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First Weekend in February!


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4 hours ago, Clive said:

Only place that bikers could go for food and drink in the 70,s around here was The White Post cafe, and only in the evening, or late at night.

One other cafe near by, but that was slightly upmarket,  sign on door "No bikes or scooters"

 

Mate of mine in Norwich sill navigates by cafes and pubs he was banned from in the late 70's cos he was a biker troublemaker 😂

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Just home after dinner with the neighbors. They treat me well, I left the air conditioning on to keep the place warm for my return, but the dates are setting in and becoming heavy. Tomorrow I shall find a reason for a short ride somewhere, and spend the rest of the day just enjoying the quiet.

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40 minutes ago, skyrider said:

it rained all night here and still doesnt look that safe now 

This weekend was a wipeout after a great Mon-Fri......and next week is exactly the same.

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9 minutes ago, XTreme said:

This weekend was a wipeout after a great Mon-Fri......and next week is exactly the same.

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So the rain in Spain doesn't fall mainly on the plaines?

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1 hour ago, XTreme said:

It can do what it likes in the week......but just give me my weekend!

It use to seem the same when I working, Monday to Friday 🌞......weekend...shite.

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In the US, there is a group, Backcountry Discovery Routes, that has been creating offroad routes on a state by state basis.  The latest is the Wyoming BDR, which had a movie premiere on Saturday evening.  These BDR routes are similar to the TET, for you yurupeens.

This weekend was also the day my 08 GSA was returned to me after 1 year of rehab.  My buddy had ridden it last march in baja (see ride reports) and beat it up a little, so he took it home for fixins.

A small group of us headed to Temecula for the showing and some offroad fun.

My baby is back!

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Flames was painted for a TV show that Jesse James did in 2009, riding the bike on the Ice Road in Canada.  The painter who did the custom work is Pete Finlan, of Hotdog Kustoms.  Since his place is in TEmecula, we figured he might want to see how she looks today 🙂

 

Pete standing next to his work

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Pete is well known in the custom paint world, especially in SoCal

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All hand painted.

 

 

His style of flames is unique.  Here is one he has done recently.

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1 minute ago, alfalfa said:

In the US, there is a group, Backcountry Discovery Routes, that has been creating offroad routes on a state by state basis.  The latest is the Wyoming BDR, which had a movie premiere on Saturday evening.  These BDR routes are similar to the TET, for you yurupeens.

This weekend was also the day my 08 GSA was returned to me after 1 year of rehab.  My buddy had ridden it last march in baja (see ride reports) and beat it up a little, so he took it home for fixins.

A small group of us headed to Temecula for the showing and some offroad fun.

My baby is back!

FCMT0152.thumb.JPG.8eeca5ad17d1c8b78c47ae509687c244.JPG

 

 

Flames was painted for a TV show that Jesse James did in 2009, riding the bike on the Ice Road in Canada.  The painter who did the custom work is Pete Finlan, of Hotdog Kustoms.  Since his place is in TEmecula, we figured he might want to see how she looks today 🙂

 

Pete standing next to his work

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Pete is well known in the custom paint world, especially in SoCal

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All hand painted.

 

 

His style of flames is unique.  Here is one he has done recently.

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Excellent Rick!

Is your bike OK now after the work?

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57 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Excellent Rick!

Is your bike OK now after the work?

it has 130,000 miles on it, runs well and now has rebuilt suspension, redone wiring, and some other cosmetic work done.  It ran well before he shipped it east to go thru it.  He just thought there could be issues from the mileage and abuse.  This bike was upside down in Baja in 2016, again at a rally in Calif.  It gets used.

Pete, the painter, said it warmed his heart that the bike has actually been used. 

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