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We had three fantastic riding days in Northern France. It rained most of the time but the company was so good it didn't matter. Didn't get any real opportunity to shoot pics as we were too concerned about into the dry, warm cafe's :
We went via the Channel Tunnel .... nice piece of engineering that. The exulted company was three GSA's (2 x 2011's, 1 x 2009), Warrior ???, V Strom, FZ1. Note, one of the GSA's had TKC's freshly applied and it did not like the wet conditions one bit.
This was outside our hotel 8)
We pitched up in Rouen just as a bike protest kicked off. The feds had obviously been told to go easy on the protesters as they were allowing crazy shenanigans like burn outs, wheelies, stoppies and loud bursts from unrestricted pipes. It was kinda different ... we found a cafe and watch with great interest. They reckon over one hundred thousand bikes took part in Northern France
Swag's machine waiting patiently for the train through the tunnel
The company
Those GSA's don't hang about ....
We only did about 850 miles but it was well worth the effort. You'll be pleased to know that the XT1200Z never missed a beat although somewhere along the line the plug to front brake lever switch came adrift causing some concern to the followers .... the comment was 'Jeez you have amazing bike control you don't ever seem to touch the brakes when charging through roundabouts' ??? .... actually I do and I don't )
Riding at circa 4.5K RPM you're doing 85/90 mph .... getting better than 175 miles to the tank.
We saw a lot of the old WWI & II cemeteries. I'm going back in a little while to visit them properly and to pay my respects. I also want to visit the beaches and the fortifications whilst I'm at it.
Whoops .... wife's just got back and I'm s'possed to be doing something else :
We went via the Channel Tunnel .... nice piece of engineering that. The exulted company was three GSA's (2 x 2011's, 1 x 2009), Warrior ???, V Strom, FZ1. Note, one of the GSA's had TKC's freshly applied and it did not like the wet conditions one bit.
This was outside our hotel 8)
We pitched up in Rouen just as a bike protest kicked off. The feds had obviously been told to go easy on the protesters as they were allowing crazy shenanigans like burn outs, wheelies, stoppies and loud bursts from unrestricted pipes. It was kinda different ... we found a cafe and watch with great interest. They reckon over one hundred thousand bikes took part in Northern France
Swag's machine waiting patiently for the train through the tunnel
The company
Those GSA's don't hang about ....
We only did about 850 miles but it was well worth the effort. You'll be pleased to know that the XT1200Z never missed a beat although somewhere along the line the plug to front brake lever switch came adrift causing some concern to the followers .... the comment was 'Jeez you have amazing bike control you don't ever seem to touch the brakes when charging through roundabouts' ??? .... actually I do and I don't )
Riding at circa 4.5K RPM you're doing 85/90 mph .... getting better than 175 miles to the tank.
We saw a lot of the old WWI & II cemeteries. I'm going back in a little while to visit them properly and to pay my respects. I also want to visit the beaches and the fortifications whilst I'm at it.
Whoops .... wife's just got back and I'm s'possed to be doing something else :