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The problem is Silverstone. It's an awful track to watch MotoGP, it may be ok for F1 fans (not that I'd know, I'd rather insert pins into my eyes that watch F1) but not for MotoGP. Donington was king. I watched Doohan and Rossi win at Donington literally yards away from where I was sitting. You are miles away from the track at Silverstone. I hate it there. The added costs and restrictions only reinforce that dislike for SIlverstone. It's almost like they planned it that way.

Quick oil change and a run to the local tyre place to replace the rear with another Michelin Road 6. The last one had a plug in it after a puncture, right in the centre which was fortunate but I don't feel comfortable knowing that the rear tyre isn't 100% so had it replaced. The Road 6 has been fantastic though, no cause for concern at all. Going away to Europe next week so wanted to make sure that I'm happy to ride the bike over there.

Thread resurrection. I saw this BMW K1300S advertised on EBay earlier, mileage is a mere 218,402 miles. Not bad for a 2016 bike, an average of about 24k a year! Obviously well maintained but goes to show that bikes don’t fall to pieces when they have a fair few miles under their tyres.

This morning I rode to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham for a BMW K1300S meet up. Over 20 bikes and riders attended and I was pleasantly surprised I had the only one in factory red Great fun, looking forward to the next one.

Tickets booked for the 100 Club in June. Really looking forward to seeing these guys. Along with Wolfmother, they'll be the second band from Oz I'll be seeing live this year.

Thanks man, hope you're enjoying your new ride too!

Yesterday I went out for a ride of my usual loop, about 165 miles. I felt a bit 'meh' so headed home after an hour and only 70 miles done. Strange, I don't normally feel like that. Kicked myself up the arse today and headed out again, Totally glorious ride. 210 miles done, stopping at Whiteways Cafe in Sussex (where I had a disgustingly glorious burger) , Seaford Beach (where I had an ice cream) and then Rye before heading back to Surrey. Only a couple of pictures as I spent most of my time riding the bike. That said, I fell in love with the K1300S again. It was supreme. I had pondered trading it in over the winter but now I really couldn't justify spending money (I don't have) on another bike when this one ticks all the boxes. On Saturday I'll be riding it to the K1300S meet at the National Motorcycle Museum near Birmingham then I have 6 days in the Eifel area of Germany at the end of the month. Really looking forward to both trips. Looking forward to another year on the big K.

Locked and loaded. Got three days off and the weather looks great, I plan to fully enjoy the sunshine, it's been a long time coming.

I’ll be watching the MotoGP on TNT Sports and having a takeaway.

The horse on the right has just stood on a lego.

Thanks guys! Food has been eaten, Guinness has been drunk and I'm past caring that I'm 56

Aye.

You and me both fella!

Not exactly with the bike but with the bike on video during my last ride in November, captured on the Osmo Action 3 I was trying out at the time. Bought it in a Black Friday deal, was quite cheap. It's replaced my 11 year old Drift Ghost HD, which to be fair, still records in 1080p/60FPS so I'm happy to keep that as a back up. Wind noise is horrendous on the Action 3, hence the soundtrack. Since then I've bought a mic adapter and a lav mic so that might improve it somewhat.

I have one of these, they're very strong. Great price too, I paid more than that for mine. At home I have an Oxford monster chain/lock along with an Abus chain/lock both through a wall anchor. On top of that I have a Monimoto tracker too. My bike isn't particularly valuable (probably worth about £3.5k as it stands) but I worked hard to buy it and don't want to lose it.