Pedro

Do their parents ride motorcycles, or are you the influence?

The bike is looking very classy!

Makes you his kid

Rode to Sofia’s today, road partly blocked because of firefighting traffic still finishing off yesterday’s forest fire. It’s come really close to burning off my favourite hills near my place! Played with the puppies and had some great homemade pizza! Now sitting outside drinking wine and looking at the dark sea!

No chance, she’s gone too far and hurt my feelings!

Just go anyway, your cops couldn’t give a shit!

Looks very nice, nice mix of classic and sporty.

Would it make you feel better to get pulled over?

Forrest fire nearby, by the hills with the windmills. It's airplanes flying over my place to get to the river for water every minute: https://fogos.pt/fogo/20230838629

That's a scary looking dude!

When did MV Agustas become ugly?

Did you try to stuff that in a plastic bag and put inside a kettle?

Holocaust, the plague, chinese vehicles, lots of things aren't your fault Pete. Winding people up so they bore other people, that's your fault. Who said that? Maybe you mean everyone praised you for it.

He is a boring annoying twat, it's your fault though, always asking him questions. Please don't bring him back.

How dare he? Who carried on this insult?

It’s a Strom 650, I think.

Made in Brasil too, surely. Great track knowledge, particularly impressive in the tighter bits. I liked the laugh at the end when the cop found the guy down next to the bike.

Squared off tires are better for you to pretend being a god of balance when stopping for a second or two without putting feet on the ground, though.

Thank you, but the UK is way bigger than Portugal, surely you have a lot of nice areas to find the space to enjoy a motorcycle. Maybe it's just you have to travel a lot farther through more traffic?

You boiled an omelette? The price of fame, think of your fans though.

a Hernia pandemic? Do you have to wear a mask?

Greats solution to keep polution out of city centers, smooth and quiet is luxury, Rolls Royce has been doing that for ages. What kind of soul is there on a bland handling car with a clunky slow auto box and a generic engine from god know who, same as an electric car. Also, a fast electric vehicle does sound good when it's properly going for it. My neighbors got a Renault Zoe, it sounds like Darth Vader's ship landing next door every time he drives down the steep street

Now at 13000km, maybe 14, the rear looked like this earlier today after being a little punished on hot tarmac. This is approaching it's end, but they still inspire confidence in the dry. You can feel the edges flex when leaning a little, but still a lot of feeling for a mixed tire. The new ones are at home waiting, I was hoping these would last till Morocco 2023, but maybe they won't.

I make a point of enjoying restaurants and cafes when going places. Cooking out of a kettle? What? Brits call dinner their tea, is this the opposite when you say cooking dinner and it's really just tea?

Today I woke up lazily with no schedule except get on the bike while it didn't get too hot. I ended up not leaving until almost 9:30, surprised that it actually felt a little chilly in the morning, the 21º with which I left felt refreshing under the summer jacket, I rode the smooth rolling hills of Alentejo with little desire to stop. So little in fact that I have a few pictures of today but only of 3 or 4 locations. Headed south, went past Estremoz where the local motorcycling club was gathering a huge group of bikes by the town's entrance ready to go somewhere, rode around looking for a cafe to stop for the morning espresso but everything was crowded, everyone clearly enjoying a cool sunday morning before the heat arrives. A few days ago it got to well over 40º here, today wouldn't be as much but it still felt great to enjoy a cool sunny summer morning. Stopped for said espresso a little further south in Redondo, at an old lady's bakery, 8 old ladies sitting outside all said hello back to me with a big smile, the coffee was had and I took the change to buy something to eat later on for lunch. Quick stop by the Monsaraz Castle, just for this picture without even getting off the bike. Went to a supermarket by the side of the road near Monsaraz to buy a water bottle, and the place was packed. I noticed a few guys drinking cold beers at the cafe going in, and also noticed that all shopping karts had one or more 24 beer can cartons, it was warming up and it looked like beer was on for this sunday in Monsaraz Didn't stop in any of the two locations I usually do, just went straight onto the dirt road shortcut I found last winter in search for a tree and some shade to have my lunch. Saw some old Antas (Dolmen in English?) by the water, almost drowned by the dam, but no shade there so moved on. It was about 33º now, and stopping under the sun to eat in that temperature isn't pleasant. I stopped here almost the same exact location in winter, and everything was so green and lush, quite the contrast: Found my shade and stopped for a snack and water, a smooth breeze was blowing and it was really comfortable. Empadas de galinha, Chicken pasties, a very classic Alentejo food, it did alright and matched the scenery perfectly. A cold beer would have been ideal but I only had warm 35º water Got off the dirt / gravel road detour and continued south. From this point on I almost didn't stop or take pictures. Took some small forgotten Alentejo and Algarve roads, not much traffic and lovely dry tarmac, a lot of twisty sections if maybe sometimes alternating with some of not the smoothest. Rode almost all the way to Faro, my destination for the night, but got there and didn't feel like stopping. It was hot and had been well over 33º since lunch, Faro was also hot, looking to find a hotel in prime summer season and leaving the bike to sleep on the street was hindering my desire for an ocean swim, which I love but maybe not today. Stopped to drink some water and think of what to do. After a few minutes drinking warm water and "enjoying" the now 36º, I pointed the GS back north and took to small roads to my home, I hadn't been there in a while and arriving home was really what I was looking for. Took no pictures of that either, there was a lot of ground to cover. The motorway would have been maybe 2 or 2,5 hours, but I took the little roads, somehow I just didn't feel like stopping today, rode a little faster than normal too, maybe, it was just one of those days. Arriving home, I did take a snap and a little video when crossing the Rainha D. Amélia bridge with the sun starting to get low. I was surprised to have to fill up the bike again today, so I just went to look on google maps, today was a 700km day of mostly very small roads and lots of tight twisty sections, dirt roads, etc, most of it in around 34º/35º. I'm tired.