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Morocco was once and many years ago, before two men on BMWs ruined it for everyone. Abroad now is a normal holiday and hire bikes if you can get them. Last year was Rhodes and a Pegaso single cylinder bike. Just used it to explore and nip into the capital, I used to park it behind a lace stall run by a very old lady on the city walls, she was lovely, she would guide me into the space after the first day. I was in Corfu again 2 years ago, hired the same bike you have Pete, one of those Suzuki 650 v-twin things. Hated it, I took it back because it was hard to ride on a steady throttle, very jerky, told the owner it needed the injectors balancing. He polished it and sprayed lube on the chain and gave it back with exactly the same problem. I just had to ensure I was always speeding up or slowing down. I stopped for a red light on one of their main roads which caught the truck behind out (they usually go through for a few seconds after). I heard a lot of tyre squealing as he slid sideways behind me. He did wave an apology and as I pulled away he was using forward and reverse to get himself pointing the right way again. Before that it was Cyprus, the Tenere seen in the other picture on here somewhere. Also tried a quad. Did take both on unsurfaced roads, the Tenere was way safer. Malta, no bike hired, it was very cold and wet, also hard to even park a bike there, lovely place, very crowded. I believe even the countryside is classed as a conurbation by population density. Cyprus and the same Tenere before that, it was still new then. Portugal, scooter only available, 125 I think. Under seat storage was useful for shopping, not a lot of go though. Parked it in the 'Rua Sir Cliff Richard' one day, which is, I kid you not, the street with the cemetery in it. Lanzarote, BMW single. The only off road there is full of rocks spat out by a volcano, beautiful and moon like scenery. Can't go back as I had a parking ticket and left without paying it. If I go back they might hunt me down and do terrible spanish things to me. Pics below are varied and of all dates, Essex green lanes on my DR (currently being put back together) and my Africa Twin, Isle of Wight, Peterborough speedway track, moped race (I'm in the red shirt white crash hat), Wiltshire, Lanzarote, Morocco, my contractors yard, Billingsgate Fish market (traffic light tree I put up). Also Cambrian rally on a CRM250 lent to me a few minutes before by a dealer, what a guy. My bike had just failed scrutineering, wheel bearings had gone trail riding day before. I went to a bloke displaying bikes to try and get a bearing, he offered me a choice of bikes to borrow instead. Also Salisbury Plain, one picture looks like Little House on the Prairie to me, on my first DR kickstart....or rather didn't. Finally there is one on the Ridgeway on my Varadero on my way to a bike rally, the day before it closes for the winter. I believe that is supposed to be the oldest known road in Britain.

Set off on my annual trip to someplace today. Made it as far as Ogden, Utah after riding around 600 miles for the day. Joing me on this trip is my friend Neil aboard hios GS and friends Dave and Debbie on their GS. Left home in 38F degree (4C) temps and arrived in Ogden at 104F(40C). Didn't take a lot of pics today as we were mostly riding through hpt desert landscapes and soem highways. Did get a few pics at a road works - even has an abandoned house!

What about an off road video taken many years ago, a mate warned me there was a hole in this puddle so proceeded with caution but still gave me a surprise lol

Ahh but there will be thousands of pounds worth of pointless accessories to get them going again

nope, me as well. i have my own Kum and Go pics from the midwest ?

Crossing into Utah....

Am I the only immature person that laughs every time I go to this plac e?

Now we all know (perhaps Tym is excepted) that you have to watch your P&Q's nowadays. Apparently you're not allowed to sing that lovely nursery rhyme anymore where you ask the black sheep if he's got any wool So let's see your photos/vids, anything that makes you laugh and feck the PC brigade ? I'll start with Benny Hill, a right wrong-un if ever there was ..........

Go on Pete, give 'em a blast of Whispering Grass.

I like this cos it's got Xtreme playing the Sergeant major.

I've recently bought the same boots Fred, I don't use my Sidi Adventure boots now as I prefer the Forma's

Dont axe me, im stuck on my hero 3, my brother gave me his 4 and i cant figure out how to use it they changed everything...i cant imagine @Grasshopper's Ride 7 noir, it must be like operating an alien spacecraft.

I don’t understand any of this, it is some sort of pagan alchemy.

About 4 years ago i bought these boots and they turned out to be the best all purpose boot in the world half the price of a SIDI and are still waterproof now. Also have a good tread for exploring and climbing about to get a new pair as their on offer at the moment local to where i work https://www.dirtbikexpress.co.uk/boots/adventure_boots/forma_adventure_boots/forma_adventure_boots_-_brown

My lovely 2003 XR400, out enjoying Ribatejo's summer, And the GS: Ericeira: Algarve, near Santa Clara Dam: near Faro: Mertola:

Decided to take the 650 out tonight for a stomp around the valleys, ended up on a disused railway line probably for taking the stone from the quarries it passes through. The flat topped mountain in the background is called the Sugar Loaf and stands at a massive 596 m LOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Loaf,_Monmouthshire I think I've post photos of this place up before but was just passing through with a mate so decided to have a look around tonight. When taking this photo i spotted something i wanted to take a closer look at Cool a cave the old man in me said move on next thing i'm looking down on the bike. A bit disappointing looking around but i'm sure Pete's mate could sell it LOL Stopped to take a photo of the old iron works in Blaenavon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaenavon_Ironworks And a ride up over the British heading home, in the distance is the Bristol Channel and Bob land

The guy is amazing!

At the 9 min mark, bloody hell he's got some balls

I don't know how to break this to you Yen.......but me and Windsor Davies are not the only ones with Welsh accents. There are a few others scattered round the place! The number of times when I was in England I'd get some dumb Hanoverian asking me if I knew somebody that he once knew......who happened to be Welsh! Like there's only about a dozen of us in the whole country and we all fucking know each other! I bet you now that the other Welsh boys have had the same!

If you're not in the picture then you took it..

I'm sure there'll be no shortage of guys ready to administer mouth to mouth Michelle! Lucky for you it won't be anybody from here though.....so you dodged the bullet on that one!

I was lucky Fred, I bought them off a guy on a forum for £120, he hadn't even worn them and sent me the receipt incase of any problem with them. They are like walking in a pair of slippers compared with the Sidi Adventures but I still use my faithful Sidi Trials boots for trail riding.

Hah, I think I remember this one, I'm sure I was there ?

hahahah....really you give them two months.... ?

Love those old buildings!

These will fall apart after about 2 months ?

I do like the idea of having a couple of videos of myself riding, but the whole idea of setting camera, remembering to turn it on, turn it off, take it off the bike, it all sounds so exhausting and i feel it takes away from the enjoyment of it all. Not to mention that afterwords you've got huge video files to go through and that takes ages, it's not for me.

I see that Jesus is comming ? has he been to the Kum and Go ?

You have bad boys in your area, be careful , the accountants are usually more aggresive than the doctors ?

Yes thet are tall, I put lowering links on the one I had.

@Tym........can you clue Buck in on this latest phenomenon known as Cameras?

ohhh.....those are nice looking boots. I was looking at those because the ones I have are not very good for hiking around.

I think this is about 2014, Corfu hire bike. The bloke let me try a few different bikes around a little test track to see which I preferred, but given a choice I will always go for a Suzuki (No Excuse) DR350. No room for jacket and boots in the old suitcase so it was t-shirt and trainers and keep the arms tucked in when passing between brambles. Riding through the twisty hill villages with a very loud pipe is weird, the old people all wave and smile as you pass them sitting outside. Over here they snarl and ring the council, not that I have loud pipes myself, the quieter the better for me on my own bikes.

ohhhh....boots, love me some boots, good shit kickers with a bit of sole. ? I'm a fan of Alpinestars, mostly because I can afford them.

Well, you see, there are Bi Bars, and then...

About 500 miles for the day - a good day out.

Stopped by a lake and did some light off roading to get down to it's shore. After these pics, it was time to quit fuckin' around and haul for home...

At this point we were about 240 miles from my house. I needed to turn around and head back while Larry headed north. Stopped by an old trading post, but it was clsoed...

Dunno why they call it the Antler Inn...and I had a funny feeling that someone was watching me eat...

Brief stop at the Antler Inn in Walden for some chow...

Zooming right along, over Cameron Pass....

Passed through the Poudre River Canyon, past Howling Wolf Rock and northwards...

Here’s a few of mine.

A bit of tunnelling on this ride the guy that's with me is 70 years old this was 2018 he's given up the trail riding now. He said something about me trying to kill him LOL

The downside to owning a kick-start only bike had to drag it out the rut to kick it up

First trail ride on the T700, on my way back from taking it to the dealer for first service ?