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You’ll love Portugal, they like rice and potatoes together here!

Horsepower sauce? I know I hijacked this thread, but it just keeps coming. And @Sir Fallsalot, daddy’s sauce sounds wrong…

Yes, it’s fucking foreign! Here’s a news flash @Sir Fallsalot:spaghetti isn’t not foreign either! @boboneleg, I might flounce! Tomatoes on your tomato sauce? I don’t know…

No argument, as long as you don’t mix them

Sorry, I think there might be a language barrier happening

She’s away in school, she’s 22, old enough for university.

You have a sauce named “brown”?

Oh Bob, please tell me it’s no so You heathens!

Yes, but, no! help me out, @boboneleg

I once rode a k1600 Bagger with heated seat on cold autumn day. I could see one getting used to that.

Which part? Please no put chips with lasagna

Please tell me that a “lasagn” is not lasagna served with chips

Are you always worried people might miss out on your ride reports without a little warning?

That looks really nice. I don't care much for those corrugations but what a nice looking road.

Indeed. I was told that BMW and KTM use the same part supplier with very identical problems on those bits, almost identical parts. The new updated ones are supposedly trouble free. Probably not, and that's great. That's why Japanese bikes rule. As I said, it's a weak point, and something that was being routinely checked for. Now it shouldn't happen again.

On today's visit to the BMW doctor I was advised to change the GS's engine weak point, the valve rocker arms. When inspected they showed signs of starting to loose their coating, so tomorrow the replacement ones are being bought and installed. Not wanting to hurry things up, I will show up in the morning with coffee or cookies, and proceed to watch things get done and help by asking questions about stuff. Part of me is annoyed about it, the other part is happy it's getting fixed and the issue eliminated. Pictures: R1100RT being washed RGV250, very cool: Bike ready for inspection Knowing about some engines collapsing prematurely, and what causes this to happen, every time we check the valves we also check the valve rockers. The valve rockers have a coating that can be brittle and sometimes fall apart and once it happens it spreads around the engine and shit happens. To prevent from shit happening they are checked, and turns out that they indeed were starting to go bad: There's a white spot that is actually a little bit of worn surface 1 rocker is starting to show signs of faillure, on each cylinder, so I'm having all 8 rockers replaced with the upgraded version. The updated version is significantly different and eliminates the issue, so I'll be sad to have to fix it but happy to have had it done and off my mind. The weakest point of the engine being the weakest no longer. Surely another one will show up in time, but that's for another time. Cozy and snug waiting for tomorrow: Updated plan for the weekend now includes preventive maintenance on the bike, and moving Saturday's ride to Sunday

So, did he call the guardia or what?

Just looked it up, they're from Pandora

This afternoon I'll take my bike for a service. It's got 81000km, time for spark plugs, air filter, all fluids plus taking the valve covers off and check valve clearance and overall wear on the camshafts. Being this engine's most known weak spot my dude is going to have a proper look around, I will take pictures and think the bike is falling apart while he tells me everything is ok, that's our routine Will also fit a borrowed center stand while mine goes to be stripped and painted. If everything is normal, tomorrow I'll pack up and go for a ride, taking some small and pretty roads all the way home, again turning what could be a 2,5 hour commute on a motorway into a day's ride, might make it home instead of sleeping away this time. It's really cold but nice clear skies, hopefully it'll be a nice day's riding without too much weekend traffic or too many bikes out.

That is very much an occupational hazard and not a nationality thing

Why not? show me a time travel rule that says that!