Yes i did buy them because i read they were good. Who's saying i think they maybe bad? I was just asking if anybody had experience with them.
Those that have experience of them have written that they are good; it's what you have read already, is it not? You have received a hint that many bods overfill them, too.
I thought the whole idea of these forums was to share experiences and chat with like-minded enthusiasts no? Whether that be on routes or biking gear or whatever. Seems to me that some of the comments are not entirely friendly on the whole?? (which is fine, i just wont post nor subscribe again. What is the point?)
No wonder BMW riders get a reputation!
(Yes - i am relatively new to the world of BMW Motorcycles. Although not to riding in general - Passed my test in 2004. I await the next patronising comment
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... and what reputation is that, pray?
Don't get too upset that not all the replies start, "Hey, biker mate....."
Bods have gone to a lot of trouble helping you with your holiday, suggesting alternatives if you really do not think you want to do the Alps and back to Banbury in five days with your wife on the back for your first European mainland tour, just as some bods have told you it's too much. Suggestions that include maps, timings, mileages, links to Mapsourced up routes and suggestions of where to find them.... not exactly unfriendly, surely?
The truth is that nobody beyond you knows what you can do, without you finding it dull or too much. For instance, lots of bods think motorways are dull, much as you think Ireland is dull. You may be spending some time on one to get to the Alps and back, just as you did in your coach.... but it's maybe a price worth paying
if they get you get to where you
really want to go in reasonably good shape. There is a limit to how much 'biker, mate' banter can go on, before you have to decide for yourself.
Now, have you settled on going to Troyes? It's not that far from Calais and roughly 2/3 of the distance to Dijon. You trundle off the train in France a bit after lunch. What time do you want to get to Troyes? Do you have a Garmin GPS? If so, you will find assorted threads with suggestions of routes to take you down there. But, some of them will not work if you want to be in your Troyes hotel by half-past-three.... you'll be forced to take the motorway.... or go bloody fast down some of the more interesting alternatives. Let us know and we can rough something out very quickly, not least as it's a common enough destination.
What do you think of the suggestions to hang about in the Morvan?
Do you want to go further south? If so, where and what sort of roads do you want to ride? Most bods ask for, 'Great roads, mate' but then get stymied - and miserable - when they realise it's a bloody long way from A to B to C and back to A again.
Or have you really decided just to wing it all in a 'biker, mate' way? If so, then you don't need any more help at all.
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