Planes Bikes and Automobiles

The point is, not having to do a thing but take in the scenery :icon_wink:

First mile on the clock, that thumb throttle has to go, the power can not be fed in progressively

This was my Ford Fiesta RS Turbo bought new on August 1st 1990 for £12,000.00
I am taking steps to track this car down, its still in existence but has been off the road (not MOT’d ) for a good few years. There are four for sale online with varying histories ranging from £15,000.00 to £28,000.00.
I believe there are a couple of agents who charge a fee for reveling ownership histories.

Two for the price of one.

The first 2026 trip has been booked, 2026 is going to be the celebration of the inflatable awning :smile:

oh!! awning, thought it said yawning

That’s it, picture it, a hot sultry night, sleeping is tricky, get out side in the inflatable awning and recline on the inflatable bed, yawn away, who said inflation is a bad thing?

Like this

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Something a bit more luxurious, its champagne all the way from here on in :icon_wink:

Sure is some awning.

New van on its way, sure as eggs is eggs.

so your delivering eggs now

Yes, the business is eggspanding

and i thought you’d retired

He’s got fingers stuck in pies.

Can’t do that Max, life’s too short, just had a message, can’t view the first candidate van till next Monday, that’s too long at this time of life :grin:

Four bike support brackets, just about to make the double bike carrier for the van.

Here is Bike Van number three, here is the van history so far
Van one was a beauty. bought in February 2022, stolen in September 2022
Van two was a nightmare, bought in November 2022, scrapped in march 2025
This is van three, bought last week, its a beauty, lets hope it lasts till riding the bikes is no longer an option.

The saddle clamps have now arrived to fix the bike supports down but, this is being done on independent boards so they can be removed if the van is needed for other purposes


This is one of the bikes in the supports so I can measure the distance they have to be fixed apart, also, the distance from the center of the handlebar to the end needs to be taken into account so the bike will be dead perpendicular in the van and no stress is being put on the spokes

See, this is the thing, I could just clamp the bike supports to the van floor, but, that would render the van useless for carrying other stuff so, they have to be mounted to a removable board, just about to take the measurements then fetch the relevant boards