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From: Tim on 2 May 2010 14:46 In message <vn10b7-2ir.ln1(a)news.rosbif.org>, Cab <me(a)privacy.net> writes >Oh, I'm back. Well, I've been back home for the last 90 mins or so, but reality >caught up with me, so I couldn't do the traditional first back home post >straight away. > Very nice weekend as Cab noted. Home and drying off kit which didn't leak, thanks HG. The M20 from Dover to Maidstone was fun if you like horizontal rain. -- Tim
From: Salad Dodger on 2 May 2010 14:49 On Sun, 2 May 2010 19:46:32 +0100, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <vn10b7-2ir.ln1(a)news.rosbif.org>, Cab <me(a)privacy.net> writes >>Oh, I'm back. Well, I've been back home for the last 90 mins or so, but reality >>caught up with me, so I couldn't do the traditional first back home post >>straight away. >> >Very nice weekend as Cab noted. Home and drying off kit which didn't >leak, thanks HG. The M20 from Dover to Maidstone was fun if you like >horizontal rain. Linda said it was raining, but I didn't notice :)
From: The Older Gentleman on 2 May 2010 15:09 Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2 May 2010 19:46:32 +0100, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> > wrote: > > >In message <vn10b7-2ir.ln1(a)news.rosbif.org>, Cab <me(a)privacy.net> writes > >>Oh, I'm back. Well, I've been back home for the last 90 mins or so, but reality > >>caught up with me, so I couldn't do the traditional first back home post > >>straight away. > >> > >Very nice weekend as Cab noted. Home and drying off kit which didn't > >leak, thanks HG. The M20 from Dover to Maidstone was fun if you like > >horizontal rain. > > Linda said it was raining, but I didn't notice :) I have to say the K keeps a lot of the rain off as long as you're moving at 40+, and shrugs off sidewinds. I got wetter waiting in the interminable queue for passport control at Calais. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 2 May 2010 16:31 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > >I got wetter waiting in the interminable queue for passport control at >Calais. There was a queue? You should have been there earlier. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: The Older Gentleman on 2 May 2010 16:39
Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older > Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > > > >I got wetter waiting in the interminable queue for passport control at > >Calais. > > There was a queue? You should have been there earlier. We caught the 3.30pm boat. We were going to autoroute it all the way, but as the weather wasn't bad at all, we stuck to main roads, until we got a bit mislaid near Arras, and then took the autoroute. And half an hour away from Calais, the heavens opened. Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of 55mpg (gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg (two-up into the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). It likes smooth bends, and I managed to scrape it on one left-hander. Throw some bumps in, thought, and it does start to move about a bit. Still, for a 17 year-old tourer, it does bloody well. But I hear that Triumph is working on a new Trophy model.... -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |