Pedro

You don’t know how right you are, I’m a saint!

You can do proper summer but chances of over 35º are higher, not everyone’s taste. You can also do proper winter like December/February, and if the weather is good it’s a great experience, if it’s not you get 10 days of rain and shit weather and it would ruin my experience if it was me.

Abandoned windmill, first built in 1918, then rebuilt in early 2000s, now like this

Both on center stand, quite different sizes

Assuming you would wish to get away from the snow to do that, I would recommend a April or May full Portugal trip, land in Porto, go up the Douro and explore the northern border after that, then head south all the way down to the Algarve only on tiny roads. You would see a Portugal most travelers don’t and some great roads that are often also missed. Sofia is making a mototour business, she would probably be interested in using you as a test for very little money and more for feedback and word of mouth potential, I’d be happy to colaborate with her and guide you if you want, just for fun. Smaller and maybe more interesting roads than for her normal older and less confident clients, with plenty of places to really enjoy riding a motorcycle like they’re meant to, and a mix of comfortable fancier hotels with more authentic and quaint locations, and a real taste of the diverse proper Portuguese food and two major wine regions. we could end in Faro for a day or two of relaxation by the sea before flying out of Faro, or back a little north to Lisbon or Porto and fly out from each of the locations. Bike hire would be possible with different pick up and drop off locations. Would you guys be two couples or two singles? Sporty riding or not really? Or, if you want to challenge yourself a little more, 10 days would be great for a Morocco trip, arriving and leaving from Marrakech. Not very European though.

I’ve got a couple of suggestions… will be on later today about them. How long would such a trip be?

Is this politics?

China makes good batteries though

Yes, but Fred would like some reports on it

If you tell that guy his bike looks great he’ll believe it

Plenty of people come out of the closet after having grown kids, Pete.

I sat on one and thought it was a very weird sitting position with the feet a little too forward, almost like a Sportster.

Good looking red against the white snow. it’s asking for more aggressive tires!

A wooden crate like they use for fruit or vegetables, or a plastic beer crate, that’s the style for topboxes on that bike. Or a cardboard wine bottle box!

Think of the effort needed to hang on on corners. It doesn’t lean into a corner so you do have to hang on.

Not a very mainstream event is it?

Happy birthday Pete, it’s sad that you were treated like that on your birthday, but I hope you find a way to have a nice time with Allie and a special dinner.

I voted for Sofia, because of the style

I don't think I am, but someone might have called me a mune que other day, as I was passing a row of cars stuck on a stoplight.

The day in which you ride a female?