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Ses doesn’t look too happy in the last picture. Good job we got him an ice cream before we had a diva moment!
Oddly enough I am free in the afternoon for a bit too if you fancy a 50 mile loop?
Ohh! We will have to share thoughts
He rides a GS too so you could chat about part numbers and stuff…
“OOOH! That’s part number 81937283J, which is much better since they changed from part number 81937273J when they only had a c-clip ring!”
As we are giving ourselves a bit more time to prepare we are going to try and find somewhere to mount the gopro. I am thinking tucked up in the space where the headlight goes.
September’s BMF tailend is approaching, and instead of leaving it till the last minute we are starting work….. at some point in August!
Jokes aside, just ordered a few bits for the ped.
New main jets for the carb to reduce the fuel mix.
New sparkplugs because we burnt out the last one within 10 Km! (True story) and used 2 litres of fuel in the process
New brakes… well… because they are useful
New air filter because the last one was crap
New rollers to make the ped pick up quicker of the chicanes (hopefully)!Not expecting much this time round, Saturday will consist of me plus a novice rider, and lets face it, Sunday is back to a standard rider line up but we came pretty much last in May’s event so a good final position isn’t going to be very high.
We have got a couple of different tires to test and the new jets have 10 different size options.
I ordered 4 sparkplugs so if we trash one we can just swap it. Hopefully looking at extra front wheels so we can change tires during the race. September is going to be a test run for next year.
Fingers crossed!
Yeah the brummie lads ended up a two brummie lads. Last I saw thumper he had took the wrong exit out of Oxford services and was headed the wrong way!
Great trip!
As requested, I couldn’t ride my motorbike that high up and not get the correct altitude! Although for the record the slight downfall of the only carb mixed bike in the group at that altitude meant the throttle had only 3 settings, flat out, sluggish and kangaroo hop.
a glimpse behind the scenes of our photos, and the rapidly catching German officer pose, although all it needs is a yellow ticket on the screen and there would be completely different meaning.
This was a great day, loved it. Confidence inspiring grippy roads, nice weather and amazing views (again), as I think back its funny but as humans we seem to adjust to our surrounding very easily. Incredible views that you just won’t see anywhere north of say Toulouse (!) just become ‘another mountain’ or ‘another valley’.
“oh look another fresh water lake 1500metres above sea level, with a snow topped mountain in the background”
Yawn!
When we stopped at the ski station however I managed to grab ‘the’ satnav photo
Haven’t ridden the bike that hard for a while, probably since my Switzerland trip a few years ago. UK roads just don’t openly offer what we had here. I love the tight technical stuff, probably more than the fast sweepers, but it’s a matter of taste I guess.
Back at base camp, I think we filled the recycling bag about 3 or 4 times in the 6 days we were there, I am sure we filled it full on one night alone!
