Goodbye Old Friend

So - the time has come to say goodbye. An old, but not very trusted, friend has bitten the dust. I write of none other than my much-hated Sym Husky motorcycle. It was a lovely bike - a little 125cc cruiser with lots of chrome (for chrome read rust!) and a pretty shape but not much in the way of power. In fact you could sum it up in the phrase "All show, no go". Well finally I've had enough. It has served me for 5 years, most of which have been good, but lately it has been getting more and more trouble to keep it on the road. So when, on top of the blowing head gasket and the rust, the front brake caliper seized up I decided that paying lots of dosh for a new caliper was not worth the effort. In fact it was throwing good money after bad. So Fido (what else could you call a Husky?) is to be put up for sale on eBay as useful for spares or repair.
But I have also succumbed to the easy life. In need of a bike to get to work I went out and bought a "twist-and-go" scooter. It's an Aprilia Leonardo and although it looks tatty it went like a dream on my test ride. I suppose that being a Leonardo I will have to christen it "Da Vinci" or "Mona Lisa" or something else daft like that. Every vehicle I have owned has had a name which I call it when I'm not swearing at it for some reason or other. Well, we all have our quirks - and I have more than most!