Pedro

That looks like you could make a living out of it. Very cool!

So now you don’t look like a parked loitering gipsy, you’re just choosing to sleep in a van smelling like take away fish?

Who are you referring to, Pete?

Cool roads, write that one down as that’s what I want to go to if I make it there on the GS

it doesn't work if I want to go along

I have been trying to organize an all women ride group ...

Rode to my place, it's 33º here so pretty warm. On the way over was riding steadily on the road and suddenly there's a baja racecar next to me flat out on a dirt road. They're running it now, I made sure to shift down to fifth and leave it behind using the nice smooth tarmac to my advantage, instead of being engulfed in the dust cloud it was leaving behind. Didn't take any pictures, lots of bikes around today, all in big groups so didn't stop anywhere for even a coffee as everything was crowded.

You’ll never buy another car, then.

Do you carry only the doc and an emergency kit or is it packed with lots of weight in the back? I used to know a nurse that used to drive an fast emergency vehicle with a doctor but they are very loaded with all sorts of stuff. He had a gripe that here they were advised to go for 4wd with petrol engines but saved money by going fwd with diesels, a lot worse to drive with that weight on and also the engines didn’t really like cold hard starts.

I like the DE, I’ve never seen one up close but I like them.

What a tiny topcase, @XTreme

Looks kickass with the big tank, like a Baja bike!

Took Sofia’s bike out for a quick wash, and rode it around town to warm it up and get it properly dry. I don’t know how you can ride bikes like that responsibly, my license would be finished within a week.

It’s just not fair, BMW just released a new boxer engine and nobody cares what degree crank it has

That’s not what one wants to hear before buying a premium bike.

I do like the look of these bikes in pictures, in person they look like you´re wearing an expensive suit and expected to draw attention. I don't know how happy I would be owning a Ducati and more so how happy my mechanic would be if I was to own a Ducati. @boboneleg, how do you think these cope with miles?

Get a tall van

See? I'm no good at electrics

This is Ducati's more off-road extreme version of the very nice DesertX, it's got a developed suspension, proper off-road wheels, all that stuff. Plus the video shows two Italian very pro riders showing what it can do off-road in Morocco. It troubles me a little that these videos now show Morocco (and Portugal sometimes) as free for all lawless destinations. Some of this behaviour is not respectful for locals, like riding over desert shrubs or disturbing streams. The Italians are huge rally Dakar fans, but if it comes across that countries like these are free for all lawless destinations then it'll ruin it all for people traveling around the place enjoying it at a pace that suits carrying luggage and actually traveling.

I could have used you as an electrics teacher. So the coil is a condom.

There's always a point to a poll!

Its too warm for a proper biker's black leather jacket, which has been established as the proper motorcyclist thing to wear. But better to not wait too long, or else winter starts and the rain is not good either, there´s 3 days of usable weather betwen the jacket weather and only long enough for setting the points on the bike, if the good season happens during weekdays he's screwed.

Well, now you'll have to keep it under 20mph... On the other hand, getting a nice picture of you doing well over the speed limit would be worth printing and framing on the wall.