Pedro

The “nature” of the worker? Are you joking?

Do that near the Portuguese or Galician coast in the middle of the day and the coast guard will never think it's booze

You can't compare the vaccine availability for top dollar countries like England and the US when compared to Portugal and Spain, it's naive to think it's only going slow on account of poor organization.

Sofia's bike has a nice seating position, and is quite comfortable and neutral. I have trouble with the lack of steering lock because I've always had traillies that can turn on a dime, but that's it. It also weighs the same as a Tiger 800 but is way lower.

Most XR400's are a peach to start, mine never gave me any trouble except when I forget to follow one of the three or four steps while it's cold for it's first start in months. Not following those easy steps and then having to kick for 5 minutes is a great way to warm up in a freezing morning, too ... - ignition on and fuel open, increase tick-over a smidge and close choke - decompression open and throttle open, and kick through 2 or 3 times - decompession open and throttle closed, kick 2 or 3 times - find tdc, raise the pedal and kick all the way through, job done, open choke and adjust tick over On that same day it will easily start first or second kick every time, unless you drop it when riding and shut the engine laying over (which you should!), then it's best you just take your helmet off and enjoy the fresh air for a bit (great chance to smoke if you like to ), and then it´ll start first kick. I don't ride it often, I like that it is more reliable on the trail after being left for 1 year stopped than anything modern with a small battery and race derived high engine compression. But the comfort of the button sure would be nice if on a long trip or indeed on those days you try to start it with the ignition off and then it's gym time!

Concerning the XR400, if there is one thing that is sometimes challenging is how aggressive the steering is. I think it is made for tight turning, and to me sometimes feels unstable when slowing down from higher speeds on loose surfaces. You really have to pay attention to prevent the front from digging in. This won't be so much of a bother if you never ride in sandy surfaces, though.

Don't know how relevant it is, but a nicely set up 400 has the kind of bottom end chuggyness that means you can just never stall if you keep it on a little bit of throttle, and crawl through most things in the first three gears. Sometimes that makes a bike easier to ride.

His reports, great as they are (and they are great), are the same as creating content and then copy paste it everywhere. Spending 1 minute re-posting and then expecting adulation, probably better suited to other places where you get 100 members posting "got my beer (+ popcorn smilie) and just subscribed to this thread!"

Who says it, though, Pete? And do they matter?

I think I like it because lower bars make me think GS

The bars do look sweet, @Tym

Don’t worry about it, it’s rain and dirt combined

Are you saying all people riding Suzukis are annoying internet little yapping heel biting twats, Tym? Not fair to Suzuki riders, in my opinion, there’s Travis Pastrana, Ricky Carmichael and Kevin Schwantz, and probably a lot more too...

@Sofia has news concerning the Speed Triple...

You’re just a repetitive savage!

He just finished his dinner, which included beef, and is looking into the kitchen as some meat is being marinated for tomorrow’s lunch. Couldn’t care less for olives!

That’s a pretty kitchen, I’m in awe if that lamp over the stove also filtrates the cooking smells and vapor Might be for not cooking in, though...

That looks very interesting and more like an old school government building than individual houses.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFwejnHFJ2/?igshid=yip432fgikwv

I completely forgot about this, or indeed that it was the end of the month Have been having a couple of weird days, sorry. Maybe it's best if you don't count on me for a couple of months to do this. Here is my submission for this month, a freshly washed motorcycle, very much not like what it is looking like today all bug splattered

Because topboxes

Bike looks sad with that trunk on top As if this wasn't enough: Now:

It would be cheap to run compared to fuel costs of driving there and back to shovel snow, just plumb the school's heating through the stairs and it'll work perfectly.