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I can't believe how people just abandon these places but also just leave all their 'stuff' . I'm still waiting for the day when some loony jumps out and bums you

My Russian Giant's are blooming, summer will be over before we know it.

Because I have no idea where I was exactly when I took these.....I'd gone across numerous farm roads so I could have been in Granada, Murcia, or Almeria. There's still no onboard footage because the replacement support bracket hasn't arrived yet. Anyway, to make up for that......this vid is very different from others that I've done! A combination of two concepts you could say. So turn up the volume and watch the vid because a member on here gets an honourable mention! The subject matter is an old, abandoned country house that I stumbled across while wobbling round not knowing where I was........at one time it must have been a very big property! Now it's a big disaster area! This is Dark Motorcycling!

Once upon a time British bikes pretty much ruled the world, there were some Italian oddities around that were exotic and a bit crap and BMW made boring bikes for architects to ride. Harley Davidson was horrendously expensive and out of the reach of most British bikers. Then along came the Jap bike revolution. Japanese bikes were pretty badly made back then, the materials were sub standard and they rusted if you looked at them too hard but what they did have was innovation and speed, the British bike industry had basically stopped developing things according to riders demands and gave people what the manufacturers decided they should have so saving money on R&D. The products were solid and made with good materials but they were outdated. The Japanese saw the opportunity and in they came and instantly dominated the market, their bikes cost less and were faster and speed was the order of the day. Fast forward to today, Italian exotica has gained reliability in the most part, the Japanese still dominate the market and we even have a successful British bike manufacturer, BMW have branched out a bit but retain their core customers. Enter China. China is seeking to build itself into the world’s manufacturing system and everything is game, motorcycles are a prime target for them but what are they offering? Poor copies, crap build quality and no innovation. They are bringing nothing to the table other than cheap bikes for people without any sense. They are buying up old bike brand names and sticking it on small capacity crap bikes instead of lifting up their manufacturing standards and actually developing new and exciting products. All they have a reputation for is being crap. There is no upside. The early Jap bikes were fast, China has got it all wrong.

Rooms at the B&B next door go for $350 a night on up... We have nice summers all the time...even our sucky summers are nice to be honest, and then spring and fall are bonitaville. Winter sucks butt fireplaces rock, so there is that. so 3 out of 4 seasons are nice here, thats not to bad.

least you've had one, not started here , rain and more fucking rain

No, it's on the cards though. We disgust it just before covid. 32 years and counting.

Don’t know how come you’re not a YouTube millionaire by now Pete

We put it to the vote Tym.......everybody apart from you said he was an annoying Cunt!

That only applies to those built after 1981 in this country.. I would assume if other countries have similar rules then they would also have similar 'get out' clauses. perhaps this bike, very originally came from the UK. a fact lost in the mists of time. or when it was built, things like this didn't matter.

I always change my vote until the last minute, i do it 10 times at least depending on who;s on first.

.......I ran into this little outfit at a petrol station. I'd seen it on display many years ago when they used to do the Classic Motorcycle display in the town......but never actually seen it out and about. The owner told me it's a 1973 Vespa 150 and he's owned it for 40 years! Doesn't even appear to have a speedo on it now! Maybe he puts a bicycle one on just to get his ITV/MOT.......cos I saw the ITV sticker on it. This is how it's done @Mawsley........the guy doesn't appear to bin it either!

Bucksters moving to Spain ?

weather's shit here too at the moment, the frogs are complaining about it almost as much as brits do.

Those Triffids always shit me up, you were lucky it didn't lunge.

i think a guy rode a cymaco over there 6 or 7 years ago dont know how he got on with it, and last time i was there there was someone going round not too badly on a super moto

In our garden 10 minutes ago

You should be blaming importers, they order china to make crap, dint you know? If you pay them enough they can make as good stuff as anybody. I love their wall by the way, brilliant idea.

Van action

Good photos Drew from Salvage Hunters would have some of that furniture on his web site in minutes, for a stupid sale price!.

[x] Six should have got the mod gig?

It would hold no fears for me owning another Chinky.......but iam not saying I would not say thank you for either of the Japanese bikes, but I do like a twin. Being a cheapskate (poor)....cost has alway been a factor for me........that's why I own a Dacia!.

Several guys said my WK650Tr would disintegrate within a couple of years......after 5 years it still looked good, a few bits of corrosion.....nothing fell off or broke. Only reason it's off the road (new owner) now is because of some dodgy Italian electrics.....can't blame the Chinks for that.

A bit like the "Sidewinder" (riders of a certain age may remember them) was used as a get out clause.

Ain't the sidecar on the wrong side for Spain's roads?.

On a related note, we need a this thread sucks button.

Lunch today was a nice sandwich, croatian roasted peppers sauce, mozzarella, olive oil, thinly sliced tomato, couple slices of smoked ham, and a fried egg

"bitch" as in whining about an explainable loss, very true You'll get over it big guy!

Idealista has loads. Cheaper to rent a place for 6 months than take my lot on a one week holiday. Then when you factor in you can book the cheap midweek flights rather than the Saturday to Saturday dates holiday lets insist on your quids in. Plus no queuing. Worth a look. https://www.idealista.com

its not cold , just raining... had a few sunny days ,worst summer for ages. you know any one got a nice villa to rent near the sea for next year ?

I like Dacia, they’re not pretending to be a Ferrari, nor are they chinese

I don’t know if it works or not, my bike has one of those now and I don’t care to see it

Should put one on both sides to make them at least kinda function .

Yeah right, like you actually ride.

I'd love to see them live Ian but I think I'd have to go in disguise as i'd probably be about about 30 years older than anyone else in the audience

I'm sure @Six30 voted for you if that's any consolation. Probably not!

Bunch of moped and hairdryer riding hipster cunts, that’s the problem.

Not sorted a will I mean I did, I insisted we did once we had kids. But then I met the bloke arranging our will and he was a mahoosive arsehole. I didn’t say a lot because Mr Slowly and I had decided what we wanted to do and written it down and they were Mr Slowlys family solicitors so he was doing the talking. Now I understand that people get distracted by looks and I look small and girly and was accidentally incidentally appearing weak n sweet but this bloke was soooooo rude. He looked me up and down and outright said I didn’t look capable of running a business, wouldn’t it be better to hand it back to his parents. I cut him a bit of slack based on some men being complete morons at judging character but then he decided the child care arrangements I wanted if my kids were under 18 were “unnecessarily complicated” (it was only two options!) and started rewriting and telling me what I would do with my kids, in fact I think you’d be better with a solicitor overseeing your affairs…. Well in front of this tesco school shirt wearing pencil pushing weedy puff of nothing Mrs Politeslowlycatchy disappeared and Mrs Gofuckyourselffast appeared and we left. He still typed it up, our version not his but funnily enough Ive never been back to sign it, never will.

My BP was 86 0ver 56 before i went under, oxy saturation was 93%, i can use very little oxygen if i want too, the USAF conducted experiments in hypnosis that i did very well in, so i can slow my body functions down to stay under longer. Dont forget, oxygen is a corrosive, and our need for it is actually what killls you in the long term. Are you sure i want high saturation levels?

Need more weight butt i was able to go deep today. Started cramping up so i had to surface and go in, baby steps, stronger every day i hope.

Not sucking in, i weight 124 lbs now. Funny too cause every dad on the beach tody refused to take their shirts off for some reason while their wives put on their darkest sunglasses.

Saw one in town the other day.....very impressive!

Well I just put in a claim for a new tank for my T700 and it was sorted in less than a month. In the past I worked in a big mutli-franchise dealer in Bristol and they don't give a flying fuck in a lot of cases. I made the mistake of buying my Honda from that local dealer and bought a service package with it. I caught the wankers out when they didn't change the air-filter (amongst other things) as per service schedule. When I bought my T700 I went to a smaller dealer 40 miles from me which deals with Yamaha and their service has been exemplary. In a lot of the big dealers you are just a number, you don't get any customer service.