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A trip out to explore the dirt tracks in the natural park with like-minded souls. Only three of us today but hey who’s counting. Took the track all the way to the blue lake, next time I’ll be taking my trunks.

Hubs has a puncture so he's buggered off sailing. Im breaking in my new cleats and toying with...do i go Dunsop Bridge on Ripley orrrr do i get on push iron and try to stir these lazy lurgy ridden stumps of mine...... sat on my ass procrastinating......

Always happy to grovel in the dirt for the chance... the slight chance that it might improve my sense of self worth and bring a little meaning to my presence on this here motorcycle forum despite owning an oversized scooter and having no van. .

Never been before, which is a shame because it only cost a tenner to get in and was much better than the sad excuse for a show at Peterborough (Devitt/MCN?). Couldn't find my bike in the bike park when leaving, like a doddery old pensioner (no offence Pete). I was wandering up and down in a confused manner. Only XT1200 there as well. Turned out that in my head I was about 8 rows back from the front, I was actually only 3 rows back. I could see one of the stewards watching me, I must have looked like I was casing the joint for a bike theft. Dougie Lampkin was poodling past where I was standing when he saw a little girl waving so he slowed down and waved back. I was taking pictures of him at the time so caught a bit of it. I offered the picture to her parents, but it turned out none of us could manage to send it, so had to email it when I got in. There was some very young children attempting to ride over upturned skips, very brave, especially in front of a crowd. I had the place to myself when I first got there, so took a few pictures of the trials area and a lovely hearse and a product for the site owner.

I will just stick a new belt on at 12,000 miles............at my rate of milage that will be around 2030.

A couple more from Mr Triumph Tiger.

I never used to do anything to my motorcycles when I was a young lass, just throw on some lube and go. Now I try to care for my bikes better, well one of them at least. The other one usually has other things to worry about besides general care...... Pretty easy to tell the Himalayan from the Honda!

Happy Sunday to you! Just having my morning coffee! I always feel like I've slept in because I talk to so many people in different time zones.... lol

The kids, adults and a Lampkin throwing bikes over things

Last week I was helping my mate excavate a collapsed shed at his late father's house. We were trying to recover two bike wrecks he had stored back in the mid 80s. One was a TS250 frame and few other parts of it in boxes. He sold it for £450 to a dealer. I found it for sale today.

Morning all. As I suspected, drank far too much last night so no Copdock bike show for me. 3 bands on last night with a grand piano + guests. Best night of music there so far. So today will be a recovery day till the touring cars come on. Tonight we'll be dinning on a Sunday roast with the trimmings although the roast will be a couple of lion chops.

Out on my other wheels earlier.

I was waiting for that.....

Maybe just enjoying his weekend off?

Don't mention swimming to him FFS! He'll post up pictures of him and his slaphead mates splashing about together in a swimming pool.

That's very sad if they were tied up and left to die but as you probably know only too well some people don't deserve to have animals

Get in your fucking van!

You shagged a midget Dago to death ?

Morning. Happy Sunday all. Wotcha having for Sunday lunch today?

Here's one I remembered.....it goes back to 1980 when Graham Bonnet was in Rainbow with his "James Dean" look! I thought that look was great and as my hair was pretty much like that anyway I just got myself a Hawaiian shirt! Well me and a mate went to the Talk of the Abbey in Neath on heavy metal night......all Neath subhumans who looked like Lemmy there. And me with my Graham Bonnet look. I went to the bog and this fucking huge twat and his mates came up to me and say "You're in the wrong place mush.......you better fuck off now while you can". I thought......here we fucking go! So I went to find my mate to give him the heads up......and he'd gone up onto the balcony and was standing by the bar there. As I was telling him there was a problem I accidentally hit his glass over! It started rolling off the bar, so I dived forward quickly to grab the glass, and in doing so my ass must have swung backwards! I felt a bump from behind, and as I turned round I saw a pair of feet disappearing over the top of the balcony! Then a smash and a lot of screaming coming from below! It appeared that at the very same time I leant forward, the subhuman who'd threatened me was walking past behind me! And my ass had hit him clean over the balcony and he'd fallen 20 foot onto the tables and floor below! I said to my mate we'd better get out quick......he said I gotta go to the bog first. When he came back he told me that guy was laid out in the toilet, and all his mates were going "See that fucking poof in the Hawaiian shirt out there! He's hard as fuck.....he just threw (whatever the bloke's name was) over the top of the fucking balcony".

Well someone had to do something like say, go to the beach...nice calm day at the Rock. Just before i was attacked by a great white and saved by flipper, my camera died. Sorry.

Oh fuck off you sad twats.

In September 1986 I was living in Swansea and riding a Z650. I'd never been to Spain......and knew nothing about the place! Over in Spain, those were the early years of democracy following Franco's death in 1975, and it was round that time that Japanese motorcycles were finally allowed to be imported. The population were migrating to the cities looking for work, which is why so many things are abandoned in rural areas. I'm sure in many cases the original owners can't be traced, so these places are just left until they eventually collapse into a pile of rubble. I've visited many......but never one like this! It's been abandoned since 1986 cos I found a magazine with that date in there - in fact this is one of the few where I can actually pinpoint a date! Warning......some of the photos and parts of the vid may be unpleasant to you. They are to me......and to be honest, I wish I'd never gone there! Watch the intro to the vid and decide if you want to continue! This is where it starts to get hard....... Three of them were locked in, collars still attached, and left to die! They were small Podencos! Worst bit is over......but I was still upset by what I saw! And of course I didn't know if I was going to find any more! Time to go.......that was enough for me! And as you see, there was even a bit of offroad action to get access to it! So that was it! I've rescued a lot of animals (mainly dogs) in my life......but sadly, I was 35 years too late to help them!

So a plan was hatched today for next Thursday and Friday. Four of us are doing a scenic 350klms from Mazarrón to Trevelez taking in the best twisty bits we can find. Staying over in a couple of wooden bungalows on one of the highest campsites in Spain. Friday morning we’ll set off home nursing hangovers The weather looks a bit iffy as there’s a 40% chance of rain on both days but I couldn’t give a flying fuck. I need a road trip, albeit a small one. I’m going on the 23 year old, 84,000klm Honda CBR600F3……..because I can. I’ll be joined by a mate on his ageing Kawasaki ZR7-S, another mate on his spanking new Triumph Tiger and his wife on her Kawasaki ER5. Photos and a crap write up to follow.

I hadn't realised that one of those event photographers was there until I saw the little tent with a board covered in zillions of tiny images with numbers next to them. I stared hard as it blew back and forth in the breeze, but without reading glasses I had no chance of finding myself between 8am and 9:30am. Grabbed a card instead so I could find the website and checked it out on my large screen, much easier.

Cheap like it’s namesake, wot you say @XTreme

We’re being offered a booster now, you’ll get Pfizer or moderna even though we had Astra Zeneca last time

They started on boosters where Im from two weeks ago and not specific to your previous jab. My friend and her sister (late 60's) have had theirs already, no real underlying health problems, both Oxford Astrazenica last time World situation aside its a good thing to get on with the boosters before winter sets in and cases increase methinks.

Nice Cannondale, I had one just like it for many years. Loved it, it was my city wheels, went everywhere in all kinds of weather......ahhhhh good memories. What brand of cleats have you got on it?

Action cam and hand warmer all rolled into one! Perfick!

Where’s @Buckster he hasn’t insulted me for at least 3 days, the lazy git didn’t even call @MooN a cunt yesterday. It’s not right you know ....,.,

It’s lovely on a stinking hot day mate

Went and visited my brother who lives about 2 miles away afterwards, not seen him since 2019 I think. He was telling me that he found two women walking along his street opening up peoples' wheelie bins and taking stuff out of them. He told them to fuck off and knocked on his neighbour's door to let him know that some one had been going down his bin. The neighbour exclaimed, oh it was probably them that stole the trainers. Turned out his son had trodden in dog do big time and left the trainers outside when he came indoors. When he came out to clean them they had been taken. edit. It's chucking it down outside now, perfect timing!

Nice weather here today.

It’s oil. Gear box oil. Every roller has the same.

Can't be any worse than the CCM.

Why you don't go out when its hot anyway

@Skippy.....I think the Sanitorium in Sierra Espuña is off the cards! Seems that there are Forestry Security Patrols in place and these guys got their collars felt! I think we're too old now to outrun Security!

Got 20,000 miles on this one.

I have a cheapo dash cam......don't know if it works or not as I can't view the recordings.

I very rarely go for the latest kit nowadays Pete, I wait anxiously for it to come out so the previous version drops like a brick in price Who on Earth needs 5.3k?, it's very rare that anyone watches videos in anything above HD and often just 720p as their watching on a phone/tablet For the latest kit you'll always pay what it's worth plus a premium for joining all the mugs who queue up waiting for it to come out

Nah! That’s still shit by your standards , you need to up your game

We dint have to see Bruce in his new wetsuit, thats something.