Hi, New Member from Berkshire

[DeeDub]

I have owned my 2000 FZS600 since 2003. I tour in France on it and have done a few camping tours in the UK. The bike is pretty standard apart from a scottoiler, clear indicator lenses, crash bars, Bagster Tank Bag and a Venturi back pack kit. My headlights are also wired up so that both are 'On' together. Hoping to swap info about great roads that need to be ridden, the attached photo is of my bike loaded for a recent camping trip to North Wales in September. Cheers

[manuel32]

Hell,,where do you sit?


nah, my VFR looks the same on my Spain trips,, luggage tied to the bike is the only way,,no rucksacks,,and tankbags are heaven.


I have not thought about luggage on my Fazer FZ1, still got my tank bag.


Welcome to the site.

[DeeDub]

Thanks for the welcome Manuel
 
When the bike is loaded seating is a squeeze 
 
 
The venturi bag on the back tackles all of my clothes and wash kit, the Tankbag has phone, ipod, docs and wet weather gear and the Ortleib bag behind me has all the camping gear (I use a self inflating mattress, really comfortable)........but it acts as a great backrest too.
 
Have done trips to France, Italy, Switzerland..........Not ridden to Spain yet, me and a couple of mates fancy doing the Pyrenees next year, ride down  through france, then down the french side to the med then return to Santander and take the ferry back to the UK.
 
Any tips gratefully received.

[harry69koi]

Welcome to the forum m8ty     nice bike you have there  cant beat the mk1 

[DeeDub]

Thanks for the welcome Harry 
 
I really like the mk 1 600, it's garaged so is in pretty good nick, it only has 18k miles on it, pretty low for a 12 year old bike.
Its not worth much financially.........but worth so much more to me, it can do almost everything. On a recent trip back from the south of france I was getting 62 mpg and I wasn't hanging around 

[BennyBoy]

Booteeful... whereabouts in berkshire are you??? Am an abingdon (oxfordshire, but close enough) lad myself.

[red98]

Booteeful... whereabouts in berkshire are you??? Am an abingdon (oxfordshire, but close enough) lad myself.

iam just across the border in bucks......high wycombe 

[BennyBoy]

Awesome.. I have friends and extended family in high-Y

..dont get to see them much since i moved up to yorks/lancs-land though.

[red98]

Awesome.. I have friends and extended family in high-Y

..dont get to see them much since i moved up to yorks/lancs-land though.

  not heard it called high-y before 

[BennyBoy]

...and where do you hail from Red98?

[DeeDub]

Hi Red & BennyBoy, I live in sleepy Sunninghill in Berkshire 

[red98]

Hi Red & BennyBoy, I live in sleepy Sunninghill in Berkshire 

 
nice place to live  ...not far from me in high wycombe....parhaps we can do a southern`s meet in the spring...coast run would be good 
 
 
   
 

[JZS 600]

The fish and chips in Rye is good, I've been told...   

[red98]

good ride out ....good food...what could be better 

[BennyBoy]

Lap dancers..

..well, maybe not.. but ya know...


A rid would be good if I'm in the area

[DeeDub]

Coast run sounds good.......looking forward to a warmer sunnier summer next year for more riding time