Pedro

I assumed it was brought directly there bypassing Paris

Concerning the XR400, if there is one thing that is sometimes challenging is how aggressive the steering is. I think it is made for tight turning, and to me sometimes feels unstable when slowing down from higher speeds on loose surfaces. You really have to pay attention to prevent the front from digging in. This won't be so much of a bother if you never ride in sandy surfaces, though.

Don't know how relevant it is, but a nicely set up 400 has the kind of bottom end chuggyness that means you can just never stall if you keep it on a little bit of throttle, and crawl through most things in the first three gears. Sometimes that makes a bike easier to ride.

Ideal stuff for me, very challenging is overrated.

I meant perfect as in something I would love riding through, not perfect as in "not challenging or worthy".

His reports, great as they are (and they are great), are the same as creating content and then copy paste it everywhere. Spending 1 minute re-posting and then expecting adulation, probably better suited to other places where you get 100 members posting "got my beer (+ popcorn smilie) and just subscribed to this thread!"

Pictures always look deceiving when you look at surfaces, but some of that look simply perfect to me.

Who says it, though, Pete? And do they matter?

I think I like it because lower bars make me think GS

The bars do look sweet, @Tym

Don’t worry about it, it’s rain and dirt combined

I love canned fish, but isn’t Auxerre a big enough town to have at least a couple of markets selling freshly caught fish? It does surprise me. I really like the colour of your bike, and it seems so suited to the riding you do, lovely places!

Are you saying all people riding Suzukis are annoying internet little yapping heel biting twats, Tym? Not fair to Suzuki riders, in my opinion, there’s Travis Pastrana, Ricky Carmichael and Kevin Schwantz, and probably a lot more too...

@Sofia has news concerning the Speed Triple...

You’re just a repetitive savage!

He just finished his dinner, which included beef, and is looking into the kitchen as some meat is being marinated for tomorrow’s lunch. Couldn’t care less for olives!

Good stuff!

That’s proper clean dirt, not a spec of dust on a black bike!

That’s a pretty kitchen, I’m in awe if that lamp over the stove also filtrates the cooking smells and vapor Might be for not cooking in, though...

That looks very interesting and more like an old school government building than individual houses.

So how did the ktm350 dude do afterall? Looks like you properly missed being out getting muddy.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwejnHFJ2/?igshid=yip432fgikwv

Were you camping later on? I ask because that looks like way too much luggage each bike is carrying. Amazing stuff, just great. Did the red bike crack the valve cover? There is a track I am going to try on the GSA in Morocco that must have some soft sand, I'm pretty intimidated by the thought of it to be honest.