Autumn ride

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Autumn ride

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I've bought some BMW Tourance trousers yesterday so they needed a full test ride. That was my excuse to my wife as she went to the Supermarket on her own.

It's been grey and damp all day but that didn't matter at all. As it is Rememberance Sunday I stopped of at a local watering hole (Devils Punchbowl cafe) to observe the 2 minute silence at 11:00am.

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This is pretty high up so we are in the cloud base. Not many people around, some trail riders and cyclists.

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The leaves are slow to turn this year but we have had a few light frosts and gales so it will not be long before they're gone. You begin to notice the roads staying damp longer into the day. I will keep riding through the winter but mainly on dry days. The local Councils use so much salt on the roads to deter black ice they take on a white sheen for most of the winter.

I stopped off at the little church at Seale. Looking picturesque in the autumn gloom.

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Only two weeks ago I was in Turkey enjoying the Mediteranean sunshine. Now I am back into the British Winter!

So I make a request to everyone in the West coast of the USA or in the Southern hemisphere, in fact anywhere it is warm and sunny. Keep posting your ride reports with plenty of pictures with bikes, women, more bikes, drinking, food, even more bikes ect ect to help us through the winter!

BTW the Tourance trousers were warm and comfortable. A good purchase!

Mike
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I'm no Guest but Mike in the UK!! The system keeps logging me out as I post a message for some strange reason

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Great pics Mike..I could tell it was you from the first pic.... :smt023

BTW...what happened in the end with that broken spark plug thingie and BMW..did it all work out ok???
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DJ,

yes I got the low tension sparkplug wires sorted. The official fix is to cut them where the earth wire connects to the cylinder head. The new wire and connector is then soldered to the original wires in the loom.

The bad news is it cost £190 to repair!!!!!! BMW only waived £85.

Good to have it fixed and I now make sure the local dealer does not jetwash the bike.

Mike
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