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"Get the bike ready, keep your right foot on the rear brake, keep your left foot down to support the bike. Select 1st gear, apply a little throttle and find the clutch bite point" As GOG says, sounds like this was written by someone who doesn't ride.

From that photo there doesn't even appear to be any tie down points on the deck !!

Good to see they've got a decent sized breakdown wagon to hand

You have that ability on a Garmin Montana, but that's not what you're asking.

That only applies to the French, not to tourists

Thanks for those two @bonio. Very conveniently appear to start and finish at the Schloss I'm feeling a theme developing here

Thankyou very much for the reply @Gerontious, and for the offer of joining you all. Unfortunately I am on a family holiday from 2nd to 9th Sept. Wife, kids (well they were 40+ years ago) other halves, dogs, the whole caboodle, so it will be later on when I go, dates to be decided on a whim type thing. Thanks also for the pdf, handy to have some good biking roads to work on and add into anything else that I decide upon.

Thanks @Steve_M. I'm based in Yorkshire and like you I hate the chore of riding down to Folkstone, but P&O prices are a joke. When using the chunnel I generally leave home around 06.00 and aim for a crossing around 14.00, once in France I ride for around 2 hours to get away from Calais and then find a cheap B&B for the night.

Thanks for the reply @Steve_M Since posting the original question I have looked at P&O prices from Hull Over £500 for me and the bike is a joke so it would be the chunnel, which I guess puts the Eifel within easier reach. I know quite a few on here have ridden this area, ideally I would base myself somewhere for maybe 3 nights and do circular trips during the day, so any GPX files/ map routes suitable would be very much appreciated

I may take a very short notice trip sometime in September. Can't really be arsed doing mega mileage so which out of the two should I choose. Probably sail Hull / Rotterdam so approx equal distance to either.

As @manxie49 says. Morally it shouldn't make a difference but I've never yet heard of a moral insurance company. The slightest excuse and they will not pay out.

Brilliant road the N260

Why would a fuel tap flood your engine, a fuel tap is either open or closed, it's the carb which allows the passage of fuel. Sounds more like a stuck float but as you don't say what bike you have that is purely a guess.

Oh GREAT!!! I bought the same one as you were always singing its praises. Now you tell me I've bought a load of

Well you wouldn't want it "All shook up"

Sods Law says you'll get it.

https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/244260

£110 to check your tyre pressure ???????????

I totally agree with Bender on this one. Knowing that you are appreciated and not simpy taken for granted counts for a lot in my book.

I bought that set. Good quality

That's why God invented rain, and gave you lot up in Scotland plenty of it.

Sounds like Hoggs will be waving at a lot of scarecrows next week

Likewise, I don't consider that selfish. I usually do my foreign trips alone for all the same reasons. Occasionally two of us go together but we both know that we are not obliged to ride the same route or go at the same pace. We both know the days final destination and find our own way to get there. Far more chilled than being in a group with everyone trying to outpace each other.

Way back!!, early noughties????? Jeez, I feel old.

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24494/lot/167/c1980-honda-cd200-benly-project-frame-no-ma01-2003340-engine-no-ma01e-2003352/ Looks like what you've been told is correct