We choose to ride a bike in preference to a car for many reasons: fresh air; exhilaration; a sense of freedom; the lack of traffic jams and easy parking are all excellent reasons for choosing such an efficient and pleasant form of travel to explore by.
    

Fatboy News
Our lovely, old Harley has been written-off by the engineers for the insurance company. Apart from all of the visible damage to the bike the frame had also bent at the neck. There's nothing that can be done and we're both completely desolated at losing our faithful old bike.
Life goes on though and we're now searching hard for a replacement, so if you know of an FLSTFI Fatboy for sale, then give us a shout.

In the meantime we've been given a courtesy bike by the insurance company while the claim is being sorted out.
It's a Suzuki Bandit GSF 1250 GT and we're not keen on it at all.

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Mid Sussex Enduro adult race
Oct 2009

Mid Sussex Enduro youth race
Oct 2009

Now shall I walk or shall I ride?
"Ride", Pleasure said: "Walk", Joy replied.
W.H. Davies

Our bike is a 2004 Harley Davidson FLSTFI 'Fatboy'. We got it brand new on 18^th February 2004 and we've now done over 90,490 incident free miles on it. It's used every day of the year, in all weathers, so keeping it running healthily is more important than what it looks like.
You're very likely to see (hear) us turn up anywhere in the county, especially if it's got good walking and wildlife. So give us a wave if you see us!

In the winter we cover the bike in a protectant. This is a sticky, smelly goo that comes out of a can. It stops the bike from rusting when there's salt on the roads. It works well but it takes the rest of the year to get it all off again. In the winter the bike ends up looking like it's made out of muck, as everything sticks to the protectant. IT LOOKS GREAT!

With a little care and a lot of hard work, this is what our bike will look like soon.
Gill loves being a pillion passenger. She gets a good view from sitting up and behind me. Probably a better view than me sometimes, especially over hedges.
I'm very lucky that she doesn't want to get a car. She's also just started training to become a rider too!
 
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