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Despite having a migraine I went out for an hour......cos somebody's got to give this place some credibility. We're just lucky that there's other forums out there where people are even more pathetic than you lot. I think the first pic could be my BOTM entry this month.......not that I'll get any votes obviously. You pricks would vote for a Burger Van or a Wheelbarrow before you'd vote for any bike of mine!

A Walk to the Lake through a British Columbia Rainforest Take a lovely walk through a rainforest in British Columbia, Canada to a calm lake to enjoy the view. The day is sunny with some clouds in the sky and a warmth in the breeze. The forest is lush and the path is easy to follow, allowing you to look around and enjoy being a part of the forest for a moment of your day.

My bags go nicely on my crash bars...butt...my KLR wasnt made in china...lol.

I'm not dissing you for your top box, I've got one on the donkey, just take the fecking thing OFF for the photo...................................

Sorry Pete can't read this there's something in the way

View? asll i see is top box.

There’s no helping some people. Maybe shouting will make difference.. TAKE THE SODDING TOP BOX OFF AND YOU’LL WIN or at least get some votes

From @Parker's tastes, I don´t think he likes topboxes as much as Pete.

The top box is spoiling too much of the view to be a BOTM photo

A work colleague (head of Road Safety) had his KH250, a non runner, in his front garden. The little cam that drove the points had worn away or something he said and it had sat in his garden for years. One night he heard someone trying to steal it. He could hear them trying to kick start it. He told me he let them try for ages, only shouting out to scare them off when they were properly knackered.

It’s a beautiful forest, not some abandoned shit in dago land Anyway, dagos like welshies with ginger pubes , you are extremely vulnerable

Probably......but I ain't that desperate to keep taking the thing on and off! Bob will be telling me next to take my gay tyres off the same time!

Wot Fred said, you've forgotten how to remove it haven't you

What’s the deal with pine nuts’ prices? Do they have to get into negotiations with the squirrel mafia to buy them or something?

Think Ive tracked down the Donor... the engine looks identical.. or very similar indeed to the Honda CB360 which was produced from 1974 to 1976. The second photo shows a rebuild made by Slipstream Creations, based in St. Louis, Missouri. https://slipstreamcreations.com A little less radical as they seem to have kept the engine, frame and tank as well as possibly the forks and wheels.

Six is disappointed, he thought this was a penis thread.

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum Don't know if I have the right place but interested in some feed back. I am 84 years old and so far have kept the shinny side up. I am planning visiting my son in UT. I was looking at Route 40 out of Denver over to UT. Was wondering if anyone had rode that road and could give me some feed back and of course advice. Thanks, Ride safe, William

Take it on and off for pics? How can I? I can't get a signal to view the YouTube video!

At least you can (video help is available if needed) remove your top box quickly. The one on the scoot Is a 15 minute job to remove.

It's top box weekend I see!

Pete needs a friend.

Thank you very much everyone for the help. That was remarkable. And I love the look of that Slipstream Creations bike. I think I know what I'll be getting into next. And again, thank you very much.

Are you really Liam Neeson?

Hello M’Lady

The engine is a Honda. Found a photo from the same shoot. The photo was very likely taken in Wyoming, as that is where the plane in the background is registered, its a Cessna 150H made in 1967 if you're interested. So... the Bike is a heavily modified Honda. and its probable that the only thing that is original is the engine and possibly the frame, but... who knows. They do tend to butcher bikes and either cannibalise others, or have parts made bespoke. Just look at those handlebars!!! So @Parker This bike is a one of a kind and has been built for a customer and then used in a photoshoot. Im betting America has plenty of bespoke builders, who could produce something very similar for you either with a donor bike you supply, or maybe there are the kinds of operations who produce bikes like this to sell from their workshop. Giving old bikes.. or parts of bikes a new lease of life. See my follow up post below.

It’s a small capacity Kawasaki, probably a 125 or 250, custom front brake, hidden battery, chopped frame.

I think if i was Frankenstein the dog would be my monster. So as said earlier in the week the dogs oil pump was starved of oil due to a suspected collapsed oil pipe this is it cut open its squashed when straight and when fitted its bent so definitely the problem Making a solid pipe artery to the heart of the dog has failed for the moment as my flaring tool wont work on the stainless pipe, What i made fits but wont seal at the frame. I haven't given up on it though just put it aside until i find out how the dog runs if and when i resurrect it In the meantime I got the new second hand oil pipe and after fitting the blood was running from the frame to the dogs heart freely.Turning the engine over with the CDI disconnected had the dogs life bloody up in it's head after messing about a bit getting rid of air locks which i was quite pleased about After this it was time to bring the dog to life i reconnected its brain and switched on the power and guess what Really chuffed It don't sound bad at all, i shall recheck the tappets tomorrow and then release it into the wild to see if it survives

Hello, I was hoping someone here could help me identify the bike in this picture. I really like the look of it and want to learn more about it. Thanks!

Great vid Michelle! @boboneleg will be along shortly to warn you that some maniac may be lying in wait to bum you!

Or use your computer skills and photoshop it out.

Small humans as in midgets! Very hard to find, hence costly! The chinease are working on a robot

Good detective work.

Bloody hell Tony.......that's some detective work!

Walnuts work well, as do almonds, pistachio as well, each with a different twist. But surprisingly, old hard bread turned to crumbs on a blender are a great substitute for nuts, proper italian old school cooking with nothing. A couple of mint leaves in the green pesto also work well, if you have them fresh.

My wife makes a superb spaghetti with green pesto, I quite like the red pesto as well. We've run out of pine nuts as well

Gingers not allowed.

I was thinking the flexible part of the pipe was to allow you to get at the frame oil screen without removing the whole pipe but vibration is something i was thinking about

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

The key thing here is 2010 it is now 2021. i paid £1600 for my XR400 in 2008 and you wont buy a tidy one for less than £3000 now

Put it all back together today and went for a ride and as a result i had a few observations First thing was my waterproofs are no longer waterproof got bloody soaked need some new ones for the winter The bike had a clutch judder pulling off when the bike was cold it started happening just before i did the cam chain this has now gone now, i did put it down to cooking the clutch going over Barmouth hills many years ago the metal plates in there are blue and thought its on its way out, but i'm more inclined to think it was dry clutch plates from lack of oil now After the cam chain replacement i noticed the bike was running a lot cooler than it used to on the dipstick temperature gauge i did think this was down to me giving the carb a good clean and thought there might have been a blocked jet before which made the bike run lean it is now back to the temperature it used to run at. i think it was because there was very little oil being circulated around the engine so the oil never got that hot in the tank on the way home the ticky noises returned so i will be checking the valve clearances again tomorrow just to check that is still the noise i am hearing and nothing else has developed on the ride. I'm beginning to think my worn out cam chain and guides was down to this oil problem and not old age as first thought Apart from that the bike ran flawlessly and seems the bottom end has survived. Now i don't know what to do if there was a new 650 single out there like the DR650 or XR650L i think i would be purchasing it right now because i'm fed up working on them, all i want to do is ride what i do know is there's going to be some desperados going down the hatch tonight

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!

Hi @Grasshopper's Ride!

Well we aren’t get that many deaths, and most people with covid are supposed to be the younger ones at the moment, plus the main variant here is delta, so they appear to work ok.