An Old Git en France

[old git]

A few pics from our trip last week through France, 1st one ever on a bike, 1st one with the boss in tow, don't think it will be the last.
We found some amazing places we would never have seen in a car, some food that was to die for and the beer......

Loaded ready for the off

Little lady at Portsmouth waiting for loading (note you can pack quite alot into modern leathers these days!)

Part way down the Pyrenees, don't ask where this was an emergancy, she had seen a public toilet (note don't drink so much at lunch in the mountains!)

Another stop some days later heading towards Mont Dore down south

Orleans Cathedral, very impressive.

I love markets, this one in Orleans, even got to see the statue of Joan.

Stopped on the way back in Everaux I think, this was tucked round the corner on a little river running through the town, absolute beauty.

Gents, go get your passports.

[Beef_]

Wow cool trip!!

[anzacinexile]

Little lady at Portsmouth waiting for loading (note you can pack quite alot into modern leathers these days!)

You do know you're dead meat now don't you

Gents, go get your passports.

15th trip already sorted. Doing the Black Forest, Bavaria, Vouges route in June

[dyzio]

Looks good
Take it you've just rode down to Portsmouth in the morning?

Gents, go get your passports.

15days and 1 hour to go, not that I'm counting

[shetland woody]

You do know you're dead meat now don't you

lol thats what i was thinking too lol

Looks like a great run you had, the pyrenees are beautifull.
Last time i was there it started to hail and they were like golf balls comming down lol

[RossGuzzi]

You do know you're dead meat now don't you



15th trip already sorted. Doing the Black Forest, Bavaria, Vouges route in June

Bastard !

[anzacinexile]

Bastard !

Still time to shift baby over here and join us - ferries still have room

[RossGuzzi]

Next year IOM ??

[twinkiethekid]

You do know you're dead meat now don't you



15th trip already sorted. Doing the Black Forest, Bavaria, Vouges route in June

Bastard !

I agree.

[ThEGr33k]

Im not jealous, im not jealous, im not jealous... ok that aint helping. Jealous!

[joecrx]

great pics old git your younger than i thought that falco looks well loaded up , could you see the speedo ?

[old git]

great pics old git your younger than i thought that falco looks well loaded up , could you see the speedo ?

Well at just on 6' 2" if I sit-up rather than lay on the tankbag, I can see the speedo and anyway I had my bodged satnav holder with the TomTom on it which holds just above the shelf, inside the screed so I used that mostly, although in truth don't register the speed that much.

Thought that it carried all the weight quite well, would have hate to put it all on a weighbridge though, I start at 16 stone on my own, so good job the engine has lots of Torque......or is that Talk considering who was behind me all the way?

[mavrik]

very frigin cool...may i ask what exhaust you have on the bike?

[old git]

very frigin cool...may i ask what exhaust you have on the bike?

They are Motad Venom, from here in the good old UK.
Bought them on fleabay last year, they are really good price & good sound.
There is no deterioration of the finish, so I am very pleased with them.

Believe you can buy direct as well, depends where in the world you are I guess.
www.motad.co.uk

Happy shopping.

[falcojake]

Nice one OG.

i was thinking about when your trip was the other day, and your panniers.

how did the copper pannier rails hold up? looks like they stayed intact.

i have ridden to italy, spain, france, swizerland, austria, holland, germany on my falco but never with a pilion.

i did folkstone to interlaken in one day and have ridden from Metz to worcester in one day also on the falco, no problems.

fair play to your wife for riding pillion. looks like you had good weather also.