"Biker" for me usually means motorbiking, though I also have a couple of mountain-bikes... see Trail Bike
My current motorbikes are a Honda CBR600RR ABS 2017 and a Kawasaki Ninja Z250SL.
Previously I have owned: Kawasaki ZX4-RR (Ninja anniversary edition), Honda CRF300 Rally, Honda CBR600RR 2005, Honda CBR600FW, Honda VF750F, Yamaha FJ600, Suzuki GSX750EX, Yamaha FJ750, Yamaha XJ900, Kawasaki Z750 and I passed my riding test on my Kawasaki KH250.
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A few rays of sunshine over Derwent Water then riding my Ninja Z250SL up lovely Newlands Valley to Newlands Hause (333 m.), steeply down, past Buttermere and steeply up Honister Pass to Honister Hause (332 m.), then a stop for coffee and a chocolate brownie. Enough of a day out to start breaking in new boots but that’s all the weather would allow before the mist came down.
Comparing two lightweight adventure bikes for maybe riding a bit more in Corsica next year. KTM 390 Adventure and Honda NX500 are both light weight and offer more than enough power for local roads. Either way it’s a step up in comfort from a sportsbike, so maybe less tiring to ride but with a loss of precision and sense of the road surface. So I’m looking for light weight, low rider fatigue and manoeuvrability more than power.
More: Comparing two lightweight adventure bikes - NX500 & KTM390
Just an initial look, mainly to see if my feet would sit easily on the ground, unlike the CRF300 Rally I was riding a couple of years ago. Yes is the answer (see grin!), meaning NX500 is a possibility for a riding project I’m considering for 2025. Thinking of a small adventures bike with light weight and manoeuvrability more important than power. Next step is a test ride.
Great weather so a day out riding the roads of the Camargue, the delta of the Rhône between Marseille and Nîmes. Long straight roads then 90° corners, quite different fun to the mountain cols. Coffee in a traditional bar in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the Alpilles meeting with Jonathan from one of the biker groups online.
My picnic lunch at a drive-in artisan boulangerie at Aigues Mortes was something rather different: Roquefort quiche then a pain-aux-raisons with pistache and raspberry jam filling.
One of my best days of riding this year, topped off with watching the thrilling MotoGP from Phillip Island, Australia.
An afternoon’s ride-out to the Col de l’Espigoulier (723 m.) to enjoy the hazy sunshine and air at 27°. By no means the only bike out for a session on this fun road just outside Marseille. Photo-bombed as well as out-run on the road while I was working on lines and apexes. Also, keeping the speed well down and being very careful as this was the afternoon following a dawn flight from Heathrow. The usual battle with the Marseille traffic was worthwhile!
I'm riding light for a week on the mountain roads of the Alps. No laptop, although I do have my SLR camera but photos will have to wait till I'm back in Marseille..
I left Marseille for a long ride north via the Col de la Croix Haute (1179 m.) to Saint-Gervais under Mont Blanc. A bit of rain towards the end of the day which cleaned the Provence dust off my white leathers and boots but didn't soak me through.