See also my Motorbiking web links. Had to put the battery back in it after winter, which is fiddly but at least the battery still works, which it didn't last year, even with the bike being in the garage attached to the house. Riding out from Keswick along the lakeside road up to Borrowdale Gates and back round the other side of Derwent Water with a fine view of Blencathra and Skiddaw.
Though a lot of damage around from the winter storms and of course potholes. Glad I did it when I could as the clouds have been back all weekend. Col de la Gineste m. My new season biker workout ride, practising skills on lots of different curves and straights, running each section a couple of times to enjoy the variety of camber, gradient and tightening. Got outclassed only once but it was big time: he looked to be at 45 degrees lean angle Read more: Biker workout ride.
Plateau de Valensole. A day out in Haut-Provence was an ideal opportunity to try out the reality whilst my CBRRR was in the workshop for its annual service. Kamikaze scooters have long ruled the roads in urban Marseille, riders who have their heads round high-powered scooters like X-ADV can power out of trouble, ride the white lines on the often-blocked urban autoroutes and are usually first away at the lights. Carqueiranne, difficult to say and similarly difficult to get to by road.
But the ride on the old N8 over le Mont Sainte-Baume was a fine compensation, its banked curves giving plenty of sportsbike rider interest. My visit was inspired by reading that the writers and lovers Raymond Radiguet and Jean Cocteau enjoyed a fling here in A complicated liaison, intertwined with publications and performances in Paris.
I found Carqueiranne to be special nice so it was hard to turn round and ride back. So thanks guys for the inspiration. More photos: Carqueiranne. Two bikes on my drive and snow up there with the clouds above m. He has electric heated grips and seat plus wearing many layers, then a microfibre balaclava and skull-cap.
