Pedro

Sorry, Road Kind FSTDRF

No Electra Glide this month, then.

It seems like the heat is arriving with a vengeance here in Portugal. Tomorrow we're supposed to be facing 38º and over in the interior, which doesn't suit me as I'm meeting Sofia's Triumph club for a ride with a sleepover in the Douro. It'll be blistering hot and my car's AC would feel a lot more like an adequate choice, but we can't all be like @Six30. There's going to be gin tonics by a swimming pool too, so I went shopping. I just hope it's not too unbearable as I've not gotten heat yet this year, just now coming back home the ride was coldish and wet with thick fog. What are you all up to?

Non straight tyres on the GS today

Here we have our four submissions for this month, you have one vote and the poll will close automatically tomorrow at 21:00. @boboneleg's Vespa 300 GTS, styling and profiling for awareness towards men's health: @JustaPor's Honda CB750 Hornet, looking mean stopped by the Tejo River in Portugal: @Pedro's BMW R1200GSA, exploring Serra de Montemuro in Portugal: @Saul's Honda CB750 Hornet, out for a ride racing around the south of England: Few valid submissions this month, but I'm just happy I didn't have to research how to spell Buckster's Harley's model.

Voting thread coming up in a few minutes.

Is this the second time you’re chickening out? I suppose it is. And as far as submitting pictures, don’t give me a hard time, submit something of your real bikes doing something. I love you, hope you get better.

Do BOTM next month then, or quit whining.

So far, May looks pretty weak with just three entries so far, not counting one guy taking pictures of his inventory and the other one finding browsing through pictures from his memoirs 10 years ago...

I don't know what you're doing, but I'll dismiss that as a comedy entry. Clearly not his bike and clearly not out for a ride. It could well be in your company's name, I wouldn't care, but that one is just temporary stock.

Do both.

That would make a nice ride report, though.

What part of May 2025 did you miss? That’s from 2016!

I’ll consider that a joke entry, because we don’t like cheaters.

I'll start with mine:

Here's the picture submission thread for May's Bike Of the Month. You can enter with one picture of a bike you currently own, taken on a ride this month. We need an horizontal picture. Feel free to post more than one picture, I will consider the last one you post. Submissions close friday at around 21:00, by which time the vote starts.

Surprised me as much as you.

Just ordered my next set of tyres for the warm months. The Mitas didn’t last very long as I think they don’t like faster riding on tarmac. Will fit something very gay in a few days, Dunlop Meridian.

My puncture repair kit saved yet another person.

Plastics are looking fresh, nicer than the distressed look from before!

The lift is faster than the bike.

My day today is mostly riding Italian bikes that sound insane.