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I like that Bonnie of yours.

Hello Robert, yes you can see the soljanka at the end of the video. I suspect the younger Germans are all glued to their phones too, sadly.

Don't worry James, I certainly made up for the lack of Bratwurst on that day and had it often afterwards! Yeah it would have been great to catch up over there. Absolutely nothing went right on that trip!

Yeah, it's too hot for me most of the time as well. I try and pick a cooler day and get out for a quick run.

Happy new year to you too mate! Yes I will! ( and need to haha)

Hello Will, the camera is mounted directly in the middle of the chin piece of my full face. I can see what you mean... a matter of about 10mm maybe? Not sure what I can do about that. Camera is the same mounting point I've always used. Do you find yourself arranging all your pens in neat order? Lining up your peas at dinner?

Having said that... the camera is a new (to me) Gopro 10. I'm still working out how to get get the best picture quality from it during the editing process.. The raw footage I have is much clearer and I'm losing some defiinition in the translation. Well, not sure what difference the new camera would make to the alignment on the bike... I'll think about it.

Michael, I improved the bike's sound by taking the highly technical step of shoving the mic in my jean's back pocket, haha.

@saxonost7 I know the feeling analogue brain in a digital world she sounds very crisp still whoever rebuilt that knew what they were doing

By the way Shaun those Speedos often act like that when the cable is just about to break

@@michaeloneill5961 That's my brother's work. He was a mechanic by trade. A handy bloke to know! He taught me a lot about old Triumphs in my younger days!

@saxonost7 had many a Triumph great to work on and awesome machines

Haha, yep, takes half an hour to leave town with all those bumps/ Nearly shook the bars out of my hands!

Believe it or not, the speedo drive on my 88 Harley is the only one the bike has ever had! Many cables but that drive has registered all 232K (miles) she's showing!

@@JamesAllmond James is that 232k miles on the original bottom end?

Love that movie. Can't say I can play anything like them, but Ry Cooder and Leo Kottke would definitely have influenced me over the years as far as listening goes. I haven't played slide really since the late '80s...but am enjoying getting back into it!

@saxonost7 it sounds great it sounds like you've been doing it for a long time

It's a Fender Kingman acoustic played through a Fender SFXII amp. The amp is really nice, the guitar has some really good tones but isn't easy to play....you need bigger hands than I have I think. It's probably not very well suited to slide playing as the action is pretty low... but you use what you've got eh! ( unless you're a young person and then you have to have a guitar for every occasion.. a bike for commuting another for touring, another for 'adventures' etc etc. )

@@saxonost7 I have a lovely Washburn Montgomery special you would like nothing like a wound 3rd for tone

@@michaeloneill5961 Michael, a wound 3rd is a must! I use D'addario 11-52s...been using them since about 1980-something.

@saxonost7 I have two packets left 12-52 they don't make them anymore Roto sound 5212 not bad either

G'day John, enjoy that snow! I always enjoyed the European weather.. am not great with the hot Australian summers. Summer here becomes a bit relentless. Take care mate!

G'day Michael! Yeah, you gotta love 'em eh!

brothers never go away.. just keep popping into your head in certain situations.. riding of course ! The rider is going ok so far! Probably not as well as Tilly or the OG! I'm really pleased with Tilly.

G'day from Oz Vlad hope you guys kick Putin's little b u t t

Vlad, thanks for watching! I like those Dneprs, wish I had one for the dirt roads here! I hope you get the chance to do some riding where you are.

@@saxonost7 thank you, I like the vibrations of the Dnepr, it is lively, and it also has "potato" at low speeds, so my choice is Harley, I read and watched a lot about it, about evolution. Here Dnepr is sold from 150 to 500 dollars depending on condition.

@@Vlad-f2q8n When I was a youngster, the Dnepr bikes and sidecars were sold in Australia under the name Cossack. The sold for $650 brand new with a sidecar. A dollar a cc. In those days they were known as very reliable.

@@saxonost7 wow, interesting, didn't know that

Thanks mate!

I'll call by tomorrow after lunch f you like?

@@saxonost7 ok mate thanks

She always wins.. because we always move!

Was good to catch up. I like your place, has a real atmosphere to it! Good choice of a place to live.

Thanks mate, Yeah she's doing really well isn't she, which is a huge relief! It's important she can ride with me for day rides and overnighters etc. How are things going with you?

@saxonost7 absolutely couldn't be better thanks mate

@saxonost7 just been out for a ride today with Annie in the sidecar it sits and rides perfectly and she says it's very comfortable I couldn't be more happy with both of them cheers

@@michaeloneill5961 video evidence or it never happened! Would love to see some video.

Thanks Jim, I'll see what I can come up with !

Thanks John, I will!

Michael, she's certainly a character....!

Mate, I'm really grateful for the encouragement!

Sounds like a plan!

Dustystar, it's of course your choice as a keyboard warrior, to take the negative interpretation of what I said. He DOES know a lot about K100s...and I have been on literally dozens of rides with him, from day rides to 2,000km rides...but don't let that get in the way of a possible good negative rant!

Haha, she doesn't does she! It's pretty hard to avoid dirt roads living in the countryside. Oh well.. I'll just have to be a bit more careful.

Oh and... I suspect the softail swingarm flexes...

*rolls eyes

Will, I actually meant English speaking names,( as opposed to indigenous Australian) but hey, Paris Texas is hardly an English language name is it! Haha My father loved Tullamore Dew and would break out his very dodgy attempt at an Irish accent each time he had a dram...hehe Ahhh the memories.

@@saxonost7 I knew what you meant - just couldn't risk letting the pomms away with it! :D

@@78ZV yer a feckin' Oirish trouble maker! Haha

James, I suspect they don't drink enough...and go to bed too early!

James, you raise an interesting and disconcerting point in regards to GS riders. There were maybe 100 bikes at that rally and most of them were smaller, lighter adv bikes. Most rally riders have been doing this since the '70s now.. some even the '60s... and they're getting on. Big GS and K bikes are just too tall and heavy now for many.. so they're switching to F series BMWs and other makes. These older riders are not being replaced.. young people aren't interested in riding big rides.. they just make a cafe racer and go for a latte in the city. It's sad.

Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting! Tilly doesn't really need eye protection most of the time as she tends to sit behind the screen anyway..but it can't do any harm.

Can't argue with that!

Ian, you might be right... apart from that boring bit where your channel has no content at all. Thanks for your contribution... keep up the good negative work!

Good point about fuel. At 90-110kmh she's economical enough. She's also very smooth at those speeds which is a bonus. I had an AMF Sportster back in the '80s for a brief time and its vibrations at highway speeds were bad. Very bad. Very very bad. ('81shovelhead Sportster )

Interesting that we both have '88 Evos

I'm in Australia, but anywhere where you drive on the left side of the road requires the sidecar to be on the left. ( usually) . So UK, NZ, Australia, Japan and others.

Au m8t

Haha! I might use that one if you don't mind!

James those K1200s are massive bikes.. a mate had one, the LT. I used to call it Battlestar Galactica.

She's a good old girl. She'll sit comfortably on 100-110kph (60 or 65mph) all day providing the roads are up to it and that's enough for me these days really. A mate of mine commented on how well she goes and pulls with a sidecar, so I'm guessing the cams and flowed heads etc Tim did to her make a difference. My last BMW K100 was an extremely reliable bike, which is what prompted me to buy this red one. Oh well... we live and learn...but it'll be good when I sort it out...eventually...

Tilly is getting better and better😊❤

@@michaeloneill5961 Yep, I'm very pleased with her!

Thank you @On596, your opinion is incredibly important to me. I strongly feel you're a very valuable member of the online community and have much to offer.

I haven't had the chance to look yet, but that's definitely on the list!