My Plymouth to Santander ferry trips were booked last year after I got the money released from my trust, I was booking a few days in Plymouth at the end of the month just for no particular reason and whilst I was on the phone, I was asked if there were any other stays that I would like to book, so I booked a couple of nights before each Spain trip. So, two trips to Spain and three stays in the hotel in Plymouth. Now only the train rides from Cam & Dursley to Plymouth are left to book. They can wait
Trains to Plymouth were all cancelled today, but my backup would be to drive there. So, I check that my driving license is still valid as the DVLA Medical Group want to ban me, because much hate flows around that department. The failed doctors, with the ones too thick to even get a place on a course, really don't get on all cooped up in the same office, so someone has to suffer! My license is fine (at the moment) and I can drive this: Why the suck would I want to? And the plan was to go to Fowlers tomorrow. But the bridge over the River Avon that we normally use is shut, as well as the scabby road by Fowlers is closed. So fook Fowlers and Brizzle for next option is Frasers of Gloucester who have the Royal Enfield Gueerilla that interests me. I tell my mate that is where we are going and I change my mind again. Now it is Riders of Bridgewater. The Ducati Scrambler is the best bike for me but the 18 inch front wheel offends me, so I want to see one up close. The Royal Enfield is about half the price of the Ducati and this has to come out of my savings. No way will I succeed in getting the money out of the trust unless I lie. That is not where I want to be. A trip to Riders to look at Ducatis is always a pleasure!
Just went to Frasers to look at the Royal Enfield 450 Guerilla. It is OK and I do really want to buy a bike off Frasers, as it is my nearest motorbike dealer and I've never succeeded in buying anything but a few Kawasaki parts, when I had a Kwacker and they were a dealer. A couple of things that I don't like, but none are deal breakers. The bracket for the pillion foot rests cannot be junked, as it is welded in place to the main frame. Also, it has RWU forks, but as a mate pointed out, I would not push it hard enough to even notice! Then, later, I looked at a review and although they said it was OK, the Triumph Speed 400 is better. I looked at one in Fowlers and did like it. I've never had a Triumph, as well as a Royal Enfield. It is about the same money as the Royal Enfield at around £5100 OTR. This is where Ducati really fall down in my opinion. The Scrambler, that we were going to go to Bridgewater to see, before I changed my mind, is around DOUBLE the price of the two bikes I mentioned. For what will just be a toy, I really cannot justify the money to myself. And although there is hundreds of thousands in my trust, my solicitor - now my trustee - I doubt would be willing to release the money to buy a motorbike! So, if I had the money, I could buy the Royal Enfield AND the Triumph for the same price a ONE Ducati Scrambler. I think that is insane!
