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Yes, definatlly looks sleaker with the seat on. My old RSV Milie had a huge rear hump, used to prefer the pillion seat also, though used to put cowl back on for MOT as i didnt have pillion pegs, which you need if you run the seat.
I also had one of those paddock stands, it collapsed on me one day, the bolts had come loose on the arms, they arent very long bolts. Luckily the bike was in the garage and fell onto some boxes so didnt get damaged. Heavy old thing to pick up but addrenelin kicked in
So, make sure you check the bolts on the arms regular mate!
I also had one of those paddock stands, it collapsed on me one day, the bolts had come loose on the arms, they arent very long bolts. Luckily the bike was in the garage and fell onto some boxes so didnt get damaged. Heavy old thing to pick up but addrenelin kicked in
So, make sure you check the bolts on the arms regular mate!
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Rightyho, a little update on things:
The Chemotherapy Ward has indeed been moved from the RBH to Bracknell.
I found the telephone Clinic consultation with my Oncologist on the 6th a little trickier, as I’m not sat in front of her. She was pleased with my reported side effects, and said that the treatment is going well. I had to remind her that I need a C.T. Scan after this next Chemo Cycle number 6. I now have an appointment on 14th April for the Scan to be done at WBCH. She will then telephone me with the result on the 20th. It will be a big “meeting” as I will be told how the Cancer is responding to the Treatment.
This will be a crossroads with regards to the future. If the Cancer is not responding to the treatment, my understanding is that Oncology will recommend that the Chemotherapy is stopped, and let nature takes its course. If however the legions in my Liver, and the nodes in Abdomen, Trachea and Bowel are reducing in size as a result of the Chemotherapy, then it will be suggested that I continue for another 6 Cycles. I may be given an end date, with either of those scenarios, which will mean that I can plan what I can do with the time left – notwithstanding this bloody virus :roll: .
Anyway, I managed to blag a lift again to and from Bracknell Hospital with my builder mate. I can do it on the train in future if need be, but I have to change at Reading, and walk about a mile to the Hospital - oh and it's 2 1/4 miles at this end from my place to Thatcham Station. Bracknell Hospital is fairly small and empty of people, but it is new and clean. I was put in a corridor for my Chemotherapy infusion – sadly no window to look out of!
The Chemo had already been driven over from the RBH, so that all went okay. When it was time to leave however, I was told that my anti-side effect injections and Dexys were still at the RBH, so I had to wait for a couple of hours for them to be driven over. Overall not too bad when you consider that they have had to move an entire ward and all the staff to another Hospital.
I did ask various members of staff what is happening to the King Edward Ward at the RBH. Whichever way I carefully posed the question, I could not get a straight answer.
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Rightyho, a little update on things:
The Chemotherapy Ward has indeed been moved from the RBH to Bracknell.
I found the telephone Clinic consultation with my Oncologist on the 6th a little trickier, as I’m not sat in front of her. She was pleased with my reported side effects, and said that the treatment is going well. I had to remind her that I need a C.T. Scan after this next Chemo Cycle number 6. I now have an appointment on 14th April for the Scan to be done at WBCH. She will then telephone me with the result on the 20th. It will be a big “meeting” as I will be told how the Cancer is responding to the Treatment.
This will be a crossroads with regards to the future. If the Cancer is not responding to the treatment, my understanding is that Oncology will recommend that the Chemotherapy is stopped, and let nature takes its course. If however the legions in my Liver, and the nodes in Abdomen, Trachea and Bowel are reducing in size as a result of the Chemotherapy, then it will be suggested that I continue for another 6 Cycles. I may be given an end date, with either of those scenarios, which will mean that I can plan what I can do with the time left – notwithstanding this bloody virus :roll: .
Anyway, I managed to blag a lift again to and from Bracknell Hospital with my builder mate. I can do it on the train in future if need be, but I have to change at Reading, and walk about a mile to the Hospital - oh and it's 2 1/4 miles at this end from my place to Thatcham Station. Bracknell Hospital is fairly small and empty of people, but it is new and clean. I was put in a corridor for my Chemotherapy infusion – sadly no window to look out of!
The Chemo had already been driven over from the RBH, so that all went okay. When it was time to leave however, I was told that my anti-side effect injections and Dexys were still at the RBH, so I had to wait for a couple of hours for them to be driven over. Overall not too bad when you consider that they have had to move an entire ward and all the staff to another Hospital.
I did ask various members of staff what is happening to the King Edward Ward at the RBH. Whichever way I carefully posed the question, I could not get a straight answer.
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Hoping for the best for you. Get out on those bikes.
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There are drivers for a local volunteer Macmillan taxi service, but it's exposing me to yet one more person who could be carrying the virus. They would be driving a small family car. I'm sat in the back of my mate's builders truck 2 meters away form him, which I reckon is less of a risk.mk one":3507994e said:
The trains are apparently empty, and I can keep my distance away from other passengers. I dunno Mark - I'm just thinking about reducing the risk. I've walked it loads of times when I caught the train the the RBH from Jan to July 2018. I've even done it with riding a bike to and from the stations, but they've put new rolling stock on now with limited bike spaces..... and I had to lock the bike up for 5 hours outside the hospital, which make me twitchy. I took two locks, but that it it heavy to carry on the way home when I was full of Chemo!
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Wasnt even thinking about the current virus situation, your right, a taxi is probably not a good idea at moment. I do have visions of you now though, sat in the back of a pick up truck amongst rubble, shovels and a cement mixer 
I suppose there isnt a lot of people roaming the streets eyeing up your bike at present times, though a cheap runabout would be an ideal solution.
I suppose there isnt a lot of people roaming the streets eyeing up your bike at present times, though a cheap runabout would be an ideal solution.
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Quite a lot has happened over this past week - considering I am self-isolating
.
I had a Zoom Video meeting with my assigned Sue Ryder Palliative Care Nurse yesterday. She wanted to check to see how I’m getting on, and ensure that I am prepared for my “Telephone Consultation” with Oncology on Monday. It takes me a long time to figure people out sometimes, and I’m still not quite sure what her angle is. I go away from the meeting still feeling somewhat bewildered by her line of questioning. On a more practical note however, she did say that if I am stopped and question by the Police when I am out riding Motor or Mountain bike, to tell them that my Palliative Care Nurse instructed me that I need to be out getting “one form of exercise a day”.
In other news, I’m not one for spontaneity, but I guess this falls into that category or perhaps just a slightly impulsive move on my part, but under the circumstances.....
I traded in my 2006 ZX-6R for a 2017 model on Tuesday.
Getting the motorbike in the first place was an experiment to see if I could still handle one and enjoy it, which I can, and I do. I felt so immediately at ease on the one that I bought, but it had all the rattles and shakes of a bike that is 14 years old. A newer model is crisper, tighter, lighter, more refined and nicer to ride. I got it from the Kawasaki dealership that is on the former Greenham Common Air Base. They are not allowed to have anyone in the showroom :roll: , so they bought two of them down to my place in the back of a van for me to choose between them . They gave me a good trade in price for mine, which was a surprise. Anyway, it makes me feel better, which is the most important thing right now.
The bike was delivered yesterday just as it started raining, so I had to wait until the evening when it finally stopped before I could take it out.
It does feel remarkably different from the old one, which I guess shouldn't surprise me. When I consider how two Kona bikes from different years can handle, despite being the same model.
Anyway, it seems a lot more predicable with its handling, and does feel like the geometry has slightly altered; er... improved? Again the mountain bike comparison springs to mind. It was still wet on the roads yesterday evening, so I haven't properly tried it out yet, but maybe later today I hopefully will - rain forecast all morning, but drier later.
These three were taken in Bucklebury, where I grew up, and I did visit mum’s grave in the village, which could be considered essential travel
.
2017 ZX6R 170420 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
2017 ZX6R 170420_1 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
2017 ZX6R 170420_2 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
This last one was taken by a neighbour, which does show off the actual colour better than my cheap camera. I also mention this after poor THM had his place broken into. If it is the case that any Crims are cruising this site looking for potential booty, and they have figured out where I am from previous posts – well tough luck buster, my bike is not kept at Pip’s palace. It’s safe in a locked garage some distance from here.
2017 ZX6R 170420 Marks by Philip Mock, on Flickr
Sleep is still all over the place - check the posting time :shock:
Pip
Quite a lot has happened over this past week - considering I am self-isolating
.I had a Zoom Video meeting with my assigned Sue Ryder Palliative Care Nurse yesterday. She wanted to check to see how I’m getting on, and ensure that I am prepared for my “Telephone Consultation” with Oncology on Monday. It takes me a long time to figure people out sometimes, and I’m still not quite sure what her angle is. I go away from the meeting still feeling somewhat bewildered by her line of questioning. On a more practical note however, she did say that if I am stopped and question by the Police when I am out riding Motor or Mountain bike, to tell them that my Palliative Care Nurse instructed me that I need to be out getting “one form of exercise a day”.
In other news, I’m not one for spontaneity, but I guess this falls into that category or perhaps just a slightly impulsive move on my part, but under the circumstances.....
I traded in my 2006 ZX-6R for a 2017 model on Tuesday.
Getting the motorbike in the first place was an experiment to see if I could still handle one and enjoy it, which I can, and I do. I felt so immediately at ease on the one that I bought, but it had all the rattles and shakes of a bike that is 14 years old. A newer model is crisper, tighter, lighter, more refined and nicer to ride. I got it from the Kawasaki dealership that is on the former Greenham Common Air Base. They are not allowed to have anyone in the showroom :roll: , so they bought two of them down to my place in the back of a van for me to choose between them
. They gave me a good trade in price for mine, which was a surprise. Anyway, it makes me feel better, which is the most important thing right now.The bike was delivered yesterday just as it started raining, so I had to wait until the evening when it finally stopped before I could take it out.
It does feel remarkably different from the old one, which I guess shouldn't surprise me. When I consider how two Kona bikes from different years can handle, despite being the same model.
Anyway, it seems a lot more predicable with its handling, and does feel like the geometry has slightly altered; er... improved? Again the mountain bike comparison springs to mind. It was still wet on the roads yesterday evening, so I haven't properly tried it out yet, but maybe later today I hopefully will - rain forecast all morning, but drier later.
These three were taken in Bucklebury, where I grew up, and I did visit mum’s grave in the village, which could be considered essential travel
.
2017 ZX6R 170420 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
2017 ZX6R 170420_1 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
2017 ZX6R 170420_2 by Philip Mock, on FlickrThis last one was taken by a neighbour, which does show off the actual colour better than my cheap camera. I also mention this after poor THM had his place broken into. If it is the case that any Crims are cruising this site looking for potential booty, and they have figured out where I am from previous posts – well tough luck buster, my bike is not kept at Pip’s palace. It’s safe in a locked garage some distance from here.
2017 ZX6R 170420 Marks by Philip Mock, on FlickrSleep is still all over the place - check the posting time :shock:
Pip
