Pedro

Top choice! And it matches the jacket!

Might work the other way, who can take this stress over a longer period?

There might not be pictures until he washes it and spends 3 months going through the headers to make them photo worthy

Been working a lot this week, a lot of problems with pricing and my clients wanting to suspend new orders. Tomorrow will take my bike in to the mechanic, and change fluids, probably getting it washed over the weekend too as it's full of bugs and mud, next week it's going on a tour with Sofia. It should be summer weather, too, hopefully not too hot. The weekend is also going to have a lot of dog walks, bitches on the neighborhood are on heat and he's quite keen on going out for walks

There it gets lost amongst random stuff posted by bots!

I think we could perhaps have a "garage" type of section here, a thread per bike with this sort of stuff seems better than losing it in hundreds of pages of random stuff.

So your first job was to make it look scruffy? WHAT?

I stand firm in my vote for the 700, I think the old guy wants a smoother engine a little better suited for a passenger ... and a big top box, shall one start a thread about Pete's next top box? 52 lt Givi? It is after all way more discussed than his choice in bike once it starts appearing in ride reports

Did you actually pay without looking at it first?

If that's not a serial flouncer I don't know what is.

Didn't Bruce flounce before and then rejoin with this new forum? I find flouncing so distasteful, might as well just leave when you're bored or offended.

What are the chances another member here buys another bike before Pete takes procession of this one? Was Mawsley to unflounce the odds would be pretty much even!

That's interesting, but the Hayabusa hasn't got much use for lighter weight, and people who buy the MV will compare it to a fast Ducati or a BMW S1000 or something like that.

Also 800cc and 140hp means it's fast but not 200hp insanity like a bigger 1000cc, normal people can go through a few gears going really fast without shitting themselves.

What a pretty bike!

I have trouble looking at that picture without listening to the voice of the portuguese guy that dubs BBC wild life documentaries in my head, what a pretty picture!

That was quite a while ago, nowadays they would have been better mapped.

Van action, makes me think of these sad times in Portuguese motorsport, it had the "advantage" that most of them were purchased by companies as work vehicles ...

I think that's their whole business plan, fixing those bikes and selling parts for them.

Pete? 1983 blue riding jacket Pete?

There was a time when you'd take pictures and post them with a little write up in a ride report. I miss that... that made us feel like a serious motorcycle forum

That's just rude and aggressive towards you, and for what it's worth (very little) I wouldn't put the blame on the pole, either. Don't know why your son is like that towards you, but if you can't talk to him to improve things and he doesn't want to be there, it's just a toxic situation.

Think bike!