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Well sort of touring
Andy and myself had 3 days up in Moffat for no other reason than we fancied it
Things i have learned from 720 miles in 3 days ( no great shakes i know)
The Hyper is a great touring bike as long as you keep off motorways as they become tiresome at over 80 without a screen
The fuel range is not as bad as i thought as i was comfortably managing at least 12o miles between fill ups and even then only getting 12 litres into the 16 L tank
Luggage space is very limited, I used a Kriega US20 and a tank bag and packed light which is good as it really makes you think about what you actually need to take
It was comfy and rapid
I have had a ball on it
At Portpatrick
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St Marys loch
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My partner in crime on his German thing
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Andy and myself had 3 days up in Moffat for no other reason than we fancied it
Things i have learned from 720 miles in 3 days ( no great shakes i know)
The Hyper is a great touring bike as long as you keep off motorways as they become tiresome at over 80 without a screen
The fuel range is not as bad as i thought as i was comfortably managing at least 12o miles between fill ups and even then only getting 12 litres into the 16 L tank
Luggage space is very limited, I used a Kriega US20 and a tank bag and packed light which is good as it really makes you think about what you actually need to take
It was comfy and rapid
I have had a ball on it
At Portpatrick
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmidgley/36337957592/in/datetaken-public/" title="Italian loveliness at Portpatrick"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/36337957592_3a193e21a5_z.jpg" width="516" height="640" alt="Italian loveliness at Portpatrick"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
St Marys loch
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmidgley/35697579063/in/datetaken-public/" title="Molte Bella"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4438/35697579063_5810a8421e_z.jpg" width="640" height="404" alt="Molte Bella"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
My partner in crime on his German thing
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmidgley/36109530650/in/datetaken-public/" title="Andy On his german thing"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4359/36109530650_b3e5d21f89_z.jpg" width="640" height="577" alt="Andy On his german thing"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>