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Offline STroppy

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One or two Farkles
« on: April 30, 2015, 09:22:38 PM »
A Farkled up Guzzi . . Great for touring . .
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Re: One or two Farkles
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2015, 09:43:34 AM »
Astonishing!  He obviously lives in it, solar panel roof and all!
No a bit of wasted space.  Heaven forbid it should fall over.   :eek
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Re: One or two Farkles
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2015, 04:23:12 PM »
 :hatwave  Mumma-mia - a bonafide Italiano LONG-DISTANCE pizza delivery bike with the lot!  WOW:

"You wanna extra anchovie with dat?"
« Last Edit: May 01, 2015, 04:26:22 PM by ST.George »
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Re: One or two Farkles
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2015, 09:45:39 PM »
it's a husband and wife that ride that bike. It's been around the world. A good read....
http://www.guzzioverland.co.uk/
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Re: One or two Farkles
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2015, 05:34:05 AM »
That's a gr8 find Flash, am already looking 4ward to reading the whole thing but this paragraph really hit home:
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Some nights at three in the morning when I can’t sleep and my knees ache, I lie there thinking who do you think you are you bloody idiot, how is that ever going to work. You will be mugged, robbed, killed, drowned, ripped off, kidnapped (delete as appropriate) not to mention all the “what if’s” for the bike: what if it breaks down requiring some vital part in the middle of nowhere, what if we can’t keep it going all that way, how will we pick it up when it falls off the edge of the road down a bank, will we be able to get parts when needed, will we come back from somewhere to find a little spot of oil on the ground and no bike. What if we run out of beer – no some things are just truly unthinkable.

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"Spock - there's a black hole on the other side of Uranus".
"Illogical Captain".
I think I might be indecisive, I'm not sure, maybe - maybe not.
Yamaha TX500; Yamaha DT360; BMW 650 Boxer; 2003 ST1300 Red Dragon