No Ponytail today

And a chain cleaning and lubrication. I used 10W50. The old oil from 5,000 km ago was still clear, just a little dark. I'm so happy to be able to do this basic maintenance myself. Here we go again f...

With a coffee in Barbizon, a stop at JC Chouby's, a detour through Milly-la-Forêt and the Château de Farcheville, then back to Paris. Despite the light rain, the beautiful autumn colors made this lei...

+ Caliper protection to aluminum parts...

32,000 km covered in 3.5 years, and this motorcycle still gives me just as much pleasure to ride. This afternoon, I explored the Chevreuse Valley and Dampierre-en-Yvelines in particular. A few other...

Beaumont sur Oise, the Carnelle forest through the beautiful and very rolling D65, Saint-Martin du Tertre, Viarmes, the Abbey of Royaumont and its Abbatial Palace, Lamorlaye, its castle and the magnif...

All In before the rain in less than 10 hours....

And it’s great to see all those bikes out and about - that’s all they ask! Today, due to lack of time, my only inspiration was the classic Paris Milly half loop at Forêt Etampes Paris. Usually I add...

Maya and I have successfully crossed the 10,000 kilometers mark on this trip. What a beautiful, adventurous trip.brumbrum... On October 7th, I set the trip counter to zero in Vienna. Time for a new ro...

Awesome to be back out on the Thunderbird Storm today. it felt like the 1st proper day of the riding season, tons of other folk cruising around with big contented smiles in place. who else got out or...