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So I found a couple of photos of Pete on his ex-John Deacon bike when we went to the Pyrenees. This actually in France on the way down, we found some gravel to play in next to the river Loire....

I don't have any ex wives, I haven't finished the first one yet... ?

Perhaps in future all photos for BOTM need to be 1920 x 220 or something that can be cropped to that. That's about 8.7:1. Wide angle shots preferred. Is that about right size wise @XTreme?

Just flash a smile and the UK guys go quiet! lol

Dont make me flash my boobs to get back on top!

What we talking about now, vote ? I don't vote for anything. i just click like because i'm too damn lazy to type a reply and it shows i have viewed your post rather than no response and you think no one loves you

After I saw this thread I had a look to see if it was available for free, but there was a monthly charge. My mate Charlie's 2nd CCM was an ex Dakar bike, one of the ones they made for privateers to enter on one year. It had a spare CDI bolted on for a quick swap if one went down and lots of extra power takes offs scattered about the wiring loom???? He was too tight to buy the extra large tank that could have come with it and we were always having to wait for him to fuel up. It also used to refuse to electric start and the cure was removing the seat (2 bolts) and tapping a small relay with something heavy. By the time he put the seat back it would have cut out and he would have to do it again, they did not like ticking over. I'd have lengthened the wires and had it outside the bike for 'donking' if it was my bike.

I used to watch the Dakar in the mid 90s when I had cable tv and Eurosport. Always felt sorry for the poor sods starting on New Year's day or close to it. watching Stefaen Petehansal ride the big Yamaha through dunes was like watching a ballet, so smooth and planned compared to everybody else dug in or plummeting off sheer drops and cartwheeling. I was gutted when he switched to cars. I don't really have any interest in any motor sport unless people fall off or crash a lot, so it ticked all my boxes.

What Boris says and what is actually made law are not always the same thing. You need to see what is published.

Watching them struggle in the dunes was pretty cool, reminds me of the dunes at Vandenberg AFB in California.

oh my.....have I angered you in some way? ? You should know better then to bring intellect into a place like this. ? Who knew this topic would bring out this side of all of us.....

We're having a rethink on positioning Dave.....all will be revealed soon! Trust me......I know what I'm doing! Tell him @Tym

No.....but I heard that he paid some cheap hooker in Johannesburg for that service!

I will remember to take more panoramic photos when i'm out just in case i ever get up there again lol

I'll still be in work not matter what they do somebody's got to deal with your shit

I feel your pain.....all a bunch of casuals ?

Not my video but done by one of the pillion passengers from today’s little jaunt on the tarmac. Headed up to Aledo from the Mazarrón area and then back via some small caminos. Don’t let the sun fool you, it was proper chilly at the top.

Oh yes I forgot about them. They are both on my shit list. ?

Thanks gents, yep there’s some decent places to explore and we are lucky with the winter weather, it’s one of the reasons we chose this area. No very tourist orientated and great climate.

Well, when we old guys see wet spots, we just assume.

According to his shadow his arms are 30 feet long...

Fear not Petey Boy, you'll always be King of the Namby Pambys to me.

I'm lucky in that I decide when I have to go into work rather than work from home. When I get sad or bored of sitting at home at least I can ride to work, it's still riding my bike and I do have cross country routes if I want them. I have been only agreeing external meetings after checking the weather to see if I can get there and back without getting wet. Having said that, when I realise I can't just go out and ride where I want, it makes me want to do it more, like a big kid really.

Yeh.....so did I! Eurosport did great coverage!

Mine was a gift from someone I did some work for but it's over 8 years old now and pretty bullet proof.

i cant work from home, but im not allowed to go in to work , well not to do anything thats going to earn me any money... i've watched every thing on Netflix, done all the DIY, run out of stuff to buy off ebay i dont need.....

I;ll check it out i use to run a Oral Surgery Office for Pa.

I Concours...i also KLR.....i;ll get me coat!

I have a feeling you have a secret desire to have a woman tell you what to do...... Sorry, I don't do whips, but maybe chains......??

Pete tells me he knows what he's doing!

Location! Location! Location!

Oh Dear Cheeks, I'm just taking a guess but it sounds like you might have a few digestive issues. Perhaps you are not absorbing water correctly, hence the free flow in the rear. That might explain the volume of hair in this region as well. I'm not telling you what to do, but I suggest more fibre. ??

Thanks for all the votes, chuffed the Dog has done it or was it the snow lol

All my ex's still want to kill me after 45 years!

I'm about as jealous of Pedro's backside as I am of his shiny head! Now his bike......well that's a different matter!

You just left that hanging there for editing didn't you!

You're killing it for me dude.....? You are just jealous of Pedro's younger backside...... lol

Depends, in Connecticut it can take and hour to go 30 miles sometimes, depending on direction, while out west they can do 60-90 miles in the same time.

I'm good with the view......?

My ideal bike would be a Triumph Tiger 800, but I've also been considering the Honda NC750X and the CB500X. So, a mid range adventure style bike. Another alternative is a more road orientated bike for distance riding and a small off-road bike for the fire tracks through the woods. Still plenty to think about.

Well I've been belted by at least a dozen females......and stabbed by one! I might have behaved inappropriately on a few occasions, and the others (including the stabbing) was when I red carded them. The situation with the ex-wife was I'd already told he I'd had enough of her shit (and jamrags) and I was leaving. A few days later I may have inadvertently mentioned to her that she was being replaced by a 20 year old........and she just lost her shit completely!

When my ex moved out of our house she crushed cereals into the carpets and took the hoover, peeled all the labels off the tins of food so I had no idea what was in them and removed all the lightbulbs. She also took every stick of furniture apart from some beach chairs in the garage and a crappy old TV. Mind you, it was a small sacrifice to get her out of the house ???

Did more of that than usual as i had wet pants Glad you like the view Bob

Same here, i did drop the van off down the hill for a puncture repair ready for tomorrow and the walk back up nearly killed me i'm so unfit after the last two weeks of abuse I've given myself

Just rewatched it seen myself at 7:09 on the Suzuki with the blue seat, paddling slowly and avoiding the water in case my pants get accidentally washed (97)

I searched John Deacon on Youtube and up came a 1998 Cambrian Rally highlight video with a brilliant commentary. I'd forgotten he used to do those as well. I know I was there and he mentions 3 people I was there with, Strange Dave, John Perk (Perky) and Jackie Mawhood, but I must have been too slow to get near a camera. Worth watching just to see Pat Tighe muscling his Africa Twin through the boggy bits and the Transalp with a customised fairing, customised by leaving a large piece in the welsh scenerey by the look of it.

That's right Bob. i know some on here will say that's nothing, in the US where you have thousands of miles of open roads i would agree but here in the UK its different riding that distance as you know Bob. It was 580 ish miles if i remember right