Scott and Becky came over to pick up the KLX paperwork, and the parts of the carputer screen, so Scott can check if the video still works :o)
Scott's trying to convince Tilly that he's the only one who really loves her, I just feed her. I think it's working, as she goes absolutely berserk when he comes over.

I spoke to the guy for the Hawk, and he was lamenting that a U-Haul was going to cost a fortune (as they charge by the mile, Los Angeles is a long way away). He was talking about renting a trailer and trying to get a tow hitch wiring kit for his Land Rover. I suggested he could rent a pickup, which he proclaimed genius, and shortly afterwards, was headed North.

I had a few hours to kill, so I pulled all the Hawk stuff together in the garage, then grabbed Tilly and headed to the Bear dog park for an hour or so - she was so excited to get there that she was dangling out of the Subaru by the seatbelt as soon as I opened the door. We got her untangled, and she had a lot of fun.

At home, we watched the most excellent MotoGP race from Jerez - even though he was 2nd, it was good to see Rossi be the first Yamaha past the flag and the fastest Bridgestone rider all weekend. Maybe things are looking up - not many riders have won championships on different tyre manufacturers.

Eventually the guy from Los Angeles showed up, and bought the Hawk. I had to get him to look at it, as he was ready to buy it the moment I opened the garage door :o) We got it all packed up on his rented pickup, got the paperwork squared away and he headed off to San Francisco to see some friends up there. I'm hoping to hear that he got it home OK in the next day or so.

I played a little Warcraft (on my laptop), and was talking to Vic on the phone when Tilly took herself off to bed. Vic's having fun, and the van's behaving itself, which is a relief :o)

It rained overnight, so I couldn't take Tilly to the Bear dog park as it would be too muddy. We played in the garden for a while, then I went to the local Yamaha dealer to look at the Yamaha WR250X. Of course, they didn't have one, but they did have a Yamaha WR250R. Egads, the thing's tall.

I took lunch over to Jeff's, and sat and took the piss and talked bikes. In his not so humble opinion, I should get a Suzuki DRZ400SM if the Hawk sells.

When I got home, I took Tilly for a long walk around the area, and eventually went over to Fred and Marsha's to watch Tilly go crazy to see them. In the evening, she slept and I went over there for dinner, and then taught them how to play poker. Damn, I should have been playing for money :o)

Vic went hang gliding while I stayed in and worked. This was her first time using her harness, rather than the training harness, so she should be getting up to working towards her hang 2 test soon.

As I should be getting shot of the Hawk this week, I started farkling with the YSR, making up a couple of little brackets for the new headlights.

I also had a few regular chores to do around the house - when I had the lid open on the hot tub as I poured chemicals into it, Tilly hopped up on to the edge. She wobbled along until she fell off, then hopped up again. This time she fell into the tub, and swam around for a bit before getting out. Why is it that however clean you get your dog, they always smell like a wet dog?

Meanwhile, Vic went and threw herself off the training hill, hang gliding, so she missed all the fun.

Of course, then I talk to Scott, and he wants it. Damnit, if he'd have said that a few weeks ago, this would have been a lot easier. Of course, I might not have mentioned it... :o)

I also spoke to the guy about the Hawk, and he's talking about coming up on Tuesday to look at, and hopefully buy it.

In the afternoon, we took Tilly to the Bear dog park for a long time, until she ended up diving on a smaller dog for a bit of a ruck. Well before this, the smaller dog had been pestering her while we were playing ball, so it wasn't completely out of the blue. I grabbed her while Vic made sure everything was OK, and had an interfering busybody a concerned citizen tell me over and over again that we should go. We were going anyway, but who was she to tell us to leave public property? She said that "somebody" would call Animal Control (all of whom we know), and I resisted the urge to say "You're going to tell teacher on me?". Anyway...

The solar panels generated 16kWh today, the most I've seen so far. That's over $1.75!!

In the evening we went for pizza with Fred and Marsha, then played Mexican Train, a domino game. I'm going to get a few of these games for the van for when we go camping.

I think I might look into another motard, maybe a Suzuki DRZ400SM or the even new Yamaha WR250X. Either would be a lot lighter than the KLX, so hopefully easier to manage.
We'll see, but there is a gold Triumph Daytona for sale locally for a stupidly low price.

As usual, we took Tilly to the Bear dog park for a bit, then we came home and while Vic went to a SPCA function, I did some work on the Hawk... the clutch and throttle are all set now, so when I get a brake assembly (everything's closed on Monday, from what I can tell) it shouldn't take too long to get sorted out. We spent some time watching TV, waiting for the first ever floodlit MotoGP race - from Qatar. It was an exciting race, but it's a shame to see Rossi doing so badly on the Bridgestones - I really think that was a mistake. Still, maybe I can support the boy Toseland this year, when he gets the faster pneumatic valved engine.

To stop me sulking, we took Tilly to the Bear dog park to wear her out, then we came home and I pulled the garage apart so I could de-convert the Hawk. Oopsie - I can't find the front brake master cylinder, which could be considered a major part. Bugger. I mailed, and later spoke to, the guy who wants to buy the thing, and he's happy to wait for me to find a replacement. Oh well.

I've had a few messages from a guy in Alabama who's interested in the KLX. If he can come up with a way of paying me that I trust (there are a lot of scams out there with cashier's cheques and suchlike), I see us dropping the thing off with ForwardAir at Sacramento airport. Heh, it really does look like both bikes could end up getting sold, doesn't it?

I finished fitting the gray water tank to the van, and backed it onto the driveway to see how it works. Um... it needs a little work. I bought 10' of hose to connect the sink to the tank, and it was all rolled up. The weight of the water isn't enough to push it's way through the kinks at anything faster than a drip, so I'll look at getting some reinforced wall tube, and using that instead. Seeing as I'm going to need to get a hose to drain the thing, I might just get a cheap garden hose and cut a chunk out of it :o)

I spent a while talking to a guy in Los Angeles who wants to buy the Hawk. He's talking about coming to see it on Monday, so I get to de-convert it this weekend. There's been no noise on the KLX, but with my luck, I'll end up selling both bikes this weekend. Oh well, if that's how it works out, that's how it works out... I'll get the time to get the YSR back on the street, and then look at getting something more sensible... maybe a Triumph Street Triple or even a Ducati Monster.

I got the last of the tax forms I needed (a month late, but that's another story), and got them completed. I also got over to post them off, so now I just wait months for the Federal refund, and minutes for California to cash my cheque. Oh well.

I picked up some of the hose stuff I needed to fit the gray water tank to the van, and spent a while fitting that. It's not totally done, but it's close enough.

I sealed the gray water tank for the van, so hopefully now it'll hold water so I can start working out how I'm going to mount it.

I tested the gray water tank for the van, and it doesn't hold water, so I'll have to seal everything that I glued and hammered together. I'd have thought that as hard as it was to get together, it would be a waterproof seal, but no...

I also fiddled around with the gray water tank for the van, getting the bits I've done sealed up, and getting the other fittings all done. I then pummelled the thing together, so it can dry overnight.

Flush with the money from having sold the iPhone, I bought myself a new monitor - an Acer 24" on closeout at Office Depot. My current monitor has 3 lines of bad pixels now, and this was a silly good deal. We also went to REI and picked up some sandals for Victoria, and some rope for me to make a lead out of for Tilly. I wanted something that wouldn't cut into my hand when walking her, so it's thick. Thick enough that it has a 3150lb breaking strain, and I'm fairly confident that 25lbs of Tilly won't break free.

We went home, and due to the fact that she'd been all keyed up to go hang gliding, but it was too windy, Victoria set up her glider on the driveway, much to the entertainment of the neighbours. Still, at least now they know what that thing is they keep seeing on top of the Subaru. We'd bought Tilly a new fleece ball toy, and while we pottered around with the glider, she totally destroyed it.