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This place is the pits!

Rode home today, from my parent's place near Porto to Ribatejo. This was around 2,5 hours on the motorway, and then maybe an hour on country roads and over hills, with a stop on my favourite cafe for lunch on top of Serra de Montejunto and just half an hour away from home. I was a little too optimistic watching the rain radar, by this point I thought I was just escaping the rain clouds, light was just ahead. Turns out I was wrong, and went through a few showers. A few harder ones, but all of them short so didn't get too wet. I didn't feel like stopping so stayed with jeans the whole time, it was manageable as it wasn't cold. Stopped by a cool old school looking house to check some stuff on my email while talking to a client: Up in the Serra, it was quite wet from the very low clouds. The sun was trying hard to break through, but couldn't. After avoiding some lost city folks who were scared of the fog and stopped a grey electric SUV with no warning lights in the middle of the road to check their phones, I managed to get to my lunch location. It was very moody out there today. Ate inside, their heat lamps felt very good after the motorway. Just a nice value simple burger, nothing fancy. Almost home, local farm's horses were munching on the winter wild growth. Uneventful ride, felt nice to be back on my bike.

i doubt it , ive never won anything .... except at a wedding reception when they done musical chairs for all the children and i won a wombles album..

Been fiddling with and swearing at expensive plastic all morning. Surprisingly fiddly and impressively strong when back together, given the impact I would have expected it all to be in 1000’s of pieces but it held up well considering. just about ready to put everything back on Shadows bike and now it’s pissing down FFS Also still have to fit the new footpegs and throttle grip I actually repainted the crash bars and exhaust yesterday as well as fitting the new number plate and touching in a few scratches. She is down with D&V so no pressure from her, thank goodness, at this moment. Still got to move her headset from the old helmet to her new one as well. Be glad when she is back on the road, she has not mentioned it more than once every half hour for the last 8 days. £750 wrapped in cardboard Repaired dash back on and working

I know, I should have delayed the poll to start today

Regardless if I like him or not, he's hard as nails and tenacious!

Busy and worried about the business and life, had some stress with one of her puppies and sorting through old family problems, also working a lot so a little tired too. But when you´re with me, you can't help but feel great and overflowed with immense joy!

Day after Thanksgiving here in the US and I'm headed to a Black Firday sale at the local bike shop - need a new lid.

Rode home to my place today. Felt great being on my bike. Tomorrow I’ll take a short bimble going nowhere special, and then dinner with Sofia.

I mentioned to him about how many thousands of dollars "On Any Sunday" cost me over the years with new bike, new gear purchases. Malcolm: " Worked out differently for me" Me: "Fuck you, Malcolm" Malcolm: Big assed grin and nods his head.

The king of cool ..........

Mine was a sympathy vote

Ed & Rob Muzzy back in the early 80's.... back before knee pucks....

This isn't the strongest month ever for BOTM submissions. We have only a few, but good ones. Cast your vote, and be sure you can change it before the 30th at 21:00. At that time the poll will close automatically, I chose it to catch @Buckster before his bedtime so he can change the forum picture, but if you´re trolling someone with a possible win be sure to change your vote before your own bedtime. Below I present his month's entries: @Buckster's Harley Davidson FLHX Street Glide, out on the Scotish moors. (You need a dictionary to know Harley models): @boboneleg's Yamaha WR250X , by the public loos in a lane somewhere. (This also, is an impossible model name to learn, R, W, S, nobody knows!) @Marcel le Moose Fondler's KTM950S, possibly on a faked picture while still in the garage: @Saul's Honda CBF600 by the medieval bridge below Launceston Castle, submission with location and proper bike nomenclature on his profile. Be like Saul!: @Pedro's BMW R1200GS Adventure, on a random street coming home from being repaired, first ride in forever, lame!: @Six30's Triumph 765RS. His bike is in his profile, it is dildo blue with a dildo exhaust and he still took it out, in Kent, in the cold, on a 5 mile ride just for a chance at BOTM on a slow month, good for him! Pick your battles!:

'26 Henderson IL4....

Pics in the fog look kinda scary. Good BOTM material.

Gonna be a long one ..... My wife had a hotel in Indianapolis where the annual Dealer's Show was held (show wheere MC dealers across USA gather to view new products, etc). She needed a couple of display bikes for her hotel's lobby. I got a friend's TZ250 (mint, museum quality) and another friend's Augusta MV 750 (also mint condition) for her to display in the lobby. Wife calls and says that some guy wants to but the MV and was it for sale? I ask for his name and number and I'll call him back. Wife: He's an old guy, named Malcolm Smith, number is .... Me: Skinny little guy with big ears and a big smile? Wife: Yup, that's him. Know him? I just about shit my pants as I 'm calling a boyhood hero of mine to discuss the bike. He was nice on the phone and then wants to arrange a meeting to hear the bike run. I drive down to downtown Indy like my hair's on fire - don't care about selling the bike, just wana talk to Smith! Dude shows up, helmet in hand and wants to ride it around a bit. If it runs okay, he'll take it. He's wearing kakhi pants, slip on shoes and a polo shirt - it's kinda cold out, too. Rips all over downtown Indy - we can't see him but we can hear the bike echoing off of the building's canyon like walls. He comes back and buys it. We talk about bikes., movies, etc for about an hour. Then it dawns on him that he's gonna miss his flight home. I offer to take him to the airport and he accepts. I load the bike on the trailer and haul it and him to the airport. Talking bullshit the whole way there, He asked me to store the bike until his pro motocross team drives thorugh town with their racing semi truck and trailer next month. Met them at a truck stop and transferred the MV over to them. Got to see a cool trailer oof a pro mx team as well.

Neck and neck between the Dildo and the Barge Get your votes in boys and girls, this could be the most exciting one this year ............

Kato was definitely World Champion material.... Race In Peace samuri...

I invented Lego slippers, that way when you stand on Lego it doesn’t hurt, you just get taller.

What you doing? I working tonight and Sunday but have Saturday off. Aside form that I will be getting Shadow's bike back on the road. Prolly watch some rugby tonight and tomorrow weather dependent. Tis Kitt Hill bike meet on Sunday dunno if I will go this time but again weather dependant.

I've watched Bears thrash Harlequins this evening , tomorrow will be doggie walking and beer drinking on the evening .

only two ? @Sir Fallsalot would beat you into a cocked hat

I was thinking the same thing....the fog pics are brilliant. I used to love riding in the fog...the bike always seemed to run quite well in it.

Same smile! Very cool!

Wayne- the early years....

Mick Doohan is impressed at how he overcame intense pain for a long time. That's saying something!

No doubt. Faced all of his surgeries like a man and came back strong.

Motorized Italian artwork....

Columbia river gorge from R/R tracks that run down both sides of the river.....some of the trains pull 200 cars down that trek...

25F this morning....Got a sheet metal layout to do for the last job I just drew....then it's out for ride! I love Fridays....always been great for me. The usual Tequila shooting will commence tonight w/ the Missus....she is such a wizard in the kitchen...been eating like a king for almost 3 yrs. now.... that girl!

I may watch F1 too, we have Sky Sports & Films free for 2 months.

Well it would be a different sort of white slopp dripping down your face to the usual stuff for you ..........

Haystack Rock...Cannon Beach OR... spent my 1st honeymoon nearby....as well as many visits when I was a kid....

Cool Retro'd KTM enduro....

Gave him a ride to the airport once after selling a bike to him. Super nice guy.

NO mistakin' Malcolm's smile....

NO intro needed....

What a cool story & memorable experience Eric....I know it'd be one I'd never forget.

Might it be this month, @Six30?

I like that, it’s a 1300GS crossed with and enduro bike powered by a chinese engine. Looks nice, doubt I would buy one.

Rode throuigh last summer - the crowds there and in Jackson Hole are not to be believed.

Amazing accomplishments include: ISDT gold medal winner numerous times....6 time winner of the Baja 1000.... the dude was BADASS to say the least....