Pedro

A few months ago I was at a bike shop here in Lisbon, belonging to a well known good racebike mechanic and builder, and noticed what I thought was strange. It was a big T-max with no fairing on, and you’re right, it does look quite motorcycle like. That one had a front fork and wheel+brake out of a Ducati, and the engine was being put together like a proper race engine, polished and friction treated everything… because apparently the current trend in Lisbon is streetracing with scooters, and that specific one was doing over 200kmh before the engine improvements.

Only one discerning person so far, appreciated the glint on my bike's rotor, and the subtle sunset light over the plains of the Ribatejo ...

I voted for the Harley, a few minutes ago, it was me

In Portugal a brit is bife (or bifa for a woman) I think it originates from beefeater, roast beef, or beef steak, which is what you were mostly order on holiday here. I don't think it's meant as an insult, though.

I looked it up, it's racial for all mediterraneans, and it might be from the common spanish name Diego like a couple of sources say, but wikipedia says this: The term may have originated following British or American encounters with Portuguese and Spanish sailors. "Diego" is the Portuguese nickname for any deckhand. After transforming into "dago" in English and becoming a common term for Spanish and Portuguese people, the slur expanded in usage to then refer to Italians and Italian immigrants, another Mediterranean and Latin ethnic group.

OK, but what does it really stand for?

What's a dago, really? Is it all southern europeans?

I don’t know, might be the hardcore riding?

It works exactly that way, except you take shit pictures and people don’t really want to vote for a GS. Plus Michelle takes some amazing backdrop pictures too…

I meant that having a nice bike but not doing anything with it would just generate ugly pictures

Considering a motorcycle isn’t really going to do things worthy of an award by itself, location and getting it in a pretty picture is really the point, isn’t it?

Nothing like a couple of problems to make you appreciate when things happen normally

Better call them Professor Asscrack, then

Nice choice, you were going for one of top three most uninspiring locations ever with the other one next to the bin and mcdonalds publicity

They’re twats, Pete!

Properly clean wheels! And nice bin, too

Just have to say, I am quite content with the sun glint off my bike's front brake disc, it was on purpose!

I am almost afraid to ask what that is after the description of that night.

I feel sorry for her having to have you drive her and whining all the way

All pictures or video of it imply you only hang off it though, and don’t ride it…

a long term investment

like that specific cockney, yes