Pedro

I have replaced my 2015/2016 GS's battery a few weeks ago with a lithium battery, same size but weights a fraction of the original. What sold me on it was the promise of better than original battery life and better starting too. I never had an issue with the original but then again my bike hasn't slept in freezing temperatures, and I was more than happy to have the same fitted, but there you go.

Scary stuff! Even if you’re riding a fast vehicle, if strong winds start, and big fires usually cause them, you can find yourself in a bad situation quite quickly Winding roads for 99 miles, I like that!

Nice pleasant ride then?

Nice one, love the bike, but just noticed the fairing doesn’t match the rest of the bike, was it a naked when new?

Welcome @Motobiker, looking forward to some ride reports judging by those pictures.

How many of your clients are brits? I ‘m having my second jab next friday!

Experiment, can a tiny sardine grill cook a chop bigger than itself? It was done pikey style, on a balcony, with too much wind too Rare and delicious!

That’s the one!

Shorts aren’t the issue, just look at the scene zooming in

I made the effort to take a picture of the wildlife

I would have no doubt on taking one on any kind of big trip, one of the most solid engines ever, and although it isn’t strong on power I do think it is very nice to ride.

First bike and big bike, Transalp 650, I would totally recommend one, had great fun on mine. There might be better bikes to ride today, and more frugal too, but the Transalp is oldschool dependable.

I really have no experience or opinion about Scottish women, here there’s an idea Irish women are pretty green eyed redheads, though.

To not get that white sky effect I focus on the sky or horizon line, when I remember to

That’s a great feeling to have with your bike!

Indian fusion shepherds pie, by Sofia

Wtf? Is that a skyscraper castle?

Big car!

Squid with linguini, just now

And you thought that’s what I would put in my plate if I had a chance choose one?

No private plates in Portugal, they’re issued to the vehicle for their life since registered till terminated. motorcycle licensed are the same as cars except they only got the country identity blue badge very recently

No, normally I would have offered to take the picture if I see a family wanting a family picture, but the guy was a real jerk. A few people a year drop from cliffs for taking pictures on the edge or looking at big waves here. But even though I rode around quite a lot, I hate wearing masks so just don’t approach people unless once or twice a day. After a while it gets sort of sad because some days I never talk to anyone at all. The Algarve is getting big on covid again, most infected people there aren’t portuguese …

Woke up with dawn, enjoying a great light on sunrise, my phone doesn't seem to capture these moments, though. And after a while, it turned into a beautiful day Stopped by the fortress which is the very tip of Sagres, to have a walk around and see if I could see all the way to Brazil, but it was still closed and I didn't feel like waiting around Fueled up, and after a couple of kms stopped again at the lighthouse to see if I could have a coffee inside, also closed! There were a couple of italian bikes there, owners were very exuberant but we only said hello from a distance, I think neither of us felt like wearing a mask so we just said hello from a safe distance. In the next picture, you see a british family. The guy was making a right show of screaming at his terrified wife and daughter to climb down to the very edge of a cliff in order for him to take a selfie with them. Poor family was so scared but he did get his picture. They had a rental van... everyone could tell it was theirs because the screaming never really stopped even when they got into it From there, I rode a couple of dirt roads to my favourite location in the area, it's been shown before in previous reports as it's a special location to me, so here it goes again If you look closely on the picture above, there's someone flying a para glider from the second rock formation, I waited a while but he didn't venture higher or onto the sea. I spent a while there, thinking about stuff. And taking a picture or two of the bike After a while, headed north on the N120, very typical of this area There are some corners, and it's a weird road because you can cruise along at whatever speed in 6th and then all of a sudden there's 3km of very tight corners, I like it but didn't stop for corner pictures Stopped at Cabo Sardão (lizard cape), not as imposing as the previous ones but the ocean was really pretty today and I love a good lighthouse There's quite a big cave down there Rode off via a series of short dirt roads, here's one that had a little sand, not what I prefer in my fuelled up bike with road tires Stopped in Porto Novo for lunch, in a lovely place with a great view and ocean breeze. The local typical fried cuttlefish were great. Rode on, and stopped by one of the biggest beaches in Portugal, south of Comporta (50kms long) , I stopped to make a call, and prepare myself as I know that as soon as I rode away from the ocean it'd start to really heat up and I didn't feel like having to stop and talk on all the heat. It was just a perfect day for going to this beach, no people, perfect temperature, beautiful water... After Sines, heading in it quickly got hot, and I stopped yet again to open the vents on the jacket, and a wee. It was about 33 or 35º by now By Grandola I took my last foto of the dashboard showing 38,5º ambient temperature, before I put my phone away as it was boiling. It eventually got to 40º on the motorway. After temperatures got that high the smaller roads were about to get boring too, so I just got on the motorway for an hour, or what felt like an hour, and headed to Ericeira to meet Sofia for dinner, passing the Tejo river over Portugal'l longest bridge at 11km I rode all the way at 90kmh and standing up most of the time. The temperature dropping to 33º over the river felt like air conditioning Made it to Ericeira for a very cool 25º again next to the ocean. A great day on the bike again, which is now proper dusty.