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Puncture included …. a first ? and originality.

I thought i only had the one photo but i have two been out on 3 of the bikes this month but both photos are the same bike And @Pedro no additional noise from the new sump guard at all

Pete’s bound to win, he’s been out and about nearly everyday this month

I choose this one because I'm proud of my bike and its bull terrier attitude of stopping for nothing!! Must tell Pirelli the Supercorsa can have less thread...

Now this is the thing Pedro , is it bike of the month or picture of the month …. Or best scenery of the month ?

@XTreme stop him .... my eyes they burn

Here's mine......there were only two pics this month and the other one has got sludge on the floor around it.

Had a good ride yesterday only one member from the TRF volunteered to ride with me which was great as the ride was more fluid, The weather was almost perfect for trail riding a bit of rain in the night to dampen the ground would have made it perfect. Didn't take many photos too busy riding just under 100 miles of back roads and green lanes These are the obstacles the farmer has been putting in the way on the byway local to me. i started making a point of riding over everything he dumps where i can just to prove a point to him The bloke i was out with had just bought this BETA 350 after having a break from bikes for many years and to be fair he was a good rider Me bike in case you all forgot what it looks like It was a bit of a squeeze past this one there were quite a few down after the recent storms but luckily most had been cleared Pump house lane again certainly got Ian sweating Luckily there was plenty of water to cool off in

Mine, on a perfect dirt road in Alentejo

To be fair to @Six30 he must've hunted around for ages to find such a perfect bit of road surface in UK . Either that or he was bored stupid waiting for recovery after pulling the screw out of his tyre

It's like People magazine person of the year award, by your logic once you win then that same person will be winner forever? To me it's a mix of what the bike is doing in the picture and has done in the month, the bike itself, the scenery, and the picture itself too. You do you, though, and post a low resolution picture of the bike parked between a gas station lavatory door and a dumpster on your way to buy the wife tampons, we're all alike in the eyes of the lord

This is just a wild guess so happy to be corrected if i'm wrong but i recon it was food that gave her food poisoning

Nice scenery too!

Not heard anything about that Bob but the hole he dug has been filled in looks like he was made to do it as i cant see the council leaving it in this mess

You can't enter two bikes......so do you want this one to replace the puncture?

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I did and it came back warm enough to eat but not hot. I suspect they heated it up a little bit and who knows how long it has been sitting there. I always have my steak blue if it’s on offer but I’m suspicious that bit of steak wasn’t good enough to be served so blue. Then again seafoods the usual culprit. Hmph.

So it was you that left this shit here i rode through

Get your boy to start drinking these , knock the old man out , then give the bitch a slap about to knock her in to shape

Fuckit! The Beta BumBoys are in it now!

That's a peach for that sort of money

What were you in Belmarsh for Dave.....being a Cunt? I'd have thought Rampton would have been a better fit for you!

Alttile help, what month is this. I rode to rehab, butt, said no no no to taking a pic.

Roads appear to be dry......and no rain is forecast! Could this mean I'm actually going to get out and wobble around like a Bruce?

Hey @XTreme, and @Slowlycatchymonkey.... You had asked where I have been lately.... The last few months have been crazy and life is unfolding quickly...... Sold our house months before we thought we would, when we had a surprise private offer on the place. The housing market here is nuts right now and in our favour for a change. That meant February was spent with meeting the buyers, meeting their families, having house inspections, etc..... Finally the deal was done at the end of February. March then turned into letting my clients know I was leaving and finding them new accountants / bookkeepers, which there is a shortage of right now. I finish up my last client next week and then I am officially retired from my profession!! In the meantime I have continued to sell everything we own, including 4 bikes, which can take some time. Thankfully the only one left is the CB500F, which should sell in the next month. On top of that I had an old friend pass away recently, which is sad, as I had hoped to visit him on my journey. My partner also just lost both his parents within a month and we are still sad from the loss of our dog in December, a bit too much death. Thankfully having a dream journey of a lifetime in front of us, has helped distract us from all the sadness. We leave at the end of April for our travels. The gear is ready and the routes are almost all planned as we head into some of the most remote places in Canada. I have had to do things like register Personal Locator Beacons so I can be rescued by the Canadian Military or Search and Rescue if I am in the middle of nowhere and dying... So I have not had a lot of time for extras and I feel bad just showing up when I can not keep up with everyone. I do miss everyone and hope to have more time to visit soon. I still would enjoy sharing my journey with everyone.

Pinner actually darling.

Why dont we all dig up the road in front of our homes why not.

Oh god not this old chestnut again Im not sure you do live in 2022 I suspect you gladly lost touch with the younger generations sometime in the 70s! The lack of being a man isn't what gets your son whipped, its his personality traits and hers. Ive had to deal with a lot of people in a position where abuse is happening, its insidious, tiny incremental steps that your son probably cant even see until suddenly he's not in a great position, possibly looking at his two kids thinking about what will happen to them if he leaves. In the UK 200,000 incidences of domestic abuse for 2020 were just the 60-74 age group (and thats only what was reported to the police) and newsflash a third of those are men so being from a 'manly generation' doesn't save you. Putting it down to younger generations being somehow feeble simply isn't true no matter how much you want to blame it on the generations. Abuse is ageless, classless and doesnt care if you think your tough or 'a man'. In fact this 'being a man' thing stops men speaking out or finding help. Remember Last of the Summer Wine? Its ran for donkeys years you could even say the manly years from 1973 -2010 the whole premise being these pussy whipped men were frightened of the battle-axe women and had to spend time hiding the stupid things they did. Bet your son wasn't even born when they were writing comedy about men who are bossed about by women.

In the high alps June isn't really summer. The winter lag means its about a month behind the valleys. The sun may be very warm but the air is still quite cold. Ive warned Rob that he will almost certainly need his thermals while we are in the Austrian Alps and above 2000m. whereas down in the valleys it can quite easily be very warm if not hot. The further south we go the warmer the air. Though it will still be cold on the tops. cold air I mean.

Its a Holiday, not an exercise in masochism. It really has to be a matter of chasing the sun in the Alps, to my mind there's little point in riding the mountains if the view is obscured by low cloud. or the ride is ruined by rain. Another month and the snow ploughs will be clearing the Grossglockner. its pretty bad up there right now.. but should be fine when we arrive. below are photos of the conditions today and mid June last year. Obviously at that height... low cloud would make it a total waste of time, but.. there's no need to take a risk. we can simple look at the web cam and make a decision whether to go or not. I imagine we will be staying close by for about 5 days and the Glockner will be on one of those, otherwise we will be riding to the south in the Dolomites. And as I previously mentioned we can always drop south and east into Slovenia if necessary to escape any adverse weather. Though hopefully that won't be necessary and we can stay in Austria, there is more than enough there to keep us occupied for the time we have, in fact the worst of it is, a fortnight just isn't long enough. but hey ho. Below Ive marked our base with an arrow... The Dolomites are not shown as they are south and west of that. But, if weather forces us further east as you can see there is plenty.

Im not walking anywhere, my day literally went down the pan

The farmers a problem and he's a knob, its been ongoing for years he basically doesn't want anyone up there

Walk into the kitchen have a look around, find the mop bucket, drop in on the cook's head.

What Sir Fallsalot said. It’s just the word they use for very very rare steak. The rankings go along the lines of Well done (sacrilege, seriously they don’t deserve to eat steak) medium to well done (still sacrilege) medium (really not the thing to do to good steak) rare to medium (it’s tastes alright and is probably not ordered by a pleb) rare (that’s the way to do it) blue (the best) That’ll ruffle some feathers A lot of places don’t offer blue because the steak has to be good enough quality to be eaten raw plus in this country most people were brought up with the idea all meat must be thoroughly cooked.

So it should be picture of the month then .

I rode the bike.....only for about half an hour though. But it hadn't been started since the dust storm......so I had no idea how much dust was on it that I couldn't see. And I didn't want that shit baking onto the casings and pipes......so I gave it a really good washing before I started it. Glad I did.......cos there was just brown sludge running out of it.

My money would be on the scallops they make me sick even when their cooked properly

I;ll take it!

The present incumbents are teetotal are they

Been to see the flat......very nice indeed for €300. But she'll poo-poo it for sure.....a Marbella mansion wouldn't be good enough for her.

Wow, that’s a lot of stuff to sort out in such a short space of time. Very exciting times ahead

Well that’s a lot to take on board! Great news on your house being sold. That’s a key part on the rest of it falling into place which it sounds like it has owing to you making the the rest of it happen. All power to your elbow. That is a lot of loss to endure and yer you do have some great things to distract you but all the same you have my heartfelt sympathy cos that’s hard. Personal locator beacons blimey your going hardcore on this trip! I can’t wait to see your lovely photos. I don’t think anyone has a single problem with you spending your time living life and popping up if have five minutes. And update- we’re all the same irascible slightly off kilter knobheads we always were We all enjoy the photos and ride reports from folk who aren’t regular contributors don’t we. Personally I’m happy to hear from you. Missed your photos. I think what your doing is absolutely superb. Can’t wait to hear more about it when you get a minute, which sounds like with everything you have going on it might be a while!

So theres the special home style haircut, the jowls of a washed up muso, the class of a pissed up slapper shitting herself at a bus stop and now a body so crepey it would be worth more as recycled paper than attached to a human being. I do love this forum, its good for the soul