Well hopefully the cold and snowy weather is now gone !!! - it was good practice for riding in Ice and Snow .... -7 degrees was not fun. Well Mugabe was due to be serviced (38,000) and I booked it in locally - on the day the shop didn't open !! falls and sickness - but some very nice people opposite at Mayor Motorcycles assisted by carrying out the serving - brilliant and such nice people http://www.mayors-motorcycles.co.uk/. I had for a long time thought they were just HD and Customising !! but not they will do all makes and models and the have a Dyna-Pro Dynamometer (!) if required.
It was certainly needed as the chain was suffering (off will come the Scott-oiler this week-end) and the front and back brake calipers we in poor nick due to so much salt !! such things happen when you ride most of the year round - bloody salt and grit everywhere. Hopefully that will now last me until April / May and I will have a big service before the "Poland & Beyond" adventure.... I suppose the tyres will need looking at too before I go !!! Bugger; got 11,000 miles out of the last pair. The Route for the next trip is coming on but I am having to shorten some of the days as the roads are not going to allow for big mileges.... Maybe a little wild camping will be required and maybe even a few B&Bs !!! Viewing stops so far include Vilnius, Treblinka, Warsaw and Auschwitz..