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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This month’s friendly evening among GBMCC mates at the bike club’s London pub meet. A good number of bikes outside despite the November drizzle, and great to meet again more friends I’ve not seen for quite a while. Lots of chat about ideas and planning for 2022. Good that we’re spreading to occupy more tables every month since the restart. Real candles on the tables is a nice touch by the pub.
Plage de St. Clair, le Lavandou
Pointe de la Chappe
That was a really pleasant ride. Not too long, balanced between Riviera coast and hills plus the weather was mild and the traffic moderate. Great to see again palm trees and lush semi-tropical flowers and trees. Fantastic light also.
Sunday cruise to the pretty little Mediterranean port of Les Goudes, which is at the end of a long peninsular between Marseille and the Parc national des Calanques. Wearing an old and favourite leather suit with twin front zips, which is unfortunately no longer suitable for riding out of town.
Lac de Serre-Ponçon from Saint-Vincent-les-Forts (1314 m.)
Valley of the Ubaye
After a clear night, the temperature on the balcony in the hotel in Barcelonnette at 1135 m. was 0.0°C at about 0730, ie just before dawn. I hadn’t been expecting an early start but this was frosty with the frost even harder up on the mountain roads. It seemed sensible to seek the pretty autumn colours rather than head up to one of the high cols which surround Barcelonnette. I loaded my RR and set off towards more moderate cols and the sweeping road down the valley of the River Ubaye
More photos & text: Barcelonnette - Col Saint-Jean (1332 m.) - Col Labouret (1240 m.)
River Asse, Route Napoléon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Barrême, 722 m.
Bright clear start in Marseille though chilly enough hammering up the valley of the Durance but I was wearing lots of layers. Then a cut through to the Route Napoléon.
The autumn colours are spectacular. Both in swathes on the sides of the valleys and single trees in isolation. This is the end of autumn here in the Provence Alps so the colours are their most intense. One more storm maybe and they’ll be gone and it will be winter, meanwhile it’s a show to relish.
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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.
