CBG Workshop
THERE ARE MANY EXCUSES, MANY reasons, and large dollops of sorrow. The fact is I changed the oil and filter on my (relatively) faithful BMW R100S the evening before I was going to ride 400-500 miles to cover three jobs, ran it up and made sure all was okay. Because of the time (and I still had to pack), I thought I’d recheck the oil level once it had drained down to the sump before I left, early in the morning. After all the rigmarole of packing and getting kitted up, I forgot to recheck the oil level. Didn’t even occur to me. A lovely ride to my first stop in Brackley ensued, the 1977 RS fairing keeping me in a bubble of serenity and the 980cc boxer twin whisking me along at current-day pace, while rush-hour sheep acted like myopic schoolchildren around me.
First job was very
