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Bath time!: Project Yamaha RZV500R part 5

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February 2020

There’s nothing like a refreshing bath after a hot Australian Summer’s day, even if it is in diesel and kerosene…

- JEFF WARE

Bath time!: Project Yamaha RZV500R part 5

G’day! I hope you have had a great month. As you lot deal with a cold Winter, it is quite the opposite here, nudging 35 to 40ºC, with blistering hot winds and plenty of bushfires around.

The hot westerly winds blow straight towards the back of my garage door, meaning opening up for a bit of airflow results in me being cooked in an air roaster! Heather, the wife, reckons there’d be enough crackling on my ‘pork’ beer belly to feed the entire street.

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