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So, two days ago, woke up and swiftly headed out before it got too warm. As I got just down the road I stopped to check I hadn't forgotten my laptop, stopped by the lake and the water level was maxed out, good! Alentejo is the Spring: Alqueva lake on a clear warm spring day. I took my usual dirt road detour next to the lake to check if I could spot Malaquias, the older gentleman I met here last time. His car wasn't in his property but his two big guard dogs were, so I carried on. A couple of hours later, and I'm getting to the Algarvian hills, on the other side is the ocean and my desired lunch destination. I love these roads but sometimes the tarmac is very rough, being municipal managed roads they vary a lot in quality from one spot to the other. My destination, for a plate of clams. Lunch was my only plan, I didn't feel like waiting around a long time to then get into an overpriced hotel in the touristy Algarve, the 25th April is a holiday in Portugal so along with the previous weekend's Easter holiday it was bound to be seen as high season. I pondered riding back home but and rang a friend in Faro and he had no plans for that night, so I took advantage of his hospitality and headed over. On the way to Faro I found this amazing minuscule road that for 7 or 8km is probably the best road in the region: Faro was warm, it got to 29º that afternoon making it the first warm day of the year. The night was pure Algarve in the way the it was very warm with no wind, we went out to dinner and drinks in the town, and got to bed by 4am. In the morning, we rode up to the hills for a goodbye espresso, and we parted ways. Stop to put on my sweater as the temperatures were definitely cooler today, and those clouds were low and no longer felt like summer. Didn't stop until I got to a usual dirt road shortcut, it's very pretty country there so worthy of a scenic stop. And that's it. Hadn't been on the bike for what felt like ages, I was really missing it so these 4 days felt very nice.

YZ 500....

Nicely done early Zed...

Child labour

What part of ‘I’ll use the last one you post” don’t you understand?

Timberline Lodge Mt. Hood...I've skied there plenty of times. On a good day, you can see Mt. Shasta clear down in CA... Also where the movie "The Shining" w/ Jack Nicholson was filmed...

ok Lionel

Kent Howerton on the Husky...

From an old buddy from HS's place in Wolf Creek MT....

Must be getting close to PayDay....he can't afford to Pay Attention

The later models with the Bosch engine management system had none of these (starting & running) problems, the early model (like this one) is best avoided, Ducati Veglia engine management systems are like Hens teeth.

Would have to ask the owner that question. The engines in these bikes are not usually troublesome, the electrics (usually) went POP long before the engine got to a decent mileage.

Is it a GS?

I've only been out on a bike once this month WTF is wrong with me

A mate of mine was a very keen cyclist years ago and tried to join some elite group in our area, but they refused his application. A few weeks later he stopped on his pushbike for an ice cream on top of a local mountain pass. He said he was watching a group of cyclists approaching and then realised it was the group he tried to join, as they went past one of them shouted that's why you will never be a member of this group as he licked his ice cream LOL. He was doing 100 mile days on his own so god knows what they were doing for him to not be good enough. Now after meeting his woman he's fat, drinks a bottle of wine a day and doesn't cycle at all.

What's his name?

You probably have one captive in the shed.

Curtis framed XR Honda....

Moto America action from Road Atlanta...

Wallowa Lake this year....love it when the water's this clear...

I put new discs and pads on the Dacia, 6 months later and they still bleeding squeal. So my wife's says.

That's the discs done on the Marmite wagon, although they were bloody hot and smoking when i got back from my test run hoping that's just them bedding in. I will try them on on a run with no hills tomorrow to see if they are still getting hot.

If that were true i would be out every day as the weather is nice LOL

It doesn’t piss oil.

No report post from today, it’s been a long night figuring out geopolitical shit and am too tired.

One accident and the dog is toast.

Sounds very much like me

All mine are hand made, rolled on the thighs of virgins. That's probably why you couldn't make them properly in Bristol, no virgins.

You're a sheep shagger.

Nice bin

Pity you are banned this month.

you'd like to look that cool.... George Clooney on a fucking Triumph

cant go then , im getting married that day.... sorry @Sofia

It was ticking over so not totally stopped.

Running pretty good thanks considering the open exhausts and cut off snorkel. The genuine fork seals are doing the job of keeping oil in which is good with it's MOT coming up soon.

Whooo look!, I had a mad idea. Sanity has returned now.

Different versions of their frames as well .

Fantastic photos again @Pedro , some will be disappointed that you couldn't find any bins or car parks though

Its cos I'm a tight git when it comes to spending on cars, cost £2,500, had 86k on it and I get 62mpg uet it still has plenty ooomph in it

After saying goodbye to the cyclists, I head out to a very pretty part of Serra da Estrela, often ignored by biker tourists. The weather is great and the roads are empty. Stop by a castle and have s look around searching for an espresso, with no luck. It’s a very pretty well fixed up village though. take an unnecessary dirtroad detour, with what turned out to be a nice road just next to it Got up to the peak with very little traffic and didn’t even stop. It snowed last weekend, plus a national holiday on Friday so lots of people up there, I carried on. Going down the mountain I didn’t feel like stopping at all now, it had been a long time off the bike and I was loving it. Carried on south and into the Alentejo always on small roads. Temperatures got high, at over 25, and Spring is springing. From boulders and rock mountains to rolling hills feels like heading South for sure. Found a deal on a room and stopped for the day after a good day on the bike. In time to freshen up and watch the sunset while searching for dinner. Braised pork cheeks with oven cooked rice, it was fantastic.

Damn....that road woulda been a blast on my old SuMo....

Great pics but I'm disappointed you have a Beemer.