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......after a lifetime of service to Namby-Pamby Motorcycling! Because I got a Friend Request on FaceBook.........from TED SIMON! (In 1973, sponsored by The Sunday Times, journalist Ted Simon began a 4-year, 64,000 mile solo journey travelling around the world on a 500cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle. His book, Jupiters Travels has inspired many overlanders). Can you believe it......a friend request from the Godfather of Motorcycle Overlanding! I better get my act together a bit now!

Decided to take the 650 out tonight for a stomp around the valleys, ended up on a disused railway line probably for taking the stone from the quarries it passes through. The flat topped mountain in the background is called the Sugar Loaf and stands at a massive 596 m LOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Loaf,_Monmouthshire I think I've post photos of this place up before but was just passing through with a mate so decided to have a look around tonight. When taking this photo i spotted something i wanted to take a closer look at Cool a cave the old man in me said move on next thing i'm looking down on the bike. A bit disappointing looking around but i'm sure Pete's mate could sell it LOL Stopped to take a photo of the old iron works in Blaenavon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaenavon_Ironworks And a ride up over the British heading home, in the distance is the Bristol Channel and Bob land

300 odd km around the Puisaye and Jovinien ( west and north of me) just put "300km" in the "loop" section of KURVIGER on the puter and let it generate a route. transferred direct to the "me-phone" for use tomorrow when the girls team will have left for a long weekend with mother in law. I then looked at the weather forcast and discovered that the forcast for tomorrow is 40 odd by midday so I dug out my phrase book and found the page marked " sod that for a game of soldiers" and abandoned the children for the afternoon today cos tomorrow I will be mostly lying flat on the tiles of the living room floor with all the windows shuttered! La Puisay, open countryside mostly arable and windfarms untill you get over the other side and start down towards the Loire when it becomes marshy and decidedly medieval something for the religious and for the historians ( s'funny that the french word for a fortified tower is Donjon, wheras the same word in English, "Dungeon" means the exact opposite of a tower...) I even managed to find a cooling splash for the tigers tyres...

Ted Simon’s a cool dude for sure

That’s the look I am going for.

Backrest to complete your new bike

I don’t know, Moon might actually be a chick magnet but just gives the impression of being a feckless cunt.

Wow, fancy.....I have talked to Sam a few times, he seems like a great guy. I would love to have tea with Ted. ?

Sam's a nice guy isn't he.........always so laid back!

That looks ace Pete, practise some back end drifting on those corners ?

That's sooooooooooooo cool. I was lucky to have a fair bit of time talking to him and Sam Manicon about 8 years ago when I helped out at the opening of an overland company.

Top man class!

I was wondering whether he might have seen my abandoned railways and villages stuff on there......and thought I was some sort of adventurer/explorer? He's in for a let down then!

Maybe he can help you with your village identification skills.

Sorry, still not drinking, i;ll let ya know....

...we now have a gentleman here guys, pay attention....?

It's going to be looking gay as fuck @Buckster

Custom rear fender extender. Had to order it from some greasy kebab eating cunts in Cyprus.

I think it may be old England, apart from the bits that were old Wales

Inspired by @Grasshopper's Ride I took this one today

I decided to get out for a road ride today as I shall be starting back at work tomorrow after being out for 4 months due to the covid situation. So I was thinking where to go and in the end plumped for a loop around the River Severn, over to Wales, up through the Wye Valley and back down to home via Gloucestershire. So a blast along the M4 and M48 to get to Chepstow and then up the A466 for a stop at Tintern Abbey.............. So I carried on up to Monmouth but the place was shut ? they were diggin up the High St and there were roadworks everywhere so I gave up trying to get to the spot where I was going to stop for a coffee went back over the Wye and up into the Forest of Dean........ I by-passed Ciderford and took a back road through Blakney which took me past Soudley Ponds. This was a new spot to me so I stopped and had a walk along the bank, there were some big Roach cruising in some of the shallower parts...... I carried on down to the A48 and headed north until I got to Newnham where you can get some good views of the upper reaches of the tidal part of the Severn.........

Well, you see, there are Bi Bars, and then...

They wouldn't turn out for a Cunt like @MooN! What you say @Buckster?

It’s glass fibre, the original one which is shorter is made of plastic, it is just a filler panel that takes up the gap between the panniers and the mudguard and houses the tribar light.

Looks like it's not exactly smooth going on Sunday! Haven't heard back from the FB guy either......maybe he's decided it's not for him!

Bring it on @Tym I can handle your silliness....??

Senile ginger cunt.

Are you worried about the competition eating your food?

All smartarse comments welcome as long as it doesn't offend @Grasshopper's Ride

So on up to Gloucester where I used the ring road to escape the traffic and then up Birdlip Hill and into the Cotswolds to find some roads like this...... I liked this bridge over a stream at Cowley because of the deorative railings.............. So I did some more back roads and then stopped to eat my sandwiches here............ Eventually I came out on the A435 near North Cerney and spotted this really old church............. I took some more back roads to bypass Cirencester and then the A433 down to Badminton and back home. I really enjoyed the ride but it wasn't exactly very warm for July but apparently it's going to hit 30c on Friday so we'll probably all die

Oh, go on, I’m drinking for the both of us

If it's raining I won't be there Bob!

I just thought of a real smart ass comment butt, because im not drinking i bit my tongue.

A sex doll named Tony?

I voted for Specs, purely on the grounds that he was mad enough to buy a CCM ?

You can't spend all your retirement years like that Clive. These are supposed to be your Golden Years.......that sounds more like a fucking punishment to me. Get down the dealers and get something sorted........or you'll end up as one of the "You Retire and You Die" statistics! Just fucking pull the trigger on something.......no point on planning this or planning that in terms of finances......because none of us know how long we've got. Now is the time to live for today! Get it done my man!

So do I! The only one who's been a good fit for me since the 70's ended is @Renegade. We could cross continents together (if we weren't so old and fucked) and we'd both instinctively know how the other would react to any given situation. So we're not on edge watching what the other one is doing. I do miss riding with the toothless old fucker.......however, I don't miss being seen with him in public when we get off the bikes though.

Oh yeh! But I'll be going early and back by midday........hopefully before it starts getting above 35C. A Brit guy on the FB Strom group lives about 10 miles away........never met him.......and he's been asking to come out with me! Probably not a good idea because I like to test people....... @Renegade does as well. Sounds a bit harsh, but if you ride with somebody you need to know what their ability level is.......or they could be a risk to you.

That’s only because he fell over when he was trying to take the picture.

I think @Specs has the best pic, i like the angle the bike pic is taken at, the rest of ya need to practice posing you machines for dramatic effect, pfft

I was going to vote for @Tym, but then I realised the bike was abandoned pending being dropped in the water. Then I thought about @Specs but that made me feel sick so I will be voting for @Earache just because he is slightly less shit than the rest of you this month.

Silly me, I forgot about @Buckster 's cool bordeaux colored Harley, here is a picture:

Probably one of those stupid Harley fuckers that thinks he's Sonny Barger!

It is when you ride the mighty KLR @Pedro , 36 horsepower of screaming ninja thumper furry ya know...

@Tym, is it still a race if the other guy isn't aware?

Helmets are only a legal requirement in Connecticut for people under 21.