Hi Guys,
I don't do much post these days ... but the words about Long Haul trips caught my eye. Distances have never been a problem for us and we (Mrs Polar Bear and I) covered some very big numbers of miles over the years on all kinds and everything on two or three wheels (I've had over 50 bike in more than 60 years)
The Gen One, Fazer FZS 1000 was by far the very best total all-rounder that I have ever thrown my good side gammy leg over. We had three of them ... 2001, 2003 and 2005 ... bad case of more money than sense.
At one stage I thought I would go for a Big Fat Tourer and of course the Honda Pan European loomed bright on the horizon
) Well ... we got a new one and right after the first service we set off to ride down to Mallorca ... only about 750 miles... call it two days easy
) I gradually realised that I had dropped one hell of a clanger ... in short the Pan was 12.5 STONE heavier than the Gen One ... without putting a single Hair Dryer in the Port Side wardrobe!
I struggled on ... for 23.000 miles in eleven months before doing another straight swap for another Gen 1 Yessss ! joy at last ... and I could even get it up onto the main stand by myself
)
For the record I'm not a little bloke ... in those days I was 5'11" and 16.5 stone on my socks ... but these big Tourers really are a handful to maul around ... any doubts ... go and ask a Bike Cop. Think On peeps ;o)
Stay Safe Trev The Polar Bear in Mallorca.