Pedro

Dislike? Thick brits who post entire book chapters using no punctuation, makes my head hurt. Like? The brotherhood of people I've known for a lot of years, without actually having to meet every week. also like? Getting to know cool people like @Grasshopper's Ride and @Lone Amigo

Just a green meadow, really, but I like it.

I think you’ve got a big chance this month, nice picture. And being parked on a tilting road means it doesn’t look like it’s falling

Lease one then, and we’ll see.

So, you new to the forum squids probably don't know this, but Bike Of The Month is a major honor in the motorcycling world. Every month you are free to submit one picture of your own motorcycle (one per member only), on a ride taken this month, preferably in front of cool scenery and not behind the dumpsters next to a pound shop, and not amongst a bunch of other bikes in front of the wagon where you get your tea from. The ride, the scenery, etc, is as important if not more than the bike itself. On the end of the 31st I'll close this thread and use all pictures to start a vote in which we all will decide who starts 2021 on a win. You can post more than one picture. Latest one counts. Probably not many submissions this month, but there you go. We'll work with what we can. Let's not hijack the thread too much.

Right! The London kit was Stuart!

Amir was the Israeli kid who lived in the UK, London I think. With a CRF125

So, welcome to the reality of Portugal. In the first covid wave Portugal was seen as an example of how to cope with a pandemic amongst European countries. We had our first infections almost at the same time as in Milan, but with very good results specially compared to Spain, the UK, Belgium, not to mention Italy. However, we are currently leading the world's most infections per population chart, at least we're leading something. On the tv, you get heads of medicine from our biggest hospitals complaining that the national health service insists on drugs that are proven not to work and disregard WHO's recommendations, and ignoring pleas for medicines that are proven to have some efectiveness. We have the government insisting on having all schools attending classes in person when it's proven that kids are a major factor in transmitting diseases between each other's parent because they failed to create the necessary means for online teaching. You have people walking imaginary dogs in city centers holding a leash. Politicians and everyone wearing ineffective cloth masks just pretending to follow some arbitrary rules like if you could tell the virus to follow said arbitrary rules. Portugal's biggest hospital created a new ward for covid, with 24 beds The shining example just proved everyone that it's success on the first go was merely a fluke

I don't do that, even on dirt on this bike I don't mind the ABS as with road tires I worry about loosing the front on dirt. I do switch the traction control off as that makes it not climb anything. On tarmac, I have probably been saved by ABS more than a couple of times. Had it on the 1150 and wouldn't want a touring bike without it since. One of those times is really clear still, because it was a wet road and a kid ran away from his mother into the street, not going fast as in town but I stopped in a way I wouldn't have been able to without ABS.

I was banned from being a moderator once, in DSUK

That's why I have ABS

That gold is long gone now, it was mostly spent on booze and parties.

I never did anything serious, lost my license for a couple of months, though. First was 130 in a 90kmh, enough to be serious even though it was pretty much open road. Once in Spain, for 130kmh on a 90 as well, thank god as that was the lowest speed we did that day. Then I got stopped by a police that had been in pursuit for a few minutes without me realizing! I stopped at some stoplights and he caught up. Turns out I had passed two slow vehicles at once, on a crossroad with pedestrian passes He was a cool dude and allowed me to choose between the crossroad and the pedestrian pass, not both. The combination of this one and the first one lost me my license. Once for drunk driving, right at the lower 0,049 or 0,05 limit, that one really pissed me off. Evasion, once on the XR400 through the beach, which was why they wanted to catch me in the first place. And once in my car, did a full panic induced roundabout drift as I say the cops hand beginning to raise to stop me, and ran. That car wasn't exactly legal. This was my first ever ticket on a bike, glad it is a little one.

From what I've read it does seem those national parks' roads are indeed great but very heavy slow traffic. What time of year was that? Great views, as always great scenery! And yes, the old madam celebratory march is a little weird, but it makes sense in a mardi gras kind of way. Let loose and get rid of your fantasies kind of thing. More like the tourist blocking the view!

My favourite part is Kawasaki's release on the "all-new" KLR I have nothing against it, it's never meant to be a light offroader, just a tractor that lasts the distance with minimal issues. If it does that, it does it's job.

I hope he doesn't go about stealing other people's pants, though!

I see how that doesn't work, but the one currently there is too much "sales brochure"

I know they're not high quality, but there!

better start tying some string to those bullets, @Tym, reel them back

and yet managed to receive a ticket of my bike supposedly being flashed at 81kmh in a 60kmh area on the outskirts of a town. This happened last year in July, in there any chance it was one of you transcontinental dudes riding it that day?

It's a tough time to be in charge of a country. Bad timing if all they (worldwide) wanted was to be politicians, as they're being asked to be leaders.

Fair enough, in 15 years, or less, I might need a lighter second bike. No argument from me, however the "all there is are light single cylinder bikes" thing doesn't stick. Horses for courses.

Old World!