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The dog was feeling a bit rough so after a few internal organ replacements it was ready to ride cover your eyes if your squeamish this is open heart surgery. The day started with the rebuild After a little work she lives A few hours later and i'm on the road but thinking i better not stray too far after the rebuild so up to my local byway . It was pointed out to me the shadow looks like a reindeer lol And then onto my mountain After a check for oil leaks it was onto check out a lane that was illegally closed but overturned by the TRF Then some of my favorite tarmac to sennybridge for fuel This is the end of the roman road out of Trecastle only took the photo because it doubled up as a piss stop Then onto the Crychan forest which has been graded and has made it easy enough to drive your car through now Then it was the ride home trying to keep it under 55. past the Llwyn Onn reservoir it was like a mirror these are photos of it up the right way and upside down you tell me which is which On the A470 i had to suffer the humiliation of a scooter rider burning me off because i was bedding things in the fucking wanker had the cheek to wave to me Bike ran beautifully restored my love for it again

Bikes are asleep and so are we. Headed to Nevada tomorrow and will post more piccies as they happen....

Hauled butt to our swanky digs for the night in Richfield, Utah, crossing the desert at 100 mph most of the way. We were the only ones out here today....

Friday was the first day of the first trip of the year - headed to the west coast of USA. Had to bundle up to get outta my home area, 28F / -3C when we left Colorado...

I once had a letter from a man objecting to me converting 3 zebra crossings on the same road into Pelican crossings (1995ish). His argument was that I had taken his rights as a pedestrian away because where as once he could step out on the crossing and the vehicles should legally stop, now he had to press a button and wait till the red light stopped them. He demanded that we rig them so that they remained on a red signal/green man normally and any driver wishing to pass would have to wind down their window and press a button and wait to get a green light/red man before proceeding. I laughed back then, but it seems he was years ahead of his time. https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/27/london-pedestrian-crossings-to-have-green-man-unless-car-approaches-14661654/

I wasn't happy with the beam pattern on the led headlight I fitted so I got another one. This one is much better.

Should be fine then, make sure they inject it into a real limb or it won’t work.

None of them ever live up to reality.

Only out for half an hour......wife's blitzed after the second Pfizer so I can't be out for long!

Just use the USB on the stereo.

Got out of the mountains and into the desert, so my bud Todd had to shed a few layers in the fuel station parking lot (as you do). Small children that witnessed this spectacle are scarred for life now....

Well that reeled you in a treat , you fucking Haddock

Depends, do you use motorcycle specific petrol? Fucking knob.

Whatever happened to this technology? Seemed so promising.

Had shitty Mexican and beers for dinner tonight. Not good, not bad. Filled the gut though....

Obligatory fuel station stop....

Of that we have no doubt, probably his clean pants.

They need more input from the Buckster, I could make them into a trail braking king.

I’m guessing if it is what it looks like it has never been off-road in anger, front wheel is too small, looks like someone bought it hoping to become an off-road god but soon realised that they were being a cunt.

It's still a road (not race) engine, and a Honda, so even if it's been through hell it's probably good, having said that, if you're not going to use the wheels why buy it? I would go for a pampered one instead, if it was my money. The thought of it having been abused would always be on my mind, that is supposing you would keep it for a long time. Having talked to a few people with pillion experience in a few bikes, there is no comfort for a pillion like a BMW rear suspension and seat (more so on bad roads), be it a GS or an RT.

If it was owned previously by Lee Salt then it will have done a few Desert Rallies and have spent most of it's life being bounced off the rev limiter. Have a look at the some of the prices Colwyn Bay ask for some of their other bikes. There are loads of CRF1000/1100 's about, personally I would never buy a bike from them.

since India was put on the red list 110 flights have landed in uk , thats about 8000 people from a country ravaged with a new variant of covid... its an absolute fucking disgrace .

That is the name he uses on a Saturday.

The storm we had today gave us 3 inches in 4 hours, should be a good one in a few days when it hits your side of the pond.

Been rainning all day. So i took a nap.

Yeah, Wranglers have never been as good as Levi's

Yep, I was fine for about 6 hours then it hit me, like having the flu. Anyway, that's me done until we have to have boosters

Life is like a box of chi.com steel....

Yeh.......you just can't tell. Like how some people get Covid badly and others it has no effect.

pOrblem is when i think of an island i dream of coconut palms, news on tv thats a week late, spam being a civil right, hot hot hot white sandy seashelled beaches with clothing optionals. Thats an island mun. Hafa Adai.

Close! This will b e 7 days an d 4,200 miles or so. Did 500 miles yesterday and will be about 600 today. Then we'll have lower mileage days before heading back east. Should be fun!

Is that the same spot where there used to be the massive bombhole ? (I can't say puddle or Pete will accuse me of puddle-spotting again )

Thanks @Pedro The lake is one of a series of reservoirs that feed the valleys with drinking water i think i get my water from there, as for the dog i had the cylinder honed and a new set of rings even though it was all new 22000 miles ago, i was so close to it i would have regretted it if i didn't do it, the essential work was the 2 new cam chain guides and new cam chain all Honda parts. Total cost for parts was £358 about £100 of that was gaskets. Doing it myself saved me about 2 days of labour which would be about a £1000. if i had to pay someone to do it i would probably have parted out the bike as i only bought it for £800 about 12 years ago

4 days, 38000 miles!

yeh , its no slouch .

Its a Triumph, proper bike!

This is on ebay , was bought in 2020, description says this was bought to use off road , its not been to the shops and back and washed on a sunday. its done 4000 miles . know some of you are off roaders so would this of been ragged to fuck and done a hard 4000 miles, im thinking probably yes . Colwyn Bay Motorcycles , any one heard of em or used em ?

That looks like Porto just an hour ago, before the match started

All still wearing masks, other than the odd forgetful.

I knew that

new woman in the box

Or did you mean safe from the rabbits.

Got some house stuff done today so bikes are parked out front ready for the morn. Mandi kept the rabbits busy while I snuck them out.

Someone get on facefart and tell the Grasshopper to get her arse in gear

We're weird; we wear the same clothing no matter what while riding. Todd was the only one to wear some long underwear. I wear just a tee shirt under my jacket regardless of the weather. Brought along one pair of shorts and one pair of pants, 4 tee shirts and thats about it. Same with Dave. Although his wife brought a little more clothing. Will have to do a laundry day someplace along the trip after day 4.

Nice one Fred, that barrel and piston look sooooooooooooooooooo clean. The Dog lives on..................

Well, in fairness it probably has increased in value over your ownership? Do you feel it’s stronger now?

We’re fucked, these cunts will never get us free of it they won’t shut the fucking borders, we should have done a Australian border lock down months ago, these twats in power never seem to fucking learn, BASTARDS.