Motorbiking

"Biker" for me usually means motorbiking, though I also have a couple of mountain-bikes... see Trail Bike

My current motorbikes are a Honda CBR600RR ABS 2017 and a Kawasaki Ninja Z250SL.

Previously I have owned: Kawasaki ZX4-RR (Ninja anniversary edition), Honda CRF300 Rally, Honda CBR600RR 2005, Honda CBR600FW, Honda VF750F, Yamaha FJ600, Suzuki GSX750EX, Yamaha FJ750, Yamaha XJ900, Kawasaki Z750 and I passed my riding test on my Kawasaki KH250.

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JH on CBR600RR in Provence

JohnHikerBiker selfie on the road: Dainesse Laguna Seca Evo Estivale suit, AGV Corsa E2205 helmet on Honda CBR600RR returning from GLME Ascension Camp 2015

Red rock + red bike + white leathers. My ride up the snow of col de la Cayolle, source of the river Var.

My best ride so far this year! Riding from Gilette up the whole length of the river Var from Nice to the source of the Var, just below the snow line of the col de la Cayolle (2326 m.)

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Memories and photos of the GLME Ascension camp 2015 organised by AMA

Great to meet again many biker friends of long-standing for the GLME Ascension camp 2015. More than 160 bikers converged on Ascension day for a long weekend in a hotel near to the village of Gilette, some 5km up from the river Var in the Alpes Maritimes just above Nice and Monte Carlo.

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A memorable but very technical motorbike ride checking out the Col de Turini and the Col de Braus in advance of the GLME Camp d'Ascension 2015.

Col de Turini (1604 m.) and Col de Braus (1002 m.)

Three of us checking out one of AMA’s routes for the GLME Camp d'Ascension 2015 with tour leaders Arno (Suzuki GSR 750) from Annecy and Simon (BMW K1300) from Aix-en-Provence.

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Postcard of my bike ride to the Luberon mountain and valley, Provence, May 2015

A ride from Marseille out to the Luberon, the once-poor valley and desolate mountain which looked green and fertile following recent rain but are alternately roasted by the Provence sun and frozen by the winter, where the Mistral wind makes the dogs howl and inspired the Marquis de Sade to write his notorious books.

Read more: Luberon

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En route from Marseille to the Alps

I'm riding light for a week on the mountain roads of the Alps. No laptop, although I do have my SLR camera but photos will have to wait till I'm back in Marseille..

I left Marseille for a long ride north via the Col de la Croix Haute (1179 m.) to Saint-Gervais under Mont Blanc. A bit of rain towards the end of the day which cleaned the Provence dust off my white leathers and boots but didn't soak me through.

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