Pedro

that was a 4 stroke, though, it's pretty normal maintenance for those two strokes to have the piston replaced. I have a client to races extreme enduros and last time I spoke to him he was using a Husqvarna 250 2 stroke, he changes bike every couple of years of normal season racing and the engine is the least of his worries though

That never gets old

I like how those pipes are turning up, mine look like shit, and that's why I rarely look at them from up close

Changing pistons, do you change cylinder as well? Or sleeve? or nothing at all?

Classy chair, an adirondack always looks cool anywhere

It was a great day to be up there overlooking Portugal. Sometimes you get all the way up to be greeted by fog or rain and can’t see an inch in front of you.

I have a few of the bike on dirt roads, but I like the view on this one

Nice, that’s so french! Le topbox!

Nice place to stop for a snack!

I have been tempted by one of these, or a Shoei Hornet, I quite like to cruise along with my Shoei motocross helmet up until 90 or 100km/h as it's so light and the aerodynamics work well at low speeds, although I've only done for local short rides. BUT, I don't think I will want non flip up for touring, I find the full helmets just too clumsy with the bike stopped.

I am not a native english speaker, but I think that's what I meant.

Now that's being late!

Was it the shiny lights that did it for you?

Oh, and true story, the lady intern doctor that brought me back from the brinks of death was really cute. I know that because a few guys I didn't know went in to visit me and I still have flashbacks of her slapping me awake to this day sometimes....

I spent a year or more of people telling me of shit I did that night. I came to myself in the morning in my hometown next to someone driving me home (my car being 30km away) and bringing me do my mum's doorstep hanging me from my shoulders, my mum's a doctor so I'm sure that when he told her I had a bad hotdog that night she really believed him. I had a fucking cold shower and a two day throw up / hangover. Also, that same night, I was so drunk I got delivered to the INEM tent they had at the festival, I was carried in by a couple of guys that only knew my "war name" and my hometown, and got two known visitors, the first one's review was that the whole operation was like an NBA game, while I was sucking down intravenous serum through the back of both hands, they had a team willing to mop up puke within the second, like in an NBA match when the players fall down and smudge sweat on the hardwood floor, somehow this really impressed Caco, my rich world wise friend. Then came the "other friend", he was so wasted he jumped on one of "INEM"s VW Passat's bonnets and wouldn't leave without a signed autograph from Eminem, which sounded the same to him... (INEM is a part of the Portuguese Health System, translated to Institute for National Health Emergencies", not a rapper) That's before I met you all, you all saved me ...

I knew you'd mention the japanese socket set! This thread's for you See? Isn't that a whole lot better and way cooler than a plate you keep on a nail on your shed?

I saw Blasted Mechanism, you wouldn't know about it. Thing is, it was in the dark period, I was drugged up and very much wasted on vodka and I didn't remember it. Except, Blasted Mechanism is a kind of steam alien punk thing with tentacles coming out their heads, like freeking squid on stage! I had flashback nightmares for ages, waking up trying to figure out why there were octopuses dancing around in foggy weather in my bad dreams! That was a shitty night of which people told me about for a year after. That was the last time I got properly drunk...

You’re wrong, our @Six30is a killer!

He’ll sell it fast!

I’m not a concert guy as I like to avoid crowds, but I was too busy getting born

That YOU USE!

The watercooled 1200 are, quite so, more so from 2018 on. The thing is, most oil cooled bikes like 1100, 1150 and the first 1200 are just fine, with the old school dry clutch and “car” style gearbox, but my particular bike was not a good example, it never really shifted properly and finally the gearbox bearings fell apart after I sold it.