Pedro

I like that, it’s a 1300GS crossed with and enduro bike powered by a chinese engine. Looks nice, doubt I would buy one.

That’s a new bike? How cool does that look? The Chinese are now taking notes and will go for both offroaders and hipsters! And me, I love how that looks!

It's a sad thing, that he's gone.

It’s almost snow season too

You had three more days of work until you’re done and you didn’t feel like enjoying them?

Looks very nice, is it a twin?

Good thing we have eagle eye Six, here!

Indeed I wasn't going to include it, @Marcel le Moose Fondler, FFS! But nobody likes a rat, @Six30

Went to visit a client on the GS today. I really missed my bike, and it's a lot better than the 1250, too.

Similar has happened to most people in business, but some relationships go beyond that. And, I can be trusted with that credit, same way as I trust he does all he thinks he needs to do to the bike to make it nice. Goes both ways.

I would have no issue with paying before riding away with the bike. It’s to ease his administration work, it’s all done in trust.

I’m not a stranger. Plus no stranger would work that deep on my bike.

Must be a grim message you send people, @Six30, if being a long time biker people don’t trust you to settle a mechanic’s bill after you ride off.

If you pay when you god dam like, they won’t treat you this way. But my mechanic has been a friend for many years, he prepared my bike like he would have one of his own, as he knows me and what it means to me, so he can do the work that’s needed and then invoice the stuff after it’s finished. Then he trusts me to pay it. I don’t see that as something difficult to understand between friends.

Nice scenery there, Bob. Stop for a poo?

Exactly. why didn’t they go copying anything out of your Harley, I wonder!

Certainly, I shall get an invoice over the next few days or when I go back in 1000km to check valve clearances. What, am I going to run away? Probably enough to buy a decent second hand bike in the UK, though.

Apart from the paintwork, isn't that just a modern sportster from 3 or 4 years ago?

Random street

I might be able to go somewhere before the end of year, even if only a local Portuguese couple of days, I know you want to see it so will make an extra effort just for you.

To @Buckster, yes, this shit again!

We are approaching end of November, last chance to win a Bike Of The Month vote in 2024 limited to just one month as December will be extra tough, being mixed with the Bike Of The Year. It'll be of such magnitude that we risk rattling the fabric of motorcycle communities worldwide!!! Don't worry about that before you need to, though. For now, just submit your pictures for November Bike Of The Month, as always: - one picture, your bike - picture taken on a ride, this month - horizontal picture, landscape (Just for Marcel: your phone needs to be laid down when you take the picture) Feel free to submit more than one picture, I will consider the last one you post. This will close on evening of the 28th, at some undisclosed time which will be after dinner for me. We will then start the vote poll which will last until the evening of the 30th.

By now, do they have door barriers in place in those houses, or does it get high enough to reach windows too?