Barbara and Julie serviced

Simon collected the bikes from the Bike Medic (Richard) in Horbury this afternoon. Total cost was Β£100 including two new gear cables and four new brake pads on Barbara – pretty good considering they look and feel fantastic πŸ™‚

Simon can’t wait to get out and test ride πŸ™‚ not a big wait as we are going to Sherwood Pines next weekend πŸ™‚

Great garden party yesterday

We had a fantastic garden party yesterday to celebrate Simon’s 40th with plenty of friends coming round and having fun. Massive thanks to Lee for brining his BBQ – without it we would have all been eating salad and cake since Simon’s charcoal BBQ simply would not light πŸ™

The inclusion of a bouncy castle in the garden kept the kids entertained along with the option of playing on the XBOX πŸ™‚

The weather held out for us and as the evening advanced some of the adults over indulged with the wine and the Sambuca shots – Simon didn’t take much persuasion to get the latter out of course πŸ™‚

Massive thanks to Vicky for arranging everything and keeping it all on track and to everyone for coming and helping out along the way – specific call out to Paula for all the help in getting us ready to roll in the morning πŸ™‚

A great birthday – THANKS to everyone.

Emily in for service

So, we have had Emily in our lives for just over 18 months and thus far she has not made any requests to be checked over at the dealership – today is that day.

It seems she needs a standard oil service along with a brake fluid service plus the couple of things we have noted – squeaking from the steering column (which according to the service lady this morning is a common fault and relatively easily rectified) and a pump in the engine bay that makes an undesirable noise.

Hopefully, she will return in better working order (not that there is anything wrong in fairness) and will be ready for the next 18 months of valued service to us πŸ™‚

Next up is Barbara and Julie who are heading in for their first real service down at the Mike Medic in Horbury on Tuesday.