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No I haven't flouce you twats.... Even if this new love intress pans out... I'll be around.... Annoying you cunts for another 15 years....

Starting a ride report weeks in advance the actual thing takes place is not my style at all, I hate all the hype. However, this is more of a declaration of intentions so that I have no excuse to cower out at the last moment quoting some excuse. I have been making tiny preparations over the last few months, just to get myself in the mood. Stuff like renewing my passport, buying a phone that can manage using Moroccan data while keeping my Portuguese number active for (pretending to) work, buying a fender extender to protect the rear shock from rocks, buying a half tinted visor because the dark one is deadly at night and days get shorter in October, buying tires two months in advance, etc ... all that seems like over preparation but in fact was just me trying feel a little more in control by solving stuff when in fact I'm honestly plain scared about what I'm going to face riding out of that boat in Tangier. I've gone to the ridicule of freezing a couple of things at home, so that I have something nice and warm ready for when I return in the dark. My plan is to visit some familiar places and mix that with a bit of adventure, maybe see new places maybe a little more off the beaten path. Mountain passes are what I look forward the most regarding motorcycling, more so when they're heading to the wide open desert heat and herds of camels, in this case it's the easy familiar places that really amp up my anxiety, places where I proposed marriage and was happy, and where my heart broke and I contemplated darkness. Not sure if it's the happy places or the sad one that will challenge me. I'll be doing it alone at my own pace because that's how I deal with stuff, and because in a weird way I can't help but scratch wounds, you know it'll hurt but can't stop yourself from doing it. Today I booked a ferry ticket for the 29th September, a few things were starting to make me doubt going and finding an easy reasonable excuse for staying home working instead, so I bought the ticket and posted this so I'll be too embarrassed to not go at the last moment All that's left now is give the bike a small service, like an oil change and air filter change, and put the new tires on, and hopefully I'll be good to go. I say hopefully because I'm not really up for fixing anything on it, it's never needed anything so here's to that! My mum's 70th birthday is on the 27th, so on the 28th I'll ride to my place, pack everything nice and tidy and get in the mindset, have a nice sleep and on the 29th set off to catch a ferry that's leaving at an unreasonable 15:00 from Tarifa, since it's an adventure I'll probably miss that boat and call an hour earlier to change the ticket to one at 19:00 All in all, it'll be a grand time filled with extreme emotions, a perfectly reliable bike, twisty mountain passes shared with overloaded trucks, smells of spices wafting through street markets, and dusty boots.

Fifteen years time? I’ll still be waiting for the Kawasaki tank and still trying to get the DR running. Thanks, I’m fucking depressed now.

Marcel started it, 15 years ago. Turns out the pills mother gives you, do nothing at all.

Your working it out like centigrade to Fahrenheit … now double it and add 30

37 ..........................

You'll be an online presence by then, part of a hive mind bike forum. Your withered mange covered body will just be on a breathing machine so you can still post on here via the data plug in the back of your neck (actually, you'll probably be wireless). It'll be a new era, but the ride reports may be limited.

56, I'll be 56 Whose twisted mind came up with this thread?

One for @Marcel only £20 as well

I think Tym got his math wrong..... I'll be 72... But be looking like 60... You know how that works boys superior dna and stuff...

I love a bit of hype, all helps to build anticipation and I like reading the prep people do. Look forward to reading and seeing it all. Sounds like it might be bitter sweet. I dunno if you are really scratching wounds or just doing something that feels like it needs to be done? I met a guy at Burgh Island once who went every year on his own. It was the hotel he and his wife went to and when she died he continued to go. He looked very sad so I asked him why he returned to a place that made him unhappy, he said he felt like he was connected to her there and even though it made him sad it was lovely to feel like she was there. I hope you get some of that too

Shut up rich @Buckster will have it in his head your 10 years old now … don’t answer your front door tonight

I'll be 52 though I'll still only look 25.....

Ok I get it now..... I'll be prepared if anything happens.... Thanks.

I like that, it's like a food based music videoclip I purposely took that picture for you and a couple other forum members

I've got to admit that I'm not very keen on roads like this! They're narrow and demand 100% concentration in case any dumb Dagos come flying around the bend directly in your path. Apart from that it's continual gear shifts in the lower gears and that gets hard work......especially when it's pretty warm out there. But we needed a ride report so I thought I'd better do something other than debris and destruction! A real man's motorcycle for sure! The recovery truck business in the town is now on a 3 day week since I outed the Beemer! This is a rural hotel complex...... Back on the move again..... I'm very impressed with this thing! Fuck knows when I put petrol in it last! Back out on the open roads to cool down a bit...... Not sure when I'm going to be out next.....because the long term weather forecast shows rain indefinitely! Along with a sudden drop in temperatures! I can't fucking win can I? Anyway......there's a ride report so you losers can live vicariously through my daring exploits! Maybe some of you lot should try doing one sometime!

Ferry booked for 16th October so if you could have a word with the weather In a rather excellent score this is when my Dad will be discharged from hospital after his knee op. So I'll be about to take him to hospital and do the important stuff and will skip the irascible PITA recovery part which my mother will have the pleasure of doing

70 …. Death is looming nearer

Sierra Nevada is next to my place, only been up there in a car though, tis on my hit list to ride when I get back to Spain. The route we took up the mountain was good, the route we took back down was bordering on terrifying. I couldn't believe the road was open, ridiculously steep, narrow, single track with tight 180 degree turns and sheer drops. It makes the road down to Robin Hood Bay look flat I don't recommend riding down that either, there are kamikaze pedestrians all over the shop. Mind you you'd probably pay attention to the sign saying 'no vehicles access only'

83......but I ain't expecting to be around at that age

64 if I make it that far

Your ass is in the corner of your eye?

We both had a peanut butter parfait at dairy qween..... I think I caught her checking my ass out in the corner of my eye.... I might be in trouble...

My son was a chef for a few years until a major career change. He still dabbles, all a bit too burny for me, but he does send me the occasional food prep video he's made.

Because he is a cunt.

This is ending up worse than my GS trainwreck Ray!

I'll be 69 don't think I'll be doing that though

ill be 66 and about to retire, If i make it that far.

Oh your just jealous you old cunt...

Don't want..... Pardon my acadian slang..

How could you bob that could be classed as high treason

I've never seen the logic of this fight in terms of furthering the sons' careers!

What a twat , his son has got his own mind … any way they are boxing not having a swimming race .

Is "don't definitely" that you do want a party girl or you don't?

What's the difference between a nurse and a helicopter? Not everyones been up in a helicopter.

She's not retired yet.... Hold on twats... I'll see if it leads to anything.. She's coming riding again next weekend if weather permits... There's lot's of steps to pass... One is if we're compatible in bed....and yes sex is real important to me... She might be a bitter or try to rip my cock off... You never know... She has the built for it... At 5 10...

Stay away from nurses they're all lunatics.

The problem with making the visor too dark is when you move from bright light into a darker area (tunnel, tree canopies etc) your eyes aren't able to accommodate quickly enough so they tend to aim for a light tint to try and cover both bases. When its really bright I use sunglasses and the sun visor together, that combo works well cos you can flip up the sun visor in shaded areas but still have the sunglasses for when bits of bright light breaks through.

She's not my Queen cos I'm not Spanish! I'm stuck with Charles the Oaf same as the rest of you!

We used to do it and then stand nearby with a blown up paper bag and pop it just as they bent down to pick it up, some old bloke nearly had a heart attack and we had to leg it

I just watched the proclamation of the accession ceremony, Britain at it's finest in my opinion. God save the King .