Pedro

If they're really custom built for you, 6 weeks between order and shipment seems quite quick to me.

So just take you on a blowjobless ride

No ancestors of mine rode motorcycles, got no offspring and probably will never have any, so it starts and ends here. Couple of stories though, my grandad once got the clap while in the army driving trucks (he didn't get the clap actually driving the trucks, more likely on a stop somewhere ) , and they lent him a service motorcycle to go the pharmacy to buy penicillin, army base was in Alentejo quite far from a town. He learned to ride a motorcycle that day, right before riding it through a fence. He didn't ride anymore, and didn't get penicillin that day either My girlfriend, Maria, remembering how to ride on her CRF230, she much rather preferred touring with me on the GS, though, but we had fun on the dirt bikes as well.

I love it, "did you die?": not a good adventure!

I have done that on the XR a few times, only on dirt obviously. I would be happy to try on a big bike, and I think I could do it on a gs, but not going to try it on my own bike

We had a few cool days, but it's starting to warm back up now. I have been in Espinho over the last few days, which is up north and has a little bit of a microclimate, being usually cooler than anywhere else. It's been pretty much perfect weather.

Me and @Sofia went for a ride today, around some of the roads where I learned how to ride a bike when I had my 650 Transalp a few years ago. Didn't take many pictures, though, so here they are Arouca is a town that has a typical breed of cows, they grow slowly but their meat is very tasty, a lot of them roam the hills freely, most of the time keeping to themselves but often laying on the road for a nap, and since they're so big that can be pretty funny. Visiting this place and not meeting an Arouquesa is just not the same, here is one quite curious about the bikes. stopped at a nice spot near Portal do Inferno (translated Gateway to Hell), where you get views on both sides of the road: And having lunch at São Pedro do Sul, under a refreshing shade on a warm afternoon.

Screw the tree, I would have kept myself there for the minimum amount of time needed just because of the electrical wire holding said tree up.

I have tried a seat cover like that suggested above, received it on the mail yesterday, tested today in about 30 or 32º. I can say it is an improvement over normal. You can indeed feel some ventilation but only going at over 120 or 130kmh, rest of the time I think it also helps but it's not as noticeable. Of course this depends on bike aerodynamics. I'll have to go on a trip with it off and instal after a while to see how much of a difference it makes. It does make the seat firmer but also comfier, also less grabby than . For the cost it's an improvement in hot conditions for sure. I am not sure from which seller I bought mine, but I think it took well over month to arrive from China.

Agreed

Love that water.

Some scenery!

The ditch with no massive wheels rolling over you would have been the correct side to fall onto

I hate to be the voice of reason but someone has to. Water splashing onto an plugged powertool!

That's the whole point, allowing you to sweat without dehydrating

I hope you carry a big bottle of water in that topcase, when doing silly shit like that. Getting ahead of the dehydration is half the battle.

Went to google it too, a sort of cabbage, by the looks of it it’s also very common here. My favourite soup is made with them and chorizo, Caldo Verde

Right idiot. I encounter guys like that sometimes, when they’re harvesting tomato and taking overloaded trailers to the tomato pulp plant, racing too hard only to get to the plant and have 10 trucks to unload in front of them, all working for the same farm. The Himalayan really seems suited to the kind of riding you do, how far away from home is that?

What are “collared” greens? I could do without the m&c but that looks great

"His" parts, lets not paint the entire peninsula with the same brush!

Black's better than gold, it's not like it's an SBK ZRX750, is it?

What mask? What woman on the right?

And food, I’m always curious of the food you eat in the USA.

Love it, carry on!

That's much nicer, you sit down and have a crappy spanish coffee, drink a cold water ... That's how you enjoy a place, not running away from ghosts