My recent French trip 'Le Carnage' - Page 3 - SV650.org

embee · 12-09-11, 09:17 PM

Great pics. In the right weather that part of the world is as close to being a biker's paradise as you'll find, especially this time of year when all the holidaymakers have gone home and the roads are pretty clear. Envious!

This was in Sept 2009, the weather was excellent.

sv4me · 12-09-11, 09:22 PM

Jealous!

Really want to do this trip and more next year, stunning scenery. Its like Scotland only bigger and without the rain

I've got the same panniers as you Dan, they make filtering....errr interesting don't they!

12-09-11, 10:39 PM

There was still a lot of holiday traffic at times, camper vans, cyclists and nutters driving 20 tons of dumper trucks.

Quite a few bikes as well, but away from the mountains some of the roads were empty, I rode about 15 miles the one day without seeing another vehicle.

Being honest, I preferred the faster flowing bends than the stupidly tight downhill hairpins, they took their toll after a while.

13-09-11, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by sv4me

Jealous!

Really want to do this trip and more next year, stunning scenery. Its like Scotland only bigger and without the rain

I've got the same panniers as you Dan, they make filtering....errr interesting don't they!

Yes they make filtering hazardous to say the least. Having said that I think it was only Phil that had battle damage on his panniers. On from a giant rock skipping round a barrier and another from winging a Belgian Mondeo while we were sheep dodging!

13-09-11, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Geodude

Looks amazing mate im guessing you had a good time

Looks well guilty in this pic, you catch him doing somthing?

All I will say is I had my phone in my hand. That is all.

Geodude · 13-09-11, 08:45 AM

Yeah righto but what was on the phone

Glad you had a good trip bud

Any video taken?

13-09-11, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Geodude

Yeah righto but what was on the phone

Glad you had a good trip bud

Any video taken?

Tbh, the footage I took ain't that great, I should've used it later in the week as we got quicker and were on more twisty roads, it looks like were going really slow yet we were at a decent pace most of the time.

I had one day when I felt really on it and should've filmed that day but batteries had got low

13-09-11, 10:50 AM

I had one day when I felt really off it lol!

13-09-11, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by danf1234

I had one day when I felt really off it lol!

I thought you had 8 days like that lol

13-09-11, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by specialone

I thought you had 8 days like that lol

OK I had 1 off day worse than all the other lol!

12-09-11, 09:17 PM	#21
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,801	Re: My recent French trip 'Le Carnage' Great pics. In the right weather that part of the world is as close to being a biker's paradise as you'll find, especially this time of year when all the holidaymakers have gone home and the roads are pretty clear. Envious! This was in Sept 2009, the weather was excellent. __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

12-09-11, 09:22 PM	#22
sv4me Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southport Posts: 1,508	Re: My recent French trip 'Le Carnage' Jealous! Really want to do this trip and more next year, stunning scenery. Its like Scotland only bigger and without the rain I've got the same panniers as you Dan, they make filtering....errr interesting don't they! __________________ ______________________________ Just call me Cyril Despres. Ok maybe not It's not big, it's not clever......muahaha

12-09-11, 10:39 PM	#23
Specialone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My recent French trip 'Le Carnage' There was still a lot of holiday traffic at times, camper vans, cyclists and nutters driving 20 tons of dumper trucks. Quite a few bikes as well, but away from the mountains some of the roads were empty, I rode about 15 miles the one day without seeing another vehicle. Being honest, I preferred the faster flowing bends than the stupidly tight downhill hairpins, they took their toll after a while.

13-09-11, 08:45 AM	#26
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,669	Re: My recent French trip 'Le Carnage' Yeah righto but what was on the phone Glad you had a good trip bud Any video taken? __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

13-09-11, 10:50 AM	#28
danf1234 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: My recent French trip 'Le Carnage' I had one day when I felt really off it lol!

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