amazing photo of the honda rc115 50cc racer crankshaft, rods and pistons sitting in someone's hand! beautiful, nine-speed gearbox, four valve per cylinder, twin cylinders, made in 1965.

aermacchi, bubble visor, rigger-boots, no gloves.

the swing-arm saga rolls on, got the replacement swinger from burwins, instead of using the mounting 'cups' for the bottom shock mounting the 'new' arm uses a lot beefier mounting, the wheel adjuster plates are drilled and tapped 10mm instead of the feeble, out of line shock mountings on our arm, you can see from this photo that the 'cup' is welded on off-centre' of the swinging arm compared to this........

left-hand shock mounting on left of swingarm, welded on 10mm out of true, [centre of swingarm]

compare the 'new' swingarm, [fitted to the frame, top], with the skinny little thing, [bottom, offset mountings throwing the shocks out], just need to get the beefy, new arm powdercoated and the new bushes fitted and we should be good to go, the tubing on the new arm is inch and a quarter diameter compared to three-quarters of an inch on the old arm, check out the box section near the swing-arm pivot with the little tube on the original, should be a lot better especially when the shocks are actually in line.

got my vinyl collection out today, you know that thing, when you open up the boxes and that slightly musty, old, vinyl-record-cardboard-sleeve-sensation hit's you, looking through the records bought back loads of memories, i used to live for it, all-nighters, all-dayers, searching through second hand shops the length and breadth of england for that elusive gem, more often than not it ended in disapointment, every now and then you would find something special, still got all my records, never part with them, easier to listen to them on disc or i-pod now, phil hinds, dommo, elaine, jasmine, hector, vanessa, soul sam, manship, jeanette, jen, julie, all the cleo's crew, bri gresham, clive, jane goodall, [rip], dennis mcdonald, st ives, samantha's, palais nottingham, tiff's sheffield. peterboro' wirrina stadium, keep on keepin' on.................................................................

everybody loves apehangers, hardtail frame, no front brake, apes, proper dangerous, think the motor's an aftermarket s+s panhead?, no clutch lever on the bars, must be running a foot-clutch, cool, my e-mail has been hacked, if you have sent me mail i'm sorry, i can't open them, please send me any messages again, hopefully i have it sorted.

rams fans at ipswich town, last game of the season, we are officially the worst team in the premiership, we don't give a fuck, dcfc forever, forever dcfc, the red dogs lost again today, that wanker davis is bitching because they only had ten million pounds to spend and he is getting his excuses in already, his days at derby were numbered when we won the play off final at wembley against the baggies, 'how do you feel billy', 'ok. but i wish i had done it with preston' can't beat us away, can't beat us away, your nottingham forest can't beat us away.

so, fifth round of the fa cup, we drew birmingham city, currently eight in the premiership, derby were all over them for most of the tie, we scored first, they equalised and won the tie deep into injury time, for long periods of the match you had to remind yourself that we are a league below, respect to the team today, we outplayed them for the majority of the game, they had two chances and scored with both of them, really enjoyed it today even if we lost, derby played really well and it's no disgrace to go out to a team in the premiership, i hope birmingham go all the way now, good luck to them, they are often in the shadow of their rivals villa, they haven't got the support that we enjoy and the board bottled it, pulled out and went to west ham instead, they are due a bit of good fortune.

choose life, choose debt, choose no family time, choose no fucking money, choose debt, choose sleepless nights, choose headaches, choose stress, choose long nights in the shed, choose lockwire, choose loctite, choose second hand sweaty leathers, choose dog-tags, choose paddock stands, choose duct tape, i chose racing, these are the cylinder head and barrel fins i cut off the engine, as they fell onto the bench they seemed to be saying something to me.............

looking at the motor, we really need to lose some more weight off it, it still weighs a ton...........................