Featured Next Years Mega Trip

Go for it Nikki!

 

I would love to come on any of those trips Nikki. Unfortunately we're (provisionally) planning a trip to Cambodia next year, so that'll be most of the holidays gone...

 

BonnieCat.
Would love to but work demands I am there. But soon I will give it up work that is. Then I would love to join you. Think you are one member I would love to meet and shake your hand.
Regards
Joe.

 

OMG! A woman rider after my own heart. Look at this.....PLAN!! Nikki, if I lived nearer you and were completely retired, I'd take you up on your offer to join you on your trip. This looks like a wonderful and epic journey.

 

Sun is GOOOOOD!

 

Cambodia? What the story with that trip, Vulpes??

 

A bucketlist item, Sandi. I've been wanting to visit Ankor Wat for decades... time and funds permitting next year it'll happen!

 

I quite fancy that, how long do you estimate the trip will take?

 

I'm looking to change / buy another bike a bit lighter soon and would be well up for this, I'm retired and have done a couple of trips to the EU the last one this July was to Andorra and back from Inverness circa 3K miles.

 

Your 2020 trip options look good. Should you opt for Trip D – A couple of years ago on a summer jaunt from Lisbon to Istanbul (start/end UK) I travelled on the ferry between Bari and Durres, my experience of it that it was the most disgusting rusting can I have ever travelled on, rubbish everywhere, cook had pulled out all the stops to make the stuff he had created as disgusting as possible, the cabin was minuscule but all the crew I came into contact with were excellent. If you visit Albania you should make an effort to stay at B&B Kotoni in Gjirokaster – brilliant. My 2020 project is a lap of the Baltic, lacks some excitement but I will be 74!

 

Whatever you need from Greece, you got your man there..... just ask me...

ride safe be happy
George

 

Hi TT, I have a suggestion for your consideration ?

A couple of years ago I had a Tiger 955i with full kit for touring. In many ways it was great but in mountainous areas with lots of twisties it was too heavy with a high C of G.

I looked at the market and finally bought my current bike, a Yamaha Tracer MT-07. I bought it because :

1. It is 40 kgs lighter than the Tiger and carries it's weight low down;

2. It has good low end torque for a smaller capacity bike, so I don't feel hard done by;

3. It is extraordinarily good on fuel. I recently completed a trip to the Pyrenees 1,900 kms and she averaged 3.8 ltrs /100 kms, or 74 mpg !!!!
So I only spent spent about 70€ on fuel for the whole trip !

Great fun bike day to day, more than powerful enough for me and does long distance well.