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Packing for the weekend already

Sorry Bucksy, they do. Anatomically slightly different then humans, same names.

Another Beaut from AC Sanctuary....

What shade of blue is that? It looks familiar.

A well done TT 500.....

Luv these in White/Red....

Full disclose, my salary is 860 euros a month, wont get rich on that anytime soon! If it wasnt for Pedro i would be in under the bridge! Fortunately he is not with me for the money, I think its the sunny side of me that he likes. Its hard for everyone to pay 500 pounds, but that is a lot less then if it was for humans without NHS. Would be lovely if we could help all the animals and their humans for free, what a wonderful world that would be! Lets hope AI is kind and takes us there!!!

Turns out I left my bike at the shop. The clutch "rattle" with clutch disengaged at neutral has been getting louder, my dude says it's probably clutch bearing or clutch cylinder / lever bearing or whatever, both are ordered and are probably here between wednesday and thursday. However, there is a chance that the rattle comes from the gearbox bearings, in which case we will know about it on thursday/friday after replacing the current ordered parts. If it's the gearbox it'll be a proper job to get that out and replaced, it'll take a while and will definitely not be ok for Italy next week, which means an alternative vehicle for the trip. I'm hoping for the better, as there is no other bike I'd like to take more than my own.

Alternatively you can ride a bike that is the colour of a dildo and people will avoid you.

You can now submit your picture for Bike Of The Month August. You get one picture, of a bike you own, taken this month on a ride, in horizontal format. If you want, you can submit multiple pictures, I will consider the last one only when it comes to making the vote, which shall be on the 29th at 22:00.

any one who does not know the course at the TT ...this is the bottom at Bray hill

it is horizontal ..i just shortened the width.. you twat

Friend from high school doin' what he loves....

Back in the bathroom again. One wall of tiles stuck to plaster board along with the sink and bath to come out. Plumbers coming for a couple of alterations Thursday morn so need it clear for then.

Good afternoon.

Next you will be saying their paws are “hands”. Also dogs are not your babies.

give nute your bikes colour code ... cheaper to get a cam though

I’ll take a look at the innov ones, not heard of them before. It won’t stop people driving like twats but at least there will be no argument if I do have a problem.

Sorry I'd already had a few bites before I took the pic.

Well after a quick stop at Tesco in Mablethorpe (I shit you not), I checked the weather forecast and whatever I did I was likely to end up riding home in the rain so I headed up and across the Humber bridge and did a sprint up the A19 and I am now home in Edinburgh. I did 355 miles today, in total since Thursday afternoon I have done 980 miles and I didn't use the bike at all on Saturday. A few pictures from the trip. Pink BMW for @Six30 because he is a puff. Yellow BMW for @Marcel le Moose Fondler because he is too chicken to race @busabeast Water tower and zombie research centre. Wildlife. AJS, the real thing, tax ran out 18 years ago, it was in use and obviously well maintained.

*History Lesson for the ignorant* As the allied offensives of 1918 drew to and end and the german defeat became a reality, Marechal FOCH (commander of the western front) requested that the French military transport organisation find a place where two trains could meet, one carrying himself and representatives of the allied commands and another carying the Germand high command. His criteria were "a place with the solitude that was to ensure calm, silence, isolation and respect for the defeated opponent during the time of negotiations." which was why it was not to be in Paris or any of the other major cities. The site chosen was in the heart of the forest of Compiegne, at a siding originally used for resupplying rail-borne heavy artillery, whichdid not exist on any civillian rail map but was accessible from the main rail network. The train bearing FOCH arrived on the 8th November, The german delegation, accompanied by the French commandant De Bourbon-Busset, arrived shortly afterwards. The Armistice was signed 3 days later, in FOCH's wagon, at 05h15 on the 11th November, Between the wars, the clearing was developed into aplace of remembrance for the dead and of celebration of Victory and Peace. A Stone slab, inscribed with the legend "Here on 11 November 1918 succumbed the criminal pride of the German Empire defeated by the free peoples he intended to enslave." ( My translation from the original French.) When the French capitulated in 1940, Hitler demanded that their reddition be signed in the same clearing as the "Infamous peace" of 1918. and the German engineers ressurrected the original wagon from its building and returned it to the exact spot where the 1918 armistice had been signed. Hitler was present for the beginning of negotiations but rapidly left, the armistice was later signed by the Generals Keitel and Huntzinger. The site was then systematically destroyed by the Nazis, Hitler ordered the wagon to be taken to Berlin, the statues and stone slab are dynamited and the site is plowed over. With the Allied advances in 1944 the wagon left Berlin and was eventually burned by the SS in the Forest of Thuringe, on Hitlers order. The site was reconstituted as in 1918 during the 40's, a wagon of the same series was rebuilt to replacate the actual wagon. The peices of the original stone monument were recuperated from Germany and reunited in the clearing in 1946. It is still there today. *Here endeth the Lesson* I rode past this place years ago on my way back from visiting the battlefields of the somme, but was out of time and need to get home. I have been wanting to visit since. Yesterday I got the opportunity, so despite the round trip being over 500km and probably 7h in the saddle, which I have not done in a looong time, I set off early, about 07h30 ish. Nice clear skies and 20°c. The Plan: I planned to ride up there using the N and D roads and ride back using some N roads, but mostly Autoroute. this was the only way I could keep saddle time down below 8 hours and got me back home just before a strom front, moving west to east across the country bringing some serious rain if the weather pundits were to be believed. I HATE using the Autoroute on a bike and the tiger 800 is not designed for it, or i'm not... Having ridden a couple of hours, I reckined it was time for breakfast. Stopped in a little boulangerie in a village just south of the seine and rode on the breakfast by the river in Marnay sur Seine By 10 O'clock the temps had risen to the point that I needed to remove my sweater, so I pilled over in a shady spot, removed sweater and was just having a glug of water when this little creature came to say Hi Another hour or so saw me stopping at the Memorial to the 128th infantry regiment ( My wif'e great grandfather fought and died at Eparges with this regiment in 1915 ( https://www.landofmemory.eu/en/sites-historiques/ridge-of-eparges/ ) The plaque reads "Here the 128th division stopped the enemy (June 1918) and with a victorious offensive (july 1918) contributed to their definitive retreat" The sides of the monument cite their Battle honors and there are 12 major 1st war battles listed, including Eparges, and Verdun is listed twice, once in 1914-16 and again in 1916-18. For those who don't know, Verdun is the French equivalent to the Somme, Mons, or Ypres for the British army. Slight change of historical register further down the road as I spotted this over the treetops This is the Chateau de Pierrefonds, a 17th century re-interpretation of a middle ages castle, and whilst interesting, was not on the agenda for today (https://www.chateau-pierrefonds.fr/en/discover/history-of-the-castle-of-pierrefonds ) I stopped for a picnic lunch in the forest of Compeigne and rolled up to the Armistice clearing at about 13h00 The stone monument, defaced and scarred but intact. There was some fucking ignorant wanker foreign tourist walking around on it when I got there and he got quite pissed off when I pointed out the multiple signs saying "please do not walk on the monument" Fucktard! the main clearing. In the foreground is the position of the French Wagon, the stone monument in the centre, and the other side of it an identical placement where the German high command wagon stood. The Wagon is housed in a small museum off the theleft of the above picture, but I'm too tight fisted to pay 8€ to look at the exterior of a reproduction of the original... so I didn't. But here's Marechal FOCH tomake up for it Dissapointed there not being anything more to see, I glugged some more water and coffee (30+°c now) and set off for the return journey. Not only was it f'king hot, it was the last day, bar one, of the French summer holidays so the entire population of northern France ( especially Paris) was trying to get home from their Summer hols on the south coast ( today, Sunday will be worse...) and boy was I glad to be riding south, the northbound carriageways were all full as a very full thing and moving at a crawling pace, miles upon miles of bumper to bumper traffic. I had to stop a number of times on the way back, by hour 6 my knees were really bad and I had to stop to cool down and move my knees every half hour or so. The autoroute stations were all heaving with herds of sweaty miserable people, but thanks to the T-shirt my daughters bought for me, no-one though it worth while to get too close: Igot home just around 18h00 and had been watching the storm brewing off to the west fro the last half an hour or more, but I managed to get in and the bike undercover nefore the storm broke.. lots of thunder and lightening but only 4... I counted, 4! spots of rain. I collapsed onto the couch, realising that I had pushed just that bit too far, I pulleda muscle in my right shoulder getting up off the sofa and so today have been hobbling arund with fucked knees and a muscle, or possibly tendon, problem in the shoulder. I think I need to keep daily saddle time below 6 hours in the future...

It’s the 765 model ….

Now it makes sense.

I've heard of bikes that are referred to as Meat Grinders before....just never thought Husky was one of 'em...

What part of horizontal don't you understand

no a proper vtwin is italian.....

860 euros for a vet … you’d probably get that on the chat here

So many rules.

Beleive it or not...the stock muflers had a nice rumble...just was looking for a deeper note...have you ever heard a new harley with stock muflers ..it's sounds like a Suzuki boulevard...

You mean like a Harley Davidson ...........

Your right but it will give you some evidence if things go tits up

Innov seem to get the best reviews although at a price.

Local traffic 'round here....

It'd make a great woods bike....

That time of year again. still not sure I’ll be putting them on as the current tires have got a lot of meat on them. I don’t think they have 6000km of life left, though.

did the earth move for your boyfriend as well

no ..no i dont..

all you need to know is im a big deal round here.... i have shelves full of leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany .

just round the corner then