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I was planning to ride this week end but I did my back this morning ( made the fatal mistake of bending down to pick my jeans up off the floor... ) so am confined to a comfy chair and doped up to the eyeballs with aniti inflammatories and pain killers.

surprised at work today by one of the girls from the office turningup on a brand new KTM790, aparrently hadher licence for years but only ever ridden offroad (including multi day tours in morocco apparently) It appears thet KTM are giving 20% discount on 2024 models here at the moment. I thik they're fucking ugly but then what would I know?

Don't you believe it! I can still reactivate my father in laws facebook account and he's been dead 10 years, it was all officially deleted by facebook at out request about a year after his death, but it's only ever been made invisible, the information is stored forever and so long as I have the password I can reactivate it ( though to be fair I havent tried for acouple of years)

It will mate, 21 years managed that port ( probably me that fucked it!)

Lyon Saturday for bro in law’s 40th ( in the car cos 3 hrs of autoroute each way is no fun on a bike, and its a real struggle getting the children to fit in the panniers these days…) Sunday, am supposed to be going boating, my previous employer has folded and i have been asked if i would move a boat down the river to Auxerre. It will be the last boat out, leaving an empty port behind…

Sounds ti me like you could do with a holiday in France… my brakes honked at me yesterday too, and the bike really needs a clean by someone who can be bothered with the details…

No, I haven't changed again Bob, still dealing with chinky bikes and quads but have been translating the companies new website till it has become this; https://deltamics.com/en/ This site went live last weekend and is a 100% in-house production.

well I'm only a month a nd a bit late to say thanks. Iwas actually away onme bike in the Auvergne for a long weekend at the time and though I now have a less invasive job than previously I just seem to never get round to actually getting much done, like coming on here.

He wouldn't like my dark side....

“Weather permitting” of course

yeah the top box is a fucking monstrosity. weighs about what a fair sized pillion would weigh too!

I drove the grils to Paris for a concert last night. What a nightmare place to dive, eben if you know where you're going. The concert wa sat the salle "Pleyel" which is only a few hundred yards from the place de l'étoile (Arc de Triomphe) so I knew I had to be on my game, driving wise. The Place de l'Etoile, for those who have never had the pleasure, Is a big roundabout, it has 11 roads coming on and off and as many lanes on the actual roundabout as you can fit cars into cos there's no markings on the road surface ( which is cobbled, by the way, so real fun in the wet...) ans it is "priority to the right. This means that vehicles coming ONTO the roandabout have right of way. Parisiens know this, but as about 40% of vehicles there at any one time are not parisien, or even French, this adds an interesting dimension to the circus.... It is, I would argue, one of Frances finest examples of fuckwittery. On the way home, having succesfully negotiated the clusterfuck that is the Place de l'Etoile for a second time and mad it as faroutas the peripherique I discovered that the outer ring (the one I needed to use) was closed. No signs, no warning, no deviation signs, nothing. Just a line of cones acroos the entrance ramp with a signsayng "peripherique exterieur fermé" and 8 million cars tring trying to figure out WTF do do now. Obviously any gps is useless because they all systematically send you onto the peripherique. I ended up navigating through the parisien suburbs at 1 in the morning by compass FFS! untill I found a link through to the the A6. Also, Paris sticks of piss.

I think the French were the last remaining EU country to not have an mot equivalent. Not because they were any stronger willed or more resistant than te others but cos they couldn't organise a gang bang in a brothel. they only managed the olympics by shutting down the whole fucking country and having no gouvernement in place while it went on.

never needed one till this year.

I just got back from having my first ever motorcycle MOT in 30 years. talk about fucking money for nothing. 50€ ( that's two full tanks of fuel) for 15 minutes, during which tme, apart from the pollution control, the bloke chaecked exactly what I check every time before I ride, tyre pressures, lights, indicators, brake function, chain lube and tension, + visul check of genreal state. he could obviously fine nothing wrong with any of it, but couldn't resist the comment, tyre pressures were down by 100g (that' about 0.001bar) and that he found the chain a bit tight. I managed to refrain from punching him in the face and telling him to fuck off, and suggested that as i had last checked the tyre pressures yesterday afternoon when the ambient temp was 38° and that it was curently only 14° that that was perfectly normal, not to mention any discrepency between manometers... The chain tension IS a little over tight because the machine runs better that way when not loaded and that I prefer it like that and have always done so. I have never yet found an mot controller who did not find it neccessary to try and justify their fee by making spurious comments on details that have no bearing on the result of the test. Still, next one in 3 years, by which time I expect they will have changed the rules to include a rolling road test for horse power, a sonometer test, and probably reflectivity of number plate or some other crackpot scheme that will have absolutely no impact other than financial ( cos they'l be able to justify the price increase by the cost of the equippement) on any law abiding rider and even less on the criminal element who didn't obey the previous rules and wil simply ignore any new one s and not pay for an mot. Wankers.

Today i will mostly be hiding from the heat, the past week has been stupid hot and yesterday was 38°c by 10:30 and didn't drop below 25 overnight. I cant even ride to work cos just the thought of having to put a helmet, jacket and gloves on is enough to bring on a sweat. Storms forcast tonight and tomorrow so at least it might get cool enough to sleep…

I didn't know you could vaccinate against pneumonia!

Today i am mostly hiding in the shade. its currently 34°c outside and we’re on an orange weather alert for storms ( which is a shame cos there’s a concert in the park in Chablis tonight but i expect it will get rained off.

brings a whole new meaning to the phrase to "come in a jiffy..."

lesser bikes clearly don't weigh that much...

well thats why I don't leave mine in gear, cos I just know I'll ride the bloody thing straing into the wall if I do . This bike won't start if it's in gear so I guess that particular stupidity is less likely than with previous bikes.

14th July National holiday and party day here today. village BBQ and music in the square last night followed by HUGE firework display in Auxerre at 23h00. I was out on me bike all afternoon yesterday and another couple of hours today. first time in what seems like ages that we've had decent weather for riding.

I never leave my bike in gear ( & only have a side stand) I wonder if I should be learning from other people mistakes...?

I have decided to identify as transparent… with the pronouns “who” and “where” …