Huge thanks to Simon,Polly, Caspar in his boiler suit and mono brow :) and everyone else we met. Tony and I had a great time. We went the scenic way to Llaida and Simon's mate in the BMW dealership had the bike sorted by 11 AM the next day ( It was the water pump seal) . We then took another 3 days ...

Great thanks ..

Talking of passes , does anyone know if or how I can find out if Col Du Pourtalet is open, we are coming down the D934 from Pau

For those stooping at +- La Rochelle ish , do you have a plan of where you are staying the night ? I am looking at some options for a route back

A GREAT weekend, big thanks to everyone looking forward to next year already ..

Just a sanity check on my thinking , under hard load at around 4,500 RPM for example when overtaking I can feel and hear my clutch slip ( or it’s spinning up the rear wheel ha ha ..) At a standstill it does not seem to slip , it will stall the bike . I am guessing that after 50K miles with some heav...

Yep I would be up for that , and camping away from camp sites is a good option

That would work for 2 of us coming down, Phil if you want us in your bunk house & if it's finished please let me know

Thanks for that I definitely do not want you to strip anything , I will figure it out from here. Thanks again for your input

Andy , I don't suppose I can impose on you as to indicate +- where you drilled the hole. In the attached pic would it be possible to do an X marks the spot