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Yesterday was a day to forget - riding in high heat and humidity across the farm fields of Iowa and southern Minnesota. Started the day off with a fancy breakfast at a posh restaurant in Iowa ...

I like all engines and can't really pin it down to one i like the most but i can't get my head around a triple in an adventure bike, for some reason my head won't accept that and the old parallel twin engines were as boring as rice cakes are tasteless before the 270 deg crank was invented. The gear driven cam VFR 750 engine was a fantastic engine and well overengineered i really liked that, just shows how good you can build something when your making up for your previous fuck up LOL.

It all depends on what you’re doing at the time, mind you I’ve done some daft things with what could be considered an inappropriate bike. For example, I did a track day at Donnington Park on my bog standard Hayabusa, went touring on my XR650L across to the old East Germany, down through the Czech Republic, Italy (including wazzing it up and down the Stelvio Pass), Austria, Switzerland and France and also rode a naked muscle bike from Prague to Weston Super Mare in one hit covering about 1000 miles in the process. ……I’ve heard it said that you can’t beat the hit of a big in-line four but for me it has to be a single for off road and a big fuck-off twin for everything else.

Then rode a bunch of miles to dinner at a pub next to the hotel ....

Good little bike and i do not give a fu-see-k what BM riders think.. Never did when i owned them..and still own ( sorry i gave it to the lad ) an R90s.. a real BMW. At my age and having ridden over 50 years i think i can ride what i like, and take not a jot of notice of young BM Twats like you. The CT125 does what it says on the tin. Not done many miles as just after i got it Lock down and the good Lady got MND: so not been able to ride a lot. I spend most of my time when not shopping looking after her. Will try and get some pics Pedro. Lyn.

I have a 270 degree Parallel twin and a inline four. Love both but I do look back fondly on the 3 BMW boxer twins I had in the past. Had a triple several parallel twins, singles and fours. Never had an inline V twin but had a Parallel V Twin. At the moment I love the Twin in my Hornet lots of bang for what it is. So probably twins for me.

Off to the garage before it gets too hot.... Trike assembly to commence....

Knobber

I haven't got much experience with owning lots of bikes, but just from having tried a few I prefer two cylinder engines for normal road bikes, in V and flat. I really like how a boxer is both smooth and torquey at low and medium rpms but also sounds great at full throttle in higher rpms. I used to like my Transalp 650, it was happy being revved but felt and sounded like it would last forever, if that is even possible to get from the sound at tickover , still love the distinct smooth sound an old Africa Twin or a Varadero makes.

Got off my arse and did a bit of cleaning (dust) on the scoot, off to Halfrauds in a bit, get a relay to bodge onto the seat opening mechanism, been threatening to do it for months....hope a car relay fits.

@busabeast has been at the track again.

I'm right there with ya Bob.... had more fun on those types of bikes! Had a V4, & (4) IL4's, a Vtwin & a handful of singles both 2T & 4T....never had a triple, but I love the exhaust note they put out....

Ed @ his best....

Personally my favourite is a single cylinder 600-650cc I've had quite a few bikes with this type of engine and for my type of riding I love them.

So much to do today, that I don't know where to start, knowing me I bet I get non of the jobs done.

Morning ............

It’s rugged blue

Shit. or plastic wrap blue or masking tape blue

Best of luck with that Clive. I almost managed to set myself on fire on Saturday trying to get my pulse jet going using a leaf blower .. a sudden change in the wind direction and im partially engulfed in burning propane. Eyebrows half gone, hair on arms and legs partly gone and face was fecking agony for two days. Fortunately it's now subsided to just angry red and hasn't blistered. To make matters worse my brother, who was assisting, fell about the place laughing whilst I was putting myself out...

Rugged individualism

Indeed I have..... just something about the feel of a spanner in your hand--

Purchased a relay, it is bigger than the one fitted, and the connector is different, which I expected it would be, going to need a bit of bodging to make it work, should be fun.

I liked the engine in the VFR. But some jobs to do on it were a right pain.

Single and triple .... at the moment

5:00 AM and I'm sitting in my room waiting for this mess to pass so I can leave. Todd returns home today while I continue into Canuckistan alone. He left about 30 minutes ago. More later....

@MooN a mate of mine is camping near your gaff tonight

I wouldn’t have thought so . The word has probably gone out to not bother trying to take on the Vespa being ridden by a bloke with one leg

I wouldn't dream of speeding on this.

Dirty colonist twats.

Um, er... My gosh can you believe it? I forgot I had an appointment to wash my dog, I guess I won't be able to meet you on Tuesday!

bloke with a van just out of shot

Back ones wet … done a wheely through it

That's the kind of photo Pete would take, photo of bike after water splash with dry tyres

It's looking at me

Bonafied Taco Salad.... tasty stuff...

A few photos from this afternoons exercise, i certainly sweated out last nights beer but came home with a bloody headache again, that has passed now after a few hours nodding on the sofa

Aptly named - in the wasteland of Nebraska ....

i have one

At @busabeast's House.