Just a quickie to say another pleased WCer after returning 2,650 miles door-to-door from it's first proper outing.
I had around 700 miles on the old girl before disappearing with Horizon Motorcycle Tours http://www.horizonmotorcycletours.co.uk/ on their Mountains All The Way Tour staying in France and Switzerland though we ventured into Italy on some of the passes. 2 night stop overs on the 11 day trip in Reckingen (Switzerland), Menton (France, right on the med close to Italy) and Annecy (France) allowed for a restbite and some medicinal fun see below
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The success of these trips is always driven by the bike, roads, weather and people and I lucked in with all 4 though riding in high 30C's in a boil-in-the-bag 2-piece goretex suit wasn't great. The routes they provided were blinders with plenty of roads I've never ridden before and I even went back to ride some of the passes on my own catching up the group later in the day as they were that good.
I had some nagging concerns because of the issues some have suffered with but I needn't have worried as the bike performed faultlessly. The gearbox was fine out of the box but now feels even looser and the suspenders are now very plush. I decided about half way thru the trip I preferred Dynamic power and medium suspension to cater for the average long day across very varied road surfaces. I've toured a bunch of times on GS's and though never found the handling lacking I enjoyed having the additional power on tap. Like most I don't like to hang about unnecessarily and the extra shove was a real bonus when you wanted to play. The WC held it's head high amongst a bunch of varied and capable bikes. Only a mere pup with 3,500 miles on the clock, but nonetheless very pleased with the old girl. She even scrubs up nicely after being around the block a few times
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Had a chance to try this in Annecy. Amazing taking off from a mountain and gaining another 1500ft from thermals before coming down across the lake from 4,000ft.
And chuffed to bits I finally managed to get here.
I had around 700 miles on the old girl before disappearing with Horizon Motorcycle Tours http://www.horizonmotorcycletours.co.uk/ on their Mountains All The Way Tour staying in France and Switzerland though we ventured into Italy on some of the passes. 2 night stop overs on the 11 day trip in Reckingen (Switzerland), Menton (France, right on the med close to Italy) and Annecy (France) allowed for a restbite and some medicinal fun see below
. The success of these trips is always driven by the bike, roads, weather and people and I lucked in with all 4 though riding in high 30C's in a boil-in-the-bag 2-piece goretex suit wasn't great. The routes they provided were blinders with plenty of roads I've never ridden before and I even went back to ride some of the passes on my own catching up the group later in the day as they were that good.
I had some nagging concerns because of the issues some have suffered with but I needn't have worried as the bike performed faultlessly. The gearbox was fine out of the box but now feels even looser and the suspenders are now very plush. I decided about half way thru the trip I preferred Dynamic power and medium suspension to cater for the average long day across very varied road surfaces. I've toured a bunch of times on GS's and though never found the handling lacking I enjoyed having the additional power on tap. Like most I don't like to hang about unnecessarily and the extra shove was a real bonus when you wanted to play. The WC held it's head high amongst a bunch of varied and capable bikes. Only a mere pup with 3,500 miles on the clock, but nonetheless very pleased with the old girl. She even scrubs up nicely after being around the block a few times
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Had a chance to try this in Annecy. Amazing taking off from a mountain and gaining another 1500ft from thermals before coming down across the lake from 4,000ft.
And chuffed to bits I finally managed to get here
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whilst keeping everything I need for the hotel incl toiletries in a 30 ltr waterproof bag strapped (Rok strapped) on the rear seat. Enough space for a 12 day trip.
