Pedro

That looks cool, and the T7 looks great as well. I would guess that the actual call to the cops might go weirdly: "they're filling up on petrol!"

I'm pretty glad that the future doesn't hold a guy jumping on my dinner table and pissing on my strawberries. Me and two dudes once drove from Germany to Portugal mostly at well over 200kmh, did 2100km in 14 hours. Might not sound very impressive but we stopped for a few times and had a couple of big stops for meals. I don't think that will ever happen again except if I'm running from the cops and don't actually care about my license anymore.

Is it cold, there, Tym? Or is it like tropical storm?

I love it when after a few days of holidays you loose track of what day of the week it is to be replaced with going to the beach day, or sushi day, or mojitos day, or riding motorcycle day, etc

I had made up my mind to not fit in the straight through exhaust colector, but now an acquaintance has told me he's going to switch bikes and has his titanium akrapovic colector for sale.... hmm ....

I was just about to ask wether the guy enjoyed a 640 on all that wide open road, but that question is now answered

If there is one thing Spain has got going for it, is a massive motorcycling culture. Motorcycle racing used to be almost as big as football, lunch time GP racing broadcasted on tv used to have a bigger audience nationwide than football, and most small villages had or have an anual party with the highlight being a small bike road race.

to be honest, Thumpertalk is not really about touring or anything more than proper offroad and racing, and Horizons Unlimited is not really about bikes.

Could be worse, couple of years ago there was a guy on a car forum that drained his gearbox and topped up his engine with gear fluid. After a few miles the gearbox started acting funny ...!

Don’t bring the grim great sadness onto this thread @XTreme, this is about happy kids doing powerslides, not Annie the orphan

Spooky as shit, and the table set for a meal? I wouldn’t be hanging around Love those wide open dirtroads, that’s a European’s fantasy

Damn right, Pete, give the guy a chance a go try the electrical scooter.

There's lettuce in that, @Tym I do like a great burger, but that's just revolting.

On liquid cooled bikes, since 2013 or so, it's been a wet clutch that you access from the front of the engine.

A modern GS is not a bike you want to have problems with, that's certain, as things get expensive fast. However, my bike has done 60.000km last week and has never needed anything. It'll get new clutch plates, though, as I've been advised to change them to improve the gearbox smoothness and as preventive measure against oil contamination fucking up the engine. Plates will be 300€ plus fitting, which is easy compared to previous generations. It is frugal, I love the handling, the brakes, etc, and I really like boxer engines, no other engine I would rather have for the riding I like to do. Also, when I bought it I chose it specifically with two up touring intended, and there is absolutely no other big trail that can do that better than this bike, period. Would I live with a Super Tenere? Surely I would, and I would love that if I had one, and maybe it would last longer too. But I like riding my bike a lot more so that's what I do and just put up with the risk of fixing it.

The GS500 was a bestseller in Portugal. Really a cool bike to have in it's time, maybe cooler than the bigger sellers XT600 and CBR600.

Bloody hell Ian, thank you for that trip through English culture

I would like to thank everyone that made this possible, it was a team effort and it's your award as much as mine. God bless America!

just leave the honey jar in plain sight and make it easy on the poor guys

@XTreme

Here you go, @XTreme

That's easy to manage, just don't do it in the peak of summertime like I did.

OK, do you want it via email?

Yes, very similar in texture to codfish livers, which I think you guys in the UK know about It's cooked with sliced garlic and white wine.