We stayed near Interlaken a couple of weeks ago on a bike tour & I have to say the scenery was so beautiful I didn't mind riding slowly for a few days. We were lucky with the weather, apparently yesterday Grimsel, Furka, Nufenen & many more passes were closed following serious flooding &...

Good read, I like a nice watch & have a couple of vintage ones from Rolex & Omega.

I was also a bit disappointed my Ducati didn't have clock so I improvised

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Just got back from our 2023 road trip & I have to say I had no idea how wonderful Germany would be, I always thought of it a bit like Belgium - a place you ride through to get somewhere else. But no, the area around Cochem was picture postcard pretty & then down south near Baden Baden it was...

I've got a 2009 1200 GS which I really should sell, but I'm quite attached to it. They do that to you. I "replaced" it with a 2017 R1200RS which has a night & day better LC engine. I would have bought another GS but the RS was about £1500 less than the same year GS, so it was a money t...

Nice 300 mile round trip on Monday with some mates to Dartmooor, then Slapton Sands, Dartmouth for lunch & back home to Wiltshire for birthday

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The cost of accommodation, bike hire for 3 days & kit was about £875 Two of our group were novices to off road riding & found the trails we went on fine but challenging in a few places. Yorick there are trails everywhere & I'm sure Dave would take great pleasure in taking you on some &qu...

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Just got back from three days trail riding in the Matarrana District of Spain which is 2 & a bit hours away from Barcelona airport in a racing hire car. Three of us booked with https://www.trailbiketours.com/ The proprietor Dave is a laid back ex pat Scott who lives in a traditional old property...

Sorry I missed the last one, so I very much hope I can bring myself & the Wiltshire mob along to this years extravaganza. Once the date has been confirmed I'll see who's free.

6 of us were in the Pyrenees last year & we based ourselves in Tarbes, which was a great location for riding into the mountains each day. From what you say the place I found might be too big for you & also with a 10 minute walk to bars & restaurants perhaps too far for your friend but it...

I did an off road training day in a Somerset quarry earlier in the year & at lunchtime local pro rider Charlie Frost did a demo for us on his Beta 300 2 stroke. I couldn't believe the climbs he was doing in 2nd & 3rd gear on that thing, some of them looked nearly vertical to me :crazy: It wa...

Impressive garage @McSatan, I think you need get some more boots though

Just seen this too... To add to G.Ps comments I would say that the Superlight is a lovely bike to ride but it's an ancient design compared to bikes like the Honda SP & now they are fetching strong money you really do have to "get it". Which I do. In terms of value a mate paid £8k for a...

G.P wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:35 pm Happy new bike mate.
I had fun chasing you on the R1100S around france on my VFR a few years ago, looking forward to chasing you on this on my Tiger at the end of the Month!

That was a great trip 2014 wow!

Ready to leave for home from the Lot valley

Nice! You say it has ESA - is that just the adjustable suspension, or the fully active kit? The one I rode with fully active was probably the best cross-country bike I'd ever ridden. Apart from the fact that the automatic suspension din't engage below 40mph and the forks just became 'floppy/bouncy'...

Looks like a tourer, not a sports tourer. https://www.webbikeworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bmw-f-800-gs-yellow-right-10.jpg OK, STs rather than RS ;) R1100S, I've owned one of those, comfy & surprisingly fast . I've also had an R1200S surprisingly uncomfy & fast, there must be someth...