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I have the clear one on my Donkey (DR650), it's ace. When we were riding in Spain I came out of paying for fuel and my tank had gone blue !! Who knew that Repsol colour their petrol blue ?

for some reason we seem to like having 3 dogs around and we had to say goodbye to our little jack Russel on boxing day. Jan has been looking around at basset hounds as she used to have one in the UK, and then fried day she was scanning the FB marketplace and found her other favorite dog, standard poodles. So we totally broke social distancing rules, drove to Traverse City and brought home Gus. 7 weeks old and now the trouble starts!

That's not a Welsh accent, that's a Jack. If he walked into a shop in Machynlleth talking like that they'd probably throw him out ?

Problem is this is a 6 gallon tank, for the last year or so me mum was sick and its been a full time gig taking care of her. She's only 88 and claims thats not old ffs...61 feels freaking old butt, man years are 3.7 women years...imho. So to keep the tank from rusting i keep it full...i rode 28 miles last summer....i need a plastic gas tank so i dont a freaking crap about rust. You;re Eka! My KLR needs this!!!!! Cool! https://procycle.us/product/841-gas-tank-ims-66-gallon I want the clear one!!!! I love buying farcles!!!!!!!!!!!

Stupid question but does the fuel shut off cock have a filter in it? I’m sure you’ll have checked it.

I remembered you sounding different, sounds like you're the voice over on a wildlife tv show. My brit friends used to tell me I sound like Borat speaking english.

I knocked this together from bits on FB, a diary which gives up after a couple of days, and photos. I realise now that there was a lot of video as well on the FB pages. I shall have to do some editing before the next post. 31st Aug 2017 Said goodbye to my daughter and family near Guildford and hit the motorway down to Dover. Caught a ferry across and then rode towards Antwerp and then Arnhem. Didn’t get quite as far as that and stayed at a campsite not far from Nijmegen owned by a biker as it happened. Friday 1st Sept. Got up to a misty morning, a wet tent and a lovely atmosphere with geese setting off to feed. Ideal time for a shower at 0700 as I was the only one about. Following my mate Titus’s advise I packed up and set off without breakfast, not even a brew. The plan was to do a hundred miles before breakfast; I managed a hundred and twenty before stopping at a rest area and having some watery/milky porridge and a coffee. Then it was over into Germany, surviving the gridlock around Hamburg after endless miles of filtering, and making it up into Denmark where I stopped for a coffee and a roll. It was then about a hundred miles or so to a campsite not far from Copenhagen. Not many photos as motorways look the same wherever they are, boring. Useful for the commute though. There was a so called rock happening there in the town. I walked over to the village square but was horrified by the density of the crowds. Little kids there as well looking frightened. I took a few snaps of the streets but kept the phone in my pocket zipped up in the crowds. Tomorrow morning it’ll be over the bridge to Sweden.

I got this after getting back into biking - brother and his grandson posing. Then there was this. This was at Land's End after setting off from Joh'n o Groats the day before and riding through the night. Had a test ride one one of these so had to get one. This was somewhere near the Parc Naturel Régional du Verdon, I think. Not mine , a hire bike, but I like the photo - in South Africa. And then I got myself a KTM. This was on Skye. Loved the bike, but it was too tall and I was always afraid of dropping it. So I got one of these. This was a quick weekend over in Normandy for tax purposes! Unfortunately I put it through a hedge. This was the replacement being craned off the ship I was on, up in Scotland, so that I could go for a ride. Lots of bikers on there, including the captain. I acquired The Turd round about this time. Sold it to a mate at cost as he was bike less at the time. He made a fortune out of it when his neighbour drove over it and it was written off. The Turd is dead. Long live The Turd. Never comfortable with the bike after the hedge incident so got one of these. This was in Romania I think on the way back from Greece. I got this as a project which never got off the ground so virtually gave it away to a new home. Now I have this. And this.

Classic ? ? ?

This was a great bike. Absolute torque beast. Like a loving Pitbull, it was strong, big, but friendly and dependable. Super, super fun to have the max torque at 5500rpm! It was stolen after 14 month of owning it with 13.400 miles. The thieves were maybe expecting less miles!! That happened on the 21st of July 2006 and still upsets me today. Created such a bond with it! Went to the Nurburgring on it ( the pictures here are at the Ring, Schwalbenschwanz in March 2006 ), went round the UK on it, Land's End to John O'Groats with its 874 miles that went by in a blur in a day and a record time! Went to Le Mans and many parts of France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg on it, used it every day during those 14 months. Some vehicles really mark us. A motorcycle will always get under the skin more than a car, at least for me, and this one will always be my “one”!! A curiosity of life was that after ordering it, I got the chance of visiting the Factory with the Portuguese Owners Club that was touring the UK and visiting the factory. Many of them were my friends and took me along on their Factory Tour as a guest! On that visit, luck would have it, that the production line was making Speed Triples in yellow and, with my uncontrollable enthusiasm only surpassed by that of a mad Labrador Retriever puppy, I made so much noise, the tour guide eventually found the VIN number that had my name on it and I saw it! There were 2 destined for Jack Lilley, finished already and waiting to be tested, and one was for me! 3 weeks later I was reunited with it. Well, there is a chance the Triumph Factory guide made the whole thing up, in truth I didnt put a mark on the bike I saw, so it could be another one, but I like Walt Disney’s words: “When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”

I´ve ridden this bike, it´s Pedro aproved!

I love the looks of the front twin round lights in these Triumphs, don't care much for the short rear end though. Can be applied to other possessions that other people value more than motorcycles, but working to save money, to buy a brand new bike, starting to bond with it, and then having it stolen is really tough.

Not so bad in my area but in the major cities, if it's not welded to the floor it's gone.

This might help.

Id get a new carb butt the prices are insane! Going to take the carb out one more time, im actually getting good at that part....lol

No not mine, just a picture of your nightmares.

Here you go @XTreme

Yes. I realise what you mean. My memory isn’t what it used to be. I’ve forgotten what little video editing knowledge I had. It could be still captures.

Can we post long, very long stories of trips and funny or special moments? Can be in episodes, so not tire you to much.

My mum is here ?.................... who knew .

Like I said Tym, find someone with an ultrasonic cleaner. If you had shit in the main jet it's likely to be in other places that you can't see, it's the only way to clean a carb properly ?

Well, got her started, she runs like chit butt she runs...going to take it all apart again and start over.

Now hold on a minute.

Bonjour fellow nutters for France

I missed you

Looks as if it's an old friend of mine (Dago) Alan Jones, havn't seen him for years, and with what is happening at this time we won't be able to say good bye to him properly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52433831