FH - getting on

 It's really time to get on with some woodwork projects, but I have a few minutes passing by the workshop where I can get some jobs done. The first one is a strange problem with the brake light on the Square Four, which has stopped working. This appears to be down to me replacing the battery in its box and knocking off the live feed to the brake light switch from a fuse box. Easily fixed fortunately.

That strange contraption in the picture is part of the air filter for the Huntmaster. The filter box, or at least the top half, is behind it. I've poured straight 50 engine oil into the top and its soaking through the gauze ready for me to put the element back in the filter box and the filter back on the bike.

We'll leave that to drain for a bit and fit it tomorrow.

On my short ride round the yard I found that I could not get the bike into gear - not because of the gearbox at all but because the footrest was too far forward and the gear lever was too low - I just couldn't get my foot underneath the gear lever to put it in first.

You have to remove the exhaust pipe to get to the nuts that hold the footrests on, but that's easily done and the situation is soon remedied.

I've also oiled the side stand pivot, and I've ordered the rims, spokes, tyres, tubes and rim tapes.

Gulp.