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Exactly! There's a strict flouncing protocol that has to be observed......leaving without following this protocol is just "buggering off", AWOL.....etc!

You dint announce your flounce ahead of time, you dint post you wouldnt want to be apart of a forum that would have you as a member, stamp your cyber twinkle toes and storm off, stage left. Next time get it right...lol

Having adjusted the chain ( which i'm shit at, find fastidious and hate doing) in order to eliminate a bit of throttle "snatch" that appears on the tiger if the chain isn't "just so", I decided it needed test riding. One of the phone nav apps I use is a compass that you can put a "target" on and it adds a second directional arrow to the compass showing straight line bearing and distance to target. As i'm still restricted to a 10km radius from home I switched that on and just stooged around with no fixed destination, just keeping an eye on the " distance to target" readout. Easy! left home around 15H30 and rode for around 2 hours. I've been here before but a loooong time ago so none of you will remember the pics I took at the time. During the occupation, auxerre prison, and later the psychiatric hospital opposite was used by the Nazis as an interrogation centre for resistants and political prisoners from the area ( communists mostly or anyone caught in possesion of a firearm). Once the prisoner had confessed to his, or her, crimes ( usually under torture) they were taken in small groups in the back of a lorry to a small isolated clearing down a dirt track in the nearby village of Egriselles. Here they were propped in front of 3 trees ( most couldn't stand) and shot. This is the place and the one tree still standing between the winter 1942 and summer 1944. 43 resistants were shot at this tree. There is no indication from the main road that this place even exists. riding out from there ( and in search of a lighter subject) I crossed back towards the North East and approached Auxerre from the hills to the east came up against this level crossing closed which was uncool cos the deviation would send me at least a couple of km outside my permitted zone. Nothing for it then ( cos I hate turning back) I'm going to have to see if this goes through anywhere interesting. judging by the tracks in the grass, at least 1 car had been through so I reckoned that where a car can go, i can go ( I seem to remember that this same thought got my in some trouble last time... remember the pic of the tralp on it's side up a gulley in the woods? i It did eventually come out back onto the road, but not before a dodgy right angle turn that nearly had me off due to trying to change down whilst standing on the pegs and ending up grabbing more throttle than intended... I cut through an industrial estate down to the river and rode alongbetween the river and the old GIPN barracks, which is now a small industrial estate, though they appear to have maintained the shooting range as Military property, I presume for the local Police National. i stopped for a pic of it ( you can just make out the sign " stand de Tir" on the building if you zoom in, and the " Military property" signs on the gate. I wasn't going to hang around for a better shot though as with recent events in Rambouillet ( Police personnel have been targeted by terrorist attacks in their family homes) they are more than a little jumpy about this sort of thing at the moment. I crossed the riverand rode through the town south, crossing the river again south of Auxerre at La Cour Barrée and cutting through to Vincelottes and up into the Vinyards I even managed to fit a mountain pass into the day all 206metres of altitude! and back through the vines to St Bris le vineux

Through to St Bris le Vineux Thanks to the wind turbines for the well maintained gravel trails! and so home . for a well earned mug of tea.

Staying at a wine farm today:

you've misread him , Pete knows when something's not right, he just doesn't know how to do anything about it

And to think I was going to vote for you which would have taken it into extra time the kind of excitement this place needs. Next time i'll just go with my gut instinct and vote for Tym

Been there for two days you lazy twat!

Taking the Himalayan for its first MOT Saturday. Got the Bandit booked in for a full service plus MOT ahead of doing LEJOG, theyre going to stick a dual USB charging point on there and a gear indicator because its so smooth in 5th you could easily be in 4th or 6th and I’ve had enough of it. I was certain it would become clear after Id been riding it a while, its bloody obvious on the other bikes but its just not on this one. Someone I consider to be a good rider said they found the same with their Bandit and ended up fitting one too so I’m not alone in finding it irritating. Love doing stuff to or having stuff done on my bike. Getting something for your bike is the best prezzie in the world, IMO nothing else even comes close

I see your “if it costs nothing it has no value” and I raise you- he knows “the cost of everything and the value of nothing”

Restaurants close at 10:00pm, but loads are still closed because it’s not profitable to open. Some hotels are also closed, but we’re coping Rode for 40 or 50km today, before stopping...

My buddy started and owned a Duc forum and Vertical Scope bought it from him and killed it off in about a year. Was thriving forum and went straight to the shitter really fast. Both @DesmoDog and I were Moderators (probably had something to do with it';s demise) and it was a decent forum for awhile. He got around $20K from Vertical Scope for it - not sure if that's a lot or not.

Pure Alentejo!

Day 5!! https://youtu.be/MdE_3H2i-Yw

Of course he is, he is a quarter plastic.

A company by the name of Vertical Scope! These are just the ones that show up on Google.....there's page after page of them! Amongst their acquisitions are a lot of motorcycle and automotive sites......and every forum looks exactly the same! Like THIS in fact! Vertical Scope buy them up, then bump up membership prices and plaster the place in Ads. Total domination of the market! Of course, the independents have always had paid memberships and Ads as well! And I do understand the reasoning for this! However, I will point out that all the forums I've done since 2002 have always been free and never had Ads. Yet the strange thing is that the site owners who receive revenue get worshipped as Forum Gods, but when I give people something for nothing, there are some who are still not happy. But what do I know? I'm just an Internet troublemaker after all. What can we learn from this @Tym?

it'll tell you in your bike manual what the manufacturers recommendations are for chain maintenance. Triumph says to Lube evey 300km for mine but I don't do that. To be honest I just look at it periodically, if it looks a bit dry I'll lube it, or if I've been on a long run in bad weather. I can tell by the feel of the gearchange and general vibrations, as well as ( on this bike) throttle snatch, if it needs tensioning a bit and am learning to detect when it needs a lube. some bikes are more sensitive to it than others. Frequency will depend almost entirely on usage and conditions.

I was checking my XR over tonight and can say when things look like this its pretty much fucked

Chinese shite, 10hp would shatter it.

Shit Free For All might be a better fit

some of these pics above are stunning and my screen clearly doesn't do them justice. one from today.

Oh dear, there there, just think of all the cosmic goodness coming your way for such an act of kindness.... or it would be if that was what I was referring to, I meant an electric tyre pump

You nasty dago/Welsh bastard.

And I was the only one who voted for you! Wish I hadn't now cos you're a lazy Ponty fucker!

which would explain why they've always been the haunts of skinflints and tightwads!

Id like to tell you but its chinese and mentioning it might wake Buckster Its a Mutt Hilts, yes I bought it based purely on its looks

One of my old bosses used to say "if it costs nothing it has no value" , although this was in the context of giving customers something for nothing, which the sales guys liked doing....frequently!

Oh yeh.....big dosh! There was never any hope of me selling any of mine......one look at the clientele would have been enough for them!

Lair liar pants on fire , you're trying to light Sofia's flames

You tell him @Tym.

and now for some proper nature .....................

One of mine from a couple of years ago..........

We ran out of drama queens.

New forum......and nobody's flounced! YET!

Another prolific poster no doubt, one of these will be Bruce worried about missing something.

Day 4!! We are South of the River Tagus and enjoying dry roads. We said goodbye to the moutains and are now in the land of the cork tree. Todays update from an old Monastery!

Rather you than me. Much as I loved every minute of my 125, it wasn't safe on main highways cos it couldn't keep up with traffic most of the time and , lets face it, I'm not built for a 125 Having said that I know people who rave about them so you might like it. You're also a wee bit lighter than I am ( a wee bit ) so it might struggle less hauling you around

Super cute bike! Looks like fun! Congrats on the new bike @boboneleg

Cop a load of this!

Good way to end the day!

Bloody cheat!

Our new front lawn, not quite as nature intended but brushing your lawn has got to be better than mowing it ?

Well we are going to Cornwall on Saturday hopefully 2 weeks of peace and quite, I’ll pray the neighbour has died while I’m away.??