Hi @Chippy Yes I very nearly got a VFR crossrunner it was the perfect style for me, could flat foot it as well.

But never happened, also looked at 1200 VFR crosstourer, same engine as my VFR 1200F, only detuned to 130bhp

Problem today, is they are ALL good and we are spoiled for choice. If I was a millionaire I would have 20.

Pipe dreams.

Take care,   B.👍

7 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

Hi @Chippy Yes I very nearly got a VFR crossrunner it was the perfect style for me, could flat foot it as well.

But never happened, also looked at 1200 VFR crosstourer, same engine as my VFR 1200F, only detuned to 130bhp

Problem today, is they are ALL good and we are spoiled for choice. If I was a millionaire I would have 20.

Pipe dreams.

Take care,   B.👍

Yes addictive isn’t it. I will admit to 4 at once at one point and often 2 🫣 but found it too much to deal with! Just enjoyed it all so much. Not just the riding but the tinkering about building. Stripping forks back. Hell I’ve had bikes down to bare frame and rebuilt them. So much fun at the time. 
 

yes the crossrunner was great being a shorty as I am!

47 minutes ago, Chippy said:

Hey Mate

 

Im ok bud. Slept fine. 6 hours straight through. Would love a bit more but we mustn’t be greedy. 🤷‍♂️ Honestly grateful for the shift. Much better. Time will fix the rest. 
 

Yesterday was ok. But nauseous in the morning but still a 6/10 then 7 then it just pushed into 8 in the evening. 
Ive been feeling some shifts this last month. I’ve not mentioned them as I could really describe them. Subtle. Like last night I felt like I was coming back online slightly. Like I could feel a sense of good to alive. Subtle but there.

 

Time time time oh so much time 

Wonderful to hear @Chippy

Small improvement is huge progress, very glad for you!

As you said, time and more time.. we will get there eventually.

Just now, Fullhealing said:

Wonderful to hear @Chippy

Small improvement is huge progress, very glad for you!

As you said, time and more time.. we will get there eventually.

Thanks 🙏 @Fullhealing fingers crossed. So non linear all this so I try not to be too hopeful in the short term. Long term however I am very optimistic. Bless you for the encouragement. Cxx

4 minutes ago, Chippy said:

Stripping forks back. Hell I’ve had bikes down to bare frame and rebuilt them. So much fun at the time. 
 

yes the crossrunner was great being a shorty as I am!

Hell @Chippy Sounds good, so you are mechanical minded well and truly then. Here's a funny one for you then.

I fixed a centre stand on the GSX650F  I toured Scotland on. Now I had watched how to on Youtube, but clever me

thought I could get the retaining spring on by hand. WELL lying on my back arm threaded trough the rear wheel, bike

obviously just on the side stand an no wheels chocked, I ended up with the bike on top of me with almost a broken arm.

 

So after wriggling out somehow, back in and on the laptop, watched the clip again, back out and in less than 5 minutes

it was on. SO moral of the story it DO it like you have been SHOWN. Good bike that. 130mph on a good straight.

Cheap and cheerful. So yes I do what I can, Youtube is a winner, can save you a packet. 

Take care,      B.👍

 

9 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

I ended up with the bike on top of me with almost a broken arm.

Excellent story B! I'd rather be in this scenario 10 times over WITH the broken arm too over being in AD med injury withdrawal!

10 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

Hell @Chippy Sounds good, so you are mechanical minded well and truly then

I try. I’m ok at it. Learned as I went. Saves a fortune and you do a better job a lot of the time. Not got the energy for it atm!

 

11 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

fixed a centre stand on the GSX650F  I toured Scotland on. Now I had watched how to on Youtube, but clever me

thought I could get the retaining spring on by hand. WELL lying on my back arm threaded trough the rear wheel, bike

obviously just on the side stand an no wheels chocked, I ended up with the bike on top of me with almost a broken arm.

Oh no! I’ve done many silly things too! Best way to learn. Well if you live through your mistakes that is! 😂

 

12 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

Cheap and cheerful

Another thing I love about bikes. So much bang for your buck!

Hell yes @Chippy that's the infuriating part. A broken arm is fixed in weeks. WITH a clear happy mind.

So yes it's the very worst scenario anyone can go through, and never knowing where the end is. Horrible

by the extreme.

Take care,     B.👍 

1 minute ago, NT1100B said:

Hell yes @Chippy that's the infuriating part. A broken arm is fixed in weeks. WITH a clear happy mind.

So yes it's the very worst scenario anyone can go through, and never knowing where the end is. Horrible

by the extreme.

Take care,     B.👍 

100%

Yes @Chippy The late Joey Dunlop used to work on and set up his own race bike,

he never trusted another mechanic, do it yourself, you KNOW it's done.

Oh another silly one for you. The first trip up Scotland on GSX650F I was based at Beauly near Inverness.

Anyway met a Guy from the Orkneys, we had good crack and swapped numbers.

Well fast forward 3 month and I was up again, on a r1200rt. Now I did the Applecross run first so stayed at

Fort William 2 nights as it's not too far from there. So early morning from Fort William it was up to the John O'Groats

to catch a ferry to the Orkneys.

So quite a trek, well I get's to Kirkwall and decide to fill the bike up at a fuel station there. My hotel was about 6 miles

away from Kirkwall. Well anyway almost got to the hotel, and the bike was sputtering, not much at first but as I parked

up it conked. Well I put my luggage in the Hotel room got booked in, and went out and tried the bike again, nothing.

So the girl behind the bar got Kirkwall garage on the phone and she asked if I had a receipt, no I said £12 on pump 8.

 

Oh she said is your motorbike diesel !!!!!!!! Well no RAC on Orkneys. So I rang the guy Alex I had met at Beauly and 

within an hour he was out in a pickup, with some of his mates, empty fuel drum and another with petrol and we 

got it drained out and filled up with petrol.

Now we didn't get it running that night, it got dark on us and the battery got low, but next morning a guy working

on a boat had a spare battery and jump leads and within minutes and a big cloud of smoke she was running like 

a good one again. They couldn't do ENOUGH for you up there. BRILLIANT people. Couldn't have been much further                                     from home on that one. Brilliant week after that.

Take care,     B.

13 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

Yes @Chippy The late Joey Dunlop used to work on and set up his own race bike,

he never trusted another mechanic, do it yourself, you KNOW it's done.

Oh another silly one for you. The first trip up Scotland on GSX650F I was based at Beauly near Inverness.

Anyway met a Guy from the Orkneys, we had good crack and swapped numbers.

Well fast forward 3 month and I was up again, on a r1200rt. Now I did the Applecross run first so stayed at

Fort William 2 nights as it's not too far from there. So early morning from Fort William it was up to the John O'Groats

to catch a ferry to the Orkneys.

So quite a trek, well I get's to Kirkwall and decide to fill the bike up at a fuel station there. My hotel was about 6 miles

away from Kirkwall. Well anyway almost got to the hotel, and the bike was sputtering, not much at first but as I parked

up it conked. Well I put my luggage in the Hotel room got booked in, and went out and tried the bike again, nothing.

So the girl behind the bar got Kirkwall garage on the phone and she asked if I had a receipt, no I said £12 on pump 8.

 

Oh she said is your motorbike diesel !!!!!!!! Well no RAC on Orkneys. So I rang the guy Alex I had met at Beauly and 

within an hour he was out in a pickup, with some of his mates, empty fuel drum and another with petrol and we 

got it drained out and filled up with petrol.

Now we didn't get it running that night, it got dark on us and the battery got low, but next morning a guy working

on a boat had a spare battery and jump leads and within minutes and a big cloud of smoke she was running like 

a good one again. They couldn't do ENOUGH for you up there. BRILLIANT people. Couldn't have been much further                                     from home on that one. Brilliant week after that.

Take care,     B.

Quite an adventure mate! Easily done in the fuel thing! Gald the bike was ok! Live the Highlands spend loads of time up there in the camper. Good times. 

Superb @Chippy and it's on the doorstep. Done about 4500 miles up there. 

Take care B.

Morning @Chippy how's it going this morning mate? I hope you are doing good. Keep plodding

and take care,            B.🤞

Just now, NT1100B said:

Morning @Chippy how's it going this morning mate? I hope you are doing good. Keep plodding

and take care,            B.🤞

Bless you mate. Don’t worry about me you’ve got a lot to deal with today. Good of you to post here. 
 

It’s ok. I got about 4.5 hours and woke feeling ok. Was disappointed to see that but I did eventually go back to sleep so was ok in the end. Bit off as ever first thing. See how the day pans out. 
 

Yesterday kinda a 6/10. Main thing was the fairly bad burning brain all day. Not nice but it is what it is. Also felt okish inside but the cold wind and possibly brightness of outside wasn’t so nice on the face. I don’t understand why. It’s often like this. 

 

Slowly crawling my way to healed. 🐌 🥷 

Hey @Chippy thanks for helping in creating this website it's a great job done . 

1 hour ago, cheeky said:

Hey @Chippy thanks for helping in creating this website it's a great job done . 

Bless you @cheeky kind for you to say and it is our pleasure!

3 hours ago, cheeky said:

Hey @Chippy thanks for helping in creating this website it's a great job done . 

Hi @cheeky I am very pleased to see you on here, FANTASTIC, I hope you are doing OK and all is well down under.

Take care, and catch you later.       B.👍🌷

2 hours ago, Chippy said:

Bless you @cheeky kind for you to say and it is our pleasure!

💕

@Chippy Glad you are doing well. Thanks for all your work on this site. Lord knows, it’s very much needed. Great job 

3 minutes ago, Pokey449 said:

@Chippy Glad you are doing well. Thanks for all your work on this site. Lord knows, it’s very much needed. Great job 

Thanks Pokey, doing my best to get well again. It's not easy! No burning brain today so thats a bonus. Not bad actually really all things considered. Think Im heading in the right direction.....

 

My pleasure mate. Someone's got to do it! Too many folk need the support of each other so something had to be done. Thanks for the pat on the back. Kind of you. Takes a village to make this work though..... 🙂 

Morning @Chippy how's it going mate? I bet this website is keeping you going a bit yes? I am

thinking it will be taking your mind off your own pwd a bit. But I am hoping you are improving all 

the time on that score. Keep plodding Bud.

Take care,          B.🤞👍

3 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

Morning @Chippy how's it going mate? I bet this website is keeping you going a bit yes? I am

thinking it will be taking your mind off your own pwd a bit. But I am hoping you are improving all 

the time on that score. Keep plodding Bud.

Take care,          B.🤞👍

Morning mate

 

Yes it’s certainly keeping me pretty occupied at the moment!

 

Im ok. Slept okish. A bit more than 5 hours straight so in the range of normal for me atm. Bit more would be nice. 😀 Time….

 

Was good (relatively)yesterday. 7/10 rose to 8 in the evening. See how today goes I guess. 

2 minutes ago, Chippy said:

Was good (relatively)yesterday. 7/10 rose to 8 in the evening. See how today goes I guess. 

Good on you @Chippy You and Luke are doing fantastic here, wishing you all the best on the

recovery, it WILL COME mate.👍

Take care,         B.🤞👍

8 minutes ago, NT1100B said:

Good on you @Chippy You and Luke are doing fantastic here, wishing you all the best on the

recovery, it WILL COME mate.👍

Take care,         B.🤞👍

Thanks B. Appreciate it mate. Yes it will. For all of us. 👍

Hi @Chippy  glad to hear you are doing well it sounds like. Not perfect, if there is such a thing, but things are coming along. Glad to hear it as there i

is so much misery described here on a daily basis by folks.