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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Best rides for me at the 2012 GLME Summer camp at Chorges were the col de Vars (2102 m,) with Arno, a good riding mate from Annécy (we got back to Chorges in time to enjoy the motoGP from Sachenring on HDTV), the col d'Allos (2247 m.) and the circuit of the “Grands cols Savoyards” which included the incomparable col du Galibier (2642 m.).
214 bikers at the invitation of AMA to their GLME Summer camp in Chorges in the Alpes of Haut-Provence. Groups of bikers from Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK for a week riding around the Alps. Organised rides for various levels of ability, group meals and entertainments every evening. Great organisation though maybe some of the runs were a bit long for some of the less-experienced bikers. On the other hand, a shame to come so far and not make the most of the area.
Interesting to see the mix of bikes has very much switched to the "adventure" style from the sports tourer or super-sport which were the most popular the last GLME camp that I participated.
(Faces blurred deliberately)
A weekend with Pascal checking out routes of some of the motorbike itineraries the forthcoming GLME motorbike camp, which is being organised by the French club AMA.
From our base in Chorges, Pascal and I checked out routes to the dam of the river Drac at Le Sautet in Champasaur, the Col du Noyer (1664 m) and the valley of the river Béoux. And the impressive citadel and powder store of Mont Dauphin, built by the engineer Vauban.
Unfortunately, we didn't have time to enjoy the stunt bike meet at Dévoluy. Maybe another year...
Home again to the clear skies of Marseille with dramatic sunrises and moon rises. An enjoyable bike ride out to Cap Canaille above Cassis on my birthday, followed by a salad and rosé lunch and an evening at home with friends.
The Corniche des Cévennes is a classic route made popular in the nineteen twenties when motorsport was being defined. The Corniche is not particularly high but its outline can be recognised on the skyline from across the Rhône valley or the Ardèche or Mont Ventoux.
Riding out from Marseille on a fine May morning across the Camargue with a pause at Nîmes. Pentecost means corrida (bull-fights) in the Roman amphitheatre, with stalls outside grilling selling tauro-burgers, those are burgers of bull steak, though maybe not fresh meat from the arena as the bulls and the toreadors are aren’t meant to be killed... these days. But a bit of reality about what an amphitheatre would have smelt like in Roman times during the Games.
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Alps Biker 2016
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.
