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After a small journey from home through the familiar and beautiful forests ? of the ? Sunshine Coast, we find ourselves at a lovely lookout. A great place to stop the bikes and look about. We spend some time enjoying the lake down below and the quietness all around us, when our Himalayans weren't thumping along the trails. ? It's a bit of a bumpy road to get there but it is well worth it.

...you know, you have mentioned this before, so who is more crazy, the old guy who keeps repeating himself, the strange Canadian girl that likes weirdos or the wack job with guns and a nice tractor??? ?

Changing my picture to this, with a much bigger view and ominous skies

And we've just had another one of the guys put in the Sin Bin!

Toss it on a boat and bring it over sometime!

American's love their God given right to gasoline powered power tools Pedro, we have something that guzzles gas for everything! This is how i make my back 40 KLR safe.... Just another reason we need more than two two car garages too...

Aren’t you full of surprises, farmer @Tym? Very cool!

Hay, you cant beat a nice tractor! Just axe this guy! -} ??

That was very nicely done, you are setting the bar for video quality pretty high, looks like the rest of us need to bone up on our editing skills...

I ll make a video specially for you with some!

Have I mentioned to you that @Tym is unstable Michelle?

Oh sure im a shoe in and cant play, poop! 1964 Wheel Horse, the last year of the round hoods... ?? No, butt i did read it on the internet, ummm...

As long as we dont have a "wind in your hair" rule im in for the win!

I decided last night come rain or shine i was out on the bike its been quite a while since I've had any Fred time. I'm up at 9 and after a cheese single and 2 glasses of water (only thing in the fridge i could grab and go) i'm ready to go and looking forward to a day on my own, first stop is the petrol station and i bumps into my mate, so i agreed to ride up to Sennybridge garage cafe for breakfast with him as he was only out for a few hours. Breakfast consisted of err breakfast got to be 4 months since the last fry up none of those beans or tomatoes for me though Fuelled with bacon and eggs i have a great run up around Llyn Brianne reservoir and stops for the usual look at the spill way And on around the res to Soar y mynydd chapel where the first trail of the day will start. I tried a little video i think it gives a better feel to the place, excuse the noise and the shakiness it was my best one handed riding So the little chapel is down in the trees and i'm taking the track on that goes up the hill A little vid at the river bridge I've past this chapel hundreds of times and decided to stop for a look this time Soar y mynydd is a Calvinist Methodist chapel. Its often-repeated claim to fame is that it is the remotest chapel in all Wales. Its name is Welsh for ‘Zoar of the mountain’. The guest book Looking back down from the gate on the track Its all up hill from here last time it was quite badly washed out but it has been graded since but still a steep rocky climb I starts getting a bit carried away using the banks in the bends and really enjoying myself when all of a sudden the sausages kick in i give it too much gas and i'm abruptly told i'm not 21 anymore I takes the photo while walking it off not something i normally do but i'm too winded to pick it up, luckily i landed on the soft grass and apart from my left hand and thumb throbbing i'm uninjured When i gathers my strength i gets the bike up to assess the damage, a quick look shows no damage she's a tough old bird a cable tie fixes the screen and the nearest gate post soon has the front wheel pointing in the right direction again. So on with the ride just on from this stream up around the bend is a remote hostel i always fancied staying just to experience the remoteness https://www.google.com/travel/hotels/Llanddewi-Brefi/entity/CgsIldLgnJ2u_c6_ARAB?g2lb=2502548%2C4258168%2C4270442%2C4306835%2C4317915%2C4322823%2C4328159%2C4358983%2C4371334%2C4401769%2C4403882%2C4419364%2C4424916%2C4425458%2C4425793%2C4428792%2C4270859%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4412693&hl=en&gl=uk&un=1&ap=aAE&q=bunkhouse llanddewi breffi&rp=EO3p6tK6iN6EYBCV0uCcna79zr8BEIO9v7-IiKKEJjgCQABIAqIBGUxsYW5kZGV3aS1CcmVmaSwgVHJlZ2Fyb27AAQPIAQA&ictx=1&utm_campaign=sharing&utm_medium=link&utm_source=htls&hrf=CgUIrwEQACIDR0JQKhYKBwjkDxAIGBsSBwjkDxAIGBwYASgAWAGSAQIgAQ I soon realise the clutch hand is not functioning correctly and stops to rest it, been riding the last 30 minutes with clutch less gear changes. I had to take this photo some on here will get it I stopped in Tregaron to get some drugs as the ride around Claerwen res would need some clutch work and i was starting to feel sorry for myself The ride from Tregaron through Pontrhydfendigaid and onto the start of Claerwen res is fantastic the bike is running so smooth i stop for some more photos and realise why its running so sweet, there's a hell of a wind behind me pushing the bike along a short vid showing the area with wind So onto the res the stream is a little higher due to the last weeks weather but it's not problem The res is the lowest I've seen it for a long time considering the rain we've had A group on quads stops me to ask if I've past any police as they had just been warned by the police at the dam end where i'm heading not to ride the track its full length as there's a bit in the middle with no vehicle access as this sign i didn't see states ? Anyway i gets to the dam and a couple of lads say as i pull up your lucky the police have just gone so i do get some luck lol. the res looking back to where i come from Drugs are kicking in now so i feel like i can carry on with my original route and not head home, i rides down to check the river crossing at the bottom of the dam depth seems OK so in i goes remembering to stay on the right away from the big fuck off rock in the middle Quite a wet and rocky trail this one and finds out my forma adventure boots have started to let the water in not bad for four and a half years of abuse So at the end of this trail fuelled by drugs and half a slice of fried bread i carve my way up the Elan valley like Guy Martin on the TT, Idon't think I've seen the dams spilling before so stopped for a quick photo At the top end of the valley i find someone who wasn't as lucky as me bike left nobody about Looking back towards where the injured bike is Still fried bread fuelled the next trail is a blast down to Rhayader and i'm felling great again And after Rhayader a short trail before heading to Builth wells The last trail before hitting the upper chapel road The hash browns and mushrooms have kicked in now and i'm Guy martin again all the way back to Brecon what a great road for the bikes only stopped for one photo for some reason the sheep have gone a funny colour up here perhaps its a way of making them visible in the night ?

.......that get asked on FaceButt bike groups! WTF do you make of this one? "How many folks have ridden to the point of a nearly nirvana, astral projection type of fisheye type vision?" Is this guy seeing something that I don't........or has he dropped too much acid listening to Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd? Can you make any sense out of it?

Yes, unfortunately I can. This one time I did something really foolish, and went on a ride and then met a friend for dinner. Dinner turned to drinks, drinks turned to lots of drinks, and suffice to say I shouldn't be riding home at 4AM that night. In the morning I actually went to check the bike to see if it was ok or just leaning against a wall. What I do remember about returning home that night does resemble what that guy is talking about, though. Edit: however, since nobody on AdvRider even lets a drop of piss hit the edge of the shitter on a party night, I doubt that story involves alcohol

Defund the internet!

Sure, I do that every time I ride. ? Some people have a lot of time on their hands.

Trains, off-road..dark! now i remember, i was going to work on this topic for some pics, i forgot... Cant think of much darkness around here, property costs to much it doesnt sit long. ?????

Brilliant Michelle!

really cool video!

Great video, keep up the good work

I liked the comments, first few words made me think of Parliament Funkadelic and the mothership, funky music too. Cool stuff!

Following @Pedro on one of his favorite routes actually passing a place with his surname! A lot less boring video then just me bumbling along!! this was March 2019.

Actually the new oversized wave brake rotors are working very well, even added a nut to my rearbrake lever to raise the contact point, the front can be done with one finger now... Or i could just ride the GTR, vroom...

FFS, yes, ridden this month

I'd rather you passed, those KLR brakes aren't what I like to have equipping a bike that is following me

Cant say "farther" she isnt running to well on those flat tyres... I;ll get me coat.

Of course my ace in the hole is still waiting for further glory.... ..

i will save you and your hearing from my singing! I love to sing, but its normally very much to my self, because I suspect wolves would howl and glass would shatter!!

Superb roads and trails, I would love to take my T700 along there.

I'm not a fucking Turk!

Following the Sunrays & A Stroll to Wormy Lake ? As we slowly meandered down a gravel road through the tall evergreens ? and lush ferns, we noticed a smaller trail off to the side. As the Himalayans puttered up the trail, the sunrays seem to encourage us to follow them. The high summer sunlight danced through the forest and the richly coloured soil just added more vibrance to the blue sky and rich greens around us. ? Coming to a nice resting spot we ventured into the forest, after a quick stroll we found a trail that lead us to a beautiful lake. The lake was still, the water was clear and the now we knew what following the sunrays could do. ?

A long time ago, spanish magazine La Moto put a fast rider on a DR650 on road tires, and compared it to a CRB600 on a stretch of road used for what can best be described as a mix of motorcycle hillclimb and wrc tarmac rally, they used to have that kind of racing back then. Result was pretty much a tie.