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D-Rider · #16 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:00 pm

blinkey501 wrote: I think the thought of faluoning a bike does appeal too.

Heretic !

........ we've not had a burning for a while ............

Aladinsaneuk · #17 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:24 pm

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i don't know, you bloody yorkshire men are so tight..... have you considered a shamble across the red sea?

DavShill · #18 Post by **DavShill** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:48 pm

Hi Jay - I bought a Tiger 1050 in September. 09 Plate with 7000 miles private buy at £5300. Fully loaded, heated grips, hand gaurds, race pipe, MRA screen and some other goodies.

Only done about 500 miles. But need to get some more under our belt in readiness for the France trip in July - with Jules.

So..... I really like it, very responsive through the gears, very very comfortable, makes a great noise, but certainly does not stir the spirit like the howling Falco.

When the weather breaks we'll hook up and you can have a ride on it.

#19 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:32 pm

DavShill wrote:Only done about 500 miles. But need to get some more under our belt in readiness for the France trip in July - with Jules.

Whereabouts in France are you headed for? We did a trip in July a couple of years back and it was HOT. Mind you - that sounds like heaven when you're stuck in freezing cold, snowy Blighty in March...

blinkey501 · #20 Post by **blinkey501** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:34 pm

DavShill wrote:
When the weather breaks we'll hook up and you can have a ride on it.

I would love to dave... Thanks

blinkey501 · #21 Post by **blinkey501** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:36 pm

D-Rider wrote:
blinkey501 wrote: I think the thought of faluoning a bike does appeal too.
Heretic !

........ we've not had a burning for a while ............

I thought of maybe fitting a pair of bars from an Habana custom to keep the aprilia theme

randomsquid · #22 Post by **randomsquid** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:45 pm

blinkey501 wrote:
I thought of maybe fitting a pair of bars from an Habana custom to keep the aprilia theme

Some off an Aprilia Red Rose would be comfier.

DavShill · #23 Post by **DavShill** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:27 pm

Mango - 12 days of bimbling through the Loire Valley - Rouen then Chartres, Bourges, Tours (taking in two stages of the Tour de France) then LeMans and up to Mont St Michelle, Deauville and La Toquet.

Also going to stop at Arras on day 1 to say hello to George (my grandmother's brother) who died at the battle of Arras in 19 16 - only 19 years old. It's an amazing cemetry - as well as the graves of the soldiers they recovered, there are the names of 35000 men on the memorial !!! Taskes your breath away.

Jay - catch up when the sun comes out mate.

D-Rider · #24 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:51 pm

DavShill wrote:Mango - 12 days of bimbling through the Loire Valley - Rouen then Chartres, Bourges, Tours (taking in two stages of the Tour de France)

I think that doing the Tour de France on a motorcycle may be classed as cheating - though given Lance Armstrong's history, a bit of extra help will probably not be held against you

blinkey501 · #25 Post by **blinkey501** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:48 pm

D-Rider wrote:
DavShill wrote:Mango - 12 days of bimbling through the Loire Valley - Rouen then Chartres, Bourges, Tours (taking in two stages of the Tour de France)
I think that doing the Tour de France on a motorcycle may be classed as cheating - though given Lance Armstrong's history, a bit of extra help will probably not be held against you

If I was on drugs I couldn't even find my bike never mind ride it

#26 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:50 pm

DavShill wrote:Mango - 12 days of bimbling through the Loire Valley - Rouen then Chartres, Bourges, Tours (taking in two stages of the Tour de France) then LeMans and up to Mont St Michelle, Deauville and La Toquet.

Also going to stop at Arras on day 1 to say hello to George (my grandmother's brother) who died at the battle of Arras in 19 16 - only 19 years old. It's an amazing cemetry - as well as the graves of the soldiers they recovered, there are the names of 35000 men on the memorial !!! Taskes your breath away.

Jay - catch up when the sun comes out mate.

Sounds luverley...

As you're not heading to the deep south, temps will probably be a bit easier to manage. I know it sounds weird worrying about high temperatures when we're freezing our bo**ocks off in a snowy English spring, but...

France is a great destination for bike-riding - fantastic roads, scenery and (normally) weather. And then you stop, and there's all that food and wine to explore...