France Trip

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sfoley1 · #1 Post by **sfoley1** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:35 pm

Went to France last Saturday with 15 other bikes.

In amongst them were a couple of new Fireblades, ZX10R, 2 CBR600RR, Ducati 1098, GSXR1000, etc.

Me and the Falco were not put to shame.

What a ride, some superb roads, none of the group riding like pricks.

The bike got some strange looks when I arrived at the services on the A2 at 4.45am and no one had seen one before.

Once we stopped for coffee in France and I had kept up with the fast group there was a lot of positive comments and some suprised faces. They certainly all enjoyed the noise when I overtook them.

Best day on a bike I've ever had, 160 miles of grinning like a lunatic.

Here's a couple of pics.

Cheers

Simon

P.S Erm, how does one add pictures? Can I just attach from my 'My Pictures' folder like you would when emailing?

Syltiz · #2 Post by **Syltiz** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:45 pm

No - you have to have your pics hosted somewhere on the internet first. It free... just google picture hosting and select one of the providers.

finn · #3 Post by **finn** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:17 pm

excuse my lack of knowledge..but how does the road toll works in France. Am going to Cannes in a couple of weeks and have never been driving in France before.
Finn

sfoley1 · #4 Post by **sfoley1** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:33 pm

Finn

No idea. We stuck to A & B roads and didn't come across any tolls.

Cannes should be a great ride. Try getting off the motorways if you can, more fun and less gendarmie

fastasfcuk · #5 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:34 pm

just have plenty of loose change ready and easely accesable.just ride up to the gate and if you've got the right amount drop it in the shute.off you go.

Falcomille · #6 Post by **Falcomille** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:01 am

Finn.. if you are riding down to Cannes the fast way, then the best thing to do is use your credit card for the tolls, however, as this is the peak holiday period, be prepared for queues at the peage booths. If you are looking for a less-busy route, you could try the A75 via the Millau Viaduct, down to Montpellier, then travel round the coast to the Riviera.

finn · #7 Post by **finn** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:04 pm

Thanks for your replies. Im going the fast route and in car, no more 1 day 500+ trips on the bike for me this year...

FlyingKiwi · #8 Post by **FlyingKiwi** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:46 pm

Yeah I second the credit card method. Pick up a ticket at the start of each section, hand over the ticket and your card at the exits. easy peasy

sabestian · #9 Post by **sabestian** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:49 pm

WHERE ARE THOSE BLUDDY PICTURES?

sfoley1 · #10 Post by **sfoley1** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:46 pm

Here they are!!

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare ... =snapfish/

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:13 pm

sfoley1 wrote:Here they are!!

..... but can we see them without us all having to sign up to "snapfish" ??

Samray · #12 Post by **Samray** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:00 pm

Try here sfoley1 http://photobucket.com/

Link to your profile, blog or website*.
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sfoley1 · #13 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:35 am

not straight forward is it.

I'll try photobucket tonight.

It's going to be an anti climax after all this....

sfoley1 · #14 Post by **sfoley1** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:46 pm

and finally (drum roll)......

http://s592.photobucket.com/albums/tt6/sfoley1/

D-Rider · #15 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:18 pm

Samray wrote:If you include the IMG Code of each pic in a post they will show here.
What happened to the cibber?

A bit like the post above.

........ I wonder how that happened