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Whysub wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 12:50 am

Bustaspoke wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2026 7:06 pm I took the SV650X to my mates tyre shop for a new pair of Road 6's.

[I got 6100 miles out of the factory fitted Dunlops.We thought that I could get another 2K out of the rear & more out of the front tyre,but if my next Euro trip happens I'll be hitting the 2K mark whilst I'm away so I got the tyres swapped over today.

Any reason for not having your tyres changed during your European trip?

I used to do the same, in that I changed tyres before going on a long trip, even though I would never refit the tyres I removed to get the 1000 to 1500 miles left on them.

There seems to be many more bike tyre shops and fitters in Europe than in the UK. I have had tyres changed in Ljubljana, Bratislava and Bordeaux whilst on trips, for less than the cost in the UK. So a win-win.

If something won't do the distance of the trip I'd rather get it sorted before I leave,also he's an old mate so I always give him my business.
He did me a pair of Road 6's,90 degree valve stems & fitting,ride in ride out for £350.
I'll be back there with my Street Triple in a couple of months.

A couple or 3 hours out n about, stopping of for the usual pastie at Ironbridge.
If you find yourself there give the pasty a miss, it ain't great and I always mean to have a sausage roll but never do

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Bustaspoke wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 11:25 am
If something won't do the distance of the trip I'd rather get it sorted before I leave,also he's an old mate so I always give him my business.
He did me a pair of Road 6's,90 degree valve stems & fitting,ride in ride out for £350.
I'll be back there with my Street Triple in a couple of months.

Fair enough, but I recently got a pair of Bridgestone T31's on the Street Triple for €200 fitted, ride in ride out
Not the pair I wanted, but they were the only tyres he had in stock that weren't someone elses order, so beggars can't be choosers. They've been good though, good grip and wearing well, which is a plus.

I’ve a couple of rides recently.

1st was to a popular cafe for bikes and cars near Shipston on Stour called Revs.
This a pure vanity destination, as there was a photographer there taking pics of folks, and in the near 40 years I’ve been riding I have never had a picture of me on a bike.
Not sure the pic was worth it but the route the Beeline took me in Relaxed mode was excellent, great single carrigeway routes with almost no other traffic.

Pic style copyright of Bustaspoke, I’ve been meaning to try one of these shots for a while.

Today’s ride covered Warkwickshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire for a coffee and Jammy Dodger Blondie cake at the canal wharf in Aynho.
Again the Beeline Relaxed mode turned out a great route with the 45mile trip taking nearly an hour and half.
Passing through small villages, past farms, along old ridgeways with views of rolling countryside that probably haven't altered much in centuries.
Then this appears as a reminder of the 20th century, apparently it was originally part of the old BT microwave communication network like The Post Office Tower, a network of line of site relays around the UK.

MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 2:44 pm A couple or 3 hours out n about, stopping of for the usual pastie at Ironbridge.
If you find yourself there give the pasty a miss, it ain't great and I always mean to have a sausage roll but never do

PXL_20260621_114024270-EDIT (1) by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

Eleys sausage rolls and pork pies are lovely, the pasties are just a mash of god knows what, horrid.

There's toilets just passed those brollies, if you didn't know.

Dodgy69 wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 7:33 pm There's toilets just passed those brollies, if you didn't know.

I didn't, but I went before I left the house so all good

It's been a lovely sunny evening around here so I went for a spin on the Street Triple.
They're not to everyones taste but I've grown to love the 'Dame Edna' look.



West coast sunset Lancashire style



It's nice being able to swap between the SV650 V Twins & the 675R Street Triple.

Did Newlands Corner and Box Hill the Sunday before last. Will be riding the MT09 to work in Chiswick on Thursday, thank f*ck for mesh jackets...

Not been on the bike for a while, only work and back, it's too hot to get the gear on.

But today I had to take it in to the dealers to get the rear end sorted out. On the way home I thought I'd do my spin through Windsor and the park
I didn't pop in for tea.

A mate who got some fields was having a field bike day and was ask to join. Rode the Monkey to Minsterley, about 45 mins away yesterday afternoon, a hot breeze indeed.

He's got a Husky 450, gas gas trails and a very interesting Jawa 500 grass tracker running on methanol.
2 stroke 2 speed and great fun, along with some small bikes his daughter uses.

Field wasn't really long enough for 2nd gear and with no brakes it was careful goes. Great fun had, but when the little bikes came out we pissed about a bit more and the tumbles started.

This morning my knee hurts, elbow, shoulder and my left groin hurts from hanging the leg on the tracker. Great fun for a Friday afternoon.

Took the two of these out back to back for thirty miles each. Probably the last time for the Kawasaki. Goes lovely and sounds awesome but it kills the arthritis in my left fingers. The vfr feels quite different but despite its extra weight it’s lovely to ride relatively quickly on country roads. The dct gearbox means I don’t come back and need to take pain killers and the engine is epic.

Went out to play for couple of hours. This is about a mile east of my council sink hole

Today’s ride prompted a bit of a learning.
Heading out for a coffee at a great place, Jasper’s Coffee Shop in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire I passed through several villages with Magna and Parva in their names. Looking this up I learned it’s Latin for Large/Great and Smaller/Little.

The Beeline came up trumps again with a great route through the countryside. Many of the narrow lanes making tree tunnels along the way Another chilled Sunday morning meandering along the lanes of Central England heading from Church Steeple to Church Steeple, passing along routes and through places with long, fascinating stories. Happy travels.

Had lovely 3 hour enduro.
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I should have done some of these over the last few days...

Earlier today, Switzerland:

Fursten pass.
Aborted Susten pass (mudslides closed the road, which we discovered halfway up). Which meant we couldn't continue the loop and do the Grimsel. So we turned round and did the Furka again

MrLongbeard wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2026 2:44 pm A couple or 3 hours out n about, stopping of for the usual pastie at Ironbridge.
If you find yourself there give the pasty a miss, it ain't great and I always mean to have a sausage roll but never do

PXL_20260621_114024270-EDIT (1) by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

Pasty? Never buy one east of the Tamar.

Ain’t that the truth!

Dodgy69 wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 9:42 am

Did a bit of grass tracking in Cormwall, last tracker I owned was a 500 JAP while living in Suffolk, barn collapsed on it...

Gotthard (check out the cobbles!) and Neufenden passes, Switzerland, yesterday technically!