Longest Day - Training Started

[alpslapper]

Sharriebee Excellent

[Sharribee]

Which bit Tom

[Lord Vader]

would you like one steve

SteveC ,how can you refuse such a offer

[Steve C]

would you like one steve

Oooh, thanks very nice

[alpslapper]

Girls are in Norfolk for a few days - shot up there after work for a few hours - had to be back tonight as Ive got an early start in the morning.

250 miles round trip - not a huge distance, but was a good run. Road works the lenght of the M11 didnt help, there and back, Left London in the rain and returned to London to find localised flooding and it absolutely tipping down - stayed dry in essex suffolk and norfolk though.

Was great picking the cars off on the 1065.

Couple of observations

The roads back a night felt like totally different roads and the lack of traffic made them fun to ride - but got paranoid going through thetford forest waiting for a deer to jump out and go boo ....

The Alp returns a consistent 180+ miles per tank fill.

I started to get a bit of jip in my left bicept on the return - odd - will keep an eye on that as I was totally relaxed on the bike - might have just been the wet and cold though

Ear plugs are a must on fast motorway and A road riding - for me anyhow.

[Chad]

Ear plugs are a must on fast motorway and A road riding - for me anyhow.

absolutely...are you going to use comms if so it might be worth while investing in some in ear headphones ive got some sennhieser ones that act as ear plugs are very comfy and the sounds fantastic
aprox £30

[Robster]

absolutely...are you going to use comms if so it might be worth while investing in some in ear headphones ive got some sennhieser ones that act as ear plugs are very comfy and the sounds fantastic
aprox £30

Been thinking about in-ear plugs/headphones too...where'd you get yours Chadmeister?

[Chad]

Been thinking about in-ear plugs/headphones too...where'd you get yours Chadmeister?

picked mine up at stanstead airport it was either dixons or comets

make sure you dont go for the jvc or other makes ive tried quite a few of them and the sennhiesers knock all the others into a cocked hat

[BDG]

Please excuse me as I don't want to sound like a smart ass offering advice but just started reading this thread.

I don't know which way you're doing this but i did it John O Groats to Lands End on a Ducati in one hit and raised over £4,000 for charity. If you are starting from Scotland make sure you have a full tank the night before as you won't find any petrol stations open up there if you go for an early start.

Also stock up with some sandwiches as well as I wasted a lot of time trying to find breakfast early morning after the first few hours riding. Both of these cost me time at the start of the day.

If you set off in the dark watch out for the rabbits and deer up there as well, I nearly got taken out by bambi just before sunrise.

Good luck and enjoy it.

[Steve C]

Please excuse me as I don't want to sound like a smart ass offering advice but just started reading this thread.

I don't know which way you're doing this but i did it John O Groats to Lands End on a Ducati in one hit and raised over £4,000 for charity. If you are starting from Scotland make sure you have a full tank the night before as you won't find any petrol stations open up there if you go for an early start.

Also stock up with some sandwiches as well as I wasted a lot of time trying to find breakfast early morning after the first few hours riding. Both of these cost me time at the start of the day.

If you set off in the dark watch out for the rabbits and deer up there as well, I nearly got taken out by bambi just before sunrise.

Good luck and enjoy it.

£4,000?!? Wowee!

And all the other advice - keep it coming. The rest might be grown ups and know what they're doing but I'm a clueless child in such matters and grateful for any advice always