Three of us rode from Bilbao to Alicante at the beginning of March to a meet up of K bikes, an annual event. The plan, to leave them there and make occasional visits. Dropped them off to a very secure place in Villena [if anyone is looking for storage this is an option] on 9th March. and took a flig...

garyboy wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:23 pm

same as me when i bought a rubber doll from `really live with arthritis` .. it was fukkin useless

Did it go down on you?

This brought back lots of memories. My uncle used to have and race a Norton Atlas, a 1965. My aunt had not exactly been a fan of motorbikes, eventually resulting in the 'loss' of the Atlas in time and replacement by a Honda 50 that my uncle used for commuting. I used to visit my grandfather most Sat...

Its news to us too.

Our highest mountain is 1,039m........3,408 feet.

But...the Healy Pass taken in a loop with the Caha Pass is a bikers dream. Do it both directions and lots of places to enjoy a nice bite beer or camp.

If you travel and end up sharing a room with someone who snores so you get no sleep.........

Apparently if you lean over to his bed and give him a goodnight kiss on the cheek he won't snore......but sit awake all night in silent fear......

Three of us left bikes in Spain, rode them over early mach just before everything closed and got back on 9th March. Finally decided over last couple of days to have them shipped back to us at home as no chance of getting the planned outings. Our local Spanish friends have kept us informed of events ...

3 years ago BF had one sailing every week from Cork to Roscoff. Then last year it became 2 per week Cork to Roscoff plus 2 weekly from Cork to Santander. This year it became one from Cork to Roscoff and also 2 from Rosslare to Bilbao and also one from Rosslare to Roscoff. Next year we get 2 sailings...

Fleece for a: a thermal layer instead of jacket layer b: stay warm on cool evening c: becomes my pillow. Bungees: a: tie downs b: shock absorbers for tarp. c: clothes line. A good 500ml flask: a: for carrying milk for tea/coffee. In hot weather I buy petrol and 1 l of cold water, drink half of the w...

I have 2 power outlets on the K1100 and both are permanently live. I use a plug in USB that has 2 USB outlets and also displays voltage. Very useful. I did buy a USB outlet intending to wire it permanently inside the storage area behind the seat BUT...... Seems some of these USB sockets even without...

I used to take the kids to Atlantic coastal camp sites and it was necessary to prebook the ones on the coast if you needed a three week stint. But even in those ones every day a stream of bikes and ramblers got spaces on spec. A mile of 5 inland and all the little sites had pitches available. Inland...