Eunos Chump

I've been well bored this weekend, until I discovered Lego Digital Designer : I used to build all of these back when I was a sad child.  Chappy there looks impressed with the 1300 base (blue and white one); if only he could afford the exciting 2.0 version next to it, or even better the RX sports car! I need a week off work to play with this thing now, I've got a lot of childhood to catch up on.

FED UP with constant rain, wind and cold, it's just been relentless for weeks now - worst winter for biking I've ever know.  OK, I've only know 4 biking winters, but anyway -VFR MOT repairs were completed last week (the 'leccy rattle gun dispensed with that massive hub nut in under 5 seconds, incidentally), but I've not even bothered booking it in for re-test yet. I'm planning to SORN the Rover at the end of the month and fix all the niggling problems it has. I'm getting very attached to that old thing, it had better not betray me by spitting out it's gearbox or suchlike.  There would be tears.

The combination of shite weather, Netflix and World of Warships has prevented me doing anything meaningful on the growing collection of broken vehicles outside.  Latest casualty is the VFR, which failed it's MOT a couple of weeks back on rear wheel bearings, rear brake pads, and leaking rear exhaust downpipes. Oh, and illegal rear tyre... everything on the rear of this bike is busted, it seems. First job is the leaking exhaust.  They're leaking at the joint where they go into the collector box; you can see the stains on the swingarm in the pic below: Replacing the seals means they have to come out, but they're an absolute pig to access - it must have been built by tiny children!  I've had to strip the rear of the bike right down to reach the bolts and get enough clearance to pull the pipes free.  The alternative was to remove the exhaust completely, the bolts for which are all heavily rusted; this way is less risky. Nearly finished this, then it's on to t