Good, I thought you were trying to copy my coolant leak excuse.....
As regards MY coolant leak, the third welder had a go today, (technically the second welder having another go) and he blamed the first welder for using inferior rods (yawn...) But it still leaked. It seems that the crack is trying to go right round the engine and back again.
I got bored with welders, and so got out a couple of tubes of Liquid Metal crankcase repair stuff.
It takes 24 hours to set, though.
So tomorrow morning I'll tip some coolant in, and see if it flows out due to gravity- it did before, so if it doesn't I may be onto a winner. But then the real test, firing up the engine and warming it up, then after half an hour or so I'll let the engine get to full temperature and pressure. If no leaks, off to the MOT man, and if all ok I'll get going.
But tbh, it isn't filling me with any confidence, and I could do without a few boring hours sat beside the motorway waiting for a tow truck that can take bikes- they always send the wrong one first time, in my experience.
I'd say about 10% likely that I'll make it, sorry, but there it is.
Anyway, the weather bloke says it'll be warm and sunny down here, so that's a silver lining. Potentially.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.