Boring Status Update

I decided I should really add labels to my posts. And I've only got like 5 years to go through! Hang tight for TGMPT improvements!

And a new post as soon as I can whip one up. Things have been crazy-go-nuts around here.

A New Wrinkle

Sorry to just do a "state of the blog" update today, but a surprise at work has left me a little behind the power curve.

You see, they installed keyloggers on our computers. So, every keystroke on our computers are now being recorded. Perhaps someone has been naughty. Perhaps management are just into being totalitarian meanies. Either way, it means that writing during my breaks isn't going to work. So I've got to work up some new material in the evenings.

Which is tough this week because I've been up to my eyeballs in work and have been working late.

So, forgive me if I'm a little sporadic in my posting for the next couple of days while I whip up some new content. I'll get back on track lickety-split.

Busy-ness

Here I was doing a great job, posting a little something for you every day...

And then real life had to intrude. Things are a little nuts, very temporarily, but I'll get back to posting ASAP.

What Happened to the Week?

Wasn't it just Monday?

So, today I found a solution to getting just a bit of oil out of the Triumph: a siphon. Duh.

After precisely measuring out "a bit" of oil, I checked the levels again, found they were OK, and fired it up to let it run a while. So far, there are no new oil puddles underneath. After I take it for a ride tomorrow, I'll know for sure whether or not my repair was a success. I'd take it out tonight but, you know, beer happened.

Tomorrow I'll roll the VX800 outside and try jumping it off the Mustang's battery. I kind of expect it will fire up without too much prodding. But then, I'm kind of an optimist.

Anybody Still Out There?

The last couple of weeks have been a blur of festive writer's block, at least as comes to moto-blogging. It's hard to come up with something new and novel to tell you about when I'm just riding the same route to work every day. I can only complain about it being cold so many times before you guys will start telling me to shut up because it's fifteen below zero where you live while I was outside in shorts and a t-shirt yesterday.

...For what it's worth, I had slippers on to keep my feet warm.

Anyway, the last time I checked in around here I was troubled by a new and bountiful oil leak on the Triumph. I may have gotten it fixed last night by tightening a bunch of bolts in the general vicinity of the leak. I topped up the oil last night and there was no new puddle on the floor this morning, so that's good.

Of course, I also put too much darn oil in, so now I've got to figure out a good way to get just enough oil out so I won't have to make a trip to buy more oil. What I need is a turkey baster with a long and narrow tip...

In other mechanical news, the Vespa ET4 apparently had sat too long and needed a new battery. It also refused to run once it was warmed up. Luckily, a batch of fresh gas and a can of Seafoam cleared that problem right up.

Seafoam is probably the coolest vehicular chemical I can think of. I'm considering adding an affiliate link to my site just to sell Seafoam....

Anyway, in other other mechanical news, the VX800 is reassembled once more. Of course, the battery is toast, so I'm going to have to roll it outside and hook it up to the car for a jump start to see if the old girl will run.