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No tuition fees here... YAY!... and my No1 ( of whom I am immensly proud, but for gods sake dont tell her that and I know she ain't on here) was hard working and clever enough to earn a "bourse", closest translation is a grant I suppose which means that we actually pay very very little other than her lodging which is very little compared to uk costs. Dijon is the centre of burgundian gastronomy and the food im the university restaurant thing is quite good and only costs her 1€ per meal... I do sometimes realise just how lucky I am to be living where I do.

less now than a few years ago, ut plenty work within the local tourist industry. I use the term "work" in the loosest sense... and a few more who work in the wine industry as the largest exports of wine from the Chablis vinyards are ( or were) the uk and the states, neither of which nationalities are renown for their willingness to communicate in a language other than their own so native speakers are employed by the big vinyards.

you'd have fallen out with the ex-pats here Pete they're mostly piss heads and wasters or complete tossers with too much money. you'd probably end up like me having nothing to do with them, at leat you could deny even being the same nationality, I have to lie...

We're lucky here so far in that respect Alan. I fear some of the bigger towns will close down again, No 1 daughter is afraid that Dijon Uni is about to send them all home and install "distance learning" by computor. I'm afraid that having gone from Lockdown to zorking flat out so that others can have their holidays we'll be locked down again as soon as I am furlough'd in november... Thay wont lock down till then cos it's half term next week for 2 weeks so at least i'll get that. Now I just have to refuse the knee operation till early november so that I can get some riding in before hand.

sorry I copied and pasted from farcepuke on my phone and as you know i'm a complete arse with all things computerised... what I should ave done was link it https://www.rideapart.com/articles/448215/yamaha-tenere-700-travel-spy-photos/

the only TOMOS I ever used was an outboard motor for a dingy, more use as an anchor than a motor...

Brilliant Bob ?

I decided that if I was able to continue working than I must be able to ride and that If I can;t ride then I shouldn't be working. the sun came out between rain clouds and though the temps were not high I peeled the cover of the bike, checked tyre pressures and went for a ride. The most difficult part was getting my left arm into my jacket wit the thermal liner in... Managed 100km and was just getting warmed up but needed to be back to send No.1 back to Uni. The rain clouds were moving south so I shot through a gap by riding eastwards. This was just outside chablis looking south and looking north. the trick was going to be staying in the gap between the two rain cells. I ran south untill i caught up with the rain from the southern cell around Joux la villeso cut back westwards (ish) along its trailing edge, crossing the route Nationale and the river Cure at Voutenay and turning more northwest around the western edge of the northern cloud mass. I got rained on for 5 minutes but nothing serious. by the time I got to Mailly la ville the roads were bone dry as it clearly hadn't rained here all day. I crossed the Yonne river on the 15th century bridge at Mailly le chateau I closed the loop by riding back via Champs sur yonne to refuel. route map: 100km, an hour and a half ish and no pain or discomfort in either shoulder or knee which is reassuring.

pinched from elsewhere and article from rideapart.com Spotted: Yamaha Ténéré 700 Travel Is Like A Camel, But For Fuel Oct 09, 2020 at 4:33pm ET 3 By: Janaki Jitchotvisut Drink up. Toward the end of 2019, we told you that Yamaha was allegedly considering a more adventure-focused Ténéré 700. However, just like the word “touring” has multiple meanings, so too does the word “adventure.” In June, 2020, the Ténéré 700 Rally Edition launched—and it definitely fits the rather loose brief. But wait, there’s more! Our friend, Secret Squirrel, is back at it with the spy photos—and this time, they brought us something that may or may not end up being called the Ténéré 700 Travel. Where the Rally Edition ruggedized the T7, the Travel looks to seriously lengthen the amount of time you can stay in the saddle between stops. Now, if one of the things you most appreciate about the base Ténéré 700 is its relatively slim profile, you may be somewhat dismayed at the Travel’s comparatively ginormous tank. It is, after all, the first thing you see as you look at these photos. In fact, you may not be able to tear your eyes away from it long enough to look at the other parts of the bike—and if so, you’re not alone. Doing so requires serious effort, but we believe in you! Gallery: Yamaha Ténéré 700 Travel Spy Photos 7 Photos It’s important to remember here that everything is a compromise of some sort. If you want to ride longer between fuel stops, you need to carry more fuel on your bike. That means strapping handy external fuel cans to your rig, installing a larger fuel tank—or maybe even doing both. The T7 Travel has an unmistakably enlarged fuel tank that holds around 20 liters. That’s just over 5-and-a-quarter gallons, if you’re running conversions in your head. That fuel tank is undoubtedly more bulbous than that of the base T7, but let's not gloss over the fact that the setup on the T7 Travel also provides greater wind protection. It’s definitely an important characteristic if you’re planning on a long-distance trip. Other changes include a new front fork, a slightly altered manifold routing, and what is likely the same CP2 parallel twin you already know and love, only modified to comply with Euro 5 homologation. This variant will likely also come with a set of aluminum panniers, and you can see the brackets already in place in these shots. There’s no word yet on when Yamaha could unveil the Ténéré 700 Travel. However, even with most bike unveilings moving primarily online, we’re still in the midst of new model season. Could this variant be coming soon, or is Team Blue going to stretch out our anticipation like it did with the original T7? We hope it isn’t quite that long a wait, at least.

one of the guys I ride with is on his 4th fjr 1300 and 4 others of the gys ave had them as well they are unanimous in their praise of the machine but preferred the 2nd gen models to the more recent ones. Both the Police and the Gendarmes here ride them.

Is the side stand problem not due to angle rather than length? have a look and see if the stanf bracket hasn't been a bit bent outwards, it doesn't take much and if the previous owner was a bit short in the leg he may well have mounted with it on the stand. Some bikes are designed to take this, some aren't and the lugs ( or the stand itself) will eventually bend.

well another season has been announced over.. first flight of Cranes heading south went through just after lunch today...

Hiya Lyn, good to see you.

@Sir Fallsalot hope you're nursing your wimmins properly. here's to a sppedy and complete recovery for them.?

that's exactly what happend here with the parisites, they all legged it to their holiday homes and spread it across the whole country...wankers!

Do you really? you kept that bloody quiet! welcome in Desmodog

Thanks pedro, I enjoyed that though I would have been less zen about the whole breakdown thing I reckon.

stoned? Alzheimers? or just a wierdo...? I notice nobody stopped to ask if he was ok

Allo allo

I was going to say that lifting the bike off the stand and moving it around I am doing gingerly, but then Pete would think I was having a dig... to be honest i rarely need to manhandle the bike, even the tiger I am tall enough to sit on it with both feet down and paddle it around, but yeah, im trying to be careful.

Bonjour

I looked at the bm GS 650 when I was replacing the tralp but it just wasn't sufficiently multi task for me, probably more apt off road and on the trails than the tiger, but not sufficiently at ease on the motorway or trying to keep up with the nutters I tend to ride with. I also found the single generated too much vibration for me, especially compared to the tiger which at cruising speeds is just so smoooooooth...

I worked saturday and sunday, but they were easy days with coll and experienced clients who dont ask stoopid questions or need you to wipe their arses but it absolutely pissed down all day today, more rain in 12hours than we've had since may! started putting the boats to bed for the winter, never done that in september before. tomorrow driving to Lyon to assist with transfer of bro in law to hospital ( surgeons not capable of learning how to communicate with him so someone has to go to translate) then a few days off. no riding though cos the weather is shyte.

hello boys an girls, a quick update on this. i had an MRI scan during the week and saw the doc on friday evening. MRI scan says I have ruptured the supraspinatus tendon and have a large subacromial and deltoid peri articular effusion... I'v snapped the tendon over the shoulder joint in english. Doc says no choice, as it's ruptured, gotta operate. I have an appointment with a specialist in Gijon on 26th oct... problem is I already have an appointment with an other specialist on the 15th about repairing the meniscus in my left knee... I think that I'm just falling apart at the seams now... Thursday I did discover that i can still get on the bike and managed to ride into town and back so that's reassuring at least.

well, next session is 4th october and then not again till march next year as the off road bits will get very slippy with the winter weather but more to the point the "chasseurs" will be out in the woods, pissed as usual and shooting rifles at anything that moves, (deer, boar, dogs, dog walkers, joggers, motorcyc;lists or each other, they ain't picky...) I am wondering if I should try and swap to an "on road" riding and handling course a sbeing possibly less pysically demanding.