A 1,500 mile trip from England to the Faro Rally in Portugal whilst re-enacting an alternative version of "Easy Rider". Blazing a trail across Spain and down the coast of the Algarve to Faro to mix it up with 30,000 other bikers...

the wheels

The legendary Honda C90 pizza delivery bike with a chopper styley makeover courtesy of some scaffold tubes and steel used for office partitioning! With an almighty 8 horsepower and speeds approaching 40mph the possibilities to look a complete tit were endless!!              Disapproving looks all round from Shirley Davidson riders...

the rules

All riders kitted up with comedy side burns, bandanas, skull rings, tattoos and of course the leather/denim combo. Looking more like the Hair Bear Bunch than the Wild Bunch we were officially the least frightening biker gang ever to roll in to town!! Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper would whimper uncontrollably at the sight!

difficulty rating

Er...an 8 foot long moped does not handle (at any speed) so gravel rash was compulsory. Not getting a kicking off the Hells' Angels was a bonus. At least there was no chance of getting stopped for speeding although if the Portuguese had a traffic offence of "riding and looking like a total nobber" then we were guilty as charged!

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