Puddles has landed

So the first of the soon to be, world travelling bikes has arrived in the back of a huge truck from Biketranz. Really nice people to deal with. They have their own bike collection and are sponsoring loads of classic and vintage events including a new National Classic Bike Show to be held at the events centre in Manakau this August.
As expected, Sara's bike definitely needs some work. Fork seals are shot and it looks like the oil tank has emptied itself into the bottom of the crank case but that sort of thing was expected and basically its all there. We will probably just stare at it for a while and work out where to begin. Probably sort out the things it needs for a warrant and then run around on it a bit and let the bike show us what needs sorted before the major rebuild. Same deal for my Tiger, which is being picked up in Christchurch next Monday and should be here later next week.

In the mean time, all the other bikes have been fighting me today. I did get the Thruxton back together and advertised it for sale. The W650 has a locked uip clutch after sitting for 6 months and some freaky electrical fault and now won't even turn on the lights, never mind turn over the motor. The SR5400 cafe racer seems to have caught the same bug. Locked clutch plates and all the indicators flash constantly and the battery is immediately drained. My softail got a new battery but is now refusing to recognise the key fob and I can't disable the security so it wont start. Looks like it will have to go to the dealer, which really pisses me off since its only been there once in the last 10 years I've owned it since new.

Some days I think I should have got into cars instead.............