Mike, the most convincing argument for that sexy bike-bullet is that the sidecar is roofed in.
Meaning without an intercom I would not have been exposed to 5/ km complaints by Princess Sao about my driving in over 100.000 km.
For vulgar cash reasons I will have to continue to be sucker of punishment.
No, I have not done any rides lately, except to Chiang Khong to see David an May.
Reason is that I found my place. But I guess just crusing around Greater Chiang Mai to find THE place neede serval thousand km. Now I am very happy in my house at the Ping River in Mae Rim.
And I realized that I did too much riding, neglecting my battered body.
I am more often on my other 3 wheeler.
See here a shot taken on a tour along the wine route in South Africa
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U1 ... directlink
or
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zm ... directlink
It is a wonderful recumbent trike with a 14 Rohloff gear box, most comfortable, the longest ride I did 6 years ago was Berlin, Germany - Ljubljana, Slovenia.
I get melancholic thinking about that.
But I must admit, nowadays my muscles are in poor shape and the farthest I have come is to the X-Centre