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Spain 2024 |
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By: happyhenry Date: October 21, 2024, 8:48 am |
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tmy43t7mjjctaelss1ow0/Falcone-Madrid-2024.JPEG?r… |
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I took my Falcone to Spain this year for the Colombres Rally |
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( |
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https://www.motoclubindianos.com/en/home1/), |
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which was a great |
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week as usual. Following the rally week I rode down to Madrid |
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for a week and then back up to Santander for the ferry home. The |
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bike ran faultlessly for 1600 miles, used 200cc of oil and had |
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the chain adjusted once. |
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Following this trip and last-year's equally long trip through |
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France and Spain, a little play has developed in the swinging |
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arm bushes, which will be this autumn's project to replace, |
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perhaps following Banquo's lead and going for phosphor-bronze - |
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but definitely with the addition of a grease nipple. |
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Re: Spain 2024 |
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By: banquo Date: November 8, 2024, 11:48 am |
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A bold move choosing this journey Henry, but all seems to have |
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gone well! |
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I met a guy at a Guzzi rally in Brion, who had been touring |
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Europe two up with full camping gear and had no issues at all! |
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Re: Spain 2024 |
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By: happyhenry Date: November 8, 2024, 2:52 pm |
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It's not my only long trip on the Falcone. Last year I rode down |
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the length of France, over the Pyrenees at the Bielsa-Aragnouet |
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pass, at 6,000ft it was a slow climb on a loaded Falcone, and |
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back via Santander. That was with camping gear too. I wrote that |
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trip up for Gambalunga and it was published a couple of months |
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ago. The only thing that broke was the rubber band hold my |
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pushbike speedo in place. |
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I quite enjoy doing distance on the Falcone. It is slow and |
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definitely breathless on big hills, but 80-90kph is the speed |
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limit on French/Spanish B-roads and is quite a nice pace to see |
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the countryside at 250-300km per day. |
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Re: Spain 2024 |
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By: banquo Date: November 8, 2024, 3:23 pm |
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Aye. Bikes are meant for using, and the further the better |
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😎 |
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