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Look @boboneleg, no topbox!

This is where top-boxes should be (I have four) , in the feckin garage .................. btw , that's my submission for this month

Twat

sorted

not surprised really, that probably goes back to the inquisition... wait for it...

Fuckmine, do I have to do this every month with you two knobbers ....................

Welcome @Jed hope you enjoy it. They’re all about the pics on here, mainly due to illiteracy so feel free to post some of your bike pics or any crayon drawings. Just try not to use words with more than two syllables in any of the descriptions

The A-team fired 3 million rounds during their shows and nobody ever died.

I think i'll try some sand this month instead of the mud

Yer, so far been waiting 3 hours for recovery! Im in Salobrena now in the supermarket getting supplies, thinks best get Mr Slowly a nice bottle of whisky!

I do need a recomendation for a bike valet, mine died from wd-40 exposure.

I sacked mine cos he was a cheeky cunt!

No I don’t , but I’m sure @boboneleg will arrange one with his fantastic artist skills

You want a nice top box you do

sad but true...

Waste of fucking time but here goes .,.

The fucking Top Box Nazis are off again @Tango

I have a few of the bike on dirt roads, but I like the view on this one

No border issues, just rode around it Bit of excess info here so I’d skip this bit unless you’re travelling abroad - it was so much more civilised than the chaos at the airport, far more relaxed, they check your vaccination status and your locator form with your passport, took moments. There is some difficulty for British folk with residency elsewhere as the border staff don’t have their head around other countries requirements and are demanding proof of vaccination when it’s not required so if you want to travel smoothly then just comply with the UK regs. The two key pieces of paper (which need to be printed as they don’t seem to understand/trust the apps) are your proof of vaccination and passenger locator form with a QR code on it. They don’t seem to be scanning them so feck knows why they want to see it but they do I do like that too though, crispy air and sunshine, lovely… if you’ve remembered your thermals So far so good. The extra luggage weighing on the Himalayan has effected the acceleration and top speed, stick some decent elevations into the equation and full throttle is umm well let’s just say far from exciting I’m guessing that the really high elevations might be effecting the mix. Those higher than high moments aside they’re running great, once you’ve made the adjustment from much more powerful bikes the Himalayan is a smile a mile, so easy to ride and endlessly trustworthy in any conditions so it’s just lovely to sit on and be transported along looking at the views! 🏔 Viva la Himalayan!

Valdepenas. About here. Much warmer now! Traffic round Madrid is mental! Starting off in this today Finishing up a few hours later in this 🏍

Fer fucks sake don’t tell him or he’ll be giving you directions to some abandoned building.

It seemed like a good idea at the time - ride to Moab, UT as the temps wouldnt be in the 100s (38C) anymore. And, they werent. However, they were in the 30s (1C), tho. (you're welcome for the conversions to that weird system). Normally, these GS riders would be found at Starbucks, but the closest one was drive-thru only. So, Panera Bread it was: This bastard didnt tell us he was bringing heated gear and Hippo Hands!. Then, again, he does wash his GS after use. The real riders only layered up against the temps. (still under 40F at this time) The original plans were to spend the first night a friends second home in Duck Creek, UT, but the snow changed that plan. So we rode out to Page, AZ instead, at the bottom of Lake Powell. The lake was formed by damming the Colorado River. Being that the southwest portion of the country is mostly arid, most of the lakes are manmade. Powell is a large one!

I was thinking about this today and came to the same conclusion. I have an old Hilka impact driver I used to use on fizzys and crunchies. Gone through quite a few bits over the years but the body's still going good.

Well made it here only took me 8hrs and poor ol Mr Slowly still at sea, he waited 4 hours for recovery, they picked him up 30 ish mins ago and are taking him n the bike back to Granada so once he’s there and its sorted he’ll have an hour taxi ride back here! Bit hacked off cos its taken yonks to get all this together and I really badly wanted Mr Slowlys first experience to be a good’n! I’ll wait til tomoz and start taking the piss thatll probably fix things The Traffico Control (traffic police) turned up on mobikes, one of them was nice the other brrrr all I can say is Im glad I had the right plates n paperwork cos he was looking for a nic! Update- Just got a txt from Mr Slowly he said the garage guys are really nice and will try n get it sorted tomoz

My impact driver I reckon. Bought it to use on the cross head screws on the casing of my XS250, so must have been around 1983. The XS250 was useless and dumped after a few months, the impact driver was last used this year to undo two bastards bolts that I couldn't shift any other way.

My cheap camshaft never arrived so I've had my money back. Bit the bullet and ordered from Honda yesterday, this thing better fucking work after this or i'm going full Basil Faulty on it

no top box, but a cb radio, a first aid kit, a gun holder and th etank lights up. That's gotta be worth something right?

Guess where I am? Half an hour away from Salobrena on the side of the road Mr Slowlys turn to navigate, whats that coming off his bike? Looks like one of his straps. Beep beep beeep beeeep (cos the next thing you know his bag will dump itself on the autovia in front of me) Mr Slowlys occupied looking down at his bike seemingly trying to change gear. I stop n run a short distance back to the strap, fuck me the traffics fast when your heading towards it on foot… oh dear its not a strap… bollox! The guardia civil arrive pretty quick, probably cameras covering this road. I hope they havent watched me run up the hard shoulder onto the carriage way with no hi viz on to retrieve the chain and so I quickly put it on. Need not of worried, They were perfectly pleasant but now an hour n a half wait for recovery and little hope of a chain then! Police were nice though. Glad I put the hi viz in the top of the pannier and on the right side for easy retrieval the traffic is FAST. Think having the hi viz n the printed documents quickly to hand helped relax the Guardia, happy they werent dealing with a couple of morons Gonna wait an hour more with Mr Slowly then head on cos I think Ill struggle if it gets dark n I cant see the road markings. Well dinner wont be coming out of the slow cooker today now will it!

Maybe I should get a van, then I could take the bike to the shops in that and wouldn't need a topbox.

I know @XTreme, the concept of a working bike is lost amongst the casuals!

Well done to you both, I've been her nearly 29 years but I was young free and single back then so only had me to worry about and had a job here that I came out to.

It was a great day to be up there overlooking Portugal. Sometimes you get all the way up to be greeted by fog or rain and can’t see an inch in front of you.

All hope is lost

I'll start the ball rolling.......

Thanks @MooN. Hoping to get the keys to our house on Friday. Really looking forwards to that, so we can put some proper roots down.

It's not the "winning" it's the "taking part" that's important!

Yep they did this time but had no interest in seeing any other covid paperwork!

Nice place to stop for a snack!

No need for directions, they’re everywhere and I can see the appeal so maybe doomed myself!

Yeah. 4 layers of clothes will help, some times. (the snow storm in upcoming parts was "interesting")

All good, honestly the predicted “moderate to rough” crossing was like being rocked in a cradle.. if babies can drink a bottle of Chablis or two before being rocked