Pedro

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

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.

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.

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?

You can feel the love from here I’m in Ericeira living my best life, playing vet assistant and enjoying Sofia’s company, and drinking cold wine at sunset. That might be the plan for the weekend, maybe riding home on sunday. The GS is 105.000km now, but what’s weird is that I get the urge to go on a big ride every few days, then it goes away and comes back every few days later. I might need to go to Morocco again later in the year.

There’s plenty of castles, maybe @Specs will find an even better horizontal one for tomorrow

I expect we might have a contender from @Specs too…

Not a great picture, but I just love the location and the views from this dirtroad. Somehow never translates the dimensions over my phone pictures.

Maybe, or it might be a marketing thing to make you make up your mind if you think they're not obtainable.

I meant 4 months delay on top of the the original delivery time of 4 or 5 months.

I wouldn't be in a rush, my mate bought a new CB500S a few months ago and delivery time after ordering it was postponed 3 or 4 times to a total of more than 4 months.

I'm on my second C3Pro, which was still lighter and quieter than the C4 and C4Pro when I got it. They are ok and I obviously bought a second one so I like them. I would go straight for the C5 instead of the C4 range, though, they seem so much better built. My next helmet is probably going to be a Shoei, though, and probably this year. Something to do with the sizing as I think I am an L in Shoei but an XL in Schubert, and my Schubert gets a little too big once getting a little older.

In Portugal the Transalp 750 is going to be showing up at dealers only on the end of Abril / first days of May.