RSV`s on tour...

pat said:

they sure are ,get yerself up here in the spring/summer ,we'll go for a blast roon the argyll nurburgring,lol

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Definetly Mate sounds like a plan :thumbup

I fitted all the windows & Curtain Walling Screens at the new School in Lochgilphead a few years back, rode my old Fazer Thou from Glasgow over the Rest through Inverary every day, bloody brilliant!!

Well I'm off to do the Stelvio pass in Italy again, 9 days, fantastic roads and 2,507 miles all together. Fooken knackered when I got back though. Only booked the first and last nights hotel, just winged it from there.

Heres the route we took last June:-
Gateshead
Dover >Calais
Reims, France - 1st Night stop
Bar-le-duc, France
Gerardmer, France – 2nd Night stop
Through Switzerland: (Basel> Lucerne> Altdorf>Andermatt> via Furka Pass to Brig> Simplon Pass)
Stresa, Italy – 3rd Night stop
>Maccagno, via what we nick named Wasp Hill to Piazzogna in Switzerland. (Amazing road)
Gravedona, Italy – 4th Night stop
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Livigno, Italy
Sta. Maria Val Mustair, Switzerland
Stelvio, Italy
Resia, Italy – 5th Night stop
Nauders, Austria
Landeck, Austira
St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria
Feldkirch, Austria
Bregenz, Austria
Tuttlingen, Germany – 6th Night stop
Titisee,:devious Germany
Following the most excellent B500, through the Black Forrest to Baden-Baden, Germany
Hagenau, France – 7th Night stop
Nancy, France
Bar-le-duc, France
Reims, France – 8th Night stop
Calais >Dover
Gateshead

Wow that does sound like a mission. How much did that lot end up costing??

SteveR said:

Wow that does sound like a mission. How much did that lot end up costing??

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Including travel insurance, bike recovery insurance, ferries, petrol, food, hotels, toll fees, some where around £900.

Expensive? Yes, but soooooooo worth it. Once you have been you want to go back again and again.

Thats good to be fair. thought would be more. Reckons spoonz may have sold me on the pyranees...

Few piccies....

Gerardmer France


Switzerland


Furkha pass



Lake Como, Italy


Onway up to the top of Stelvio Pass


And the view at top of Stelvio looking towards Austria

That last photo looks immense, Millie's will love that, think I'm headin abroad this summer

huggydave said:

That last photo looks immense, Millie's will love that, think I'm headin abroad this summer

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Do it Dave. Not just the roads but attitude towards bikes in general is better. :thumbup I love it!

Ian03
Cool pics man. Get any action shots? I always regretted we didnt get more when we went to france! But we only had phones. And the only day we did do action pics was the day I had to get new tires in france. Got a dodgy batch of pirellis that were shockingly bad, runined the last days riding, but..
Still heres a couple of pics and a vid..
(the vid was on my original tires, the day before and can be viewed in 720p :devious )





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C45ceOVjhUk

Scotland in May 4 days

Best of the alps tour in September (first time on the mille) 7 days





All ready to go not sure about the arrow race can though

steveR & ian03

Some of those pics look familiar to me
Great roads

done france couple of times
great couple of stretches just off the ferry

2009 i went to monza for the wsb with 5 other lads , a totally amazing trip
pretty sure i still got the route somewhere
few places we did if i remember right
simplon pass,
montreaux
lake como
besancson
nancy
st moritz
moto guzzi factory
to name but a few

Those pics at the very beginning of the thread....kinda looks familiar...is it the road from Sangette to Wissant?

Tifa said:

Those pics at the very beginning of the thread....kinda looks familiar...is it the road from Sangette to Wissant?

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Yep 10 points. You ridden it?

SteveR said:

Yep 10 points. You ridden it?

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Yeah baby......!!! Three or four times.

'Tis a corker of a road that, but them there hairpins can't 'half catch you out if you're not on top of it...:lol

Thats the road I started this thread about. Just pop over to france for even just the day. Rid that a few times with some refreshements and banter either end. Would be a good day I reckon!

Sounds fantastic, but the 'sarf coast & LeChunnel are nearly 300 miles away from me, if I was down your end of the country, I'd be there every weekend I could manage it...

I go down with a few of the 'eurohooners' of AF1, traditionally, it's the last proper rip of the season, just before the clocks go back. We go down to Honfleur for the night, (just south of LeHarve) have a good meal, loads of wine, shoot the ****, and come back the next day...the ride home for me is just under 600 miles...so it's a longish day. Well worth it though.
We used to all ride Tuono's, but these days there's a few of the softies riding.....dare I say it.....

GS's & Guzzies... :lol