Seven weeks in Spain and Portugal

[JohnnyBoxer]

It’s a well sorted 1100 with ungraded suspension etc and an owner who knows his bike very well inside an out through many long distance adventures, what’s on the clock now something around 103.000 miles, as they say, sure only just about broken in now
Do you ride with the spots on during the day ?
Would be interested to see if you get any hassle from the Spanish Police over the trip. I have always ridden with spots on in Spain and Portugal and never had any hassle but recently heard of more people being pulled and fined over having them on when no fog about. Could be the usual internet crap but always good to hear it from personal experience.

That’s why I still enjoy travelling/touring on my 1150’s - capable and enjoyable, perfectly set up for me (seat/screen/suspension & luggage options)

Now at 77000 and 43000 respectively
Both are worth less than a used 1250, so no depreciation worry either

 

[Wrigsby1]

I was thinking much the same about the very analogue 1100.

In theory, amongst the ‘greenest’ ways to travel on a motorcycle. Its build carbon footprint went years ago.

And around the Picos two up it's the most I've scraped on any bike... Many of the mountain roads seemed like semi Shellgrip...

 

[Simon_100]

They more or less are! Many roads are being resurfaced with 'eco' stuff that's the doggies doodah's here, including mine - see below ...

Potes, is perhaps an example of somewhere that became popular - at least for motorcyclists - simply because it started appearing in every ‘Biker friendly, must do’ article and route suggestion. That the town also gets listed in umpteen ‘Nice places to visit’ travel guides, means that it’s on just about every local itinerary….. a bit like Burton-on-the-Water.

I wonder how many of us keep our very favourite places to ourselves in these days of social media?

I do
First went in 1994 on our enduro bikes
We entertained the locals one evening by riding our enduro bikes up the river from the main square & under the main bridge towards the church
Bit of a fiesta night and even the Guardia Civil didn’t mind and gave us a clap
Times have changed now & in the 1990’s you didn’t see many tourists and bikers

We first went in the mid-eighties and it was rammed, all down to Fuente-de.

 

[ThreeDawg]

Well although not everyone does, I like Potes. A day off the bike yesterday was welcome and we wandered around the village, which was very pleasant.

Having done the 'Potes Triangle' (or is it TT?) to Riano and Cangas on a previous visit, we decided to head into the centre of the park to a village called Cain.

At first the weather was decidedly iffy, but as we got closer to Cain the mist lifted and stupendous vistas revealed themselves. It was a grand wee trip, and on the way back the tarmac had dried enough to allow us to press on a bit.