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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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.
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.
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.
A little practice ride in the new kit around le Mont Sainte-Baume, despite a strong Mistral wind.
Riding my RR above 1000 m. altitude on the clock change weekend, before the end of March...
Facing south, the many hairpins and steep curves of the Col du Rousset make it a favourite "interesting" route diversion from the "Route Napoléon", which is maybe the more obvious biker route between Lyon, Grenoble and the Cote d'Azur for Nice and Italy.
The Col de Rousset is at the south of the Vercors so the view at the summit is north towards the world of deep valleys and snow. Through a tunnel at the summit, the views change to pine trees and the skyline of Provence and the promise of the Mediterranean, including warm sunshine much appreciated by bikers going south.
The route onwards to Provence is over the Col de Cabre, 1180 m., which I had run over the previous day, well wrapped up with my bike fully-loaded for a weekend.
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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.
