Bath time!: Project Yamaha RZV500R part 5

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

- JEFF WARE

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.

Anyway, for this season, as I have so many projects to get through, I’ve invested in three important things to make life easier in the shed – roofing insulation, the stick-on type fitted from the inside; a portable air-conditioner to attempt to cool the shed to under 30-degrees C inside; and, just for Malc Paul, a huge new high-power beer fridge! I’m ready to go. There’ll be more two-stroke smoke than bushfire smoke around here in no time…