Pedro

During winter, now that you´ve got the freedom, is there chance to use a warmer week to ride south in search of a road trip in friendlier weather, or is it completely snowed in the whole time?

Rode home to my place today. Felt great being on my bike. Tomorrow I’ll take a short bimble going nowhere special, and then dinner with Sofia.

This place is the pits!

This isn't the strongest month ever for BOTM submissions. We have only a few, but good ones. Cast your vote, and be sure you can change it before the 30th at 21:00. At that time the poll will close automatically, I chose it to catch @Buckster before his bedtime so he can change the forum picture, but if you´re trolling someone with a possible win be sure to change your vote before your own bedtime. Below I present his month's entries: @Buckster's Harley Davidson FLHX Street Glide, out on the Scotish moors. (You need a dictionary to know Harley models): @boboneleg's Yamaha WR250X , by the public loos in a lane somewhere. (This also, is an impossible model name to learn, R, W, S, nobody knows!) @Marcel le Moose Fondler's KTM950S, possibly on a faked picture while still in the garage: @Saul's Honda CBF600 by the medieval bridge below Launceston Castle, submission with location and proper bike nomenclature on his profile. Be like Saul!: @Pedro's BMW R1200GS Adventure, on a random street coming home from being repaired, first ride in forever, lame!: @Six30's Triumph 765RS. His bike is in his profile, it is dildo blue with a dildo exhaust and he still took it out, in Kent, in the cold, on a 5 mile ride just for a chance at BOTM on a slow month, good for him! Pick your battles!:

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

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.