No it's not really a request for donor parts, but I've just been out for a ride about. I don't think it's my age(45) or the 29 years of riding, but my lower back is killing me. I think it's more to do with the awful state of the roads round here , not just country lanes but major A roads, I don't ride in the gutter I fully occupy my space on the road, but theres potholes round every manhole andmissing road surface down the centre of the lane, it's truly appaling. I thought we paid road tax to sort this. It makes me wonder what are the roads like in your part of the world??, I hope their better than here in Scotland.

Ian