Any news on the Honda?

Since the Honda was collected a few weeks ago, I have been asked this question quite a few times. 

It is not so surprising that Bubbles and TP have enquired, but 30% also seems quite interested in the recommissioning of my CBR600. So, this morning, I headed over to the workshop to see how things were going. 

I was advised that everything was going well. The carbs had been removed and ultrasonically cleaned. New internal components had been installed, and the only reason for the delay was that new inlet rubbers were needed to reconnect the carburettors to the airbox.  Apparently the rubber had hardened over the past thirty years making them virtually impossible to reinstall.

So, it should be ready in a couple of weeks.

In the afternoon we headed out for a short walk with the dogs. It would have been longer but there were a surprising amount of people out in the lanes, se we emptied them, and headed back home.

I then headed to the workshop and milled down another length of oak for my carpenters bench refurbishment. I am fairly sure that I now have "just enough."

We headed out to the Vet's in the early evening. This was not an emergency visit. It is just that Whiffler and Dog #4 aka The Rat are due for their annual checkup and inoculation.

Our favourite Eastern European Vet was in residence this evening and it was lovely to see her.  She has a great bedside manner, and loves the dogs. 

She was particularly thorough with Whiffler, now that he is well in to his twelfth year.  I pointed out a lump on his ribcage and, having felt it, she advised that it seemed to be a lipoma. She even took a sample with a syringe and smeared it across a slide. The contents were fatty and she is certain of her initial diagnosis ... nothing to worry about, unless it starts to grow and impede movement.

The Vet also took a look at a growth on his eyelid. Again, she is certain that it is benign, but removal may be needed if it grows and starts to abrade his cornea.

The Rat was found to be in fine health, and has even put on a couple of kilos. She has always been a skinny runt, so this weight gain was not unwelcome.

So, with a clean bill of health, the dogs were immunised and we headed home.

Here endeth Tuesday's Journal entry.