Wrench'n Ride'n

 Who said you can't fit a Royal Enfield Classic 500 C5 touring seat to a J Series 350? You can if you buy a sprung solo seat mounting bracket. Drill out the rear tank mount. Drill an extra hole in this bracket for the seat mounting bolts. Make a bracket that allows you to use the C5 seat springs and mount this to the rear shock bolts. Why do all of this? I do not like the J Series seats as they all are shaped to pin you in one place when seated on them. I like a flatter seat so I can move back and forwards on the seat. That's just me. This touring seat is very firm at the moment. Hopefully some seat time will make the foam soften up. It is brand new never used and I got it for a good price. These seats are discontinued by RE.  The bags fitted in these photos are very cheap brand new replicas of British WW2 back packs. They are my around town and short ride bags.  

 I have shared the image on the left before of our Pa (Grandfather) WW2 Australian Army Supply Corps on a Royal Enfield 350 in Palestine. My sister has found more of his photos and sent them to me. The image on the right is of a Sgt Henderson on the same bike as my Pa. I used AI to clean up the images. The one on the right shows the numbering in more accurate details than the one of the left. 

 For many years now I have had very "clicky" joints in my fingers. Both hands. Many years ago I did my trade as a sheetmetal worker. We used to hand cut stainless steel with tin snips. 18 and 20 gauge sheet. I have known for sometime that this might all catch up with me. Sure enough it has, Around 2 years ago I thought I had broken a thumb. The pain was so bad. X-Rays showed no break. It did show that the joints of my fingers are riddled with Osteoarthritis. This is the most common form of arthritis, occurring when the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of your bones gradually wears away. It is a chronic, degenerative joint disease primarily affecting the hands, knees, hips, and spine. The damage is irreversible. I take rosehip powder in table form. This helps greatly with the swelling and pain.  The last 2 days of my ride home from the Royal Enfield Rally in June hurt my hands. I was using a set of replica BSA handlebars. These bars had me grip the handlers with...