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We are about 20 min drive from Torrevieja , can’t give you exact location cause of @Slowlycatchymonkey and her stalking habits

Just put plenty of paper down until you sus it out although my stirrer design might have been flawed, glad i was outside when i done it just took a photo can you tell where the paint tin and my feet were

I made a paint stirrer for the drill because i had some bitumen paint for some outdoor waterproofing that takes some stirring. first go my trainers and joggers went in the bin, the tin cost about £30 and £10 ended up all over me and the floor, the floor is still stained with it LOL

No need to fly away, I wasn't going to show up at your door uninvited

Surely that's just in Pete's high desert, your beach location will be nice.

Been out since 10 am...beautiful day here..temp 24c....the bike is about to turn over 5000 km ...it's a dream to ride compared to my old harley...

See that twat……that’s me that is.

You don’t need to, I have a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.

Has it got a golf course ?

The place was developed with Russian money in the 70's, and it has Hookers on every roundabout! It's the cheapest coastal location in Spain that you can buy property.......so it caters for a certain level of Brit! Perfect for you! Tell him @Skippy

Brilliant , going to Spain Sunday and it looks like weather is turning shite !!

you mean Like this

Can’t your McLaren owning neighbours recommend a trusty team of house painters to take care of that mess?

Yes. I think it’s about 12 kg heavier. Can’t ride it now though because service due a week next Saturday and by my reckoning I’ll have about 800 miles on it by then, 400 now. The service guy said it was ok and to not worry about it!

By the time a few extras like the quickshifter are added it comes in at about the same price as the Suzuki. Anyway I thought the Suzuki fugly and no screen worth talking about. Far better torque characteristics though, and it has fully adjustable suspension. I swore that I’d never get another Suzuki after I watched the Bandit rust in front of my eyes.

Is there a deserted train station there ?

@Skippy is the Golf Man!

Nearly at Screwfix to pick up paint mixing paddle then it’s a full 8 hours worth of misery ahead. Hope the drill has a low enough setting not to Jackson Pollock the whole place

I can’t keep up, goes away more than Judith Chalmers

We are near Torrevieja … won’t be going to posh parts of Spain so @Slowlycatchymonkey won’t see me

Still forecast to be warm next week but as that’s the current temp in the flat and the beach will be peachy, it’s looking good

So it's another Brit Ghetto coming up for you then?

Out with the grandkids in a mo. That'll do.

What you have to remember is the bike cost less than £10k so i wouldn't expect it to be as comfortable as a GS but then you could spend 2k on suspension and a better seat and still be £4k better off than buying a GS. I think the Transalp and my Africa Twin when i bought it was built as a blank canvas that you can customise to your own tastes without running the bill up to £20k

As you might have noticed, the GS has been traded for a new Transalp. I wanted something smaller and lighter for my advancing years. Well, I managed the lighter bit, but the seat height is the same and I still struggle with the leg over. It had to be the black stealth one for me; red, white and blue not exactly my favourite colours! Extras fitted are a quickshifter, hand guards, some wind deflectors, centre stand and heated grips, and have taken gap insurance and the prepaid first three services deal. Bike has a Datatag tracker fitted. As Fred knows, new Honda seats are hard and I live in hope that it will break in before the bones of my arse give up. I did four and a half hours going up to North Wales and I felt like a rent boy who’d pulled a train - not good. I did it in three and a half coming home, and it did seem a bit better. Maybe my arse was getting used to it! Reminds me a lot of the KTM’s I had, probably a lot to do with the engine characteristics, and the longish suspension. A bit of a pain to keep a steady throttle in town at 20 or 30 mph but fine on the open road. It’s quite happy to chug along at 30mph in 4th. Power comes in from around 5k rpm up to about 9.5k rpm; the red line is at 10k. The torque is developed as the revs build up rather than low down although 3rd will take it from almost a standstill up to about 100mph ish I’d imagine. Still running in but Honda say after 300 miles okay to wind it up. Twisty B roads are fine using 3rd and 4th. I like the handling, but the suspension isn’t that great compared with the GS. A combination of a hard seat and budget suspension with only preload adjustment doesn’t give much scope for adjustment. I haven’t tried tweaking anything yet but intend to try some small changes. It’s averaged 65.4 mpg over 400 miles and I reckon that’ll get better. I was using as much power as allowed (keeping below 6k rpm and no full power acceleration) for the first 300 miles and then I kept the revs up a bit more for the next 400. That’s pretty much my initial impressions. Hopefully maybe some more to follow. I have a black SW-Motech crash bar and sump guard on order. I’ll fit the crash bar when it arrives I suppose but will leave the sump guard until after the first service which is a week next Saturday. I need a GPS support and will probably get their soft panniers. I prefer the Garmin XT to the rather simple Honda Bluetooth offering. Their video show the bits fitted to their bike. I’m off to a the overland Event near Oxford next weekend so will try and get a few photos then and then some more after the service has been carried out.

I think Marcel has it in the bag this month. if I ban Bob.

Finished painting for the day, time to pack up n head home to prepare for more of the bastard same tomoz, can’t wait..

Gay

The count down has started here. Another month and half maybe and it will be layde over for the winter ...trying to get the most out of it..

He has …. They are in his wife’s handbag

Yerp, nothing like a bit of hypocrisy to set the day on the right footing.

More feckin decorating. Nevermind got up early doors and cooked some nice stuff for breaks, almost looking forward to it.. NOT

Beat me to it again

Went down to 9C last night......which is a bit of a shock to the system after 3 months around the 40 mark! And it seems the housemartins that we get here have all left......so that's a sign that the seasons are changing.

Bizzare fact ; I've had a cup of tea with him and been in his recording studio

All I got from this is you changed your BMW for a Honda but you are still having a problem getting your leg over.

Yes, you lose all credibility.

Twat!

Leaving for ride next Tuesday...should be able to snap a few...that's not a finger it's a Canadian bald eagle flying by..

it would look better if it was 3/4 under the water in pic sinking,

500km in 6 months and then you take your topcase along a motorway to stop by an abandoned building talking to yourself? You sure that's the style?