Today, just as soon as I’ve finished work, I’m taking a small detour.<\/p>\n
The VFR has a hot date.<\/p>\n
She’s going to get serviced to within an inch of her life.<\/p>\n
I got the VFR in July 2013.<\/p>\n
I had her serviced by Simon, the amazing mobile motorbike mechanic (makes a mental note to tell you the story of the VFR’s servicing by Simon) in August.<\/p>\n
Here’s the thing.<\/p>\n
The VFR’s former owner did all of the bike’s servicing himself.<\/p>\n
He kept meticulous records of what work was done on which dates, what parts were replaced, what was adjusted, which components would need looking at next time.<\/p>\n
And he made his notes in the inside rear cover of a Haynes manual for, yep, the Honda VFR800.<\/p>\n
When I bought the bike he gave me the manual, which was brilliant of him.<\/p>\n
It’s a rolling record of the VFR’s service history.<\/p>\n
Marvellous.<\/p>\n
Er.<\/p>\n
Except.<\/p>\n
Yesterday evening, when I got back from my hectic weekend of awesome, I did some housework.<\/p>\n
Yeah, you can put the sarcasm away now.<\/p>\n
But I did.<\/p>\n
I vacuumed upstairs and down.<\/p>\n
And then I did the house.<\/p>\n
Ahahahahahahahaha!<\/p>\n
Ahem.<\/p>\n
No, seriously.<\/p>\n
Then I stripped the bed, turned the mattress, put the linen and some shirts in to a prewash soak.<\/p>\n
And then I tidied a bit.<\/p>\n
While I was tidying over there *points* I uncovered the VFR owner manual and the VFR’s official service record.<\/p>\n
I will confess I’ve spent time reading the previous owners notes, but never glanced at the service record.<\/p>\n
Until last night.<\/p>\n
The most recent stamp in the VFR’s service book was at 5,000 miles.<\/p>\n
The bike has 60,000 on the clock now.<\/p>\n
*gulp*<\/p>\n
Notwithstanding Simon’s service last year, in Oxfordshire, that’s a hell of a lot of owner-maintained servicing!<\/p>\n
So today I picked up the phone and spoke to a local motorbike dealer and, as a result, I shall be handing the VFR over to them after work tomorrow.<\/p>\n
This doesn’t mean that commuting duties will fall upon the Daytona.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday I have to drive to Darlington (and back) for a work thing.<\/p>\n
Yes.<\/p>\n
Drive to Darlington and back.<\/p>\n
Because even in the Jag I can drive to Darlington and back for significantly less money than The World’s Most Expensive Railway Network want to charge me for the same journey in cattle class.<\/p>\n
Oh yes, and I can drive there and back two hours quicker than The World’s Most Expensive Railway can do the journey.<\/p>\n
Hmm.<\/p>\n
Maybe the VFR isn’t the only thing that needs taking apart by experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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