First the very bitter news

If anyone has wondered, the reason I have not been posting much for a while is that my other half passed away on January the 2nd this year.

The cancer she had been battling so hard against for the last 2 ½ years finally beat her.

She said that her cancer was just “bad luck”, she was only 62. She had never smoked, she drunk very little, and was very conscious of what she ate.

Also over those 2 ½ years her Father, my Mum and an Uncle passed away, so I have had a pretty shit time.

Since her illness came out of the blue I have made 2 big decisions.

First is to retire next year March to be precise – should have been retiring this year but I need something to distract me from my grief.

Second is to spend some money, after all you cannot take it with you and there are no pockets in a shroud, so I went out and bought a “new” bike.

It is a bone stock 1972 Kawasaki H2C, showing stupidly low miles 494 to be precise, which very possibly is right – yes the speedo does work.

It was owned by a collector in Canada who bought it new, rode it for a while then parked it up.

Nothing shows any sign of wear – it even has the original tyres on it.

There are other things that suggest low mileage / been parked up.

No wear on the footrest or kickstart rubbers. Kickstart pivot and gear linkage not worn, no wear in chain or sprockets, chain adjusters at minimum, brake pads / brake shoe linings not worn down, engine / frame as clean a whistle and no smell of degreaser, in fact most parts have a light coating of dust – the list goes on.

To be honest whether the mileage is correct or not I don’t really care. If the mileage is correct I have another 500 miles left of running in.

Have to do the usual recommissioning and registration to get it on the road, but it will give me something else besides work to distract me from my grief, and something to look forward to.

I regretted selling my previous H2, so thought WTF just get another one and be done with it, as I say you can’t take it with you.

To be continued.