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    #16
    Jules, what is your vocation?
    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
    ~Herman Melville

    2016 1200 Superlow
    1982 CB900f

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      #17
      IT consultant .
      Yes really!!! a self employed one and that has
      been killed off in uk by the covid issue.
      In my field anyway.

      Used to do remote technology infrastructure.
      It's hard to believe.... that at this time of
      all times I cant get back to it.

      was considering getting a boat and rowing in
      the other direction to the migrants to france
      of Mexico and climbing the wall!!!
      UKJULES
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      Owner of following bikes:
      1980 Suzuki GS550ET
      1977 Yamaha RD 250D
      1982 Kawasaki GPZ 750 R1
      1980 Suzuki GSX 250E

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        #18
        p.s another Herman Melville quote :

        Moby dick ---- Hermann Melville
        As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch
        for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas,
        and land on barbarous coasts.
        UKJULES
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        Owner of following bikes:
        1980 Suzuki GS550ET
        1977 Yamaha RD 250D
        1982 Kawasaki GPZ 750 R1
        1980 Suzuki GSX 250E

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          #19
          Originally posted by ukjules View Post
          IT consultant .
          Yes really!!! a self employed one and that has
          been killed off in uk by the covid issue.
          In my field anyway.

          Used to do remote technology infrastructure.
          It's hard to believe.... that at this time of
          all times I cant get back to it.

          was considering getting a boat and rowing in
          the other direction to the migrants to france
          of Mexico and climbing the wall!!!
          Well Orr made it to Sweden by oar.
          1983 GS 550 LD
          2009 BMW K1300s

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            #20
            Originally posted by ukjules View Post
            p.s another Herman Melville quote :

            Moby dick ---- Hermann Melville
            As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch
            for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas,
            and land on barbarous coasts.
            Moby Dick is a favorite of mine, and that excerpt also channels the character of Homer's Odysseus well indeed.
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
            ~Herman Melville

            2016 1200 Superlow
            1982 CB900f

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              #21
              I rode my '82 KZ1000J all over Greece in the mid 80's, along with my friend on his '82 GS1100E. We drew a crowd every taverna we visited. I should have known - it got stolen. Bike theft was so rampant that you couldn't get insurance coverage. I was led astray one night by a fair lady and let my guard down. Maybe she was in on the deal....

              I took it out to Myknos (what was I thinking!) and scrambled around as best I could. I think a bike that size had never seen that place. I rode up to Delphi a couple of times, and around the Peloponnese. The marble in the roads make for slick riding in the winter rain. Traffic in Athens is a challenge, you have to be on your toes.
              Tom

              '82 GS1100E Mr. Turbo
              '79 GS100E
              Other non Suzuki bikes

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                #22
                Now that is an impressive ride !!! and onto
                the mainland. I am yet to get to Delphi but of course must one
                day. That only possible if I ride from UK as
                bike hire is a trip finisher due to cost.

                I so agree on the roads, some being like glass.
                Going over the mountains on steep hills I quickly
                learned to use very carefully the brakes mainly rear one
                going down them hills.....

                Also the fine gravely roads can be like ice too.
                UKJULES
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                Owner of following bikes:
                1980 Suzuki GS550ET
                1977 Yamaha RD 250D
                1982 Kawasaki GPZ 750 R1
                1980 Suzuki GSX 250E

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by oldGSfan View Post
                  I was led astray one night by a fair lady and let my guard down. Maybe she was in on the deal....
                  Yeah that's a distinct possibility, I've heard that story more than once from both perspectives.
                  1980 Yamaha XS1100G (Current bike)
                  1982 GS450txz (former bike)
                  LONG list of previous bikes not listed here.

                  These aren't my words, I just arrange them

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