I owned a Yamaha GTS for a while. I was always intrigued by them and the whole 'hub centre steering' thing. It was dull. It felt exactly like a normal bike at anything above walking pace and the detuned engine pissed me off. I have pictures if anyone cares enough to see them. The front brake though ...

Decided I was fed-up of driving the Merc so swapped cars. Whoop! But I did do a 'thing', I bought another bottle of leather dye, this time from the 'Scratch Doctor/Clinic' and went out and tried a dab... It only bloody matches the sodding cars leather, perfectly! What started out as a tiny bit of cr...

There was also 'Patch which which was a Ford crossflow that had been used in FF racing and put a rod thru... it was left outside the builders (Burton engineering?) complete with hole, for years. After a period of time, there was a sudden dearth of engines available so 'Patch' was hurriedly repaired ...

I normally like whitewall tyres, but they are abusing them there!

Had another go at the driver's seat. I used the old colour (the new stuff hasn't arrived yet) and while not perfect, it's 'perfect' enough to not annoy me. I am now waiting for delivery of an £18 bottle of dye that I no longer need/want. Think if the weather is nice again (today it was glorious, not...

I decided that the colour of the leather repair I did to the Jag a while ago, was too white. So asked on the Jag forum and there appear to be two colours with the same code...mine isn't the common one naturally. So I ordered a very small amount of the alternative which arrived today. My car is 'Barl...

I have never liked those Vauxhalls, they remind me of the day when I got lost at the seaside (I was but a tiny Xtriple) and I got marched around the carpark looking for my parent's car and they were everywhere!

Do the front as a bare minimum. I'm with you; cannot stand a wheel off-centre, it drives me nuts.

No, strangely the locking nuts are fine it was just one of the standard pain in the arse wheel bolts that fucked up. It has been attacked with hammer and chisel by the mechanic at the garage who I think, thought the covers came off (they don't, they are integral) and so that nut was fooked. I bought...

4 more. 5 bolts per wheel on Jags as I'm sure you are aware as your 308 is the bloody same!