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My brother who's quite an accomplished spanner twirler as he's a helicopter crew chief....is also an avid spanish motorcycle fan. He's had a handful of Bultacos in the past & nowadays he's been building an Ossa 250 trials bike from scratch. Customized to fit his 6'-2" frame & following along the lines of a Mick Andrews replica. He just sent me this pic of his work in progress....I might add that he built the frame, airbox, kick start lever & pipe(next on the task list) himself, which is a pretty light package....& those gold wheels are the stock rims from my XT6 SuMo. He amazes me with his mad skills...

Mine, today:

Today may well have been the last ride of my Sixties as rain is forecast for the weekend. Incredible that I've ridden through my Teens, Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties, and Sixties without suffering Death and Dismemberment! In fact, I've never even managed to break a bone or get laid up in Hospital. And I've never totaled any of the 67 bikes, or made an Insurance claim. It seems that nothing went according to the script......I'll have to try harder I suppose! Anyway, this run was to Juan Cortes in Baza to get my centre stand fitted! So here's some stuff from the showroom.......and I have to say that the Rieju Aventura was spectacular! It really ticked all the boxes........except for one! The engine! In case you weren't aware, Rieju are a long established Spanish company who in the past had mainly used Yamaha engines! Now they're using fucking Chinkies! So they've got this stunning looking machine......and then they fuck it all up by sticking a POS Chinkie motor in it! And here's the end result of the trip......centre stand fitted! And it was fitted for free as a birthday present! I also got hugs and kisses from the young lady in the office as well. Passed hundreds of bikes going in the opposite direction on the way back.....all headed to the MotoGP in Jerez! Much as I'd love to be living the dream back there with you guys......I think I'll keep suffering it out over here!

I’m in .

Cooling off after a round trip to Costa with my youngest. Most expensive chain lube I didn’t get. Only popped out for lube but they never had any so then the Costa monkey was in want. To be fair she is good company but it always seems to cost me.

If that don't qualify i'll be stuck with this one

look at that bob.... you have walked further to take pic of your bike than @XTreme rides his

Bloody freezing when I left at 07.30, been spitting most of the day as well but great to get out . Still in Wales at the moment and I didn’t bring my passport

How is he a week old already....

It’s a cycle and it has a motor, you Mexicans and your overbearing rules.

This is the only one he's got , lazy f8cker is about number 8 in that queue

Still sulking?

Wait till Busa picks up on this shit! When he goes 0 to 60 he probably travels back in time!

Tell her to fuck off and go get a bus if she needs to go out …and your keeping the scoot so you can get out and away from her now and again

Mate I have no intention of buying a BSA, its just I got an invite to go. Chloe will love it, I will get a go on a Goldie and you get a free burger. I am not their consumer base really as it's at Thor and they sell mostly Indian (Marcel) and chinkies. Plus some other stuff. The only thing they do sell that interests me is Beta. But I will go along for the craic and give Chloe another bike day out. https://thormotorcycles.co.uk/

We can't imagine you being that old either even though you already look like you are. That'll be pete from now on

Ordered the Rieju yet?

Been labeled as a Potcher by Pete over the years.... but again, thats coming from a guy who has a definite spanner-phobia....

Reach destination.

Lemon drizzle cake wot I baked today!

Looks like another glorious day here...I'm off Monday...so I'm definitely going riding..

Well it does.....and now you've managed to piss me off your vote has been switched to @Sir Fallsalot

There are some good entries this month and as a bonus there are no barge's entered

… in real life, @Sofia:

Not looking too bright here......around 17C and rain! So it's unlikely that I'll be able to get out, though things can change I suppose! Anyway......is anybody doing anything? Or are you all going to continue just looking at the board and fucking trolling at every opportunity?

I was up on top of the hill in the distance in your photo, at the top there's a track going off to the right i went up there a short distance bloody midges everywhere until i lit the fire, that was 2012 fook me

After recharging the battery, decided to have another go up Clark Cr. rd this morning. It was great to find that the road got a lot closer to the creek as I went along. The weather was just about perfect....& I knew we were due for a bit of rain tomorrow, so I'm glad I chose today for this exploration. As I was looking for photo op's, I passed through a coupla farms where there was cattle in fenced fields on both sides of the road....& of course there was a few strays that were feeding on vegetation on the edge of the road....didn't stop for them, but they were sure checking this oddball dude passing by on 2-wheels....lol I was feeling pretty stoked & blessed, the farther I went, that I picked such a beautiful place to move to almost 5 yrs. ago now. I ended up riding about 6+ miles out before my lame-ass feet started giving me some grief....(MRSA is such a Bitch)....so a return ensued. After all, I still had the never-ending yard work & back yard to mow before the liquid sunshine shows up. Did almost 15 miles & felt pretty good overall.

I'm home now, got home this afternoon just constantly eating and drinking it got tiresome after a few days but it didn't stop me

The forecast here isn't too smart either, but I don't usually get out on the bike at weekends anyway. Some more Bonneville carburettor diagnostics could be on the cards. Probably some beer drinking too! Cheers!

Just been out for a couple of hours with the youngest for a bimble around. She wanted to go out on the bike and I’m knackered from a week in the garden so I was easily persuaded. I asked her what she fancied doing and she said ‘sausage sandwich’ so we headed up to Liskeard as she hasn’t been to Checkered Flag before. Tis only 20 miles with some nice twisties on the way which was a bit of a bust in the end due to traffic but we were out all the same. Opened the bike out a bit on Liskeard bypass, the Hornet seems to be getting quicker, whether it is my confidence the 99 Ron fuel or just the placebo effect but it seems to be flying. Luckily I backed right off after a couple of miles just as I passed a copper in a layby waiting for fuck wits. Chloe fed and had her orange hot chocolate, she did say that it was good but Damerells was better. We then went out to see what they had for sale. Possibly the roughest AT I have ever seen in the flesh. Really tidy little Honda CL but 38k on the clock. Some more old stuff Couple of 125s. One was a Derby, chinky? An Aprilla and weird looking Suzuki, I have no idea never seen one before Really most of what they had there was a load of old tat, doesn’t inspire confidence in the place. Oh and as aside I picked up a free bikers bible, as I thought it was a local guide to dealers and that sort of info. Took it out my pocket when I got home and to my surprise it was a real bible. Didn’t expect that.

Happy to let you take over and give it another try.

I'm in!

In 2016, a good friend of mine took me with him on his vacation to the NE corner of OR...I fell in love with the place! My property taxes going through the roof in Portland...So I spent the next 2 yrs. hunting down an affordable residence on the east side of the state. When we decided to sell, I went & bought a $5 For Sale sign....put it up in the front yard....5 minutes later, the next door neighbor came over asking if we'd take down the sign & they came over the next day w/ their realtor & we sold it for enough dosh to pay it off....buy this place here in Elgin....pay it off...& still have enough stash to pay the property taxes here, which were 1/3rd of what I was paying in Portland. Smartest thing I've ever done....love it here more everyday! Besides, the whole left side of OR has turned into an absolute over-populated Sh*tHole...especially the Portland area. Night & Day difference to where I live now.

you know there is another google earth pic @Clive... presume its your wife next to you , she dont look happy..

Hair!..I have hair!....Thanks @Six30