Up early and out at 8am for the Newark and Notts autojumble which was not to be!
I was prepared for temperatures of above 35 thousand feet in my flying gear and boy I was warm as toast all day long apart from toe ends and finger ends. The fairing and legshields on the Red A10 were a real boon on a day like today...
The roads were really nasty and white just about right across on even the busiest roads in South Lincolnshire. I was riding along wondering if it is safe to ride on the wheel tracks of other cars or the white centre where road is often a bit more unworn and grippy but white frosted. What do you think?
The main problem however turned out to be a frosting up carburettor, the outside of carb was icing up even after stopping and allowing to thaw for five mins. I found that the throttle slide was sticking open at 40mph, not good as changing gear made the back wheel slip, so a complete new approach to clutching was called for...
So how do you combat this problem? Apart from lagging the throttle cable and tieing a hot water bottle around carb, I found that a stop every four or five miles was called for, it soon thawed with engine heat but there was not much heat emitted from the engine on a morning like today!
I soon... well eventually got to the autojumble place but found it to be cancelled, so, a turn round after a bacon sarnie and coffee was all that I could do but the morning was warming up nicely so I decided to take the long way home. Taking in scenery and stopping at railway crossings I noticed this old Great Northern Railway signal box with its modern double glazing... Bet the guy in there was cozy!
I also like looking over old airdromes and passing Barkstone heath I'd always wanted to go back lanes to find the remains of an old Canberra, and there she lies...
On my 'long way back home trip' I come across the 'Mother' of all pot holes! This was an abyss! Never seen anything as bad as this one, came round the corner and there it lay smiling at me!
But I got round it okay, just need to make a report about it on that pot hole report website thingy. Got home safe to give the old bike a good wash down of collected salt. In all... A brilliant day out!
So your comments please...
1/ How do you deal with frosted up carbs?
2/ Where is the safest part of a frozen road?
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