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The clouds came out today, which was really nice as it made for a cooler day. Went for a ride on the Honda to the beach, talked to some nice locals, took a few pics and then headed back home for some garden work. Have a nice weekend everyone!

Linguini with basil pesto, dried nuts were scarse at home so it’s got a weird mix of almonds and walnuts, with a couple of cashews. Would doubled on the garlic and tripled on the black pepper but since I’m cooking for mum I toned it down. Consistency and cremosity (?) was ideal!

All other metaphors may now retire.

Couple of days ago, with little brother. Chorizo as entree, and cow’s rib with white rice and tomato salad, the roasted pepper was half eaten with the meat, and half of it left soaking in olive oil and garlic for deliciousness a couple days later.

Indeed. Turns out he had 4 cracked ribs, a small laceration on the liver (which was fixed) and a punctured spleen, which was taken out this morning. Now he's on the surgical recovery and shall remain there for a few days. Fuck knows how he managed this shit falling from a stepladder. My plans for August have drastically changed Nice! Plenty of excitement outside, though Also saw an old Buick going to the supermarket, all the way from Sweden!

If I had a chance to I would......I would go back into Europe again.....they where good times.

I think that would be a bridge too far for the......

Are you actually going to ride your bike and take photos then

got a trip booked , no more van action pics for you twats.

All this talk of DR isn’t really fair or helpful on poor Dog, fighting to live for ages while dealing with oil starvation while Fred tries to kill it on some god forsaken mud pits

I murdered a plant for it

well Liam aint invited .

he said he had good memories of going to europe.... if he accepts he wont forget this one in a fucking hurry

yeh right .... you seen this shit @XTreme

Off to look at the bike now.

i like your ride reports ..... oh hang on a minute , you've never done one one ..... hang on another minute i wouldn't do one either , who wants to look at a scooter

My british friend, fellow passenger having a snooze

I just realiZed its friday night, whoo hoo, wake up and party, dropped off some gold paint for AntMan, now looking for trouble is all the wrong places.

I think your winning him over @Pedro

Talking of Italian crap ones mine is an Italian import and that would explain this

Same as yours Fred. I checked out the feed pipe after an engine rebuild but after 7 thou I got the ticking tappets. I've been told the "over heating" oil buggas the rubber but I think it's more old age. It's been a prob with Honda on the xl600s too. There's also been a couple of casings fail behind the oil filter too but that's on the Italian crap ones. I'm watching with interest your mod. Think I'd try a circle of pipe to absorb vibration if there was room. Bloody tight spot to mess with.

Here's one in France (I can't find any on your Sapnish site) , almost the same year, look at the price. They used to be cheap in France but not anymore........... https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/2023132125.htm?ac=4051296304

Yes, but that's the previous model . Different engine , in fact a totally different bike, they are not very desireable.

That hospital is posh flats now

I paid £1495 for my first one about the same time. Things have changed, as bikes have got more and more complicated these bikes have become more sought after and the price reflects that now. My mate sold his earlier in the year (fully kitted and ready to travel) for £4995

To be fair Pete the main hospital in Bristol is exceptional, I had a room to myself and was treated superbly. The problem with the NHS is how long it takes you to get in there after being referred, covid certainly hasn't helped.

Do we even have trains?

No that just means he likes a big fluffy pussy on his lap not he is one

They take their bikes in vans as well, obviously you're a lesbo as well

Were you expecting something from the middle ages?

I remember alot about the tours I did.....there was (much) booze, a couple of near death and dismemberment crashes (not me) I crossed the Rhine on a ferry, dropped my wallet, over the side, thank fuck there was only €50 in it. And those fucking deer/Stags bellowing all night in the woods behind the hotel.....and guy 2 rooms away, whose snoring could be heard on the next floor....good times

Isn't Clive too old for him?

Is his van at Mablethorpe??

Yup i'm just going to ride it and see how it goes i'm not willing to invest in a new cam and followers only to find out the bottom end needs work after. If it all turns out good but i have to keep adjusting valve clearances i'll do something about it for now the dog is on probation

i'll squeeze your scooter in the van .. how about Vianden

I almost always have a song in the head the most recurring is this, Watched a Steely Dan tribute band last night so hopefully that one will disappear for a while.

well get a fucking van chuck it in the back and go further afield

Tell us your plans @Six30.....if it happens!..great! If it dont we won't laugh much! Then maybe again!.

And calling themselves babes as well

So to avoid female stereotypes they got into cleaning products? Go bitches go!

not telling

Look who’s talking! Runs great, though, and it’s not the high speed one. The high speed one didn’t stop on my town for a couple of hours more and I was in a rush. This is the high speed one, it could cruise at well over 200kmh but is limited by the tracks, that and for some reason trains can’t overtake other trains? Previous governments planned on bringing the TGV here, what a waste of money that would have been, building new tracks across the country to gain 20 minutes on a 300km trip. Someone lost big when that plan was aborted, and it wasn’t the taxpayer.

Didn’t remember to take train pictures for you @XTreme Here’s what it looks like

I used to do a trunk run for tobacco leaf from Avonmouth to Ipswich and back , god that was a boring journey.

Fishing , how fucking boring on par with looking at bikes in a van.

Fishing , how fucking boring on a par with watching cricket.

I had a few installations in London where I was travelling down every day for a couple of weeks, but otherwise it was just for the occasional visit to help out the London engineers. My usual patch was the A14 corridor plus Peterborough and Northampton. I had a lot of kit in Ipswich, so I spent quite a bit of time travelling to and from there.