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Blue Moon this weekend! This is her setting this moaning. The clouds are tropical from Henri .

That Tyms a cheap bastid wont sell even an acre to buy a BMW just to impress the dickheads at advrider.

We were younger and fitter......apart from the weight, the CBR was a fast, comfy old bus......it was still on the road a couple of years ago.

I reckon I was on my second Suzuki Hayabusa 17 years ago. Awesome bit of kit and I’d have another in a heartbeat This is me on a track day at Donnington Park, surrounded by proper track bikes and I didn’t give a shit………my grin was wider than the Atlantic Ocean. ‘Kin ‘ell, that was faaaaaaast

Of course I loved riding pillion as a kid. I think I was on a bike before I could walk....lol But in the 25 years I have been riding, I have only rode pillion once for a period of time, when we were commuting from the city to the Coast during the winter over big freeways and onto ferries. The conditions were bad and it was better for us to be on one bike. I would hit cars and keep them back while we rode through the city. The night rides were dark, wet and cold, so it was nice to share the body heat. It was a bit crazy, but we managed, we were young! That was about 20 years ago now, since then I have not been a pillion. I prefer to control my own ride.

There was a K1200 for sale. in Scotland, it ticked every box. Handily for me, the seller was just a couple of miles from Edinburgh Airport. Before calling him I checked and found that I could fly there from East Midlands for £45!! and could be there by 10am. I also enquired about adding it to my insurance its and so forth. Once everything was in place and I knew all the ins and outs.. I called him and when he asked me where I was, I told him and he immediately called me a time waster and hung up!! I didn't call him back.

,When i bought my sportster in '91 i should have got the transalp instead. My bad.

I've probably had 15 or so bikes since then but all of them have been trail bikes (big or small). This was one of my favourite bikes in that period ...........

Back seats are for birds! There were times years ago that I had to give a lift to a mate but I fucking hated it. I used to tell them......sit right back, keep your feet on the pegs, and don't fucking touch me. With a bird it was sit forward, and hold onto me if you need to. If they weren't up close and holding on then it required some sharp braking so they'd rub their tits in your back! Simple pleasures back then!

It's a shame that Covid-19 isn't weeding these fuckers out!

What van did you have then?

She'll never get ride of the Bonnie, but a smaller bike may get her rolling again. TBH, we went to Narbonne the other week with her driving the car, and, well, she got me put on the insurance so I could drive it! I'm not a good passenger at the best of times, but we had "words"!

I don't get out on the bike at weekends at the moment, my OH has lost her biking mojo at the moment. Plus it's a bit warm to get out, unless we go out early, but weekend mornings are for drinking coffee and eating bacon rolls, so that rules out early starts!

The mid August day was cooler, as the hot summer days seemed to have passed. A light rain the evening before had made the gravel roads a bit less dusty and the forest brightened up with a fresh green. My Himalayan was running just right, a happy single just thumping away. With all that and some quiet roads through the forest, you have a wonderful August excursion. A short stop at the lake doesn't hurt either, to make the ride there that much sweeter.

It was funny, as I was riding along I was thinking, WOW, the bike is running so nicely and everything is good. Then I SNAPPED out of it and removed the happy thoughts from my head until I was back at home, then I was allowed to say, GREAT RIDE!

Word! I refused to go shopping, i was sure id catch covid it was the typical madhouse. Not like i need anything i have tons of freeZe dried stuff, 180lbs of rice, 6 gallons of rolled oats, the basics

Carnage here this morning, got through it though, thank God !

Hey, I can't help it, I own a Himalayan...... I am successful 50% of the time with my rides lately. My Honda is awesome! Just don't stop for a lot of pics.

Yep, there's no point in setting a deadline when it can always move a month or two either way, it only has the potential to frustrate you if that happens to be longer.

I'm really, really hoping it'll be 4 months as the scar is behind my knee and not on the stump where there's more pressure when walking, I'll know more when I go to see the consultant but that's not until 29th September, so lots of potentail for boredom until then

I'm up early today at 4:30 AM and it's snowing! Ground still too warm for it to stick though, (it's 36F / 2C) . Wish it was light enough to get a picture for you guys. Radar shows the snow right over our house...

FUCK ALL !

Everything on it except the front fender tip is American, the forks are Japanese and the clutch and brakes are Italian, brake discs are British. I understand that from 2010 they started using smaller Chrome parts from China and now most of the Chrome other than engine casings are Chinese made.

Not to organized, the eye is trying to form, classic cat one, turns out the beach ive been at all summer is ground zero.

Picked up the new toy today, had an hour out after prepping it for tomorrows ride. Its a Beta 300 X Trainer Jury is out for the moment its certainly more agile and easier to ride on the dirt than anything else i have but the gearing is stupidly low, first and second gears are useless for the kind of riding i do at the moment and the front suspension is going to need some work to get it right for me. The seat height is low and i can flat foot both feet when sat on it which is going to be a great help in the technical stuff the XR is a sky scraper in comparison to it. Lets see how a proper ride tomorrow goes

No, never would I cross the two.....come on! I am a rural Canadian, but I do have SOME style.... This photo was after I got home on the Honda, my second ride of the day. WOW, to think if wearing that on the RE, just madness. ...and to wear leather and that helmet on the RE would also SUCK.....

It is a HJC i70 Eluma Helmet, I love it! https://fortnine.ca/en/hjc-i70-eluma-helmet?pk_cid=14215329279&pk_campaign=pla-301293093341&pk_source=google&pk_medium=paid&pk_content=126198455992&gclid=CjwKCAjwyIKJBhBPEiwAu7zll7WRz1whxS_VV-s_hrWEfYmZgxqGdhs7obwZ7fmTsidW0npVEBRZABoC9ckQAvD_BwE#76=422&493=12

Chaos here, gas stations have run out of fuel stores out of bread and milk and sue is out of liquor...

time for an upgrade clive...

Is fine now. Browser cache!...

Out early for a couple of hours.......first time for two weeks. Headed south into Almeria and the Sierra Maria country park!

I'm glad you had a good day out Michelle but you realise that riding your RE with a Honda shirt on is a sure fire way to piss him off

A Rod Stewart wig?

Its funny how bikes can get your mood up and down after all it is just an object unless your @XTreme who discards them every time the brake pads wear out been feeling down since the the 650 threw a wobbler then sold the CB, so i bought something this week which will hopefully pick me back up

I am one happy Grasshopper! I had a fantastic ride on my Himalayan today, the first in awhile. The weather was great, the roads were quiet and the bike was running super smooth. I might even put together a small ride report tomorrow.... Then later in the day, I just HAD to go out for something, so I took a spin on the Honda. Life was good today! Have a great weekend everyone!

Its the storm surge the boat yards are freaking out about, and oh yea, the Nuke plant, you know i live right next door to a nuke plant right? I showed mum the Vid of FuckEshemo

tis but a mere breeze

Weather poker is on! All my chips are in for death on Sunday Sunday Sunday!! On the bright side death means i;ll be offline for awhile!

Tomorrow for us don't look good either

Looks like Sunday is storm day, so i made a help sign for the roof, so the rescue helocopters can see me... damn dyslexia i get outside and it doesnt say help on my roof it says Hemp. I dont think this is going to help.

I will be riding tomorrow and Sunday

Either its very dark there or the video is unavailable

It has finally started to cool off here as well and today is cloudy with a chance of rain. NICE!! Soooooo......I am going to put on a happy face, pack up my tools and attempt to go for a ride through the forest on Bagheera (my cursed Himalayan)..... WHAT COULD GO WRONG.........???? ....rescue teams stand by

Its the coolest chit, i;ll take a screen grab of the hurricaine as it goes by our dopplars on the coast, always fun to watch sometimes not.

You are not wrong, though

You lost the Euro types, seems their media wont buy dopplar radar for their weather channels...lol...i wonder if they have flush toiletts yet...lol....

Trop 1 hurricaine is hitting us this weekend, surfs up dudes! Cowabuger!