I managed to get half an hour over the weekend to tidy up the garage. The main job was to take the spare bike lift out of the garage. I had forgotten how much room the bike lift took up. I gave everything a good sweep up and tidied up the shelves. I have been ruthless and chucked out anything that has been hanging about and does not look likely to be useful in the near future. I know this will back to bite me but I am happy the garage looks less cluttered for the time being.
I took the spare bike lift up to my brother in Manchester. My brother's youngest is off to Afghanistan soon so I took the opportunity to wish him well. He is very excited about the posting but, as you can imagine, Mum and Dad are less so. The other nephew has his new bike in bits in his garage. He had a spill which banjaxed the fork bottoms and most of the front end plastics. He is saving up for the parts but it going to be an expensive do.
I am hanging round for pay day so that I can more bits for the bike. The list keeps flexing as I add things to the big list and prioritise the buying list dependent on funds and what jobs release the next job. For instance, if I buy the engine mounting nuts I can fit the exhaust, foot pegs and hook up the rear brakes and gear selector linkage. That spins off the work to the rear wheel. If I buy the headlight support shrouds; I can fit the front indicators, organise the wire routing in and about the head light shell, fit the ignition switch, which spins off into fitting handle bars, grips, levers and fitting the front forks which leads to sorting the brakes.
Typing the blog has made me rethink the list.
