Great to see the bike is now running properly ,great shots .You may be pleased to know mum is now home ,frustrated by how little she can manage ,but i hope in time she will walk unassisted again.anyhoo looks like you guys are in a happy place ,Until next time YDF Noel

Heya Noel

Great news about your mum

Yeap nice to have Maya running sweet again for.

Now for some moto petrolheadism Brasilian style

Cheers Andi

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3rd annual rally being held at Buzios, looking like a good place to hang for a couple of days with fello Brasilian petrolheads.

Saying good bye to Paulo after spending 10 days relaxing and sorting out the valve issue we were sorted and set.:clap

We also had our last night there with Daniel (Paulos Nephew), Sheldon and Eva enjoying a nice feed made by Eva, onya guys. :freaky

You know all us dodgy buggas, Daniel is wearing the big smile at the head of the table.



A cruzy ride on a nice day up the coast saw us arrive with plenty of time to spare, we needed it as the event had seen ALL the accommodation within a bulls roar already taken.:eek1

Arriving to Buzios to a hot fine day was great too.

We were looking to camp as Buzios is a gringo town and priced accordingly, finding the event Ellen asked about the rally and the camping, a great young fella took Ellen (but bought her back) :huh :evil and showed us the camping site, an under cover basket court ... alright, no ants, flat and a roof, saweet.:clap



After the above photo was taken it packed out completely and the tents were wall to wall.

Set up and sorted we talked with the guys running the camp to pay them, nope, camping for motos and their crazy owners is free, well that sounded bloody good to me.:clap

A quick walk around town and a visit back to the rally site to get grounded we left Maya parked there... then tried to leave to have a look around .... no way .....people flocked around to see the orange alien amidst cruisers, sports and adv bikes, Maya looking slightly odd in amongst the normal bikes.:rofl

The moment the stunters were on we managed to get a pic as everyone flocked to the street to watch them



We were given stickers, hugs, chats, photos and 99% in Portuguese and our version of Portugringolish ....and it worked.:freaky ... just add grog and a smiles .... fluent in 5 :lol3

As night settled in so do the rock band, the lead singer a true blue sure bet hard core rocker dude with a hair do longer than a Bolivianos face.



The man in action



No drink driving tolerance here (although they all do it), so a decision was made to leave Maya safety guarded by thousands of Brasilians who knew of the bike and the loose nuts riding it and pretty much everyone said "we will keep an eye on her", the rally organiser meeting us and assuring us that it will be untouched.

I walked Ellen back to camp at about 10 pm and set too back at the site with more rum and guarana, eating greasy moto rally food and having fun, the band had finished and most people were leaving so I joined the masses but when leaving the exit gate I was summoned to the sideline with “are you going home”, me yes, “wait 1 minute” ... me OK.

1 minute late someones bike comes out with the same rider that took Ellen away (but bought her back) :huh :eek1 :wink: and he had a spare helmet, jump on I will take you home he says.:clap

Well at about 3 something am with wobbly boots that seem to be out of balance (must get them checked) it was a great option.

Next day was a total rally and Buzios day, we had been invited to a bar b q at 1.00 pm just outa town which was cool.

Just on 9.00 am a big Harley dude the size of a dump truck came over and pointed to a gate and said breakfast is being served.... turns out that FREE breakfast is included with your FREE camping along with your FREE rally entry.... this is very different to what we are used to in New Zealand but were loving it as the rest of Brasil has been torturing our budget.....and will continue to.

The bar b q, it took a bit of finding cos the streets have no names but we found it eventually and enjoyed an afternoon of food and chats with the lads before heading back to the rally site.





Again back at the rally it was more chats photos, really neat meeting these guys, they are the same as Kiwis with their passion for motos.







We also had an interview with the guy who does all their video and TV stuff as he was interested in us, seems we were the only travellers there and we saw only one other KTM which was a white 990 adventure but was not at the rally itself, KTM here in Brasil has a very small following due to NO dealerships or parts so if something epic goes wrong with Maya we are ****ed.:eek1

Back to it, see this vid at 21 seconds and at 7 minutes for TMK TV special, we will be signing T shirts and baptizing babies next time.:rofl

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To finish this is the vid we made of our take on Buzios, all in all an epic weekend of coolness.

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A few misc pics, none really need explaining

Bloody Minimal Womans clothing



The cadillac bar



Some guys who need to learn how to ride



The food area, what a great setup



Corrected



Night Falcon, one for you mate!! ...put this into goooooogle translate :clap



Cool motos



Drunken bums



More interesting motos





12 Tenere with a BMW beek .. looks good I reckon



This was common sight to the two obvious aliens, onya guys you made us feel very welcome, sorry for the sea scud on the lense



After the rally we meet with Kamilla, a F800 GS riding Brasilian chickie ...:evil

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Looks brilliant ,so Brazil is expensive ? or just compared to other south American countries?anyhoo not much new here ,went to a car/bike show today some nice stuff there including a 1914 Triumph Junior .till next time YDF Noel

Heya Noel

Brazil is expensive, moving to European pricing, more expensive than the USA, a new KTM is $100,000.00 Reals so about $50,000.00 USD ... I think we might sell Maya here

BMW 12 LC $88,000.00 so about $44,000.00 USD.

Across the board it is spendie so yeah a bit of a budget beater, also it is husge, 32 x teh size of NZ so everything is a long way.

1914 Triumph ... beautiful, love the old dolls.

Cheers Andi

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Leaving Buzios after a cool moto petrol head weekend we headed to Kamillas mums place with a real bed, sheets and all the home comfys a tent does not offer … it was also quiet.:clap

Arriving at Kamillas we were welcomed in, set up and we unpacked the tent etc to dry out as we were given a superb afternoon.

Kamilla has a F 800 GS in white which she was busy paying lots of needed attention too giving it a big wash and polish.

Not just being able to stand around and watch I helped polish the bike too, nce to be able to help polish a bike that comes up nice, Maya does not have that redeeming feature and still looks a little more animal being used and dirty looking.

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I took the opportunity to do some minor cleaning and adjustments with a relaxing afternoon on the cards coupled with a bar b q and grog … perfect moto day.

The following day we rodeo Kamilla house in Novo Friburgo stopping by a lake that locals know of (we would have ridden straight past not knowing) to have fresh fish lunch.

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This was a 12 km dirt road in good mic other than some potholes, Kamilla had changed her springs out to lower her GS so this was the trial run which proved not so good with here forks bottoming out of some potholes and leaving the front suspension very doughy on the road.

This shook her confidence a bit and she still had her original springs at home. Once at her place and sorted I set too and changed her fork springs back to the std ones which is what she wanted, no point in waiting for the mechanic and in 15 minutes they were changed and done, I could not do the shock spring as we did not have a spring compressor.

Having our local tour guide on a shiny GS Kamilla took us on various back roads and small towns, her intention was to spend a few days riding north with us however a small family emergency finished that so we only had the one day to play.

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She led us to Duas Barrias where we enjoyed a nice lunch overlooking the valley, we than said goodbye to Kamilla and we stayed in town for the night, as she left the weather caved in and we were treated to a monty thunderstorm.

At the lunch spot

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Kamilla and Ellen relaxing in the hammocks

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Good day out cruising the back blocks, thanks you Kamilla :clap

A small home movie we made

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Nice shots as always ,so good to have some local help ,i really try hard to welcome travelers to my place ,i'm sure i get more out of the visits than they do .My last visitor was Belinda Sinclair (Belle) very good mate of Tiffany Coates ,English also ,she has just done Australia on a postie ,she has ridden all over the world ,very interesting lady .Anyhoo until next time YDF Noel