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November 2013
November 30, 2013
On my BMW, I have a Tomtom Rider 2 GPS system. Very useful but the problem is that it is very
easy for anyone to remove it from the mounting on the handlebar. So every time I leave the bike, to
pay for gas or get a coffee, I have to remove it and take it with me to avoid it being stolen. Today I
bought the solution, a lock that blocks the lever that you need to push to remove the Tomtom.
The Tomtom Rider bike lock
I bought it at WayPoint, a GPS specialist in Vessem. It was two hours riding on nice backroads
to get there and the weather was nice so I enjoyed riding a few hundred kilometers.
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November 27, 2013
Everytime I started the BMW, the clock went on 00:00 so I knew the battery was almost dead.
I ordered a new BMW battery at
Motorservice Ossendrecht
and this afternoon it was fitted in my BMW. It did take a little more work then on the older BMW's
because the battery is mounted under the fueltank. With the new battery, the bike starts a lot better,
without resetting the clock.
At Motorservice Ossendrecht
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November 25, 2013
Today I wanted to ride the CB400T. Unfortunately it was hard to start and it kept running
on one cylinder so I went back home and checked the sparkplugs. The lefthand sparkplug.
was rather black so I cleaned it.
After a few tries, it started and after I revved it a bit, the second cylinder started running too.
Then I took it for a short ride, over the secondary road to Rilland and back on the freeway. After the
ride, I checked the sparkplugs again and now the lefthand sparkplug had a good color too.
I cleaned the bike after the ride
Because the weather is not so good and the roads were wet and dirty, I cleaned the bike
before I put it back in the garage..I also checked the oil level (it needed a little oil), tire presure
and oiled the chain so the bike is ready for the next ride.
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November 16, 2013
After a week that I mostly spend in bed because of the flu, I made
a short trip on the BMW today. It is very foggy but I was so happy
to be on my bike again that I did not care about the fog and the
cold.
Fog in the forrest
After a visit for coffee and a chat at my fovorite motorcycle shop
in Ossendrecht, I went home again for lunch with my wife.
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November 10, 2013
Yesterday, I got a nice surprise. Because I was ill, I could not go
to the Bigtwin Bike Show but my neighbours, Robert and Karina, had
visited the Bike Show and brought me a Bigtwin calendar poster.
I have put it on the wall of my study today. Thanks Robert and Karina !
The Bigtwin calendar poster
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November 8, 2013
Today I had planned to visit the annual Big twin Bike Show but unfortunately
I spend the last two days in bed because I am ill. Now I watched motorbikes
on TV but that is not half as much fun as going to the bike show. What a
bummer. 
Watching TV instead of going to the bike show
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November 2, 2013
Because I was a little to early for a visit to my parents, I walked
to my old school in Voorburg. To my surprise, it was almost gone.
It was being demolished so if I had been a few weeks later, it
would have been gone completely..............
My old school
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