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Always on the centre stand in the garage Fred.....I only use the sidestand if I'm parking for a short time.

Yeh.....you're stuck with that baggage Chris! I don't bother with any Brits here.....apart from one or two I've known for many years who are decent people. But that type is rare. Not that we get that many here anyway really. Do you have many expats in that region then?

That's a different model @Rogelio Fernandez-Rojo

I don't think he gassed them Tym. Think he was more of the "shoot them and dump the body in a ditch" type of guy!

Nice one Chris......I love the shots of the small towns and villages there. They're so different to here. Cos back in 2005 I wanted to go to France.......but I got outvoted 3-1 in favour of Spain.

You wanna farkle it up with all crazy shit and wind up the ButtRiders!

Our kind just can't help looting can we Fred?

Reminds me of my Kwak 500 Triple 45 years ago!

Went out on some familiar back roads into Murcia province to put the Beemer through it's paces.......get a better feel for it type of thing. As I've said it's totally different to the Strom in all respects as it feels like a big dirtbike or supermoto.......rather than a road bike that looks like it can handle a limited degree of offoad. The upshot is I'm still very impressed with it......even took it in places I wouldn't have taken the Strom......and it handled it easily. Couple of Beemer Boys loaded with dustbins were holding me up......so I had to pass them! Not sure if they're aware that despite paying around €20K for the full Ewan and Charley experience, they were holding up and got passed by an A2 licence motorcycle ridden by an Old Age Pensioner! Anyway, I ended up near the abandoned village of Moralejo de Arriba so I took a few shots in there. After I left there, I wanted to top up with petrol.......but found that the filling station was abandoned as well. Looks like they left quite a bit of stuff in there too. So it's a treble dose of dark motorcycling......Abandoned Beemer Boys, Abandoned Village, and Abandoned Petrol Station! This has to be End of Days! And remember, you don't get this shit on Buttrider! Tell 'em @Tym

Yes Bob......but doesn't it actually have a use with some gasses passing through it somehow?

You'll have noticed that @Buckster hasn't changed Lyn! And he still hasn't got a fucking camera!

.......the sound of a big Thumper!

You got the Yanks' attention with the Castle Bob!

Superb @boboneleg.........you couldn't do justice to stuff like this just by putting it on FaceButt. It needs a forum to really display it correctly.

Could it be because you have a tendency to shoot at them Tym?

Fantastic Bob........but why do they have the tank graveyard there?

Think it's 2.3 litres and every 10K kms Fred.

They're all like that Chris......this model is known for being very short person friendly.

Brilliant @Skippy........are you getting it matriculated onto Spanish plates? Cos you might get a pull by the Guardia if you don't.

Today was the first proper run on the Beemer other than when I brought it back from the dealer! So how did it do? Well I've covered a few of it's aspects before........so no point going over those again. All I can say is that this G650GS is probably the best fit for me, and the roads I ride on, than any machine I've had since I've been in Spain. It really is that good! The only minor negatives (and they are minor) is that the sidestand is too short......so the bike leans over quite a bit when parked. The other thing is when the fan comes on it blows out hot air over my right leg. Very minor stuff as you can see. It was great on the motorway trip coming back from collecting it, and it was even better on these rural, bumpy country roads. Just so easy to ride. It ticks all the boxes for me.......but in terms of reliability it has to prove itself! Only time will tell if I can get the same level of trust in the Beemer that I would have in a Jap bike! So watch this space!

Are we talking about the Tomos or the KLR Rog?