Pedro

I never understood, why is @MooN a cunt?

Jesus!!! You’ve got grandkids in their 20s? way to go, propagate!

I meant the grandkids when asking about age and riding the 80.

I bought a heavily discounted rukka jacket, along with a couple of others things, last time I ordered from fc moto. Tried the rukka and it didn’t fit, sent it back for 15€. It was something like 300€ discount, so worth it in my mind. Also the only time I ordered a helmet online, tried it on and went for a ride, it was blustery as all hell with the beak, so they just said to send it back even though I had clearly worn it and taken off the visor sticker. Again, couldn’t be happier. That doesn’t mean I’m happy to order 4 jackets in different sizes to send back though

He’ll trade them for some nice gloves.

Anyone here wears Klim jackets? I’m tempted to get a Marrakesh one, for spring / summer touring, but local shops are some twats in Lisbon and that’s similar to going to London in a language you can understand. Tempted to order in and return if it doesn’t fit, done it before with FCMoto and it worked great. Anyone knows how fitment compares to Dainese? Regarding length of arms, etc? I used to be a 98 in Dainese, which I think is a 48 or 50 Long, but I’m not as thin anymore.

How old are they? Old enough for the CR80?

So that’s why it looks oddly proportioned

Is that a 19 inch front wheel? Looks tiny.

Between 3 or 4, and considering this is a big part of people's social life, I think the cost isn't the factor. You're very right, though.

Same here. I had planned on going over for a ride in 2022 after Morocco, but coming back I didn't feel like delaying my return another 2 or 3 days. Then last year when I was heading his way I just didn't feel like it. We had agreed that 2024 wasn't to pass without a visit, makes me feel like shit.

Now you are, but back before you were mellowed by Harley ownership you were very angry.

Today, Pete will be cremated and his ashes brought home by his wife.

I met Pete online in 2002 I think, when I bought my Transalp 650. I had joined AdvRider at the time, and he just sent me a message on there to invite me to DualSport UK. At the time, he also had a Transalp 650 and was still living in Wales. It was a new thing to me, bike forums, and turns out I quite liked the small intimate group on a forum like that compared to the vastness of AdvRider or even Horizons Unlimited. It's the closest thing to a motorcycle club clubhouse there is online. I literally had started riding a few weeks before joining that forum I think, and started posting my first ride reports literally figuring out how to go on a motorcycle. I was happy to be amongst @modrover, @YamaHead, @Sir Fallsalot, @boboneleg, @Renegade, @Catteeclan, @yen_powell, @MooN, and even @Tym and @Buckster who gave me so much shit I considered leaving plenty of times. With some of those people a relationship grew to frequent communications outside of the forum. I did my first longer ride on a bike to meet @XTreme and Alie, now recently moved to southern Spain and in search of a place to live, before they settled on the house they've been in until now. Then a second meet up in their current house a couple of years later, in which he took a picture of me trying to kickstart his XT350, that picture haunted me to this day at every opportunity DSUK turned to Maximumbikes, then somehow I grew apart and the forum also disappeared and turned to a facebook thing, I think. Years later, I was very happy to get a second private message, again through AdvRider , as an invitation to join this current forum. My life had by then changed, as did I, and I talked a lot with Pete, he and his wife again becoming good friends, this forum has since then provided a needed internet home and I've used it to vent a lot. He loved that I posted my Morocco ride reports on here and I loved doing those too. He supported me during a few moments when he felt I was about to leave, keeping most of his opinions off the forum to try and avoid exits, because he loved to provide people with this space for them to gather around and didn't want anyone to leave on account of him. This forum is not going to be the same without him, and I doubt it'll survive without him, he pulled it forward with sheer enthusiasm. His over the top self confidence and absence of fear of ridicule were his favourite tools for the job, and you can't help but appreciate that. He and his wife are friends, real world friends, and I'm desolated she lost him in such a quick and surprising way.

You’re back? And I thought these few days were already bad.

You should take a selfee also next to a car or a popular model of van, to have scale. They'll look for flaws, Marcel.

Don't know

It's got a fresh oil change and spark plugs. As long as @busabeast doesn´t go on trackdays with it it should be ok.

So now we're stuck with that Suzuki too?

You know Portuguese emmigrants go there via airplane or ferry. Something would be very wrong if they arrived with wet clothes.

Home as in the house where Allison is living, that’s my understanding.

The bar end mirrors!

@Buckster, @boboneleg, are you guys able to change the forum BOTM picture? There might be a rule or two waved in May's BOTM.

It was a joke, Clive.

Well, they got what they voted for, didn't they? How are you liking brexit now?