XTreme
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But they're still page one.......and been there 20 years! So getting ahead of them after such a short time is good going!
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I thought you were going to announce that you were buying a nice V-Strom!
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If you still had the previous bike I'd be saying "Don't post photos".......it would probably kill our Google rankings! You're not the only Scooter here cos @Lone Amigo has a Honda Helix.
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We want pics Clive!
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Retirement going well then Clive?
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Beyond the Border - Riding Solo in Mexico
XTreme replied to Grasshopper's topic in MOTORCYCLE VIDEOS
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We've jumped up on Page One......only two sites above us now! We're now actually above ThumperTalk and Horizons Unlimited! ?
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Can't get my head round that distance as I'm used to UK/EU parameters. As an example, from Malaga on the Mediterranean in the south to Le Havre on the French coast in the north is 1100 miles!
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How long did it take? Were there any breakdowns?
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Amazing Rick! How many miles did you do in total?
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Par for the course here Bob.......you get used to it. Having said that, car drivers have a lot more respect for bikes than they do in Britain. They've never been labelled with the social underclass stigma either. Very often I stop to take a pic and a car will pull up and ask if I'm OK or need help! Different culture and mindset here. Most of the country grew up riding mopeds......and there's even blokes in their 80's still riding them. Usually carrying a tree or something similar.
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And a total disregard for the rules of the road!
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@boboneleg......the red dot is where I estimate I got to! So maybe another 10 miles and I'd have got out the other side. It shows the path on Google Maps but there's no street views whatsoever on any of those stretches! As I said, I was running blind!
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I didn't have any problem resisting Bob!
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Yes.......that's what the road turns into Bob! It's not a via verde so it's fine. That was my turn around point.......because from thereon it drops steeply and the surface is all jagged rocks! Looked very nasty to me! But having said that, a fluffy white cloud looks very nasty to me!
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Went from the province of Granada, into Murcia, and then into Castilla–La Mancha to enter the Sierra de las Cabras nature reserve. From then on I was running blind..........cos that's as far as Google Maps goes. The road was pretty decent though......until I got deep into the nature reserve. Then it all changed! It would need a dualsport and a fair degree of offroad riding ability to keep going, and unfortunately I was not in possession of either of those two things. There's some places that an OAP on a 220kg Strom just shouldn't go.......and that was one of them!
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Will The Cheapest Bike Online Get You Home?
XTreme replied to Road Runner's topic in MOTORCYCLE CHAT
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You'd get more than a bollocking Bob.....as it's classed as "vias verdes".......greenways. There's 2900 kms of them traversing Spain. I would expect a 4 figure fine and points taken off licence (it works the opposite way to the UK). Hikers, bicycle twats no problem. Anything motorised and shit hits the fan!
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I think so.......goes back to the days of steam!
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I've been continuing to follow the path of the former railway line that ran from Guadix (Granada) through Almeria, and ending up in Lorca (Murcia). I've done Caniles and Seron stations.......and today I went to find Baul. This one was quite interesting as it hasn't been restored.....it remains as it was when it closed in 1984. So it's very authentic. And just further on from the Station is the Baul Railway Bridge! It's a complex wrought iron structure that was assembled in 1907 to complete the line between Guadix and Baza. The last train to run across the bridge was on 31 December 1984.......and the line was then closed. Some great shots on the bridge itself.......had to walk as it's blocked off to vehicles! What a photo opportunity that would have been! My Ewan and Charley moment stolen from me!
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This guy sounds more clueless than me!
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John Lawton (ex Uriah Heep) sang for Germany as part of the Les Humphries singers. He's in blue....... Couple of years later with Uriah Heep........
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Sounds great! ? By contrast.......this was what I grew up in.......1950's Swansea. It was still being rebuilt as major parts of it had been destroyed by German Bombers in WWII.
