Slowlycatchymonkey

Takes a minute or two to narrow down what you want out of a bike doesn't it. But the answers often more power Quite bored with the Himalayan now just because of it's lack of power on an overtake. Thing is whilst I'm fond of it I'm really not bothered about leaving it exposed to the elements in airport parking and it's simple enough that with YouTubes help I can fix most problems myself. Considered bringing the Bandit out here but they have a reputation for tatty paintwork and mines in excellent nick so I'd spend too much time wondering if the Spanish sun and desert sands were battering it to pieces!

It beggars belief really doesn't it. If somewhere is in a convenient location you're gonna go in and see for yourself regardless of what anyone says. Not confirming the offer in an email stinks, it's got a whiff of stitch up straight ahead!

A bike for fun times then. My favourite kind of bike. Not saying the more power you have the more fun it is but yer thats exactly what I'm saying So this is the third bike in just a year, keep this up and you'll overtake Pete in how many bikes you've owned

Got the Keiss heated body warmer and rarely use it now just cos the sub zero artic suit is so warm. But before I had that I used it a lot from end October right through to May. That and heated grips was the difference between staying out and enjoying the ride and going home. Mr Slowly also has the body warmer and uses his all the time. He likes that its relatively thin so doesn't take up much packing space and fits under normal bike gear (so long and its not tight fitting stuff), it does exactly what its say it does (rather that the usual over promising) and has the advantage that unlike bulky layers or suits like the one I use when you get warm enough you simply switch it off. The disadvantage I found was forgetting you're plugged in and walking into a petrol station to the sound of a twanging lead being ripped from it's socket, but even though I did that more times than I can count it still didn't break.

Feel the same about the Triumph dealer in Somerset 'Total Triumph' the woman who was in there was a miserable see you next Tuesday, said lots of negative crap to me. So much so I left and went to Brizzle!

What prompted the change Saul?

The last remaining rider left yesterday. Exhausting, but good times were had. After 14 consecutive days riding and 2500 miles (ish) down I am ready for a rest! The Himalayan was flawless (although unsurprisingly boringly slow on the overtake ) and I ran into problems when I discovered lowering it less than 2cm meant I couldn't lean far enough into the sharp inclined pyrenean bends without the centre stand fighting the tarmac, after a bit of swearing off that came but then the side stand decided to take over the scraping That meant slower on the sharp left bends than right Gonna have to get the side stand shortened. Now I'm ready to sit in the sun for a couple of days. Dipped in the mediterranean sea today which was lovely and warm. Might visit the Nerja Caves tomoz as they are only 20ish mins from here and it's been on my list for a while. Might even try to take a pic. I have as usual failed on that front.. too busy enjoying myself Did manage a few photos. A few off the balcony of little house we rented for a couple of nights, a lovely sight to wake up to! Couldn't find any accommodation in one place and it was starting to look we might be sleeping on our bikes but a MotoGp mechanic stepped up and invited us to stay, they had some great stories. We got invited for dinner with Austin Vince (as they were in the same area) but declined cos we were far too knackered to be any fun. Waved off my last guest yesterday who's meeting up with Steph Jeavons for some trail riding. All in all in was an excellent trip. The Pyrenees are worth a week or two of anyones time. I realise this should probably be in the ride report section but now I've typed it all here I can't be arsed to move it

If anyone knows about low hanging fruit...

Crispy or crispy!

You feckin’ wish. The Pyrenees were mind blowingly gorgeous and time consuming. Still riding, am in.. hang on have to look on google maps, that’s right- cock’n’coke. Or what some people call Peniscola. Not an amazing place, won’t be returning but on a more direct route to Salobreña now. I’ll be back to annoy the living daylights out of everyone very very soon.

I like dropping in here. The tightly drawn gender roles and well worn tropes offering comfort to an increasingly irrelevant section of society unable to adapt to a changing world taking comfort in the same sexist homophobic jokes that offer succour as if somehow it’s still edgy to dare to say it. It is indeed very funny, like having access to a living museum. There you go, that should keep you snowflakes going for a bit. Mind those collective blood pressures now those pipes aren’t as robust as they used to be Got some mobiking and sight seeing to do, what’s that? Pics?

Dunno ask someone who’s not on a ferry running away

Pah click bait bitch, not everyone’s got a shit life they need to run away from. Too much? Urr.. now now everyone’s entitled an opinion..no-ones right and no-one’s wrong. How’s that? Am I a mod now?

Was'na gonna post cos busy packing for the ferry but muso things are always distracting. Something that's looked for by muso's is wanting to go to the actual shop and see the person selling n try it out if they have it in stock. Even if it means traveling a cabillion miles cos that's how important instruments are to musicians. Which is why the address in the contact details is useful, even if it states you can't just drop in and need an an appt. Appearing only be online only blah blah blah. You know the rest.

Looks amazing, like theres no way you can fail to have fun!

Over an hour and it’s still fecking updating.

FFS Apple twats is damn right. Half way through watching ‘Speed is Expensive: the Phillip Vincent Story’ when it stops playing and this bloody message appears. Apparently I can only continue using ‘HDCP’ Cue another lengthy update and reboot. I don’t want to do any work today, the swines.

You have to take into consideration that if you compete theres a chance you might win and like fuck do I want my bike on the front page of this shitshow

More tea?

YERP ginger can have that effect on normal folk

from what I remember my pops is certainly a bit orangutan downstairs but Mr Slowly harbours hints o ginger too

It’s a rare but strongly recurrent theme isn’t it Both of my boys have ‘hint of ginger’ feck knows where that comes from. The tinge of orange minge infects most of the crazy faces Honestly Pete I have no desire to see your sparse infected hairs again

Ginger abuse. My favourite form of legit abuse. Very soon it’ll be outlawed so let’s be total twats while it still has plausible deniability.