Had a bit of a nasty surprise the other week when 200km from home the clutch master decided to fail. New Brembo one arrived Friday and is fitted so bike is once again operating normally just my pocket being somewhat lighter. That trip though has shown me that the Monster is not the bike for me being far too uncomfortable for anything other than shorter trips so am going to be looking for a sports tourer and hope to view a Triumph Sprint ST 955i later this week.
Well because there is not a lot of places to actually get such things here plus wanted the bike operational quickly as it was the part had to come from Holland ia Fedex I will certainly try to get a seal kit snf rebuild the original as they fetch good money however after an online search the only place listing one online that I have found so far is for sale from Florida USA and listed at $60 plus another $20 for postage and frankly I don;t trust the shipping handling places in Florida having had stuff stolen from them during shipping in the past. When I am next in the city and have the time I will go into the bike shop and ask if they can source them and price though I am not so hopeful about the price as I asked about cam belts and they were darned pricey.
Knew things would be different when we moved here but did not expect it to so different with car and bike bits suppose was spoiled with the choice and ease of getting stuff in the UK it's also rather shocking to realise that there is probably more people in Greater London than the whole of Bulgaria.
Not directly related but my neighbours are Romanian and its quite shocking to hear how it can be over there, especially with the lack of major roads etc which makes long journeys into epic adventures. On a positive though some of the scenery is particularly stunning
I have driven right through Romania when I drove my TVR down here from the UK back in 2018 ahve also been to the airport in Bucharest several times so have seen some of the countryside there. As for many car/bike bits we order online from elsewhere in the EU and from the UK and even China at times the fuel pump replacement for the TVR came from China the new mirror relay is coming from the UK. Now Bulgaria does have some major roads that are almost motorways when I last drove to Sofia there was at least one stretch where the speed limit was 160kph the usual normal is 90kph.
