{"id":8712,"date":"2013-02-07T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T10:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:29:07","slug":"simon-blogathon-728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=8712","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 7\/13 Simon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although I’m fairly handy with a set of tools and I am capable of handling most jobs (with the aid of a good set of documentation), I do prefer to leave some things to the specialists.<\/p>\n

Maintaining the Bandit is one of those tasks.<\/p>\n

Banons Motorcycle Service<\/a> is the mobile motorcycle mechanic I have been using.<\/p>\n

When I bought the Bandit, I wanted the bike to have a complete workover.<\/p>\n

Simon took the motorbike away and over the course of a week he did a full strip-down and service.<\/p>\n

He found a few things that needed urgent attention, and a couple of longer-term niggles that needed looking at, at some stage within the next twelve months.<\/p>\n

And he sent me photos.<\/p>\n

A week-and-a-half later, Simon delivered the Bandit back to me.<\/p>\n

We shared a mug of coffee and a gossip.<\/p>\n

We went through the photos of what he found, and Simon gave me a much more detailed explanation of what he had to do to (including cutting an incorrectly-sized nut off the rear spindle).<\/p>\n

Later I hopped on the motorcycle and took it out for a brief run around time.<\/p>\n

The Bandit felt even more brilliant; somehow the balance of the bike had been improved; handling was tighter and both the ‘go faster’ and ‘stop now’ responses were breathtaking.<\/p>\n

A few days ago Simon came out to take care of a couple of the longer-term niggles, then I popped the Bandit round to the tyre specialist for a new set of tyres.<\/p>\n

\"Bandit_reshod\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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You may not know it, but new tyres, on a motorcycle, should be ‘run-in’ for a hundred miles.<\/p>\n

This means no sharp cornering, no rapid acceleration, and *cough* keeping within the speed limit.<\/p>\n

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With limitations like that, it’s going to be a dull hundred miles.<\/p>\n

But it’s going to be fun afterwards
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