xiao hong zhu

**zhu** · 08-18-2011, 10:36 AM

found this nice little rest area in the middle of nowhere so we stopped for a snack and about 3 litres of water because it was about 35 degrees that day

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came across this huge area of sand next to the chang jiang river like a beach but 300km inland

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**zhu** · 08-18-2011, 10:43 AM

finally found the bridge we were looking for so dodgy i didnt even want to walk across it let alone try riding it

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on the way home we saw this traffic cop, my favorite kind ,3 ft tall smiling and made of cardboard

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so all in all a pretty good day out
the bike now has 2300 km on it and going well
average fuel consumption seems to be around 3 litres/100km
no major problems and hasnt finged any piblets

**felix** · 08-19-2011, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by zhu

hasnt finged any piblets

What the hell does that mean? Sounds like an expression you'd use to describe a new girlfriend; "Sure she grew up on a farm, but she certainly never fing'ed any piblets"

**zhu** · 08-19-2011, 04:40 AM

piblets are the unknown object and when they are finged they stop working

e.g. the ignition has finged its piblets or the voltage regulator has finged its piblets

usually refers to electrical components built by joseph lucas aka "the prince of darkness"

**felix** · 08-20-2011, 01:07 PM

Thanks for clearing that up and also introducing another obscure reference for me to look up. I found that the landrover forums seem to have a lot to say about lucas wiring!

The Lucas Electric motto: "Get home before dark."

**zhu** · 09-01-2011, 05:35 AM

took my mate blondie for a ride , she is the kind of girl who brings her own duct tape and can detect fake chinese wd40 by the smell
anyway we found this cool little ferry which is pole powered across the river by the ferryman who charges us 1 kuai each and 1kuai for the bike

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of course we didnt pay him until he got us to the other side

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**zhu** · 09-22-2011, 04:21 AM

i heard about another mig down in maoshan so i went for a ride to check it out on the way i came across a tatty little bike shop in the middle of nowhere with a couple of interesting old bikes a v-max and an old gsx 750 cop bike

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pretty sure i have been chased by the old gsx back in the day lol

**zhu** · 09-22-2011, 04:27 AM

then took the ferry across the changjiang river 10 kuai is a bargain

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about 80km south of the river on s340 there is a temple and a museum
not really into temples but the road up to it was pretty cool
anyway this old mig was in nice condition, no engine of course but apart from some corrosion the airframe was lookin ok

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**zhu** · 09-22-2011, 04:33 AM

so one could hardly resist the road up to the temple being a winding up the hill affair with sticky tarmac and some nice hairpins.
only 3 km long so i had to go up and down it a few times

2011-09-21_14-36-47_812 by johnnyfast, on Flickr
and this was the view from near the top