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Properly cleaned the bike. There are some tiny rust spots on the frame and the centre stand is quite bad. Other than that, the All Year Biker treatment has held up well to a winters use.

Airhawk, to make the ride more comfortable. Also consider Grip Puppies or heated grips, depending on the time of year you will be touring.

The French use mopeds to ride between wife and mistress.

On Saturday she will get her 3rd dan black belt Shito-ryu karate. Of course, I accept her apology and so does the bike.

I could park it in the living room, next to other ornaments.

It is apparently to do with the granite used locally, due to availability. It is a hard wearing stone. I experienced increased tyre wear both times I did the NC500.

The wife has apologised, to me and the bike.

Yesterday I used my bike to visit a friend. I don't commute any more, so visits, a bit of shopping that fits in the huge top box and runs for fun are the main uses of the bike. I use the bike all year round and with everyone having a driving licence in the house, sometimes the bike is my only option. When I got home and said what a nice dry, warm run it had been, my wife described the bike as an expensive ornament. I think that means my bike is absolutely not an ornament. But, arguably, it is not essential, we could cope with the cars alone. But, that cannot be enough to claim the bike is an ornament, surely?

Bar Grill 55, for number 5. Now got 1, 3, 5, 6 & 9.

Cafe Bar Two Six, using the 6 Vault 94, using the 9 Now got numbers 1, 3, 6, 9

Finally went to Whitelee windfarm, south of Glasgow. It is truly huge The road over Eaglesham moor is brilliant.

South of Scotland Whitelee Wind farm carpark

The insurers do use their own data, which is the job of actuaries to produce and analyse.

The likelihood of being caught is low, the consequences of being caught are high. In that scenario, I would not risk it.

My understanding is that insurers use actuaries to predict risk based on trends and those trends are determined by information such as the number of thefts reported. The more thefts reported, the higher the premium, as actuaries predict the insurance company will face more claims.