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motoman
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Euro Jaunt... Reply with quote
I made it! unscathed.
Sunday- 482 miles to Canterbury Travelodge , where i noticed a loose engine mount bolt with no tool to tighten it ! wandered round service area asking random people if they had a big allen key . no luck till a nice RAC man fixing someones car loaned me a key to tighten it.result.
Monday- 663 miles. nip down to Dover for ferry to Calais.met Bill on a Harley on ferry advised me to avoid Paris peripherique so i went Calais-Rouen-Evreux-Chartres-Orleans-Limoges and on to Montauban where i found a Premiere Classe Hotel for the night.
Tuesday-278 miles.left Montauban passed Toulouse (filtered passed Toulouse in morning rush hour!)and on to Foix to Ax-les-Thermes to N152 Bourg Madame to Ripoll road.


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and on to Sitges ,just south of Barcelona.

went to gp Sat and Sun...
click on first 3,are video clips.
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Tuesday-600 miles.left Sitges for BV4241 Berga to Organya road
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then on to Adrall then the N145 to Andorra, up one side and down the other
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back on the N20 / A20 to Vierzon.

Wednesday-820 miles(read 820 miles)left Vierzon at 2.30 am (French time)straight up to Paris and on to Calais , straight on ferry to Dover . M20-M25-M11-A1/M1 -A66 -M6 -M74 and on to Ayr for 6 pm.
yes i'm sore,and no i won't do that many miles in one day again.
total 3030 miles.

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Nb
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PostPosted: 12:08 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like you had an excellent trip. Very Happy Is that bike a moto guzzi?
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PostPosted: 14:40 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool, looks like you managed a decent trade-off between munching the miles and fun riding on smaller twisty mountain roads Thumbs Up If you did the same again, would you take the direct ferry to Bilboa/Santander? Whilst it feels like a great achievement to ride all the way down, I'm now forming the opinion the time and petrol could be better spent once down there in Spain.

Great photos as well, has reminded me how fantastic the scenery is over there. Now I need to rethink my list of possible tours for next year Thinking
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PostPosted: 16:10 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
those roads look amazing Very Happy

what camera are you using?
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motoman
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PostPosted: 17:18 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
the bike is a Moto Guzzi Breva 1100,had it 18 months( over 10 000 miles) and has been faultless.this 3000 mile trip averaged about 52 mpg.90 mph is 5000 rpm.such an easy bike to ride.
i did have the bilbao ferry booked in january but was cancelled and other sailings didnt suit hotel dates and i fancied the challenge.next time will be santander/bilbao ferry or more time to cover france.
the camera is an olympus mini digital 4 mp.i'm no photographer just took it out tank bag,point,click and on my way,surprised myself how well they turned out !
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PostPosted: 19:10 - 16 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice photos and WOW.. smooth roads that look rideable all day!

Noticed some English and Scottish flags on one/some of the photos too. Do you see a lot of bikes making the route back to Calais on the way back?
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PostPosted: 07:27 - 18 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice pics Thumbs Up looks like you had a really good seat for the gp as well!

Nath wrote:
would you take the direct ferry to Bilboa/Santander?...I'm now forming the opinion the time and petrol could be better spent once down there in Spain


I dunno... I have to ride up to the UK this week and my initial plan was to take a ferry from bilbao/santander but its not cheap, I think the quote I got was 300 euros or thereabouts whereas the dover to calais costs more like 35 euros, france is about 700 miles lengthwise so with the hornet that should cost me under 100 euros in fuel (100ish miles to a tank, about 12-14 euros to fill up) and gives me maybe 2 days of fun riding rather than 24 hours of boring overnight ferry crossing.
I guess if you consider others expenses (food, formula une motels etc) it winds up being closer in costs... but I'd prefer to be riding, although if its as part of a bigger tour I can see why you'd want to save energy and tyres for the rest of the trip Thumbs Up
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