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Strangely arousing

Just saw that big dude yesterday on a video about a Hayabusa event in the UK! That’s a fake rude restaurant, there used to be a real one in Porto that had patrons coming all the way from Spain to see the guy loose his shit and tell people to eat what he put on the table or fuck off!

I know, it's fascinating hearing other peoples' stories, not often they get written down. I had a meeting with residents in Mile End Place many years ago, something to do with traffic calming I think. The wall at the end of the street is part of the boundary wall of a very old Jewish cemetery. In use from 1697 to 1852. I was told that the descendants of the buried visit from all over the world and whilst trying to find the entrance they sometimes end up in Mile End Place, the real very small gate is 3 streets away. He said they sometimes run up and down praying due to some sort of time contraint, not sure if that is true or not. My then boss said what the street needed was Jew calming rather than traffic calming. This is the same boss who attended a meeting with the Buddhists and the owners of a vegetarian restaurant whilst eating a bacon roll.

Just so you know, such things don’t happen with a BMW, in fact, my bike will have a new shaft drive fitted for free later in October, as will all bikes (at least here) after a free inspection or if they’re over some mileage which mine is. I was going to take it out and probably replace anyway at 100.000 or 120.000km, so was happy they thought of me.

That’s awesome!! You look like you were having fun, and why not, great opportunity. It was the same for me, almost 50 and I wanted a challenge, which learning to ride off road on my Himalayan gave me. I am a better person for pushing through my fears that’s for sure. You look good in that gear too!

Imagine what would happen to ginger sheep shagger in there.

Just got news this morning... Look's like the double clamp is good enough for the repair.... Cunts.... Here's what the housing look's like..

Uncle Harry came back from the Boer War when he was not allowed to sleep with the other boys. For reasons left unexplained, he was banished to the front room and told he had better get married sharpish – which he did. Another cracker. Mile End Place is still there, I know it well. In the late 80s I had to a street light scout in the area every 2 weeks and I learnt early on to park in Mile End Road and walk in, because if the lights were out you couldn't see to turn the car around without taking out a garden wall. Spin round to see the covered entrance. https://goo.gl/maps/ZX54kF36Nw66iMgcA https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/09/22/at-mile-end-place-x/

Better then what happens in Spain

Those are sacred trees, very, very special. I adore trees, i totally volunteer to go see trees anytime!

Crossing water is so nice!!! Felt like Moises! Its like having extra powers, really liked it. There were a lot of stones there, it was a little path only a bit wider then the bike with 2 rocks sticking out on the side. I think you call what I fell on reeds, or canes (?) . They are actually invasive, like notweed, and have been used as fences to divide properties or pieces of land the same way you have blackthorn. They just grow out of control and spread throught there rhizome, almost impossible to get rid off. Around here its so common to see lines of them and in this case someone had cut a lot to open up the path and left them there to hold me like a mattress! Still my foot has 100% trapped between the rock I was trying to negotiate and the bike that had its swing arm balancing on the rock and my ankle. Those boots are really good!

This is so fucking funny........

Basically, he's saying you were foolish by driving it half a continent away to them since you stopped the leak before.

So, today was a special day! I have been wanting to try off road ridding on a motorcycle, something I never did before, and it so happens a customer's mate is a professional motorcross racer and of I went to have a go with this loony that took me through rocks, mud, rivers, Sea cliffs, rickety bridges, forests and even someone's vegetable patch!! In my head we were going on a gentle ride through the countryside, but no, he decided my confort zone needed to be expanded by a considerable shunk!! We climbed and descended things I never imagined I could possibly manage, but somehow I did and the only time I almost didn't, I remembered Elisabeth R "Keep calm and never give up". I'm 3 month short of 50, going through menopause ( I hope it's that, or else my brain is deffo gone with the fairies!!), after a few years of emotional turmoil and copious amounts of anxiety, I really thought I could not hacket anymore, but today I realised I can and actually what is needed is to go, push harder, go further, face the fear, accept the falls and rejoice with the rising from them, believe we can, because we will achieve more then we thought possible!! I'm pretty shuffed with myself today and here are the pictures to prove it!! But because I'm not one for just showing off, there is also evidence of one of 3 falls, this an hilarious one, specially for the Green Laning pros amongst you!! Laugh away, it's funny! Thank you to Michi Kunz , crazy good at what he does and a very kind soul. Interesting project, worth checking out: https://sharebus.ch/

Don't worry, it's not strange, it's normal!

Tinkler... What kind of last name is that..... I believe he should be working for Honda with a name like that...

I can't deceide what's uglier.... The bike or this pic..

Anyway, I told him about the driveshaft thing they're doing, but was thinking there's someone else I forgot about. The thing about BMW is that (as will most brands, even more if Japanese) you need a nice dealership, and I think most dealerships here are good to their clients. My mechanic (who works as a consultant to a main dealer) told me to call them and ask, as soon as I told them about the mileage we just set a date for the replacement and that's it. My bike has had two things changed in warranty: the small reinforcement to the front forks stallions which is nothing more than a machined cap fitted to the top of the forks and would have never needed them, and the handlebar buttons where you change information on the left hand. That button would stick sometimes, and when I took it in they changed that and the one on the right hand too just because I hinted the warranty was running out. Cool people!

I think that was the bike before the one he has now

There’s someone here apart from me and Specs that has a water cooled GS isn’t there?

Ya definitely will do...

Well after twice bringing it there and they couldn't resolve it... I did it so I could ride the frigen thing... Oh well I can definitely fix it myself... It's just a pain in the arse and it's supposedly under warranty...

One of the greatest songs ever written.....and with a live performance that's even better than the studio version.

Might as well filed and sorted yourself.

Here ya go @Slowlycatchymonkey more wanky music and they’re Welsh, double whammy

Looks like BMW desiged it, they all are butt ugly lately.

That thing is uglier than Tym in the daylight.

Not like that! Thats too easy

dunno mate, i wasn't taking in the atmosphere. didn't notice any particular mood in the hotels and restaurants, the brits I saw seemed to me to be as loud, ignorant and vulgar as ever. but then I was brought up in genteel lincolnshire villages, not big inner cities. N0 1 says that she was shocked last night when they went out for a drink around 9 pm and there were already girls her age absolutely legless lying in the gutter outside or stumbling around the bars screaming at each other with piss stains running down their legs... it's not so much the state of them that shocked her but that they were in that state by 9pm. To be fair, I saw no evidence of this in the Lincolnshire countryside I spent saturday afternoon walking around.

Wish I was that lucky!

Thanks! Oh, I liked it alright! Although the boulder section wasnt my favourite, there is nothing I would say never again. For sure would rather it was all fast dirt track, with some mud and water crossings, not rocky 15% to 20% incline cliff hedge over the Sea kinda thing!! Like these pictures but worst and on the hedge.

I'm thinking of going out myself going to make sure i got a full tank before Monday in case i end up somewhere remote and there's no fuel stations open