Proposed Route Finished

Well, the proposed route is finished and e-mailed to others for comment.

Here's a snapshot. the trip utilisies the lesser roads as much as possible and includes some serious twisty and mountain stuff wherever possible...

Day One ride to hotel (near Limoge)
Day Two fun begins.. ride to Ales inc Mende, Florac N106 awesome road
Day Three ride to Albertville via Digne and Jausiers
Day Four ride to Bormio via Little St Bernard Pass over Alps
Day Five ride the Stelvio Pass and then wicked road to Davos onto to Furka Pass
tehn find place to stay in Chamonix
Day Six ride Chamonix to Orleans
Day Seven ride back to Ferry Terminal

All parts for bike now here and fitting stuff over coming week. Then need to spend some time in the saddle to refresh riding skills....

Zebedee

The Plans Advance

more route planning done - boy is google earth good at helping check out roads. Used to be hours looking at contours on maps etal. Now it's hours flying around the world on a computer instead!

couple more hotels booked ...alas some places don't seem to have too many so best be on safe side as don't fancy sleeping under stars on a bike.

Adm and Grm due in Ireland soon so should be able to go over with them.

That's it for now folks

bits ordered / bits bought

Well, there's a new set of Michelin HPX's acquired. Alas Michelin have stopped making them, but managed to find a set in a dealer in Dublin. Bit tricky finding good tyres with a 200 rear section that last more than 12-1500 miles. So have to find a replacement to the HPX's

Bling bolts arrived, Scott's damper ordered direct from Sotts Performance in the USA and also ordered a GoPro motorsport camera with various mounting bits. Slowly geeting there!