Where did you ride your FTR today?

[K1000]

It's been raining cats and dogs here for the past I don't know how many days, so my engine break-in is on a hiatus, stalled at 500 km / 310 miles. I really, really, really despise riding in rain. It's a shitty experience. Somewhat unavoidable when touring, but even then I tend to check into the nearest hotel with spa and wait out the rain, route plan be damned. Or completely rework my plan around the weather map.

Anyways.

In the meantime, here a few pictures from some of the past rides:

 

[Peterson]

similar with my brake in. Austria was as rainy as you described it for A. Also had a gap between 400 and 600km for 6 weeks. In the moment we have a rain period with much flooding, the army helping out with manpower, logistics and bridge layers ... so next ride next week - with hopefully cleared roads in the backcountry.

 

[Scrappy]

It's been raining cats and dogs here for the past I don't know how many days, so my engine break-in is on a hiatus, stalled at 500 km / 310 miles. I really, really, really despise riding in rain. It's a shitty experience. Somewhat unavoidable when touring, but even then I tend to check into the nearest hotel with spa and wait out the rain, route plan be damned. Or completely rework my plan around the weather map.

Anyways.

In the meantime, here a few pictures from some of the past rides:

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Stunning bike & stunning scenery!

 

[K1000]

similar with my brake in. Austria was as rainy as you described it for A. Also had a gap between 400 and 600km for 6 weeks. In the moment we have a rain period with much flooding, the army helping out with manpower, logistics and bridge layers ... so next ride next week - with hopefully cleared roads in the backcountry.

The weather is becoming more and more extreme.
Good luck with the rescue work, hopefully things will calm down soon and you'll be able to enjoy your FTR some more.

I'm waiting for my wife to have some weekend plans that do not include me, because I'd really like to do some touring in the Pyrenees in June. The scenery in the Pyrenees is not as striking as in the Alps or Dolomites, because they are geologically older. The peaks have had more time to erode away and become... hills. Even 3000 m / 10000 ft mountains are shaped like hills. Round at the top. Few dramatic peaks here, unlike in the Alps. Perhaps that is why there are fewer tourists here. The roads are mostly empty and the riding is sublime.

I'd like to go to the Col du Tourmalet mountain pass on the French side next. It's some 5 hours each way, let's see how it all works out.

 

[K1000]

Stunning bike & stunning scenery!

Thank you! 😊

I was just writing in the previous post how the scenery here is not as beautiful as in the Alps or Dolomites, let alone somewhere like Torres del Paine 😅

The riding is great, though. Not far from here on the Spanish side there is this road called Collada de Toses. It's some 60 km / 37 miles of twisty road, one corner after another. I have done it many times and the average number of cars you encounter on this entire stretch of road is something like 4. Even in the highest of seasons.

 

[rich5150]

Sport bike Monday. FTR-RR on the Mon Dragon!
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania sits at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers. They join at the point to become the Ohio River.)

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Nice! I'm right near Beaver, Pa.

 

[Reno Deano]

Reno has changed through the years and at 9:30 am the traffic is not bad.

 

[K1000]

Where did I ride today. Today I rode over the mountain to the next valley over. Then back. Then to my favourite mountain pass just 10 km / 6 miles from home. Then down to France. Then back home. 90 km / 56 miles all in all. Just for a few hours after work. Now that sun has come out after a week of rain.






Don't mess!
Traffic sign illustrates what will happen to you should you choose not to respect it:

 

[K1000]

A short ride after work today. Went to a place high up in the mountains, where there is this adventure-slash-activities park:

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They have the longest alpine slide in the world (IN the WorRRLLD! 😄), or so they say. At 5.3 km / 3.3 miles, it's plausible. Here is where the slide begins:




The road leading there is quite nice, too:



I should wash the poor thing 😅

 

[Punchesdfw]

I pushed it outside and let it warm up. I had a stroke a few weeks ago and can't ride yet.

 

[K1000]

I pushed it outside and let it warm up. I had a stroke a few weeks ago and can't ride yet.

I wish you a speedy recovery, so that you can ride again very soon! 🙏🏻

 

[FTR London]

Nowhere...but she was itching to get out on it...

 

[K1000]

Finished my engine break-in with a relaxed Saturday morning ride through the French Cerdanya.









Selfie! 😄



Technically I also went to Spain, but not really. Just passed through Llívia, which is a Spanish enclave in France: A small piece of Spanish territory with one town and one village, completely surrounded by France. It's a nice place, with more than its fair share of excellent restaurants, including a fromagerie serving the best Fondue I've ever had.

Funny things, these enclaves / exclaves. There are several of them in Europe. The most famous one is Gibraltar - a piece of the UK in the south of Spain. The most infamous one is Kaliningrad - a piece of Russia in Poland, which is just one huge military base. There is also a piece of Germany in Switzerland, and probably a few more enclaves I don't know about.
Spain has three - in addition to Llívia it has two ciites on the coast of Morocco: Ceuta and Melilla.

 

[Punchesdfw]

Unfortunately, it looks like I probably won’t be riding my ‘22 anymore. Anyway, mine will be coming up for sale.

 

[K1000]

Unfortunately, it looks like I probably won’t be riding my ‘22 anymore. Anyway, mine will be coming up for sale.

That's a damn shame, man!
But hey, who knows, maybe in a few years' time you'll be buying a new one!

 

[Punchesdfw]

That's a damn shame, man!
But hey, who knows, maybe in a few years' time you'll be buying a new one!

I hope so. But between the seizures, stroke, eyesight and balance issues… probably not. I think 60-years of riding might be over

 

[Peterson]

I hope so. But between the seizures, stroke, eyesight and balance issues… probably not. I think 60-years of riding might be over

All the best then - be sure: there is a life after motorcycle. You keep your memories anyway.

 

[irsh]

I hope so. But between the seizures, stroke, eyesight and balance issues… probably not. I think 60-years of riding might be over

Sad to hear, but there is more to life than riding and I'm sure you'll find a hobby to replace it. I also wish you the best with the recent health concerns. ✊

 

[edgelett]

sadly winter has finally arrived with a vengence so no riding for me at the moment. I don't enjoy riding in the rain so avoid it if I can.

 

[FTR London]

I don't enjoy riding in the rain so avoid it if I can.

Never contemplate a motorcycle in the UK.