Paging the European tourers (again)
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From: sleazy on 2 Aug 2010 04:57 On 2010-08-02 03:37:30 -0400, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> said: > On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:33:56 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> How'd the GS work out for you in Europe, T? �I followed along a bit on >>> your blog, but it was mostly your travel impressions. �Only another 10 >>> months for my turn on the Continent. >> >> The GS was perfect, flawless. Well, except for chewing up tires too >> frequently. And the ridiculously tiny tank... > > This is a BMW G/S, yes? Tiny tank?!?!?!? He owns an ST1300 (7.1 gal?) back in the States. The standard GS tank is smaller. OTOH, my GSA tank is huge at 8.3 gallons. -- sleazy
From: Colin Irvine on 2 Aug 2010 05:22 On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:33:56 -0700 (PDT), Thomas squeezed out the following: >One problem I'm working on is the gas situation in France (among other >places.) More and more gas stations are switching to 24/7 credit card >only operation, but US cards don't work on them. More than once, I had >to take wide detours to find gas, and then have to talk a local into >letting me rent their card. Something to think about. We're spending September in Canada, and plan to use a pre-paid card from Travelex - which can be topped up online. It might pay you to do the same thing in Euros. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Thomas on 2 Aug 2010 05:35 On Aug 2, 12:37 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:33:56 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <keens...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> How'd the GS work out for you in Europe, T? I followed along a bit on > >> your blog, but it was mostly your travel impressions. Only another 10 > >> months for my turn on the Continent. > > >The GS was perfect, flawless. Well, except for chewing up tires too > >frequently. And the ridiculously tiny tank... > > This is a BMW G/S, yes? Tiny tank?!?!?!? No matter what I did, I couldn't put 18 liters in the tank. Some Harley Sportsters have bigger tanks, fer cryin out loud. And this bike is supposed to go around the world? I averaged <173 miles per tank and never got as much as 200 miles on a tank. One of the mods I'm considering is a swap to the Adventure tank, but the kit costs ~$1500 and it's a major job to do the change.
From: darsy on 2 Aug 2010 05:39 On Jul 30, 7:28 pm, TD <topper.dog...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Pescara Brindisi 263 4 Pescara is awful. I had the worst pizza in my entire life in Pescara. Brindisi has a lot of shoe shops, though as you of course know, it's main point of existing is the ferry terminal. -- d.
From: Champ on 2 Aug 2010 06:08
On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:22:39 +0100, Colin Irvine <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:33:56 -0700 (PDT), Thomas squeezed out the >following: > >>One problem I'm working on is the gas situation in France (among other >>places.) More and more gas stations are switching to 24/7 credit card >>only operation, but US cards don't work on them. More than once, I had >>to take wide detours to find gas, and then have to talk a local into >>letting me rent their card. Something to think about. >We're spending September in Canada, and plan to use a pre-paid card >from Travelex - which can be topped up online. It might pay you to do >the same thing in Euros. You can, and I almost posted the same response to Thomas - I've got a prepaid Euro Travelex card, which has a PIN and works with automated fuel pumps in France. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |