Words don't do justice to what I'm feeling in getting back into the seat after so long without two wheels. If a journey is 5 miles I'm making it 50 and using every excuse to make 5 mile journeys. Daughter to dance? Lad collecting from school? A pint of milk from the shop? Out with the bike. :lol: ht...

Collected from Swindon at 9:30, in Northamptonshire dirt by half eleven. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2566446/IMG_2013.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2566446/IMG_2016.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2566446/IMG_2015.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2566446/IMG_2014.jpg

-Ralph- wrote:I have all your local lanes mapped out already.

That'll be superb. Much appreciated.

Welcome aboard, get your name on the reserve list for this.. its gonna be epic !! http://www.adventurebikerider.com/forum/29-meets-a-runs/497163-brecon-beacons-wet-and-wild-bunkhouse-meeting-july-22-23-24th.html (thumbs) Cheer for the heads up - but I don't think I could escape the daughter's birth...

-Ralph- wrote:See your private messages. I have all your local lanes mapped out already. I also used to have an XT600E. Lets catch up for a beer at the TCAM.

Absolutely. Drinking beer is probably my fourth favourite thing and possible in conjunction with at least two of the others.

I was thinking about one as an addition to the two bikes in the garage and heard about an open day. Great, I reckoned, and talked a mate into coming to have a play too. My first thoughts were that it was brilliant yet sedate on country lanes. I wondered why they didn't come with a Royal Enfield pipe...

Thank you for the welcomes. Once I'm done sorting my kit cupboard I'll have a good read of the threads.

Back in the day I had an XL125 after my CJ250T bit the dust, and I loved the style of bike. I lived on two wheels, rarely owning a car, over the years and me & the wife travelled Europe and South America. Illness forced me off riding for the last couple of years, my GSX1400 got sold and the XJ9 ...