boboneleg

It's very unlikely that I can do this in 2020 but next year I might be interested.

There are usually quite a few DR650's for sale in France, would that be a pain to register in Spain ? https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1765249795.htm/ https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1762596757.htm/

You're not wrong Pete. On one of our trips to the Pyrenees we were stopped at a cafe somewhere in France. The patron brought out the coffee's and then proceeded to check out the bikes. He got excited when he saw the Welsh flags on some of the bikes, he asked if we were Welsh. As I was the best French speaker I told him that they were all Welsh except for me . He asked where I was from, when I told him I was English he looked at me and spat on the floor . All my mates pissed themselves laughing, I just laughed along with them ?

'12 corner guarentee' where's the Mutley emoji ?

Where shall we start......... Blocked injectors, unresolved electrical problems and most of all rockers that shat themselves and totalled your engine. These are all things that I've come across from mates who own them. They're a real 'friday afternoon' bike, I have two mates who have put 20,000 miles on theirs with no real problems and I have other mates who have spent £2000 on an engine rebuild after the bike had done less than 9,000 miles.

Rare bikes, I don't think I've ever seen one ? IMG_5707.mp4

I've got a mate who's got one Fred, very nice bike. They seem to have cured the problems that you got with the KTM 690.

They're shit , I wouldn't bother. Just spend another £4000 on top and you can get a KTM790 ?

I've got a mate who has several bikes in his garage that he's bought but never rides. Not only does he not ride them but he's done zero maintenance either so they're just sat there rotting away. I just don't get it and I've tried to buy one of them off him so I can do a semi-resto job on it but he just refuses my offers. I think he just has them so that he can say, I've got one of those ?

I remember watching a programme where they put an E-Type Jag on the grid against a Honda Accord saloon. The Honda thrashed the Jag off the line and right up to the 1/4 mile finish line, old ain't always better.

There's a recurring theme going on here Fred, something to do with you drinking methinks ?

My present DR650 is an Australian model 2012, I've got all the aussie paperwork with it . Guy was a Brit who worked in the mines near Perth , bought it back to the UK with him when he moved back, I was lucky enough to snap it up when he put it up for sale. Here's the Aussie bike in the foreground with my 1996 UK bike behind............ Once i had them both I began the process of swapping over all the 'adventure' parts onto the Aussie bike...... Once it was all done I put the '96 UK bike back to almost o/e spec and put it up for sale.........

My mate had a test ride on one a while back, apparently it had terrible fuelling .

This is the Abergwesyn Pass Pete, the bridge my bike is on is about 50 yds from the one yours is on

I'm pretty certain that's on the Abergwesyn Pass ???

Dog and Donkey together. jesus Fred that was 2016 , we need to sort out a ride together at some time.

Oi, I've got a Suzuki ?

Charming ?

I'll try some others but kowing some of them you may regret it ?

Did you nick that from the chinese laundry ?

I can't remeber the last time I only had one motorcycle but if it came to that it would be the Donkey ?

Good to see you Rod

There's got to be more to that story than that ?

Common mod on DR650's with the o/e carb, shim it with a small washer , runs much better. I've replaced the BST with a TM40 on mine now, runs like a peach.

Hello Bryn