Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Glum...

[Jools]

I'd promised I would give my bike a really good fettle. New tyres, finally get the right hand side sprayed and sorted properly after my last lowside (well it was a year ago), get the wheels powder coated in black, fit the new (to me - thanks to Marko) DP exhausts and fit all the little bits and pieces I've aquired such as the ventura rack kit that I got off Senna3 and the Casoli mudguard I got from eBay. All that and give it a Cornerspeed service as a reward for another year spent chasing 999's and 996's about the country.

Haven't had time to do any of it yet.

What's making it worse is that I'm completely borrasic. I've finally had to bite the bullet and get a landscape gardener in to put up fences, build retaining walls and patios. I don't get time for all that, 'cos I'm out chasing 999's and 996's most weekends, but my day passes are in jeopardy if Mrs Jools doesn't get the garden sorted out for her to bask in while I'm away on rideouts

On top of that, my son has just presented me with the bill for his tuition fees and accomodation for the first term of his final year at Uni. It's over a grand more than expected.

So I'm sitting here feeling right glum. Not only have I missed a couple of cracking rideouts while my bike has been waiting for tyres and sundry bits, but now I haven't go the money to do any of the bits I wanted to do on it (except for the money I owe Marko for the zorsts). So basically, I took it off the road for the last month for nothing...

What really rubs salt in, is that with the money I've spent on the garden and on my son I could've gone out and ordered a 2005 999...

Ah well, I guess I'll just have to keep repeating the mantra...when my son finishes uni...when the garden is round...when my daughters wedding is paid for next year...when the car's paid for...when...when...when...then I'll order a new Ducati.

That'll be about 2010 then

[Edited on 21-10-2004 by Jools]