I am basically the IT department for a mid sized company based in Yorkshire, one of our subsidiary companies (an engineering company in South Wales) calls me on Tuesday morning with internet problems, turns out that the Cisco Firewall is failing.

Hmmm. so I'm in Yorkshire, there is a problem with one of our Welsh offices and the temperature is in the mid twenty's.....Steve to the rescue I think. Quickly book a hotel, order a new firewall then it's off home to grab a change of clothes and a quick 200 mile trip to Wales. Except the 200 miles turns into about 350 instead, with less than a hundred of those being on A roads and no motorways at all.





Eventually arrive at the hotel at around 10:30PM (after leaving home at about 2PM), in the morning call in at the office and after 3 hours of waiting for the firewall to arrive and configuring it I am off home again, the long way of course.













And the sure sign of having had a good ride:



And if the above isn't bad enough, because it was work related I get to claim expenses on my mileage. Result!!!

Good stuff indeed! You're lucky being able to claim unlimited mileage; we only get up to 100miles and then you're in a hire car and they won't do hire bikes! Boo!

You are a lucky so and so, nice piccies and the flys is a cracker everyones got a photo similar to that, i had a similar one the other day coming home from middle of norn iron home..

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I hope they paid you over time for the extra time it took to get there & back.

Very nice ride.

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Mods that I have done to my XTX's

My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS

My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946

where about in south wales did you ride?

nice one riding the bike and getting paid