Main stand pivot greasing

[packie]

Sounds amazing!! No wonder ya needed all that luggage on the bandit! Will have to vist some of those places my self, how did you find riding on the continent?

It was strange at first, but after a hour or so I got used to riding on the other side of the road. I just had to watch the traffic coming into the roundabouts from the opposite side.


Two things that I found that made life a bit easier but not necessary was:


(1) a passenger who acted as a second pair of eyes for me.


(2) On my third trip/year, I got a Sat Nav. This was the best buy ever. I got a dedicated expensive bike one which gives verbal instructions via an earpiece in the helmet via bluetooth. It would tell you in advance that your turn off was coming up or what exit you were looking for at a roundabout ect, ect without even having to look at the Sat Nav.


That took care of trying to look for signposts and figure out my exits were, which then enabled me to concentrate more on the road traffic instead. And even if I messed up and if I was too slow to make a turn-off, it would automatically find you an alternative route to get you back to my destination. Also, you could plan a route in advance and store it which meant no stopping here, there, and everywhere to get the map out to see were you still heading in the right directions.