Nice roads in Spain eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD4vsqFGh8U
My house in Spain, I based myself here for 10 days of riding.
Was it difficult to adapt to riding on the right side of the road ?????? ???
Quote from: GSXKING on Thursday, 03 October 2019, 07:15 PM
Was it difficult to adapt to riding on the right side of the road ?????? ???
The first few roundabouts were challenging, looking to the left at intersections and exiting servos took some thinking about. But, the actual riding on the right was easy.
In fact, I acclimatised faster than I thought I would.
Came to an intersection where they were doing line marking work, I had to turn right from the left lane ...... about 2 Ks later, a van coming towards me was flashing it's lights.... oops, I was riding on the left side. Other than that, pretty easy.
Hired a 800 triumph in Croatia last week.
My moto" Stay right or die" as well as "Right tighty - Lefty loosey".
Was generally ok but I found the long left handlers uneasy as you get a long view of cars approaching and zooming past on the left.
Passing is fine as you have the power to do it quickly.
Have to be alert on larger roundabouts as drivers like to shortcut to exit lanes.
My first time and was easier than I expected.
Coming back to ride Slovenia and Austria.
Found a few pics from my trip to Europe 12 months ago.
Few more
Spain pub dog: LuLu
Spain Bar and castle.
Looking good!
I do like Spain for biking, Portugal is great too.
@GSX1400Convert :Only just stumbled on this - looked good, which part of Spain were you riding in and what equipment were you using?
Quote from: GSX1400Convert on Friday, 04 October 2019, 06:33 AM
Quote from: GSXKING on Thursday, 03 October 2019, 07:15 PM
Was it difficult to adapt to riding on the right side of the road ?????? ???
The first few roundabouts were challenging, looking to the left at intersections and exiting servos took some thinking about. But, the actual riding on the right was easy.
In fact, I acclimatised faster than I thought I would.
Came to an intersection where they were doing line marking work, I had to turn right from the left lane ...... about 2 Ks later, a van coming towards me was flashing it's lights.... oops, I was riding on the left side. Other than that, pretty easy.
No he has a right handed 1400 - like mine! :whistling:
Quote from: Rynglieder on Saturday, 12 September 2020, 03:37 AM
@GSX1400Convert :Only just stumbled on this - looked good, which part of Spain were you riding in and what equipment were you using?
Based near Anso, Nth Spain.
Lots of day trips riding around there. Rode to Santander, South France to Lolme. Through the desert to Andorra, across to the Med and up the coast to France. From France to Bregazane Italy, through Switzerland, Austria, across Germany to Belgium and jumped on a boat in Holland, back to England. Put bike back in a container there and flew home via Thailand.
Equipment? Garmin sat nav was great, in Spain I would flip a coin at intersections and end up somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Then turn on sat nav and she'd guide me home. One day I rode 7 hours, with no idea where I was. Felt it was beer time, so on with sat nav........ less than an hour later I was back 'home' in the bar downing beers.
Awesome! That's a great way to explore.
Sounds like a great idea, but my wife insists that she knows where her bed is going to be on any given night.
Would it be rude to ask how much it costs to ship a bike that sort of distance?
Brisbane to Felixstowe return, AU$4K. And worth every cent, to hire was near AU$4K just for insurance +++++