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Woke up after a night of hard noisy rain expecting to be in for the day, but the sun was shinning so thought it was a good day to take Maria's bike for it periodic warm up run, got my cool leather jacket and went for a ride. For legal reasons decided it was best to keep out of tarmac even though I didn't feel like getting the bike dirty, I haven't got the heart to get this bike dirty but the dirt was moist and ideal for traction and not getting either dust nor mud up. Short 10 or 20km run and got back home to park it back up in it's spot, after a quick cuddle. Taking this bike out for it's run in a thing of love. Wasn´t intending to, but the quick ride up the dirt road made me feel like going for a blast in the XR, so after the 230 was parked I changed clothes, the cool leather jacket for the summer jacket and motocross boots. Took some farm access roads: And then some medium to high speed dirt roads over some of my favorite local landscapes: I have the XR running on well setup suspension, but I have almost new Michelin AC10 on, and it's a tire that I don't rate at all. I chose them for being street legal but regret it whenever I use them at over 80kmh on dirt, they give poor feedback on the front wheel, you never know when it's about to wash out from under you, next time it's going back on motocross rubber. Anyway had a great ride and the only worry was when coming out of a fast corner almost running into a pile of manure someone left parked on the middle of a dirt road. On the way back too a picture of the coolest bridge I know, while waiting for the traffic to switch back my way, the bridge Rainha D.ª Amélia crosses the Tejo river: Made it back but before coming home decided to give the bike and my boots a hose down to get rid of the farm track mud on this service station right at the end of the dirt road. It's really convenient to have a service station at the end of the dirt road: Getting back home just before some heavy showers, in time to aply some silicone spray on the plastics and make it ready for parking for a few more weeks next to it's little sister, the 230.

Yeah I think I'm the only peasant still running a stock exhaust. Would have loved to have been able to afford the weight reduction and heat reduction of an akro or wings but I don't have the spare cash. I keep asking people for information about decatting and they just tell me to spend money I don't have ? I'll check out that forum, thank you!

I had a vacuum cleaner once that came very close.

Bob being creepy:

Ooooooh look photos of me and my bikes, anyone else seen Bucks bike out ?

So could you.

I shall now be able to sleep easy! Thanks @boboneleg

It’s a pity odometers don’t record down to inches.

Don't ask me.......I left there 15 years ago. But managing the ZRX Museum is very time consuming I heard!

Me and Mandi were had that prob, I was waiting to pull out and she ran into the back of me. Wiped a box clean on the side of the bike.?

Thank you, looking forward to lots of information ?

Of all the riders I know with 690's I don't think a single one of them has got the original silencer fitted, nearly all of them have Akra's or Wings silencers but wether or not they've removed the cat I'm not sure. I know that you can't mess with the very latest models too much without going to a KTM dealer as they have locked them down , a lot like all of the latest model bikes. You might get a better answer here............ https://www.ktmforum.co.uk/forums/off-road-enduro.94/

Like i posted, Mad Max! Heat shields, rays of death, dog food for dinner! whoo hoo!

Last time i rode with a buddy i shunted her in the rear, had to buy her a new side bag....Never again, when i ride alone, i will always ride with myself.

On another note, I made it home yesterday, after a nice ride. Had a nice meal all by myself, of a little cheese and peas with chorizo, was half way to getting a little drunk on my favorite local whine when my folks called to ask if I had been allowed in as my area has exploded with hundreds of infected cases overnight. This is worry for Portugal as all the big distribution centers for the major supermarkets are here, and if they shut down it would get tricky to distribute food and stuff. I'm not too worried myself, as I am alone anyway. It's raining, though, so I am home.