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She gets in and starts turning and back....and backing...and backing....And I say aloud, "not again!" - so I laid on that truck's very loud horn and stayed on it until she finally stopped with the corner of her van an inch or two away from my grill!

I'm a little fed up with this kind of driving.....back-up cameras or no...

Stig

That was me, 5 years ago in my last whoopsie!  Distracted, reversing and clomped straight into the lady parked behind me!  Red face on my part or what?

Bit OCD about it I suppose, but I do like to keep track, using the Fuelly App.

Shame Stig, but you acted commendably sanguine there?

Loved the Hill St. Blues reference!

Edit: Getting close. I’ve decided to see if I can crack 200 miles on a tankfull. Watch this space.

OK folks, here's the update.  I rolled the old girl out of the garage at home with 191 miles showing on the last tankfull - see pic below.



At the point where I'd just breached the 200 mark I was close to a fuel station and I'll admit it, I bottled it (to use a Brit colloquialism) and pulled in to fill up - see pic 2



Now this is where it gets interesting.  On my UK-spec bike the fuel tank size is given as 12.5l yet all I could squeeze in after brimming it was 10.7l, so, theoretically another 1.8l had been left in the tank at 200 miles or, by my reckoning at least another 20 miles.

I don't think I'll run it to 220 any time soon, but it's good to know a 200 mile tank range seems a perfectly feasible working assumption!

EDIT:  OK, I know I said I wouldn't, but I'm approaching the end of this tankful so I'm going for 220!  Any bets on it out there?

Now you may not believe this, but had the photo been of the whole bloom Stig, then I’d have got that!

We can grow those here in the UK believe it or not.

Don't worry too much about being overdue a K with oilchange. Liquid cooled motors and good syntetic oils are pretty forgiving on this matters.

The filter is more a thing to care about, 'coz you cannot judge its condition from outside. Could be partially clogged (whith this little mls not likely) or

Filter situation I'm relaxed about Ruffus as it was changed only 1,500 miles ago!  Next time it'll get the new one which is waiting on my garage shelf.

Blinding speeed sooo close to everything....

Depends where you choose to watch Karl.  On the mountain with speeds of 200 mph they flash past, but pick a spot like the hairpin at Ramsey or Quarterbridge and the bikes are slowing to about 40-60 mph making for great viewing.

Bit of a shock when I checked the mileage since last oil change, I knew I'd run over, but this much?...