rob m

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.

Excitement or relief?

It's mad isn't it? Imagine parents wanting to protect their children from online paedophiles, abusers and radicalisers. Woke nonsense. PC gone mad. Whatever the Daily Heil says it is today. Maybe those parents who have had their children killed by online groomers in recent years are overreacting and the Online Safety Act should be scrapped as it's a box ticking exercise? Seriously though, the Online Safety Bill is much needed and this forum (with the rest of the internet) isn't exempt from the Act. Children may access this forum (for exampIe, I can access it offline and read most of the posts) so being careful what you post online is a prerequisite isn't it? Once you've hit the 'send' button it's out there for everyone to see. Own it. If it's racist, prejudiced, inciteful or unlawful then accept whats coming to you. If it's complies with the law then you're golden.

A week booked off work for a little trip to the Eifel 5th- 10th May. Eurotunnel booked too. Accommodation will be booked when I'm over there, depending what I do/end up. There was a nice hotel I stayed at last year that's 5 minutes from the Nürburgring or an Air BnB in Adenau that was also cheap so might see if they are available. Other than that, no plan at all, just a few GPX routes in the Garmin and see how it goes.