It's French, it's beige. Am I on the correct forum?

[DodgeRover]

You haven't experienced headlight misery until you commute on a 6V DT175MX, doing 50mph in a light area then finding yourself doing the same speed on a pitch black dual carriageway or after losing your night vision to incoming traffic does not make a pleasure ride.

[Eddie Honda]

You haven't experienced headlight misery until you commute on a 6V DT175MX, doing 50mph in a light area then finding yourself doing the same speed on a pitch black dual carriageway or after losing your night vision to incoming traffic does not make a pleasure ride.

Sorry, I had erased the memory from my mind of the 70 mile journeys back to Edinburgh at crackers o'clock going through all the shitholes on the A89 on a Honda H100 with 6V shit headlight and the long pauses of nothingness when flicking between dipped and slightly less dipped beam.

It's no wonder then that I used to take off the L plates and stick them in my bag and use the M8.

[Yellowperil]

I think the worst machine I had was a Honda CD175, an absolute nightmare on dark rural roads, even worse if a car was following because their headlights would cast my shadow in front of me and I would be behind a huge dark spot.
It always amazed me that successive governments brought in stricter laws regarding power outputs, but none regarding actually being able to see where you were going.
Luckily the VFR has good lights.

[Yellowperil]

Our glorious "leader's" prediction has come true...

At this moment I am waiting for an RAC van to come and do some fixing.
I am enjoying a perfectly nice cuppa and relaxing in a rather splendid chair.

I am stuck at home, because it won't start.

[mercrocker]

Always very civilised waiting for breakdown rescue in a camper, I find. Before you all start, only happened twice in 17 years and neither time was fire-related.

[Yellowperil]

Van fixed by RAC on saturday, the lead to the starter was corroded, battery wasn't great.
Went shopping with little one and then went to go out for a pickernic yesterday and discovered I had left my lights on and flattened the battery.
I am not counting the second one as a breakdown, it was user error.
All is good now.

[Yellowperil]

On Friday I was heading to my brother's 25 miles away to take him to the pub.
I was over halfway there when I realised I had forgotten something, so I turned around and headed back home.
I got home, left the van running, went inside and collected item.
I got back into the van and the engine stopped, it doesn't usually do that, so I restarted it twice and both times it just cut out.
It seems I have actually run out of petrol right outside my house.
The fuel guage doesn't work properly and I knew I was getting low, the petrol station was my next port of call.

I have the wheel back on my bike now, just have to put the end can back on the exhaust and I shall go and fill a can.
I was unable to do this yesterday because I had my daughter here and couldn't leave her.
Hopefully it will start with a bit of petrol in.

[christine]

Never a dull moment..

[Hooli]

Not the most exciting breakdown story there.

[christine]

If you lived in Powburn , Nicky Edwards would have secretly put 5 litres in it for free