Another Adventure Begins
Thursday 11th September 2014 It's misty and just starting to get light at 6:30am. The year is wearing on; soon be time to put the clocks back. But not before I go to Turkey and find Noah's Ark! All packed and ready to go The mist clears slowly and I pile on the miles down a quiet A1. I'm trying a different set of tyres for this trip, recommended by Andy at A18 Motorcycle Tyres. I've been on Dunlops for years, on all my bikes, but these are Comtinental Roadattack GTs, and hopefully better wearing for this heavy bike. Triangular tyre When I returned from the last trip the Dunlop front tyre was strangely triangular in shape, I guess from all that time running at 45 degrees on the tournanti of the Alps. The initial feel of the Contis is good. We'll see how they manage the miles. I stop for tea and a sandwich at a layby on the A1 just before Peterborough. Thickest sausage sarny I ever had. Thick sausage sarny Then it's an easy run d