Went Geocaching today.. – needed a boat to get into both, so we’ll have to see about getting us a dinghy 🙂

Got the car back finally! Kinda a good thing really, since I’ve just scored a cold from riding the bike in and out to work in the rain..

Death to Kangaroos!
Bugger bugger bugger! We hit a kangaroo heading back out to the campsite last night!

Other than that, it was a great camping trip (though trying to light the campfire again this morning when it was -6 and raining, was a bit of a lost cause!)

Just what I needed – I’ve scored a bout of the Flu *and* Laryngitis! So not only do I have a throbbing headache, but I can’t talk! I suppose on the upside, I get the week off work, but personally I’d rather not have the sore throat, throbbing headache, and hot and cold flushes!

WOOHOO, the bike is on the road again.. Picked up a new (well, old, but not screwed like my previous one, if you know what I mean) engine this arvo. The ‘new’ one was a little older than mine, and didn’t have the Electronic Ignition of mine, nor the front-mounted gear lever, so we had to swap a few things over, but GOOD GOD does it run nice! Where the old engine, you were hard-pressed to kick it over with the kickstarter, you can kick-start it with your hand, it’s so easy to turn over! Plus where the old engine had uneven power up its rev range (what I thought were a number of power bands), this engine just gives the same amount of power all the way from 1200rpm to 10,500rpm (where I decided to back off.. – redline is 9-12,000rpm), and it’s SOOOO quiet.
So yep, I’d say the previous engine was screwed when I bought the bike – it’s never run like this.. plus it starts with one tap of the starter, even when cold..
(Yes, I’m quite happy about it.. 🙂