First of all my apologies to my friends here at this forum for leaving so sudden without any explanation! Somehow my work/live balance was gone too far off and had a real negative influence on my private live. It's been almost 2 years now and thank god my relationship has been fully restored but it was close, I simply had to take big measures and so I dropped all hobby related activities and spent my time more wisely. So much for my explanation...
Last weekend I started the bike after I installed a new battery and that worked out nicely. Still lots of work to be done but at least I have a running bike. The idea is to ride it far more often this year, such a shame it was parked for 2 years
Anyway I'm happy to be back and I hope to be able to spend some more time on the forum as I have some reading to do
Hello Richard, it is good to see you back and I'm glad that your life is back on track. I was also AWOL for a year as I was fixing up our new house and didn't have much time for the internet or bikes, the real World had to come first.
My Zephyr had only done 35 miles in the last 18 months but today it has passed its MOT so is now ready for the road again.
Yes I've been reading a few stories and it looks we're not alone. Real live sometimes has to take precedence as it seems. For me it was simply necessary. But hey I'm happy to be able to spend time again on this fabiolous hobby!
Hi Richard... great to hear from you, and hear that things are somewhat back to normal (whatever that is these days!).
My own Zephyr has been together for about 4 months or more now, but has done the total of about 10 miles. Weather was too horrible to consider taking it out and then as the sun came out we all got locked down. It still hasn't got to have an MOT test although it is now insured!
In the meantime my lovely wife had an accident with the car and knocked my BMW over which saved itself by breaking the fins on the Zephyr's barrel... still haven't found the motivation to fix it... it's perfectly rideable as is.
I still pop in here every couple of weeks to see if anything's happening... not a lot usually!
Richard wrote:Yes I've been reading a few stories and it looks we're not alone. Real live sometimes has to take precedence as it seems. For me it was simply necessary. But hey I'm happy to be able to spend time again on this fabiolous hobby!
Hi Richard- just to say hello and thank you for your restoration story which is fascinating and has lots of great information from you and some of the core members on this forum.
