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Got my mate to take this today

Gave it a blast in extreme heat for 20 minutes.......then a final oil level check. Looks good to me!

So the w*nker in charge of Wales said we are allowed to invade again, well I don't need a second invitation No gestapo on the M4 once I'd crossed the bridge so away we go, off at jct 28, up through Risca and onto Machen, time to stop and get some fuel. Fuckmine, what's all this shit ? Anyway, I got some fuel and made my escape, obviously the they realised that the T700 is too cool to be classed as an off road bike ? Made my way up around Caerphilly and through Abertriwr to go through Senghenydd when all hell broke loose, cops everywhere , chopper in the sky , the whole caboodle . Obviosly looking for stray Ingerlish but I managed to escape. On a serious note, anything on the news boys as it looked pretty serious up there ? Now this is what we're talking about, the road over the top from Bedlinog is a corker............ Onwards and across to Fochriw and passing the remains of the old mines and the bridges that took the trains to them............. and then I sneaked though Dowlais to get to go by the Brecon Mountain Railway to get to Pontsticill. https://www.bmr.wales/ I made my way down past the reservoirs before stopping at Talybont for a coffee break........... I rode on through the back lanes to get to the Upper Chapel road. As this bike is fairly new to me and only just run in I was now in the position to give it a good test. The road from Brecon to Builth Wells via Upper Chapel (Capel Uchaf) is a great road to test a bike, undulations , sharp bends, straights, it has it all and the Yam passed with flying colours, I am really starting to like this bike. Down through Builth and on to Hundred House and so to the A44 before passing briefly back into England at Kington. I took some back roads down through Brilley skirting the border the whole time , got to love a road with a grass strip down the middle and down into Clyro and onto Talgarth, here the road was blocked so I took the alternative route past Llangorse Lake before dropping down through Llangynidr and stopping for another break by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal ................. I made my way past Abergavenny and Raglan and onto the back roads befor one last stop just before Chepstow and the Severn Bridge to take me back over the water and into England. I've ridden through here before (early in the morning when no one was about) but they're making it plain now that we are not welcome.......... However, it seems that this area is reserved for some other sort of activity ? I'll leave that to your imagination ..................... ?

This cant go easy, i just have that feeling. Sh'es in a FedEx truck tonight, Bloomington California....poor thing is going to wake up Connecticut in a weeks time...

l had from another project just the right size and thickness stainless steel plate...ground the edges,stuck it on, perfect...

You don't notice the weight so much when you're young.......but as you get older it gets to be a problem.

Highlights of the visit to the Garden Centre in Caniles! Spoiler: There aren't any!

Just about to leave to go the Garden Centre in Caniles!

Rock Anthem for sure!

More progress, fan switch is in the KLR, and works! Plus, IMS just shipped my new KLR gas tank! Whoo hoo!

Plus its all top heavy weight! Im done with this chit! Why of Mother Earth do i need 7 freaking gallons of gas to cruise locally!?! Getting ready fir my Saturday night, all i need is 2.5 gallons imho 7 out, 2.5 in, easy peasy.... One problem im running a Pingle™ petcock in order to flow more fuel, it doesnt have a reserve position... When she sputters, shes out..... Dont matter each gallon is 6.2 pounds of dead weight

Did everything better, just not enough to be worth the trouble Butt, at least i cleaned her up a bit

Excellent Bob! WTF is going on there with no fuel for off road bikes and cops out in choppers? Sounds like it's turning into a Police State from some Soviet era Eastern bloc country.

Ohh yes that road is good went over there myself today the photo above was on Llangynidr mountain looking towards Llangorse lake

Totally disagree, cool as you like

The problem there is using 'good' and Harley Davidson in the same sentence

Guaranteed 12 months or 12 gear changes, whichever comes first.

Let me know when they make one.

I like the concept of the fuel being under the seat like the NC Hondas and F series Beemers.

You notice the weight of the fuel on this thing for sure, its being carried so high...

No i made it in Connecticut!

Roughing it in the wastelands, barely surviving, miles from civilisation, dangerously near water (I can't swim).

Damn that looks good. Couple of beers and tub full of stew would be nice!

Irish Stew ?

I had made up my mind to not fit in the straight through exhaust colector, but now an acquaintance has told me he's going to switch bikes and has his titanium akrapovic colector for sale.... hmm ....