XTreme Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 As you've probably seen, I took @Skippy to an abandoned village yesterday, and the approach "road" to it was a bit chopped up. It was tarmac......but in a very bad condition with trenches and holes everywhere. Now I could have taken him on this alternative route back to civilisation.....if you can call this place civilisation. But I didn't......because it involves about 10 miles of even worse tarmac. And in some places there is no tarmac.....just sand! The ironic thing is once you get to a proper road surface you think you're back to Civilisation. But you're not! Because you've just arrived at yet another abandoned village. Some years ago I ended up fucking up my fork seals on one of the XT600's because I thought I could just belt over them. You can to some extent........till you come across a trench that's deeper than it looks. This is where it starts..... Then it starts getting worse..... After a while you come across some abandoned shit......basically most of this stretch is abandoned! Then off we go again..... Then we get some more.... And then back on the "tarmac". The thing about living where I live is you can't buy a bike that is focussed in one area......you need something that will reasonably handle whatever conditions you may come across. Because the road you've seen here actually shows on Google Maps as a legitimate route to get from A to B. And it changes into that surface without any warning whatsoever! Oh......and if you bin it out here there's no phone signal, so you're on your own! A Dutch mate of mine lay semi-conscious in the middle of the road for 6 hours after hitting a wild boar on his Varadero......and being well into his 60's he was lucky to survive! Which is more than I can say for the Varadero! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, XTreme said: Your bike really looks like its been photoshopped in there and i'm not trying to be funny, just saying it looks odd must be because the focus is on the bike and not the background 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Your bike really looks like its been photoshopped in there and i'm not trying to be funny, just saying it looks odd must be because the focus is on the bike and not the background Looks like it's floating as well! Weird shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, XTreme said: Looks like it's floating as well! Weird shit! Yes LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I'd say definitely photoshopped......he got that image off Google 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, XTreme said: As you've probably seen, I took @Skippy to an abandoned village yesterday, and the approach "road" to it was a bit chopped up. It was tarmac......but in a very bad condition with trenches and holes everywhere. Now I could have taken him on this alternative route back to civilisation.....if you can call this place civilisation. But I didn't......because it involves about 10 miles of even worse tarmac. And in some places there is no tarmac.....just sand! The ironic thing is once you get to a proper road surface you think you're back to Civilisation. But you're not! Because you've just arrived at yet another abandoned village. Some years ago I ended up fucking up my fork seals on one of the XT600's because I thought I could just belt over them. You can to some extent........till you come across a trench that's deeper than it looks. This is where it starts..... Then it starts getting worse..... After a while you come across some abandoned shit......basically most of this stretch is abandoned! Then off we go again..... Then we get some more.... And then back on the "tarmac". The thing about living where I live is you can't buy a bike that is focussed in one area......you need something that will reasonably handle whatever conditions you may come across. Because the road you've seen here actually shows on Google Maps as a legitimate route to get from A to B. And it changes into that surface without any warning whatsoever! Oh......and if you bin it out here there's no phone signal, so you're on your own! A Dutch mate of mine lay semi-conscious in the middle of the road for 6 hours after hitting a wild boar on his Varadero......and being well into his 60's he was lucky to survive! Which is more than I can say for the Varadero! The next iPhone let’s you make emergency calls via satellite if there’s no mobile reception. Sounds just the thing for dark motorcycling. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 50 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: The next iPhone let’s you make emergency calls via satellite if there’s no mobile reception. Sounds just the thing for Royal Enfield ownership! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, XTreme said: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 23/10/2022 at 17:31, XTreme said: Looks like it's floating as well! Weird shit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 23/10/2022 at 17:31, XTreme said: Looks like it's floating as well! Weird shit! Does it have enough power to float....and could it skin an hour old rice pudding? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 23/10/2022 at 17:31, XTreme said: Looks like it's floating as well! Weird shit! i can actually levitate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Six30 said: i can actually levitate Only from your neck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Richzx6r said: Only from your neck you twat , hanging aint levitation..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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