Pedro

Looks like a sweet guy.

Hope the ride helped him

Road porn!

I am not against stickers per se, but the prancing horse is a step too far

No laughing from me. Apart from the silly stickers it looks like a nice scooter, and there are plenty of Daelims and Syms around the road here that I wouldn't worry about them at all. Looks nice in white, too!

Great effort with the pictures while walking around, I appreciate that. Bet it was refreshing to go out and spend a couple of days by yourself, too. I don't think there are a lot of really high mileage water-cooled BMWs, are there? Did you find out if the guy had serious trouble in those 230000 miles?

Plenty of personality on those bikes, nice pictures!

That’s the stuff!

Someone was tortured on that chair!

@yen_powell, fucking prawns looking at you? what’s about olives that gets you? Food stuff? Vegans annoy me, not vegans per se, but those annoying cunts that think you’re Hitler for wanting a burger or use some chorizo to cook you peas . Scratch that, what gets to me is that they feel entitled to share their opinions I have nothing bothering me at the moment, except my own internal shit, my head and the way it deals with life is my main problem. I might be drinking too much, and am a little annoyed at the company I work with but don’t really let it bother me anymore.

Come on, finish the story, did he know the code to the Diana / shovel picture or not?

Mine, mostly the right one, has a leak on some sort of joint, and doesn't like pressure when applied from very compressed all the way through to extended, it'll bite half way through and hurt like a fucker. From half or a little less there's no problem.

mixing concrete with the royal shovel...

@yen_powell, you were called Mr. Head over at work?

Is it the flip flops? I wasn´t riding, I remembered to do the video a few times but I won't put my bike down with an engine full of hot oil on purpose, so this is the only time I remembered to do it @XTreme, try and do the Jocellin thing with your knees, my right knee is shot too...

I can't lift my bike like that, it just slides. But then again, it's easier to do that in a rooted soft ground than slippery porcelain tiles.

Said everyone about @MooN since forever

It would be easier in normal non slippery shoes, I was betrayed by overconfidence, which was the point of posting this

I don't know what that's all about. If you want to lift any other big object off the floor you will pick it up on the point the farthest away from the hinge with the floor to get the most leverage, why not with a motorcycle? It might help to put the bike in gear, though, I didn't.

Some time ago, I said I would post a video of me lifting my bike off the floor, and I just remembered that and filmed it on the spot. I didn't take into account my very dusty slippery garage floor and me wearing sandals almost slipped and dropped it, but on account of authenticity here is the unadulterated video: Wear proper shoes and it's not a problem.

You can't pretend you're not getting BOTM because of that ugly top case, @XTreme! That little Honda could be carrying a replacement engine in that top case and still made BOTM...so the top case thing is just for you

Almost looks like Honda meant it to be dealt with home cutting tools and drills And...

With the sort of intelligent cornering ABS and throttle management on bikes today and becoming more available each year, I honestly do not think that is an issue on the road. It won't cut power like a hard rev limiter does. I also think most bikes will have a BMW ABS style button which you just press and disconnect the whole thing, too many bikes being meant to be used for off the road things make it easy for bike manufacturers to do it, although certainly some won't. I am sure I do not want to buy a bike that monitors and records what I do in a way that can easily be presented to the authorities, or one that is speed limited in any way. There will be a massive industry of guys mapping these systems out of bikes and cars, and this might in turn present the manufacturers with liability in case they aren't able to ensure their systems' unbreachability (is this a word?). My dad's car has a little sign inside on the dashboard that indicates the current speed limit, based on sign recognition or might even be GPS assisted, it works surprisingly well. Having said that, there are multiple speed traps placed right after lower speed signs in Portugal, these systems won't save you from this as you would need to jump on the brakes to go from a 120 to an 80 in 50 meters, we are nowhere near the speed monitoring you guys have in the UK or France, though. And lastly, you know he's not a car guy when you hear "your 10 year old Ford Escort"

I like that road, nice surface, tight and twisty and plenty of dips and bumps, just great! How did you find the scooter on a fun road after a proper ride?

Nice aircraft exhibit, and what a diverse group of bikes!