Bikers' Banter

Bee, i have a similar strategy.
Pick up phone and say "pick up bike, fix it, bring it back". Simples.

I got all the bits for mine, but I don’t own a filter wrench, let alone the rest!

Went for a ride on it yesterday... stopped at a mates for coffee... low and behold... I got a lift back... bike will be serviced for when I get back from Spain.

(Note to self - bake cake )

It's amazing what you can do with cakes. I'm always giving cakes as thank you presents or in exchange for things. As for oil filter wrenches, there is a drawer in one of the tool chests that has four different types in there but there's always the screw driver through the filter trick as a last resort.

Yes, I know that trick.

But leaving it with someone else, means no chance of oil on the drive or garage floor

That's true. My last oil change was done in Phil Read's garage. He valued his floor too much to let me play