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- Thread starter Kreeeee
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Say Hello to Papillon for me.
It looks like I'll never get to ask you what this means. Was it just a typo, someone well known in Switzerland, or did you know that was the nickname I have for my wife?
I hope you are at peace wherever you are, and the trip will go ahead in your honour.
Ride In Peace
Ahh it'll only be a v-twin model, I thought you wanted a V4?
Although at the moment you'll be outnumbered by 2 litre bikes and a 1300cc
Yeah the V4 is my preference, but the Twin is nice too and a lot cheaper!
On these roads a litre bike isn't an advantage as it's all about low weight. I do notice the power loss when I get to the 4km+ high places though which the litre bikes won;t suffer from as much.
Yeah I know it'd be fine, but all being well I won't be on the CBIt's fun keeping it above 7k rpm to keep it in the power but it does get a little tiresome sometimes, I noticed that with the many hairpins on the euro trip. With the luggage and coming out of slow corners up hill I'd have to wait for a few seconds before anything happened!
Remember on this tour, the five days of the "cloverleaf" tour will mostly start and end at the same point.
This means, unlike most Alpine tours, you get to spend a lot of it luggage free, or you just need a night's worth of pants/shirt/toiletries for the one night away.
Go for it, you do feel a drop in power but it's not a problem at all.
I have a friend who does some of the passes on a 50cc bike! We do have to wait for him at the end and it overheats a lot but he gets there
We won't be racing anyway, as that's not what group rides are about.
I have a friend who does some of the passes on a 50cc bike! We do have to wait for him at the end and it overheats a lot but he gets there
We won't be racing anyway, as that's not what group rides are about.
It's more a question of which bike I choose, common sense says the Caponord but I'm still not certain I can put up with the riding position unless I get my back problem sorted. OTOH it's a good excuse for some suspension upgrades
Is that a confirmed attendance?
Not at all!
If you're a little unsure I'd say get here before the Monday so you can join us on the earlier fun runs to get used to the mountains, but this is 100% open to all abilities.
Last weekend I did a run to Ticino (Italian border) which was 350kms there on Saturday and 350kms back on Sunday through nothing but mountain passes with a guy who had just got his first big bike. He had literally got it the day before the trip!
For his 18th birthday his mum got in touch with me to arrange the group trip with fellow YouTubers as a surprise present to go with the bike she got him (a CB500). She's an awesome mum!
Anyway, we had a big range of abilities and all it means is that the faster guys high five and circle jerk at the end of each mountain pass while waiting for the others. Everyone has a great time and rides within their abilities. We did have an issue with 10-feet of visibility for 40 minutes up one of the mountain passes so we all rode at 50km/h but it was all good.
The biggest concern is the journey to get to me as I cannot be with you for that, and it will either consist of mountain roads by yourself (not a problem at all for any ability if you take your time) or boring/difficult long stretches of motorway.
Edit: FYI commuters are always far and away the best riders even up the mountains. The track day/weekend warriors are all terrible up there!
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I'm going away in August but this 2017 trip cannot come fast enough I say
You coming anywhere near me?
I have added the full route for every day except the last one in the opening post. That was a pain!
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