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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:16 am Pau...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_Grand_Prix

Yorick wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:23 am I've always set off with new tyres. One less thing to worry about.

Trinity765 wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:44 pm

Yorick wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:23 am I've always set off with new tyres. One less thing to worry about.

So do I but I am not sure it will be enough. Thinking about it, getting the ferry means it probably will. I will do da maths.

Yorick wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:47 pm

Trinity765 wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:44 pm

Yorick wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:23 am I've always set off with new tyres. One less thing to worry about.

So do I but I am not sure it will be enough. Thinking about it, getting the ferry means it probably will. I will do da maths.

I can get 2,000 miles out of my litre monster with a fat lad on board

Felix wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:39 pm Get a tyre in euroland. Might be cheaper anyway but if you have 5/600 miles left on your old one that is 5/600 miles before you need another when you get home

Trinity765 wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:50 pm

I'll have a fresh set when I leave home as no one likes the person who didn't bring enough rubber and everyone has to find something to do while they hunt around looking for one in their size and then skip around euphorically like they've found unicorn shite and waste a morning going to get it fitted (that story should be exaggerated if they own a KTM). I've decided not to panic as I've remember that they sell tyres in France and Spain and it won't be the end of the world.

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:45 am Fit Pirelli Angel GTs, I get 4000 miles out of a rear and the front has done over 6000 miles, a Street Triple is about the same weight and power as my GSX-S 750, just don't expect mega grip and feel from them.

G.P wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:55 am

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:45 am Fit Pirelli Angel GTs, I get 4000 miles out of a rear and the front has done over 6000 miles, a Street Triple is about the same weight and power as my GSX-S 750, just don't expect mega grip and feel from them.

Rich Llewellyn (of Louigi Moto fame) instructs at Castle Combe and occasionally Pembrey. one day at combe he had a Ducati ST2 with Pirelli Angels on it. Didn't seem to slow him down!

Trinity765 wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:10 am I finalised my trip details yesterday - booking the accommodation and so woke up thinking about it and getting excited. It's the usual excitement you get when you first book a trip, then you calm down for a couple of months and then you think "Fuck! It's next week!"

The plan is....

I'm travelling with a friend who I met on a Pyrenees trip five or six years ago and have kept in contact with. He's a great rider and easy going so I didn't hesitate when he suggested it for 2023.

We're getting the Portsmouth to Bilboa ferry in late June which is something that's been on my bucket list. It's a two night crossing so getting off of the ferry in the morning and riding to a hotel in Las Arenas, Pico's which is right in the heart of the mountains and close to the foot of the highest peak, Torre de Cerredo. We've got four nights there.

Then, a 350 mile hike to Laruns, France for six nights in the Pyrenees. Staying in an Airbnb, with a garage, that's almost on the town square so plenty of shops, bars and restaurants to work our way around. Most importantly, there's a boulangerie a couple of doors down that opens at 7am and a crêperie for an afternoon sugar hit if I need one

The ferry home from Bilboa is an early one so heading back the day before to spend a night in a hotel on the outskirts of town.

I haven't got a luggage solution for the bike yet - but being a speed triple there's a lot of choices - do I go modern/sporty or classic straps and buckles I'll also need some sort of a screen. I don't really have any decent motorcycle gear - it's all a bit old and scruffy so I need to decide what to get for the trip - I'm thinking that it could be really warm and it's a hot bike to ride.

Tyres may be an issue. I don't think I'll get much more than 2k out of a rear stock Metzeler Roadtech so may go with something less sporty however, I have already Googled tyre fitters near Laruns and there are six in the town of Pau which is 25 miles away

Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:29 pm

Trinity765 wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:10 am I finalised my trip details yesterday - booking the accommodation and so woke up thinking about it and getting excited. It's the usual excitement you get when you first book a trip, then you calm down for a couple of months and then you think "Fuck! It's next week!"

The plan is....

I'm travelling with a friend who I met on a Pyrenees trip five or six years ago and have kept in contact with. He's a great rider and easy going so I didn't hesitate when he suggested it for 2023.

We're getting the Portsmouth to Bilboa ferry in late June which is something that's been on my bucket list. It's a two night crossing so getting off of the ferry in the morning and riding to a hotel in Las Arenas, Pico's which is right in the heart of the mountains and close to the foot of the highest peak, Torre de Cerredo. We've got four nights there.

Then, a 350 mile hike to Laruns, France for six nights in the Pyrenees. Staying in an Airbnb, with a garage, that's almost on the town square so plenty of shops, bars and restaurants to work our way around. Most importantly, there's a boulangerie a couple of doors down that opens at 7am and a crêperie for an afternoon sugar hit if I need one

The ferry home from Bilboa is an early one so heading back the day before to spend a night in a hotel on the outskirts of town.

I haven't got a luggage solution for the bike yet - but being a speed triple there's a lot of choices - do I go modern/sporty or classic straps and buckles I'll also need some sort of a screen. I don't really have any decent motorcycle gear - it's all a bit old and scruffy so I need to decide what to get for the trip - I'm thinking that it could be really warm and it's a hot bike to ride.

Tyres may be an issue. I don't think I'll get much more than 2k out of a rear stock Metzeler Roadtech so may go with something less sporty however, I have already Googled tyre fitters near Laruns and there are six in the town of Pau which is 25 miles away

Oxford Aquabag 30lt
Rokstaps

Luggage sorted

Ditchfinder wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:24 pm Do those headers need polishing?