Wootton Basset Wiltshire England

[Willie_S]

Hello
- My name is Mark born 1957.

timeLine
2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019
***TDM900************************************************************x
***XTZ660*********************************?????????????????????????
***GTR1400*******************x
*XT1200Z????????????????

I learned to ride a bike at 46 years young in 2003 and rode a Yamaha TDM900 till it got to 135000 miles. I have a 55,000 miles XT660Z and have just exchanged a 25000 mile GTR1400 for an XT1200Z.

I Commute on my bike, sometimes 600 miles a week.

I have toured the Alps a few times and been around a fair bit of France, Germany and Spain.
I have an Iron Butt certificate for 1,000 miles in 24 hours and have done Lands End to John o'Groats in 14 hours.
I have been a ROSPA tutor since 2007

When I get some time I will; ride up the Baltic to Nordkapp; tour the Pyrenees and Picos de Europa.

 

[The Ferret]

Welcome Willie! Great provenance. Hope you enjoy the S10 and look forward to your contributions.

 

[Ramseybella]

"Hola Amigo!!."

 

[barkingllizard]

congrats on your new ride, Willie_S, with a simple hello.....

 

[Dogdaze]

::004:: from Zurich

 

[RIVA]

::004:: from Cork. Éire just across the water from you. ::003::

 

[Bryn]

Welcome along.... is that an all year commute? ( just checking to make me feel better about my 28 mile round trip to work twice a week on the S10

 

[2112]

::004:: from Northumberland ::008::

 

[klunsford]

::004:: from Oklahoma

 

[Trekker]

Hiya Marky Mark, another one of us ex TDMers migrating to the S10. Welcome to the forum and will hopefully catch up again soon. (Sagalout Steve from Carpe)


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[Rasher]

Howdy from a little North near Witney.

The Mrs has a TDM, but only a mere 20k on the clock so I guess it has a way to go yet.

 

[RockyDS]

Welcome! I lived in the UK and was able to commute year round. Can't do that now, but IMHO 6 months riding the Rockies beats 12 months riding anywhere in the UK.

::004::

 

[Checkswrecks]

Welcome aboard form DC. The coast of Norway is bucket-list material and the Picos are right up there. When in the Picos last year, I kept coming across UK riders who got there on the overnight ferry. What a great way to mentally switch to vacation mode.

 

[Bryn]

Where's Willey ?

10 days and not a response after his first post

 

[r1d1]

::004:: from Scotland.

 

[big dave]

Well hello MarkyMark

Another carpe-tdm member here

Great to see you staying true to the brand.

Are you bringing the S10 to the carpe meet at Leominster?

If you hadn't guessed already, Big Dave Robinson here !

 

[Willie_S]

Thanks for the welcome.

Just back safe and sound from my first XT1200Z meet.

Hope there will be others

 

[silvergoose]

Willie, glad to see you are back and welcome from Alma,Arkansas. Please, post photos of the Tenere meet ups. In fact post photos of any of your travels.


Good Luck

 

[Redsoul]

Had my Super Tenere for a cpl of years now and it's still growing on me...am in your neck of the woods currently living in Devizes.


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