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Now that we're both more or less
retired (except for Pat's business), we have time to spend on what
we like doing best. First, and possibly foremost, is biking. This is
our current bike, a Kawasaki ZZR1400. Although very new, it is clearly
going to be pretty much ideal for our purposes.
We love touring, and the ZZR is able to take plenty of
luggage
- yet, with a claimed 193 bhp, it will still overtake with ease up the
steepest of alps. It is also great for
scratching round the local countryside (Northumberland, the Dales, the
North Yorkshire Moors and the
Lake District). A true all-rounder. |
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This is us on the first of our two
Yamaha
Thunderaces, which took us to Ireland, Scotland and many times
to the Continent. We've written diaries of most of our trips, both on
this bike and the later one - see the links under
Holidays.
The furthest we've been to date was in 2006 - to Slovenia and Lake Bled
(absolutely beautiful).
The journey
out took in the Swiss Alps (Bernese Oberland) and the Italian
Dolomites, and the trip back
took us through the Austrian Tirol and the Eiffel Mountains in
Germany. Mountains and motorbikes seem to be just made for each other. |
Some years ago we found our way
through the ether to usenet, and in particular to uk.rec.motorcycles.
This is a popular and busy newsgroup,
seldom on topic but great fun. Over the years we have met lots of the
regulars and made many friends.
Most Spring Bank Holidays 30 plus bikes head over to
France for the weekend. Here are a few friends on such a trip. The
scene is Duclair,
and none of us are planning to do any more biking that day.
There are a few more photos at the UKRM link on the left. |
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Our other favourite way of spending
time is
on
the
piste! In fact, in a
sense it was skiing that lead me to biking. I was looking for
something that would give me the same sort of thrill during the summer
as skiing did during the
winter. Having met Pat she has come to love it as I do. This is us in
cheesy pose above La Plagne. We like France for
the food, Italy for the people and Switzerland for the toilets! |
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