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And ironically I can't post it on Social Media because I was there illegally. The location in question was an old Railway Tunnel.......no trains have gone through there for 36 years now! And it's in a very remote location! @Max GSSR told me nobody ever goes there so it would be fine.......however I came across 3 hikers at the end of the tunnel! Played the lost Tourist card so all fine......but to keep the charade going I obviously had to turn back and didn't get as many pics as I wanted! So here you go......this really is Dark Motorcycling!

Had a serious session with the physio this morning which did my arm some good so I thought I'd better cancel that out straight away by going riding this afternoon out towards Chablis and Tonnerre first leaft home about 3 ish. Almost caught the curvature of the earth here, or what would be the curvature if it wasn't actually flat of course... 9/10ths cloud cover but not cold, about 16c I think. Chablis Vinyards going golden, shame the light was so poor a horsey farm for Pete and in a small village "Massangis" I nearly missed this but Tigger said "Oh! Tymmeh's Tomos!" But it wasn't, it's Motobecane from 1974 ( i think) and there's another one the other side I spent an hour or so here, this guy doesn't really sell them, he does them up. the motobecane will do about 70kph he reckons and last year he rode it down to the Millau viaduct and back with some mates on similar machines, that would be a hoot! in the vice in his workshop/ front room was the motor from a 1959 Solex his whole workshop looked like it had slipped out of the 60,s and today; The light was fading fast but when he said he used to ride big bikes and still had a Thruxton and a Velocette in the garage out the back I just had to have a peek and was confused to find only one bike... 'turns out to be a Velocette Venom Thruxton (which I didn't know even existed, I thought only triumph did a "thruxton") from 1967 if I remember right. gorgeous machine... but he rather i didn't take pics of it as it's worth quite a lot of money apparently. I still had an hour or so to ride home and it was nearly dark so I didn't take any more pics and got home around 7. My arm now hurts like hell, but it was worth it.

Wow.......BOTM shot I'd say!

In my search for Gif's I came across the model for Pete's previous BMW

I'm waiting for @Pedro to clarify Fred! He's got his hands full at the moment apparently.......

Yes but their both the same bike so does it really matter ?

Temperatures dipped down below freezing last night and there was word of snow in the hills. So after waiting for the ice to melt on our bikes we set off and had some fun. I almost dropped it when it got really snowy and the mud under the snow becomes very slippery, but managed to stayed vertical. ?. Then we found this awesome spot in the sun with a view. Good spot to let my fingers defrost... ?

It's just a link Rog!

Cool tunnel!

You certainly picked the right sound track for Dark Motorcycling.

That was fun! You should go back there and try to get more footage, great location. I could not go in there by myself, my head plays tricks on me it does. ? It was creepy how the light made it look like your shadow was passing you, or maybe those were the ghosts of the dead motorcyclists who didn't make it out alive after going in there. You were lucky to get out of there alive dude......?

The yearly bunch of pumpkins are adding a nice splash of orange around the place. ? Now I have to come up with the yearly craving ideas... I saw one the other day that looked like a dirt bike helmet, looked really cool! ?

I did, for a short while, that’s how I learned I like them.

Yes and we've been working with some very large cable the last couple of weeks so even small off cuts are heavy

Had a lovely rainy ride to the lake today. The forest was all misty and it felt like we were riding in the clouds. So much fun! Now to get some pumpkins. ?

So what your saying is I'm old I'll have you know

I would suggest that your information is out of date Tym, time you came over and updated your files I reckon.

OK Dad ?? The Canadian in me can handle it for now, and besides it gives me something to whine about. I'm sure when I get old I will want heated palms.....?

The bike should have no problem with heated grips and as far as suffering goes, i found heated grips made the difference between staying out riding for the day or turning around to go home after a few hours

Sounds like its time for some heated grips

I didn't think it would be fair to show two lovely bikes, I think I'm only allowed one bike? ?

I'm out of Solvol now......should arrive next week!

Bruce will be happy he can now go shopping nude as clothes are now classed as non essential items

Is it because his old man bought a Chinese bike?

I can't wait to get out there and become your shadow!

Who has use of the tunnel looks like its well maintained with lighting and all

ohhhhh, this looks good! Getting a fresh coffee and then I'll watch the big production. ?

I just found out something good with this lockdown shit the price of copper is up, i had a good weigh in this morning ?

Those lines on the panniers and fairing remind me of this.................. But the Citroen 'H' van is better imo

Tomos is my oldest brothers NYC bike, im just fixing it, he;ll take it back to NYC, it wont run, i get it back an fix it, i'll ride it for awhile, he;ll take it back to NYC...rinse and repeat.

I'm expecting similar here!

Ya butt, 51 miles were spent underwater riding around the UK @Pedro.....

word on the street is that france will be locking down again as soon as the school hols are over ( 2nd nov) if the current curfews arenot effective.

Looks like this is all i'm going to get this month

Bringing the good vibes is the way I roll.....?

Politics. Ban him.

I thought KTM were top when it comes to ugly but Kawasaki are getting there pretty quick with that

Looks like rain here too, and the temperatures are starting to drop. They say perhaps snow in the hills this evening. So best be putting in my jacket and pant liners to keep warm, as a little rain never stopped the Grasshopper. ?. Also hope to get my seasonal bunch of pumpkins ? later today and then work on my next YouTube video. I could hype it up like @XTreme but I'll let the final masterpiece speak for itself....??

Perhaps it's an orange bike and the owner wanted a colour matched chain.

If nobody saw it it didn't happen, same as dropping a bike.