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Had to go pick up and exercise bike... Not for me... Weather was nice till it started snowing...

Fooking expensive morning, took the Mrs to the local Equine store as she had to have a new coat and boots. I had a bit of a head from yesterdays out out antics which didn't help. Anyway 300 quid lighter, and that was in the sale and a 'bargain actually' the Mrs tells me I was going to raise my blood sugar by going to the in store cafe. Only to be told that the breakfast menu is only served until 11:00 and the lunch menu starts serving at 12:00, given it was 11:19 I could only have coffee, so off I flounced elsewhere. I hate these bloody posh places I really don't fit in there. Now chilling watching rugby, on the bright side at least the Mrs is happy.

Took out Sofia’s Alfa for a longer drive and a picnic, and met a guy suiting up for a few downhill runs on his trike. It’s the sort of thing that looks like a kids toy but he told me’s got the European record for topspeed on competitions, just casually training on an open road Should be doing around 90kmh here, he said the record isn’t yet 120kmh which seems kind of low to me.

Shal we go out on our KTM's now ....

We're shrouded in deep snow and frigid temps now, but I was looking at some pics from my last ride of 2023 from September and thought I'd share. My bud Todd came over from Missouri and spent a day riding around my home area, visiting old gold mines again and riding dirt roads.

The van is front wheel drive, thank goodness. She’s like a cat clawing her way through snow. We are ready for a rescue if needed, but I’m hoping it doesn’t come to that.

It seems @XTreme is well know in these parts. Speaking to a bloke called Bryn Bunston on the Tracer 700 UK forum it turns out he’s know Pete for a few years when he first came out as the only gay in the village.

Nice ride, big sceneries, nice roads, nothing to not like about that!

Twat

Here you go Six

Same here but not from fatty LOL. The last week of work i was surrounded by sick people and then my daughter and boy had it, for the last two days I've been ill but when i woke this morning it was at its worst i felt the grim reaper truly had a grip on me the wife gave me some super pills she had tucked away and 2 hours later i'm feeling ok, either that or i'm high LOL

I found a photo of the FPM on the interweb ...................

One for six.

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. We waited out the storm and got back on the road yesterday. The roads are slowly clearly up and we could see rain by the end of the week! I'll take that over -30c . The rain sure would help clean our oh so dirty vehicles.... Tonight we are in a small town in Ontario near the Great Lake Superior. A quiet place with friendly people, but I don't think anyone is making hamburgers tonight... ohhhh, and I got a new hat! It rocks in the cold!

Out of the hills and into the valleys below where it's much warmer (55F now) ...

he fed em blue smarties for christmas dinner

You probably put him off

What like Tony the Tools ? or is he some other sort of mechanic

Told you to stop eating those Polish winners years ago...

Fuck off you Bender

Well next time I come over I’ll bring him as back up

We've known for years of Pete's sharade.. He's certifiedably gay..

Shave your beard... Let's see your face look's like....i bet it looks like my scrotum...

This is circa 2007 at Rhayader. It was a KTM UK forum weekend ride, probably one of the hardest days I ever rode on the Orange beast but she took it all in her stride

Plenty of what? Coupons?

Oh yes circa 2005 , No laughing at the back ...................

Probably just leaving the place she said she was staying at in her post as below Tonight we are in a small town in Ontario near the Great Lake Superior. A quiet place with friendly people,

No problem entering the USA... With my work I can only get away 1 week at a time... It would be a long haul for me to reach those locations and to make it back in a week...

Canada isn't far away and we do trips like this 5-6 times per summer - you're welcome to tag along on one. That is, unless your TOTY status prevents your passing the border scrutiny to enter the USA.

Our final day has us climbing back into the mountains - and the cold - back to my house ....

Hauling ass across the desert is one of my favorite things; cruising along at 100+ mph with no traffic is just fantastic ...

A bit desolate ..

That's a boat dock across the valley - no longer in water ...

Now it looks like we're on Mars. Not a soul around to bother us ....

Back into Utah and the reason we came here - to ride some curves ...

Above Page, Arizona looking down on Lake Powell. It used to have much more water in it - look closely and you can see where the water level was a few years ago....

Out of New Mexico and into Arizona and the Navajo Nation. Better watch our speed now so the Indian police don't get us. Nothing more fun than ticketing a white boy on a motorcycle if you're a Navajo cop ...

Next day and we're headed out into the desert. Saw another guy having a bad day ...

And in town, the deer were munching on the houses ...

Got off the bikes for a bit and hiked to some old mine entrances ...

Despite the cold weather, the ride was great ...

Todd was hating life as his bike had streety tires and aluminum rims - not the best off road set up. My bike with Missions and spoked rims liked it a lot better. But I did lose a bolt on the way up that held my rear brake caliper to the stay arm. Had a spare with me though ...

Still has great views though ...

Built in the early 1900's, not a lot left of the town now ....

Fuck the trees, we're here to ride! Headed up another mountain in search of the ghost town near the summit ...

The Aspen trees turn color and that lasts about a week here - we must have hit it at the right time ...

Amazing what these guys built with rudimentary tools back in the day...

Dropped down the hill and into an old gold mine with an enormous ore house and other buildings from the 1840's ...

I hear ya - did northern Maine and back in a week last summer - a lot of long days in the saddle.