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02-10-2019, 09:29 PM | #16 |
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There's all kind of adventures to be had out there depending on how long you've got and how much money you want to spend doing it and you don't need an 'Adventure bike' to do most of them- before they were invented people just went on whatever they rode.
Like many here, I too have done quite a lot of miles around Northern Europe on my Monster but this year instead took my Thundercat round Brittany but on either bike the French country roads are just luurrvely. Go old skool, get a map and pen out a route ay home before you go, don't stick too rigidly to it when you're there but avoid the tolls and motorways (unless you really want to cover big distances) and just enjoy the scenery and little towns and villages as you pass through them.
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02-10-2019, 10:45 PM | #17 |
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My first continental trip to Italy over 21 days was to Pisa, Florence. Sienna. Urbino, Orvietto, Venice, Lake Como and back via San Remo, Anency, Verdun and Arras - 2 up on a GS400 - and all via green routes on a Michelin map, virtually no Peage or motorways. best holiday I ever had.
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02-10-2019, 11:33 PM | #18 |
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Verdun- now there’s a very poignant place in History.
Sounds like the trip was amazing- I love hearing and reading about other people’s motorcycling travel stories.
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03-10-2019, 06:26 PM | #19 |
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That's a long way down !!
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03-10-2019, 08:47 PM | #20 |
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That trip has already been done
Having previously done the 'Long Way Round' too they're on the 'Long Way Up' now: https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/long-way-up-tv-/ And I guess by going electric this time it kind of proves that you really can tour on anything if you plan it well. But no matter where you go or how you get there it's always nice to get on two wheels at some point- this was Rhodes a few years ago when I hired an Aprilia Atlantic and scooted round the Island for a few days. But so much nicer when you do the whole journey by bike- back on the Monster and back in France: One of my favourite Blogs though is by Ed March who rides literally everywhere on his C90: https://c90adventures.co.uk/ Although it seems the Germans aren't happy that it might slow sales of GS's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOOT-T2gKo
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03-10-2019, 09:19 PM | #21 |
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I’ll definitely do an over-landing trip at some point. Spending months or even a year or two just travelling by bike is my big dream.
Look for a book called “in search of greener grass” cant mind the author Graeme something or other. Probably the best most realistic way to go about it, highlights some of the negatives too to give you a better idea than the ‘let’s do long way round’ nonsense. Also google mondo enduro and terra circa, they guys are proper hardcore. |
03-10-2019, 09:38 PM | #22 |
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Part of my trip over last weekend was around the Verdun area.
Over quite a few years I've been travelling along the western front on my bike. The Belgium front, followed by the British/ Empire lines. I'm now working my way along the American and French front On my way to Verdun, I stopped at a small but poignant ww1 cemetery called St Symphorien. Not only is it one of the few cemeteries with both British and German soldiers are laid to rest together. It's where the first and last British casualties from the conflict are buried. They were killed on the first and last day of the war. The cemetery has to be one of the most peaceful I have visited.
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03-10-2019, 09:52 PM | #23 | |
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Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa bring back great memories for me, they were always on really late (followed by a mad cooking program called 'Get Stuffed) watching them with my Dad when I lived at home. They were a bunch of school teachers on DR350's who set off for a round the world trip in the days before mobile phones and sat navs filming it all on Super 8- legends! I've met Austin Vince a few times since over the years- he's a funny bloke and worth seeking out if he's chatting about it all at one of the Motorcycle shows. My wife bought me Elspeth Beard's book 'Lone Rider' for my Birthday last year- that's worth a read (the photos are good too), she was 23 when she set off on her BMW R60/6 (which she still owns) back in 1982 to be the first British woman to ride around the World solo, again in the days before technology and dedicated 'Adventure Bikes'.
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04-10-2019, 09:33 AM | #24 |
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The big problem with the long way up and it's "green" electric bike ride is the support vehicles drink more fuel a day than a couple of proper bikes would have used for the entire trip.
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19-11-2019, 01:59 PM | #25 | |
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19-11-2019, 05:49 PM | #26 |
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Tour away
......so as we are neighbours we need to get together, yes to a tour or two, north coast of Scotland is a mega tour as a starter for ten but I would be up for Europe for sure , as grumpy says it's any accross the channel !
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19-11-2019, 07:24 PM | #27 | |
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There are a choice of routes around the UK of either 500 or 1000 miles in 24 hours. I considering joining in using the Scottish loop of 1000 miles. Otherwise I'm off into France over Easter travelling more of the WW1 lines around Verdun.
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24-11-2019, 06:38 PM | #28 |
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Been on several bike trips both solo and two up. Down to Florence on mostly B roads, another trip around the Mosel and last year into Germany on the Tuono
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25-11-2019, 08:08 PM | #29 |
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Like Grumpy, I am already at the planning stage for next year's trip having already booked the Portsmouth to Cherbourg ferry (Early bird prices) on a five day return at the end of June.
In addition to that I hope to do an overnight visiting Ypres for the Menin Gate service again plus here in the U.K, the usual camp over at a couple of BSB and Classic Racing rounds. Lets hope it's a looooong hot Summer!
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25-11-2019, 08:47 PM | #30 | |
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