On the Road Again!

It will be going back tomorrow for a refund. Itooks as though the importers have changed and they gave been shoddy. M&P will send me a label and I have to find where DPD have a courier shop that takes parcels into their system. Once back in Swansea I will get a refund. Buggrit. Update - PayPal refund is processed.

Well that was a complete balls-up. DPD delivered the screen in a large cardboard box. After seeing that one of the other V-Strom owners on the FB page had received half of it (!) I wanted to check. No such luck. I only got one part as well.  Marvellous. I called them immediately and was pretty much fobbed off. I will be calling back in the morning to get a label to send it back for a refund. As one of the other Stromers already has. As long as I get my money back I guess it will be okay.

Another use of the money I received in my retirement collection. There's not much left. At least it has been used to buy something that I would have bought. Vera's standard screen is pretty good, but like the old 1150GS I owned (Mr Baloo!) it can be improved on. Current hive thinking on the V-Strom UK site is to replace the standard with the Givi Airflow. Similar to the GS's MRA screen ( https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4281/3482/1600/MRA_002.jpg ) it comes with a fixed lower screen and and adjustable upper screen that varies the height of the screen. However, I saw that the Kappa version of the same screen was selling with a huge discount to clear at M&P Direct. They had stock and so I have ordered one. Fingers crossed that the online order goes through. https://configuratore.kappamoto.com/configura.php?id=43 See what happens. Ordered it on Friday through the M&P website and waiting to see when they get around to working on it and getting it despatch...