Sir Fallsalot

Who has use of the tunnel looks like its well maintained with lighting and all

Yes and we've been working with some very large cable the last couple of weeks so even small off cuts are heavy

I just found out something good with this lockdown shit the price of copper is up, i had a good weigh in this morning ?

Looks like this is all i'm going to get this month

Stop trying to baffle me with technical stuff LOL

If i had to choose a BMW to buy it would probably be the R nine T. I lead a group of lads around a few years ago and one turned up on one, it was the first time I'd seen the bike and really liked the look of it. The guy was a pretty good rider and i was surprised how well the bike did following me on some of the terrain i took them over, here's a pic i took of him o it.

I was referring to the bike being carried there and not ridden the evidence being the dirt its sat on and clean tyres

You clearly carried that there and put it down for a shit like those posh birds with their underarm dogs, the tyres aren't even dirty

I thought KTM were top when it comes to ugly but Kawasaki are getting there pretty quick with that

Its a good job there's a youngster like myself here to teach you old duffers new things lol

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that. I don't know where they dug up that headlight design from but they need to take it back and bury it twice as deep so it never gets found again

I just zoomed in to pick faults on your spray job and i cant that's a real good job ? it will be a shame to get it all scuffed up now

Unfortunately me and the wife are classed as essential workers so it will be very little difference for us

Thanks @Pedro we are all recovered here now, Just in time for lockdown.

only men have to do that Tym lol

You cant beat a spam sandwich the wife always cheap's out and gives me the fake spam still goes down ok though

Yes they are and probably why i don't own a 701 husky which i got so tempted by when they first came out

You say that Pete but there's loads of new 650 singles being sold in the UK but their all made by the chinks, KTM or Husqvarna so i don't think that's the reason

Cool ?

This is where I'm stuck Pete i long for a new DR.XR or XT type 650 with all the same design but with water cooled and fuel injection but their only interested in bringing out overweight 250's and I'm not ready for the lack of power yet

Because its an old school adventure bike and a compass is great for navigating using maps if you know how to use one ?

Nice one Pete i can see a set of tkc80's in the near future if you carry on like this

Why cant i remember this did something traumatic happen and my mind has blanked it out

I didn't think of that should have spent some time getting some better shots but it was a snap and go before the farmer spotted me he's been shooing me off his land for about 45 years

Today was the first time i have been aloud out the house for 2 weeks so i take a little ride to try and regain some sanity but stuck in RCT doesn't give me much choice in where to ride, the roads are busy as hell even for the bike and the lanes I've done a thousand times before but I'm going anyway. I takes the 650 to test the front end rebuild from last weekend and the Mitas C02 rear tyre. After traversing my way though the traffic to Porth about 4 miles north of my home its straight up to Miriam's bench again and a stop for a breather as this track is a bit harder on the 650 and i bloody needed it after 2 weeks of 3 meals a day and no exercise I decide to go over to the Cynon valley from here past the moto x practice track a nice gravel road through there but the guy that runs it keeps locking the gates, as far as I'm aware its still a vehicular right of way so i shall be reporting this again. I managed to bounce the bike through the horse gate to the right with no real problem but that's not the point it should not be locked And the same with the gate at the other end of the lane, he don't mind people using it when their paying to ride the track the twat A bit of road and a nice lane heading back towards home you could even do this on a 650GS and with wonky knees to ? No real Autumn colours yet Stopped to say hello to this pair but they weren't interested so i bid them farewell and carried on I decide to check out the old ford i haven't been across it in a long time. The route down to it hasn't been used for a long time either The concrete ramp is slippery as hell with a big drop into the water and lots of loose rock. Too rough for me to attempt on the 650 luckily there is a footbridge i could use instead I decides to do a loop back round to the start of the horsey lane as there's another lane off to the left i haven't done in years, the start has been blocked so another check for me to find out its status I have no problem squeezing through, this lane is a nice ride down through woodland I remember after this bit there's no going back as it gets a bit washed out ahead its all down hill so should be ok And i wasn't wrong, a bit rough for the 650 and me really. I had the bike propped upright for a photo but the bloody stick snapped good job the bank was there Why do photos always make things look easy ahh a nice gentle lane and i need it to cool down after the last one but it wasn't like this for long I haven't ridden along here in over 10 years as it's not quite legal and i suddenly realised I'm impressed with the C02 tyre it got quite mucky and the tyre had no trouble pushing me through it all back to the road via the old coal tip used to have great fun on these as a kid a hell of a lot more growth on it now though Next track is up though the woodland on the side of the mountain behind the bike here At the top of this old coal tip is the aptly named jam pot, not quite sure what it was for but it was to do with the old coal industry here years ago A bit more road and onto the next mountain, Again quite a difficult track for the 650 but it manages I'm just along for the ride I ride up onto what is known as the gap, I'm on dodgy ground now I'm right on the RCT border here, to the left is RCT and the right Merthyr And from here it was home i did have to cross the boarder for about a mile but i made sure no covid jumped off or onto me honest ? a good ride to pull me out the rut I've been in for the last two weeks. The 650 might be a rough old dog but i just love thumping around on it always cheers me up