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Most likely......but her latest trip on the Honda is a bit annoying, maybe I have just seen her too much. It is getting better now that she is on that Honda, but everywhere I went when I first had my Himalayan.....people be like.... "ohhhh you MUST watch Itchy Boots"...... I be like, "ya no shit". It was about as bad as when I was little, people be like "ohhhh your name is Michelle, have you heard that Beatles song, here let me sing it for you"....and I be like, "shut the hell up" ? ok, I feel better, venting done..... ? I think I'll watch Long Way Up, the quality looks great ?

Result for the Himalayans! Well done @Grasshoppers Ride ??

I was being sort of lazy after lunch, a few work e-mails and then started to think of just staying home snoozing instead of going out for my ride. Made an effort thinking it would be the first time I would be riding my familiar roads with the new suspension. At first thought of visiting a friend but didn't really feel like being with anyone and headed for the hills. On the way up, this is maybe my favourite piece of 2km road in this area, bumpy on tight corners with tree roots lifting the tarmac, unfortunately you can't see any of that in this video: Had a good cup of coffee in my favourite cafe up there, regardless of how hot the weather is at my home, up here under these trees it's always nice. A few bikes turn here on sundays, but it's always calm on week days. Heading back down: Someone left a nice couple of circles, I wouldn't be brave enough to do that here. Back in Azambuja I decided to make this a sort of dark motorcycling themed thing as it was a little to early to go home and I felt like taking a little more advantage of the afternoon, ended up with more of a ruin motorcycling than dark. Went to visit the Palacio das Obras Novas (also known as Palacio da Rainha, queen's palace), this building was erected in the end of the eighteenth century and acted as a control point for ship that used to travel in this canal between Lisbon and Vila Nova de Constancia. They had a hotel or an inn of sorts as support for the steam boat traffic, but since the surrounding area was pretty majestic it attracted important guests for long stays, becoming well know for Kind D.Carlos enjoyment of the place. (There you go, culture!) The road leading to it goes through tomato fields, but the last straight used to be lined with a very impressive row of huge palm trees, all gone now from a palm tree beetle infestation a few years ago: Before the bugs ate the palm trees it used to look like this, not my picture: Riding back, past a few trailers full of tomatoes ready to go for the local tomato juice factory, most of the tomato pulp in Portugal is made here. They might be a little overloaded Made it back home pretty dusty.

Starts airing in two weeks time.....on Apple TV! WTF is that? I enjoyed the previous two........no idea why some people give them (mostly Charley Boorman) stick for it! It was good entertainment, and a huge boost for the motorcycle industry in general. But this one on Apple TV? How are mainstream audiences supposed to see it?

Bet Itchy Boots has better ratings.

Always handy to know. A good birding area. Saw a male Hen Harrier up there once.

?? Tickled me this morn.

I understand the idea behind the video, the commute and all, and I know he mentions it.....BUT DAMN, kind of missed the point of this motorcycle..... Horses for Courses as they say ?

So true, looking forward to the rainy season around here...tourists go home and all the casuals are indoors.....??

thanks @Pedro!! once again, great report and video!!!

I though that was Pete's last bike after he finished polishing it ?

Its even better when its pissing down because there's no one else there ?

That’s ironic because riding the bike today is what brought me from the darkside just now

I was getting carried away with an almost worn out tyre i'm usually more sensible that just pulled me back in line Apparently you can get permission to ride that bit from Elan Valley Trust by emailing them .

It is Michelle......when it's not pissing down! And it pisses down a lot!

Brilliant idea!

Brilliant @Pedro........good to see you come over to the darkside!

No website tops VisorDown needing bike valet's to wash motorcycle's because their other man servants are to busy.

I am properly chuffed at Miguel´s win today at MotoGP, Portugal's first win in the big class, and Miguel is a great kid. He must be feeling like he can fly right now, and rightly so since he's amazing.

A lot of people rip the piss out of Halfords but my Halfords torque wrench is ace

My type of ride tym ?

Point of parlimentary procedure! There is no such thing as "one bike" in Team Green Ownership ma'am, one is none... the only way to guarantee you;ll have at least one Kawasaki working.. Is to have more than one. .

Think of the SEO value Tym!