What did you buy today ???

[seth]

I want to ride Scandinavia at some point. Let us know if it's as expensive as you often hear please.

We're going to a party over there and they are very simular prices to here .
Pubs in towns are crazy prices but we tend not to go to the pubs .
A new ferry allegedly starting Newcastle to Bergen in 2026 .

[Tony Nitrous]

Went to buy a new iPhone SE as I'd managed to kill my old phone and it was out of contract. Ready for a hours messing about changing everything over. The girl in the shop pointed out mine was an SE, was still under contract, fixed it for me and sent me on my way. A win but a bit embarrassing ! 

It's no secret I'm a Ryobi fan so bought a little stick-vac. I have a dozen batteries and a few chargers so skin only with no charger or battery, and a 6 year warrantee seemed an OK deal.

 

[grog]

Agree Tony, Ryobi good. Today bought some rubber grease, Kumodo gloves, the best, I Phone 11 for Wife. I even set it up in no time.

[frenchgixxer]

Bought my K2 today. Rode her 105km home racing an incoming storm which just broke with 5 mins to go. Been 2 or 3 years since I last rode but these bikes are so easy and comfortable that it didn't take long before I settled right back in. She has 85,000km and overall not bad for 20 years old. Some pitting on the forks and stanchions, rear disc a bit grooved, usual nicks and scratches on paint and panels etc. Good bits are nearly new michelin pilot 5's front n rear and delkevic headers and collector (with original bazookers - might debaffle or just get some delkevic 225mm carbon stubbies instead). Got sprockets to change the gearing to 17/43 (too many critters and frogs driving on wrong side of road to really speed where I live). Need to see if the standard 116 link chain will fit. Other than the inevitable fiddling with suspension, pairs, ignition advancer etc that'll do me - probably :-)

[Mick_J]

Bought a shido battery and a new optimate lithium charger for the MZ.  MZ seems to eat through batteries so this has a three year warranty.

[Hooli]

Some redroute bike jeans then had an interesting moment on the way home. See another thread for details.

[GSXKING]

Bought my K2 today. Rode her 105km home racing an incoming storm which just broke with 5 mins to go. Been 2 or 3 years since I last rode but these bikes are so easy and comfortable that it didn't take long before I settled right back in. She has 85,000km and overall not bad for 20 years old. Some pitting on the forks and stanchions, rear disc a bit grooved, usual nicks and scratches on paint and panels etc. Good bits are nearly new michelin pilot 5's front n rear and delkevic headers and collector (with original bazookers - might debaffle or just get some delkevic 225mm carbon stubbies instead). Got sprockets to change the gearing to 17/43 (too many critters and frogs driving on wrong side of road to really speed where I live). Need to see if the standard 116 link chain will fit. Other than the inevitable fiddling with suspension, pairs, ignition advancer etc that'll do me - probably :-)

Very happy for you mate you'll always remember your first ride now 👍👍👍
Many more adventures to be made 🥳🥳🥳

[frenchgixxer]

Bought my K2 today. Rode her 105km home racing an incoming storm which just broke with 5 mins to go. Been 2 or 3 years since I last rode but these bikes are so easy and comfortable that it didn't take long before I settled right back in. She has 85,000km and overall not bad for 20 years old. Some pitting on the forks and stanchions, rear disc a bit grooved, usual nicks and scratches on paint and panels etc. Good bits are nearly new michelin pilot 5's front n rear and delkevic headers and collector (with original bazookers - might debaffle or just get some delkevic 225mm carbon stubbies instead). Got sprockets to change the gearing to 17/43 (too many critters and frogs driving on wrong side of road to really speed where I live). Need to see if the standard 116 link chain will fit. Other than the inevitable fiddling with suspension, pairs, ignition advancer etc that'll do me - probably :-)

Very happy for you mate you'll always remember your first ride now 👍👍👍
Many more adventures to be made 🥳🥳🥳

Cheers GSXKING! Fiddling starts this afternoon :-)

[GSXKING]

Some redroute bike jeans then had an interesting moment on the way home. See another thread for details.

I read the other thread @Hooli dang 🙀🙀🙀
Was there any feedback on the jeans ? 😁

[Hooli]

They fit ok and come with both hip and knee armour. Not ridden in them yet though.

It is a shame you can only seem to buy slim fit jeans these days, I'd rather have normal ones but I'm not paying a out £200 for them. I'd have got the combats they do, if they'd been my size.

[GSXKING]

I recently bought Macna jeans they're slim fit but stretchy to fit my lard arse  both knee & hip pads (removable for washing) I am surprised how comfortable they were from first wear. It's winter here and they aren't very warm 🥶
So I feel they'll be good for summer riding 🤞🤞🤞 hopefully I'll never test their abrasive resistance capabilities 😵😵😵

[Hooli]

Aye I've got them for summer. I expect to be wearing them when I take the HD to the Alps next month. It's so damn hot over there I feel more at risk from crashing due to heat stroke when wearing leathers than anything else.

[grog]

Today bought T40 torx, broke one undoing calipers, bought 700 mm door seal for shed side door, new tap mixer for kitchen, got a hole in it, only lasted 20 yrs. My day.

[KiwiCol]

Today I got a 200mm (8") Ductile Iron, heavy arse (37kg) bench vice.  This thing is bloody massive, has a large anvil on it as well. This thing will still be going strong in 50 - 100 years.  I'm dating it etc underneath so those that follow will know where it came from & when.  Now I have to build a suitable heavy arse work bench to mount it on.

[grog]

A good purchase Col, $400?