There is a cheap and very friendly hostel near Cangas de Onis, run by a young guy who rides bikes himself. When I stayed there last year he showed me some local trails and roads. Also while riding towards picos, found some trails myself, which are used by shepherds, but do not remember where now. If...

Had a number of bibs and bobs from givi over the years without any quality issues. Got the givi trekker boxes recently and am very happy with quality and attention to detail. The only bit which I could niggle about is a bit of a poor powder coating quality, but if I was not trying to do my own modif...

have not read the whole thread but that is my view of things. France has always been a transit country for me. Whether to get to Spain, Italy or others, it did not matter as I wanted to get out of it asap. So for a change I decided to stay in southern France (Albi, Tarn) for two weeks when opportun...

have not read the whole thread but that is my view of things. France has always been a transit country for me. Whether to get to Spain, Italy or others, it did not matter as I wanted to get out of it asap. So for a change I decided to stay in southern France (Albi, Tarn) for two weeks when opportuni...

try triumph trophy 1200 before making the decision. a bike not for everyone, but imho it is a very well sorted bike with good handling.

for the rest in the list you need to decide whether you want a sport tourer or full on tourer, as they are a bit different beasts.

I like the enduro jackets from fox racing and the like. they are well made have plenty of vents and pockets and they well accommodate for the under jacket armour.

well two days ago spent a couple of hours and 100kms north of Orleans until was lucky to get some petrol, by reaching the petrol station on fumes. otherwise, would have camped next to the petrol station :angry: anyways, locals are saying that apparently the government have found the law which preven...

the bike is designed and aimed at the same folk who drive range rover in uk. who actually take brand new 100k range rovers real offroad? 1 in a thousand?

anything off the motorways through France/Belgium/Netherlands(would say even less there)/North Germany you are looking 50-70km/hour average so do the calculations yourself. I tried skipping motorways in Belgium and Netherlands and it was just shite, never again - town after town, slow drivers, tract...

It is funny how the article has made the indias' largest two wheeler manufacturer to the worlds largest :silly: