France in January [56k nuke!]

Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Epic Rides' started by Kanista, Jan 30, 2008.

  1. Kanista

    Kanista Grown strong enduring

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    Hei there,

    some friends and me decided to start the Enduro Saison in France last weekend. It was freezing cold and sleeping turned out to be a horror, since you were shaking!

    First we took 2 motorcycles into the car...
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    Then we drove a bit an loaded another pair of motorcycles. Pretty much for a VW T4. But it worked fine.
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    Off we go!
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    On the way to France, the sun started to disappear. It was a beautiful view .
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    When we got to our destination, we decided to make some fondue!
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    It was a cold night, but the sun warmed us up on the morning.
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    More to come.
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  2. dooby

    dooby aka Frgich; www.lobagola-mototours.com Supporter

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    Nice pics Canista, feeling the cold just looking at those pics :rofl .
    Waiting for some action pics, :lurk
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  3. kejago

    kejago Kev. Haute Savoie, France

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    Where in France? :ear
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  4. GB

    GB . Administrator Super Moderator

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    All packed and ready to go!! :vardy

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  5. jedi_jer

    jedi_jer Guest

    This looks interesting.:vardy
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  6. Kanista

    Kanista Grown strong enduring

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    Hei there. Glad you liked it so far.

    as i said, freezing cold :D But beautifull weater anyway
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    First, i figured out that Water can freeze... even in Motorbikes. :clap Smart guys like me haven't thought about that and did not do anything against it...
    I had to warm up the hole Cooling system. Glad the cylinder did manage the cooling waters expansion fine.
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    I wasn't the only one with some problems. This Bike lost a chainwheel ( dont know what you call that part in english) and we had to improvise something. Worked fine and did last for the hole Trip.
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    Some lucky guy's n girls didnt have any problems with theyr bike and were riding allready. some of them got back and was tired when i didnt even start!

    When i finally were ready, i recognized that my cooling system now did piss water. GREAT... :-/ but there were no real need for maximum cooling anyway.

    here are some Action-pics:
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    (have a look at my poor motorcycle... that rear is broken :rofl
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    Where did the sun go?
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    I got used to that:
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    Someone had to try this one...
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    It worked the way down
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    more to come...
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  7. Kanista

    Kanista Grown strong enduring

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    Haute Saone... Leffond.
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  8. FREDO RIDER

    FREDO RIDER Enjoying the path !

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    These pictures in the woods are great.
    Bravo !
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  9. Chanderjeet

    Chanderjeet "IndiYeah & SveriYeah!!"

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    Very interesting photos. Merci pour le partage de ces photos et im vous attend pour écrire plus. Sa belle à voir français Pays côté. Poste images plus, s’il vous plaît.
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  10. Cloud9

    Cloud9 I was HERE?

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    SWeeet, nice packing the van! Good to hear from riders in France.
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  11. Kanista

    Kanista Grown strong enduring

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    Hei there! Nice to hear you like my pic's.

    @Chanderjeet
    Il y a plus de foto's! La Voila!


    It went dark again, and the Temperatur got into Minus again.
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    We decided to make some bbc.
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    As the Night was long, and we drank a lot we didn't ride as hard as on the day before. Some easy riding stuff and a quite nice course.

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    Refreshing drink?
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    Well, after all the fun there's is only get packed and go home..

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    Some Random Pictures before we head of to switzerland again...

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    And we're off!
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    Next destination: Italy!
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  12. GB

    GB . Administrator Super Moderator

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    Looks like a fun time was had by all.. nice to have a van that holds all 3 bikes!! Looking forward to your next adventure! It should be warmer in Italy!! :thumb
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  13. Kanista

    Kanista Grown strong enduring

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    Hei Gadget Boy.

    It were four bikes ;)

    I will stay in Italy for a month and do some trail-exploring with a good friend of mine. He is working as tourguide there.
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  14. FlyNavy

    FlyNavy 2 much not chromed 2 list

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    And who gets to clean all that mud out of the car???

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  15. Kanista

    Kanista Grown strong enduring

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    I dont't know? Maybe acclerate really really hard and it will fall out on the back? :rofl
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