well it started like this. 2 days before we left i decided to fit a set of untried and untested carbs from a sprint to me bike. for once, everythin went as it was sposed to, apart from one small float problem everythin worked time to load it up then. max weight a tiger can carry is 180kg inc rider, pillion and luggage. well in our gear me n Caminski are bout 15 kilos over that so a good start then. after packin up the bike looked like this
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so we was bout 45-50kg over weight. oh well, off we go. was a bloody windt ride to harwich from yarmouth n with all that weight on the back it made the front feel like it was on icey ball bearins. jus a touch arse clenchin, spesh on roundabouts
made it safe to the ferry, god knows how we got there. then we got given a bed for the bike and a bed for us. thankfully not in the same place.
camilla was chuffed we made it to the boat alive
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and i was less impressed with the ride down than i thought id be
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after 18 hours on a boat we finally made it to Denmark, look a zzr 600 with a dodgey lookin plate on it
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after a while of ridin and loosin feelin in legs bums n nuts. (too much luggage not enough space) we pulled over for some grub. no piccys of the grub tho, jus a pic of the bike
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after grub we left and went the last it of the way home. was lovely weather, big wide A roads with sweepin bends and not much reason to slow down to under 80. lots of bikes to over take too. they all ride legally here, i must remember those speed limit signs are in kmh not mph was fuckin great. best bit was, apart from gettin home, was even with all that crap on the bike, it still managed to get 45mpg result
whoops, jus seen i posted this in the wrong area. can it be moved ? thanks :D
Very amusing post. It made for a good read :)
It must have been very interesting stopping at lights and such.
was ok stoppin at lights and junctions, just planned emwell in advance. the fun part came at roundabouts and slow movin speeds. :shock: thought i was gunna topple more than once. gettin off the ferry wernt fun either. was a metal loadin ramp :doubt goin up onto the ferry was ok. comin out of it in a slow movin traffic jam was bloody scarey
good to see you got it there! 8)
I presume the throwovers were ok next to the pipes, or did you have something in between them?
cheers neil. they were fine mate. had nuffin between em. got left with 1 small heat induced pressure scar but nuffin that looks like itll bust soon
Brilliant, well done :shock: I found the solution to light front end with the Vara - big tank bag, stop at B&Q medium sack of gravel :lol: no seriously, I always thought it was a bit poseurish some of my mates carrying their tool rolls on racks in front of the faring on their Africa Twins, I found out why!
Glad you got home OK though, steel chequer plate is not a nice place to take a nap.