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Today, on the "The Lazy 1 stop ride report", I got off the road I was on to go on this dusty path on my pristine clean wheels, to take a picture next to an electrical tower loaded with stork nests.

I know people are joking about it but it is serious stuff, I know someone who got this variant and he has been in a khorma for a week now and he only just buried his naan.

It came from Colorado but it doesn’t smell of weed. Surprisingly it looks like it originally came from warmer climes.

I like my cigars and I like good whisky and my motorcycle. I also like my own company which means I can afford all three.

Finally got there! Took'em long enough. Funny, but I have yet to see the HD Adventure bike - which was what I started going to the HD places for in the first place. Oh well, Buckster got a cool shirt out of it.

Now down to 8 cases......with no new cases for 5 days!

Funny story, once someone knocked on the door, i axed who it was, the lady's voice siad "your neighbour" My response? I have a neighbour!?!

Just be glad i have you twats on ignore.

So, made it down to Lake Elsinore on Saturday. My appt was for Sunday, but a friend had his for Sat afternoon and then wanted to go play in the hills afterwards. Riding the twisty's sounded like fun so i blasted down after breakfast, showing up at the test area just after 1. There was a pretty good setup going. As is almost always the case, there were more reservations made than ridres showed, so i actually got to ride one, instead of waiting until Sunday a.m. This dovetailed nicely into our weekend plans, so off i went after a quick course on how the bike worked. I chose a "special" model (the one with auto-lowering, crash bars, extra riding modes, etc.). The only rules were to leave in RAIN mode, until familiar with the bike and return it unscathed. They had a long, if not boring route around the lake. Probably a good 15 miles, i would say. All town riding, but it did have some long stretches with no stops. Half a block out of the staging area, i hit SPORT mode, and man, what an engine! Very peppy response, firm suspension! Fun to play with. The only thing that bothered me (strong word, as it wasnt that bad( was a little throttle lag when shifting. I think that would go away the more you got familiar with the bike. The bike was comfortable enough on the streets. Mirrors seems a mite small, tho. Ergos were good for a 32-inch inseam. The lowering was interesting and should prove very popular for the shorter legged, or when offroad. After returning, i saw my buddy talking to one of the GS Giant friends, who was overseeing the offroad section. Well, it wasnt paved, but it wasnt really offroad. I guess HD lawyers are just as anal as BMW ones. I understand from our friend that it was quite the battle to just get permission to take the bikes into a level gravel area for some "testing". One bike at a time on the course was the rule. If you dropped the bike, you were done. Speed limit was 25mph, but there was no radar to keep you honest. So, wink, wink. When it was my turn, i took off on the slow slalom, getting used to the feel in loose stuff. Then came easy 180s, followed by a circle test. Did both sets of tests sitting and then standing. Bike was good at maintaining speed by clutching. Power felt good, not as low end as the GS, but not bad. The interesting test was the acceleration and braking, using the offroad ABS for hard braking. Very impressive as the bike slid to a controlled, straight stop. All in all, i think Harley has a winner with this bike. Consider is an SUV and you will see what the market and use should/will be. Meaning, hauling your crap long distances so that you can get dirty. I'm just hoping that they get their converts from their own base, as well as those who have been dual-sporting/adv-ing all along. Case in point - amongst all the bikes that were there, waiting to ride, most were dual sports, with only one HD bike. Not sure if that was someone test riding, or an employee, tho. Now, to sit down and figure out if i need 7 bikes............. (p.s., the HD Branded Revit gear is really good looking and looks long wearing!)

@XTreme what ever your paying your spies ... its to much mate , what a shambles of a mission

You mean normal.

I have no idea what it is about either, no idea why I have been brought into it. Needy cunt.

I f he thinks there's spies he might not know who they are, I'm just struggling understand ( nothing new there!) why post about it, repeatedly, without substantiation. Without allowing everyone access, the subjedt remains a private conversation. No?

Yo Timmeh! Local gunshop is looking for a sales person... I gave 'em your number

unless you're gong to put some links up so that we can all benefit from these aparently hilairious shenanegans, it remains a sort of private joke between you and @XTreme so I can't see the point of posting on the open forum cos nobody but you has a clue what you're on about... I don't even know what forum you're on about though it's possible I've missed something, I usually have .

Not now, it's just a little dry dust It'll come off by itself.

Indeed but in this day and age it is refreshing to find people that still do what they say they are going to do. It’s an old school biker attitude that most of these prissy types just don’t get.

You mean nice one @Earache

Does it stink?

That was for starters, but thought best not to post a picture

There is a Spaniel brain hiding under that or something isn’t there?

Whatever was in the pantry, some chorizo from the Serra da Estrela, some local tomato, onions and garlic, "Poejo" picked in the Alentejo, I call it the portuguese ragu

Not men anyway.

After the Pan America ride test, my buddy and i head south, towards San Diego. He had being searching out some new roads, and the ones he found were epic, as much as they were new. It's pretty mind boggling to get up into the twisty's and forget that you are surrounded by about 15 million people! T This was the route, i'm pretty sure. All the green is the hilly section. Some of the highlights included a few miles of dirt between two paved sections, a decent that was over 26%, and a stop at Josie's Hangout, a re-opened biker hangout near Palomar Mountain. Josie's is where Gary learned not to give me the finger when i am sitting behind a Hells Angel wanna be The day was capped off at a diveish motel, next to Del's Hideout where i had the best hamburger i've had in years!. Not to be outdone by Gary, i plotted Sunday's return route and we spent a good three hours in the hills, with maybe three cars: We did have to forgo tacos in Baja, but that will happen soon! The bonus of Sunday's route was about 15 miles or so of good dirt at the highest point, culminating in some knee dragging as we descended back to pirate territory. Lunch stop at Josie's was time perfectly as we arrived and ordered before the parade of about 60 of Milwaukee's finest chrome showed up. There was the requisite burnouts and wheelies, but the greatest was the wideglide with the German Shepherd riding in front!

Not anti vaxxers as such, I mean not anti all vaccination, but there's plenty here who don't want the Astra Zeneca vaccine specifically. most of the people I've spoken to here about it would have "poohpooed" the rumeurs and allegations about the AZ vaccine, up until the point that it was announced that they were changing the name of Astra Zeneca to "Vaxzevria" that badly timed decision and announcement simply persuaded everybody that they were trying to hide something and that the rumours were therefore probably true.

your back early .

I’ve been out for a beer with a friend, I have a life.

Just like burnt margarine.

oh puhlease... crying and throwing a tantrum?... really? not at all in fact, just trying to understand that's all. I'd like to know what it's about, ( especially if it involves Pete being abused, albeit only verbally) but no one will even tell me what the "other" forum is so I might possibly go as far as a pout, due to feeling left out, but not crying or a tantrum... not my style at all.

I wonder what this could be?

What you say Clive?

taken off to keep from breaking.

Oh, sorry, I thought this was on an open and public forum... which was my initial point, in fact. If you don't want all and sundry to be able to get involved, keep it private, simples innit.

So yesterday they were bullying me......now there's spies there? That's handy to know I suppose! But I don't think anybody is really that interested what goes on there.

Bad time not to have a gun!

It's confirmed now? I never bought into that theory that it came from those live markets.

Well yeah you do for sending it, but it’s still a nice one for you to have received.

What you talking about?

is it your next mission ?

Tomorrow looks good.......so I'm going to be hunting for more wreckage and devastation in uninhabited areas! However, Sunday looks like a washout......and so does most of next week. It's not normal to have rain this late in May! So that's my weekend.....what you up to?

Its the camera angle Bob i could put up some unflattering photos but i might not wake up the next day

No I was resting here.

A few photos of my mooch about the Lleyn Peninsula on Saturday this was the route its about 150 mile round trip from the campsite First stop was at Criccieth to look at the castle but you had to pre book on line to get in so its just a screen grab from google maps for you lot The wife settled for a walk on the pebble beach, what is it with women as soon as she was on there she starts collecting stuff to take home Thought i might see Bruce bobbing about in the background but no Next stop we had a walk up to this, after some googling found out it used to be a windmill Some great views inland and of the coast, no sign of Bruce though The hills of Snowdonia National Park across the water Stopped at another beach for a walk, i liked this one it was almost deserted and free to park Had a look for Bruce here but still no sign of him Headed back to the campsite via Llanberis pass, shot a little vid on the way up, was real busy as usual luckily the bus pulled in at the top so i had a clear run down the other side We ate and drank far too much over the weekend got to get back on the trail bike to burn it off i think

Use the front brakes on a Hardly!?! Do you have a death wish?

After dinner yesterday, I stayed up until 3AM drinking wine with my neighbor. I am finally having a good relationship with them after a lot of years of somehow never really caring much about each other, it´s nice. Today I woke up late, and went on a casual's ride to a cafe, not exactly @boboneleg's flood risks and camping under a storm, I rode 30km or 40km roundtrip, but what can I say ... it's blue skies but ... pretty windy??

We arranged it when covid restrictions had the rule of 6 but as it eased we invited a couple of others. It was great to meet up again and the friday evening was a good laugh but we had to eveacuate the site on Saturday morning as the river Wye was about to burst over the banks. So I just rode a long loop home yesterday following my nose and dodging the showers

How many times she been hit by a truck then for comparison.

It is a long weekend here in Canada, Thanks Queen Victoria! Anyways, going to take the Himalayans out early today before the city folk fill up our backcountry this weekend with their silliness. Going to ride a route that is always snowed in during the winter, so I'm excited, as I haven't been there since last summer. Then I think I have a date with my chainsaw later today! Have a great weekend everyone!

Or you can just leave the rear wheel with a healthy coating of chain lube