My Birthday bash
I bashed the feck out of the bike and not me !!
Set off Thursday for the Pyrenees the north end ,South west of Pau just to have three
Days on the bike . Looked at the weather and camping went out the window , so a lot less gear to carry
340 odd Km later I hit the first of many tracks that I have plumbed into the GPS
I was so good that I had to go back along it and do it again ,witch meant I did it tree times
Lots of it was gravel so nice and fast
The next few track tuned out to be dead ends so as it was getting to the end of the day it was time to get ones head down . That’s when the heavens opened and after twenty minutes I took cover
Day two started bit misty but soon brightened up so it was off over the boarder into
Spain. Only one photo as the water had got into the camera
The day ended the same it pissed it down , but by then I was well sorted and trying to drink the bar dry !!
Day three from Spain back into France and home
I tend to enjoy myself and don’t stop to take photos but in this one you can see the tracks after I trued around to get the camera out
Then the last 10km on home turf , well you have to don’t you !!
Back home just over 1500km ,Not bad for a 48 year old fat fecker !!!
Yes lots of you would have seen this bike many times before , its now hiding in France
At the moment I have re-built the forks , Removed the wooden spacers
and that the last owner had out in !!(not Tim)
New chain and sprockets with the right gearing as it was well over geared when I got it (not Tim)
New chain guard as the last owner removed the one he had in the photo advertising it and put a bit of flimsy tin on (not Tim) Full service with new fuel filter.
Have been over every nut and bolt for my own piece of mind !!!
Hopefully its of to Morocco in November and then I will have to put right the paint work as some one did a bad DIY SOS on it .In Fact the paint was sill wet when I got it home to France . Never buy a bike off of PC Plod at 1.30 am !! Hay I knew what I was buying
I bashed the feck out of the bike and not me !!
Set off Thursday for the Pyrenees the north end ,South west of Pau just to have three
Days on the bike . Looked at the weather and camping went out the window , so a lot less gear to carry
340 odd Km later I hit the first of many tracks that I have plumbed into the GPS
I was so good that I had to go back along it and do it again ,witch meant I did it tree times
Lots of it was gravel so nice and fast
The next few track tuned out to be dead ends so as it was getting to the end of the day it was time to get ones head down . That’s when the heavens opened and after twenty minutes I took cover
Day two started bit misty but soon brightened up so it was off over the boarder into
Spain. Only one photo as the water had got into the camera
The day ended the same it pissed it down , but by then I was well sorted and trying to drink the bar dry !!
Day three from Spain back into France and home
I tend to enjoy myself and don’t stop to take photos but in this one you can see the tracks after I trued around to get the camera out
Then the last 10km on home turf , well you have to don’t you !!
Back home just over 1500km ,Not bad for a 48 year old fat fecker !!!
Yes lots of you would have seen this bike many times before , its now hiding in France
At the moment I have re-built the forks , Removed the wooden spacers
and that the last owner had out in !!(not Tim) New chain and sprockets with the right gearing as it was well over geared when I got it (not Tim)
New chain guard as the last owner removed the one he had in the photo advertising it and put a bit of flimsy tin on (not Tim) Full service with new fuel filter.
Have been over every nut and bolt for my own piece of mind !!!
Hopefully its of to Morocco in November and then I will have to put right the paint work as some one did a bad DIY SOS on it .In Fact the paint was sill wet when I got it home to France . Never buy a bike off of PC Plod at 1.30 am !! Hay I knew what I was buying
