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Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 22-10-14
(21-10-14, 11:03 PM)mickvp link Wrote: Well I already subscribe as you probably know. ill spread the word on another forum I use for you though if you dont mind Andy?
Thank you kindly Mick, and by all means please do spread the word! I've had many (very gratefully received) comments about how I ought to have more subscribers lately. Which is really good as it shows I must be doing something right! But sadly the numbers don't seem to reflect the sentiment!
Ta!
Re: FZS €uro Tour - mickvp - 22-10-14
Job done fella :thumbup
http://www.detailingnation.com/showthread.php?8566
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 22-10-14
(22-10-14, 08:19 AM)mickvp link Wrote: Job done fella :thumbup
http://www.detailingnation.com/showthread.php?8566
Mick, you're a gent! Thanks! :thumbup
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 22-10-14
Here's the next instalment.
Episode 8. Cruising to Tarragona. Beautiful spanish roads and moody music.
http://youtu.be/7hvwKjyJrUI?list=UUr-EH8cI93eySvK922FLQEg
Thanks folks!
Re: FZS €uro Tour - pilgo - 22-10-14
just watched 7 of them back to back (the joys of living alone ! ), roll on part 9 !!
got me in the mood to get on the bike and get away,sadly seems a long time till my 2 weeks off next september and my planned 10 day tour of northumberland and scotland :'(
Re: FZS €uro Tour - papercutout - 22-10-14
(22-10-14, 07:49 AM)apage16 link Wrote: Wow Papercutout, That's an epic trip. And you did it with less wind protection than I had! Hat's off to you!
It sounds like my arse was just the same as yours. For stretches of miles at a time i was gripping the tank with my knees and half standing on the pegs to hover my poor arse off the seat! And that was with an inflatable seat cover thingy!
Hope you enjoy(ed) the rest of the episodes. Another new one coming today....
I did have a screen on the bike, it's hard to make out in the pic, but it is there! But yes, it's not much fun by that stage is it? I'd slow down to about 75/80mph and just stand upright for about 30s, that helps too. Probably got some odd looks in Sweden! I'll look into one of those seat covers for next time, that and probably limit my mileage to 400-500 per day! How long did your roadtrip take and were you riding daily?
Got any pics of the complete bike?
Re: FZS €uro Tour - Dead Eye - 23-10-14
I've been a subscriber for a while now and still enjoying the content, so keep it coming ^^
Re: FZS €uro Tour - midden - 24-10-14
:agree I'm surprised you didn't fill the jerry can with tax free fuel. In fact I'm surprised you didn't have fuel in it the entire trip.....
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 24-10-14
Cheers Dead eye, I sincerely hope to!
I couldn't fill the jerry can with tax free fuel, Midden, because it was already full from the previous fill up! What kind of plonker would carry an empty jerry can past a petrol station!? :p
Re: FZS €uro Tour - midden - 24-10-14
My thoughts exactly
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 29-10-14
As you requested Papercutout...
Here's a couple of pics of the bike, 'Polly' all loaded up on the trip:
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I kept it quite light, and the small front fairing REALLY helped to keep cool in the heat!
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 29-10-14
AND NOW!!!....
Here's Episode 9 of this € - saga for your enjoyment!
Above all else, the bike just continues to run perfectly with not a single hiccup! Same can't be said about my navigation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWWcVzVKGE
Feel free to post elsewhere, share, comment, make fun, anything goes!
Re: FZS €uro Tour - pilgo - 29-10-14
why is there only half a person in the first photo?!
listening to LED ZEPPLIN/MOTHERSHIP at the moment,but when thats finished,im back to watch part 9 8)
and i subscribed to you the other night on youporn,youtube
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 29-10-14
That was the bottom half of a panoramic shot. She was too quick for my crappy camera! Still, means I didn't have to blur her face out!
Led Zep to Andy Man Cam. I'm honoured.
Re: FZS €uro Tour - papercutout - 29-10-14
I much, much prefer that chopped up fairing to standard. The ugliness of the standard item is one of the reasons I bought a bike that;d been converted to naked. (it is my 2nd fazer, the 1st had the fairing).
I'm impressed at how minimal you kept your luggage as well! Obviously no tent! How long were you on the road for? I was away for 3 weeks. Carried food and water with me too.
Really feeling for you at the end of that episode too! Looks WARM too. Kevlar jeans just aren't breathable enough for Spanish weather!
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 29-10-14
Au contraire! I have a one man tent, airbed and a sleeping bag in that little lot! Plus my macbook and the cables to go with!
Only 1 pair of pants and a spare t shirt though!
Re: FZS €uro Tour - papercutout - 29-10-14
Did you use the tent? Teensy tiny sleeping bag too! It's not as if you'd have needed a warm one in those temperatures though! Bit minimal on the old clothing front there chap, I'm sure you could have fitted more than 1 of each in! :p
Just looked at some of your old posts - do you still have your bike, or did you sell up?
Re: FZS €uro Tour - pilgo - 29-10-14
[Only 1 pair of pants and a spare t shirt though!
well,you did mention a bad smell in the last video !! :lol
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 30-10-14
The tent is actually the silver 'tube' in the second photo. The sleeping bag was TINY. It's inside the main bag.
Did I say SPARE pants, I meant the ones I was wearing. 4 days before they really needed a wrinse. (Old one, but a good one. Like the pants...)
Re: FZS €uro Tour - apage16 - 06-11-14
HERE is the latest episode of this summer's €uro Trip.
Had some issues with my Tutoro Chain oiler, so I had to go shopping. With questionable success...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4LpejfSYG0