May 2nd 2010

Progress...kind of.
have new used battery and full of hope, plugged it in and... fark all.
no light, no ignition, nada spark. Accept completely that it was unlikely to turn over straight away but the fact the there is obviously a failure to see electrics running through the system is a problem seeing as I'm hopeless at wiring. am pursuing a multimeter and have to get a proper works manual before attempting anything else as I'll be just firing off on uneducated and poorly thought through tangents as best. on a positive note the front brakes have been cleaned and stripped and i'll bleed and replace the fluid at some point.

MotoGP - dud race today except for the last 3 laps. Lorenzo/pedrosa and rossi in that order. jerez looked sunny but unfortunately pommie land has returned to it's normal weather pattern of continuing shitty and wet with more possibility of the same.

best to Mr West now residing in the land of tea parties, gun ownership rights and cheese whip. Enjoy!! Are you allowed to go to 'Spring Break'?

April 11th 2010 Post

Not much - about 15 minutes polishing before kids demands took over. engine case has come up ok (see piccies below) but more work to go.

Thanks for the kind messages and Congrats to Andrea & Chris !! Spoke to Dean over the weekend and he passed on your good news. Obviously intimidated by having the mighty Christopher reading the blog especially as I hear his bikes have been featured in Oz custom mags!! motivation to try harder there.....

Shall buy battery this week and get things back on track.

Hit a sweltering 11 degrees today so tore it up on the TL - managed a knee down scrape so must be doing ok.

Mighty Reds win in SA which is insane and the Tah blouses gave it up for the Crusaders like the big wee girls they are so all is right in the world.

MotoGp tonight - am tres excited!!

have a good one!

Sunday 21st March 2010

apologies but again no work completed.
went for a ride today and had other duties.
still chasing a cheap battery beofre I can proceed (yes - total tightarse but have a limited budget so need to cut corners when I can)
hopefully more positive news next week.

MotoGP last testing times below: Stoner absolutely flying, be interesting to know the fuel loads on these laps but very impressive times at the last test of the year before the season gets underway next month.

Casey Stoner Ducati GP10 1.55.353
Valentino Rossi Yamaha YZR-M1 1.55.860
Andrea Dovizioso Honda RC212V 1.55.879
Nicky Hayden Ducati GP10 1.56.115
Loris Capirossi Suzuki GSV-R 1.56.195
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha YZR-M1 1.56.504
Randy de Puniet Honda RC212V 1.56.504
Colin Edwards Yamaha YZR-M1 1.56.722
Mika Kallio Ducati GP10 1.56.767
Ben Spies Yamaha YZR-M1 1.56.779
Aleix Espargaro Ducati GP10 1.56.897
Alvaro Bautista Suzuki GSV-R 1.56.898
Dani Pedrosa Honda RC212V 1.56.935
Marco Melandri Honda RC212V 1.57.222
Hector Barbera Ducati GP10 1.57.223
Hiroshi Aoyama Honda RC212V 1.57.251
Marco Simoncelli Honda RC212V 1.57.379