, able to get a photo which depicts both the bike and the place I rode to

Ride out was fairly relaxed. Couldn't figure why it took me into some random housing estate and then said "do a u turn" until I realised that was where I'd placed the shaping point on the route in Kurviger.

Didnt do a u-turn there but did do one later. Still proud that I can.

Torrential rain on the way home was a fun experience - and with new tyres. I haven't thought for several months about getting a Pinlock insert but I could have done with one today

Mildly concerned, when I got home and was revving/slipping the clutch to get the bike up the kerb, to get what looked like a cloud of smoke and a burning smell from the front end. I am hoping it was steam and the smell was oily water evaporating off the exhaust headers - apparently this is is not uncommon. I can't see anything that looks melted, anyway.

When I got home I let the bike stand for a while and then wiped most of the water off it with a cloth, then inside for kids' bedtime. Just as I was about to go out and put the cover back on, the heavens opened again. No point covering a wet bike :-(

So the next day I washed it and replaced all the windscreen screws with new stainless screws. The rain had already rinsed away most of the dead insects that had been stuck to the front ...

There's no sign of anything melted. Out of consideration to my neighbours on a Sunday morning (on which I'd already mowed the lawn :-) I didn't start it to see whether smoke billows out or not. Fingers crossed