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From this afternoon

Welcome Gently Bently. Whereabouts in Norfolk, my old stamping ground a bit , my folks lived in and around swaffham till about 10 years ago,

Decided it was time for a ride this afternoon. Short of ideas as towhere to go so fired up the pootah, opened Kurviger, programmed "twisty route", then "Circuit" andturned the heading arrow just eastof North and hit "Go". it came up with this 170 something km's, so I transferred that to the phone and off I went. it was a pretty varied ride landscape wise, from the vinyards above, through woods and forest How french is this?! and across arable lowlands. All pretty dry at the moment but the trees are still green. Unstable weather here today, about 27 c and high humidity. fairly dominant cloud cover but no rain. Good to be out on the bike again.

well for years I thought yourname was Bobo Neleg... welcome Fridall, if person ye be.

Bonjour

I just had possible the best curry I've ever had in France HAD, being the operative word

I was going to ask how you got on with the pirelli's on the dirt in the rain. I have them on the tiger and love them on tarmac and reckon their pretty good ( insofar as road biased tyres go) for gentle (dry) lanes and unsurfaced roads, DRY being the key. great report Pedro, love those pics.

always complicated in a group with unknown riders. When we get new riders in the group ( rarely) we usually explain how the group works before leaving. A tip I actually picked up from Glitch Oz when I met up with the Aussie touring.com group back in 2013(?) an explanation which allowed me to fit almost seamlessly into the group . You will always have those whose riding style just doesn't correspond and they will quickly dissappear. Great shots @Sir Fallsalot and good write up, Thanks.

Thanks @Slowlycatchymonkey, great report and nice pics.

If you mean other than eyesight, hearing, arthritis and obesity…. nope, not a thing

that's called crashing Clive.

you don't believe in stuff you can't see...? wind, germs, the past or the futur, electricity, atoms, neutrons, your dick...

I used to have a red white and blue haired Gonk with a "Rule Britannia" t shirt attached to my XJ650, 'till it got stolen in Strasbourg, never had anything since

acadian or "Cajun" french is worse than quebecois french, it's like trying to understand chaucerien english spoken by ssomeone wwhos' just finished his 3rd spliff of the morning.

Tough it out then grandpa. At least it won't stop you working... you know what I heard? I heard that in Poland they have better Covid than the Spanish...

An antigenic test can give a positive result for up to 2 months after infection Pete. When i had it for 24 hrs i was negative on the home test kits and positive on the pcr test at the pharmacy. Now i dont have it anymore i made a positive test on the home test kit last week but negative on the PCR… the pharmacist said that a faint trace on the hoe kit is normal cos of residual viral charge taking months to disappear completely. You seem to have had it worse than me so i hope you’re rid of it.

Not going to get to choose the time drive really, i need to figure out what time i can get to Louth. Ill have a look at that though @Slowlycatchymonkey

can anyone tell me how long it's going to take to drive from Liverpool to Louth? googly maps says arund 3 hours but the last time i did a supposedly 3 h drive in the uk ( Norwich to Oxford a few years ago) it took us over 5 hours! I imagine the traffic hasn't got any better since then and I'm trying to plan timings

I know we've had this discussion before about what the criteria is for BOTM, is it the best picture, or the best locqtion or the best bike? I still don't know. if ts simply the best bike picture submitted this month then there are some crackers there, however ther is one bike this month that has probably generated mo traffic and posts ond trolling and piss taking than any other so for the first time EVER, the Bike of the month ( regardless of photo quality) has got to go to @XTreme 's gay honda.

me likey! esthetically anyway. be good to hear how from someone trustworthy how it rides too. but as there's no one like that here, you'll have to do...

certainly a looker Bob! reminds me vaguely of an XT500, visually. enjoy.

I asked my daughter to pass me the telephone directory. She laughed at me, said i was a dinosaur and handed me her I-phone. well the spider’s dead but the I-phone’s fucked and my daughter is furious.

loosing your balance seems a bit careless Bob, I mean I loose my keys regularly but still.... other than the piss take: it doesn't sound like a mechanical issue to me, your right knee or hip didn't cause the fall by collapsing or giving way, it sounds more like and eye or inner ear ( or coordination of the two) causing an overbalance, likely made worse by the prosthetic left side not adapting fast enough to catch it and prevent the fall as a fully limbed person of your great age would probably have done. In fairness I know sweet FA about these things, but you asked.

I reckon youve bought a dominator, your garage is short of honda's at the moment.