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Here's a better shot that shows off the clean lines of the topbox, also the 690 screen and the HDB handguards, I got shot of the tankbag and the panniers, basically useless, a topbox is tops.

2007 with the black frame, the others were silver, I got it on special in 2008 as a run out model as the 990's had arrived so they added the luggage kit and dropped the price to AU$16,500. I financed it and when I went to sign the agreement the salesman said to me, "you've got a great deal on the loan", he was shaking his head while he looked at it. It was $280pm for five years, do the math, 60 x 280 = 16,800, so apart from a $300 fee for the contract it was interest free, I only paid the asking price, he was right, it was a great deal. I have always thought that the bike chose me, I just came across the ad by chance, I wasn't looking for a new bike but it didn't take long to change my mind when I threw a leg over, maybe there's a reason I have kept it for 16 years. It's like a faithful pet, after 7 years it fired up almost instantly and its raring to go, I can tell that when I rev it. It's also the best bike ever made and I defy anybody to prove me wrong, I'll open a debate on why my bike is better than ours with any of you if you're up to the challenge. This is what it looked like on 17/5/2008 when I picked it up, sorry about the watermark, I can't find the original file.

Parked up in 2016, some fuel, oil, coolant and a battery and voila. It lives, when it fired I was a very happy boy, seven years and now this. Sounds great, those are Dominator cans from Poland, cost €250 delivered and arrived in a week, Akra can go fuck themselves.

Hunter entertaining his niece.

Notice anything unusual ?

It's only the beard thats grey, my ample hair that I self buzzcut is quite dark, I blame the freckle removing cream I used as a lad.

Is it true that most men have only ever seen your head from behind ?

Mine too mate, mine too.

Were you a villain on The Bill ?

Buckys turn methinks.

Nice Extend a Neck™

Your so sweet.

I have done, its now quite tidy, I had it that long Done.

I was the crush, she was the one who had it, I respect young girls.

I'll take a pic of the bike tomorrow.

Accepted, I have trimmed the beard back recently, that's me in the bus.

It gets better, around 1890 there was a mass exodus of Scots to the bottom of the South Island of NZ, Invercargill was the place, my Great Grandfather, who I met as a wee bairn, was from John O' Groats, when my eldest brother went there in the 70's for a look his comment to me was that he could see why he fucked off. I think my brother has a photo of him, I'll ask.

I told you that my 5x great grandfather was born in Edinburgh, I'm a Scot all the way but NZ born.

Ian Buckley sounds Novern Oirish, anyway I'm a svelte 70 year old who looks about 50, weighing in at 84k. Pre 2016 I was 78, these days I look so good that I had a 15 year old schoolgirl passenger on my bus tell one of the other kids that she had a crush on me. Holy hell, that was scary, in this TikTok age you never know what they might do. She was my height at 15, what did her dad look like. And she's quite cute but I'm not a nonce.

The 86 year old, what will you look like at that age. He's Northern Irish just like you, and he lived in Wales but came to his senses and moved here. Both vehicles are Made in Japan, they just go on forever, I bought a new T5 2.5 TDI once, what a fucking disappointment, was fucked after 100,000k.

Got it off an 80 something year old gent for €1800, it's in excellent condition, serviced every 7-8000k's, oil was clean, exhaust was dry as a desert, new windscreen, battery, just the thing to partner with the Katie. My old 4WD is for sale, should make a small profit on it as well, had it 5 years but don't need a 3.8L gas guzzler with the price of fuel being what it is, the Nissan gets almost twice the mileage and has an electric sunroof, roll on summer. The old and the new and the sunroof, being in a semi desert the cars are rust free.

Watch this space BusBiker.

Spanish Teaching Psittacine Kidnapping Bastards.

I've got news for you, after I injured my back in 2016 I put the Katie away, a few days ago I charged the battery, put some fuel in it and it fired up, watch this space, I'm back on the road soon, just ironing out the details BusBro. We could go or a ride, you better leave early if we want to have lunch together, we should get patches made. zzzak on the top and Bucky underneath.