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Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:51 am
by Chad
My and the boys will be heading off for Heidleberge Germany 1st week in July (again). We'll use it as a base and travel the castle route (Romantic Strasse) visiting bamburg, rothenberge, Fussen etc. August wife and I off to Constant in France. Will be taking the ferry to Rotterdam & riding through germany around the top of lake Constanz (visiting Friedrichschafen) with an overnight stay in Colmar enroute to Constant. Will also be callng into Le Puy en valet in France- it's a very popular village for bikers. Can't wait
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:31 am
by guest2360
Seven weeks to go until 63 of us will be arriving in Zell Am See for a 6 day stay. The snow on the Grossglockner at the Bikers Nest is presently about 4 ft deep in places. Any suggestions on tyre choices?.
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:16 pm
by richardbd
choogh wrote:
Starting in 10 days we are taking a 3 month tour of France and Italy. one on a rt 1200, the other on a Kwacker 250!! Should be fun..
Camping and Ibis budget hotels..
Probably more fun on the RT!!
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:53 pm
by stelyn
DaygloDavid wrote:
Looking at the possibility of a 2 week trip to Germany.
What have you got planned for 2015?
In May , heading towards Saint -L’o , Normandy France, taking in Bayeux / Caen areas for a week and touring the coastal WWII Beaches.......
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:37 pm
by szpinner
Canadian RT rider here....sending an envious hello to all you riders in Europe. I rode 5 countries on an RT1200 about 4 years ago. Marvellous...and Stelvio was the real climax of the trip. Marvellous riding, great people throughout and motorcyclists always seemed to be welcomed by everyone ! I yearn to return and am very jealous to read about your planned rides in Europe folks !
The szpinner
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:56 am
by jhandfield
Yankee checking in, nothing quite so exciting as some of the other trips in here! Among various smaller last-minute trips I'm sure I'll end up on, my big trip for 2015 will be a trip with a couple friends up to the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada. Somewhat ashamed to say it'll be my first time outside the US in my 30-something years, in spite of having grown up in Maine. Turning up to be about 1500 miles in four days, I figure it'll either be one of the best vacations we've had or one of the most humbling as we realize our bodies aren't built for that kind of strain anymore. I've heard the scenery on the north side of the St. Lawrence is far more exciting than south, but that just wasn't in the cards for this year - maybe next.
My biggest dilemma ahead of the trip will be whether to hold out hope that Givi finally starts shipping the adaptor plate to mount my V46 top case on my '14, or bite the bullet and go for the real(ly expensive) BMW case...
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:30 am
by guest2360
You can save some cash by buying the pre 14 BMW box. Very high quality and you can get the lock coded to the ignition key. And you don't end up with a lump of ugly plastic bolted to the rear rack.
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:06 am
by Chad
RTman10 wrote:
Seven weeks to go until 63 of us will be arriving in Zell Am See for a 6 day stay. The snow on the Grossglockner at the Bikers Nest is presently about 4 ft deep in places. Any suggestions on tyre choices?.
Would GS tyres be an option?
I have to travel along 2 single country lanes, both of which are hilly, to get to & from my house & they never get gritted. In the past the only way I've got my bike along these tracks in the snow is to drop the pressures. It really helps with traction if your stuck. (Oh and turn your ASC off or you'll never get moving!)
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:44 am
by guest2360
Chad wrote:
Would GS tyres be an option?
I have to travel along 2 single country lanes, both of which are hilly, to get to & from my house & they never get gritted. In the past the only way I've got my bike along these tracks in the snow is to drop the pressures. It really helps with traction if your stuck. (Oh and turn your ASC off or you'll never get moving!)
Noted, if I get stuck at the top.
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:19 am
by stelyn
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:57 am
by Chad
They look like the continentals on my LC Stelyn...
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:55 am
by Spencert231
RTman10 wrote:
You can save some cash by buying the pre 14 BMW box. Very high quality and you can get the lock coded to the ignition key. And you don't end up with a lump of ugly plastic bolted to the rear rack.
Will they fit a 2014? The answer maybe somewhere else in the forum, bit too lazy to look besides its Sunday and the sun is shining.
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:26 am
by guest2360
Spencert231 wrote:
Will they fit a 2014? The answer maybe somewhere else in the forum, bit too lazy to look besides its Sunday and the sun is shining.
YES. Book says they weigh empty, the same as the new 2014 type but they are heavier. Same size though.
Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:34 pm
by Chad
I'll second that- I've tried one on mine. Putting a pre '14 box on however means that you'll have to go back to the dark ages & use those old key things to lock the box...
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Re: What have you got planned for 2015?
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:13 pm
by guest2360
Chad wrote:
I'll second that- I've tried one on mine. Putting a pre '14 box on however means that you'll have to go back to the dark ages & use those old key things to lock the box...
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Its the central locking bit that hikes the price up. You can get the 2014 model without it but you also loose the option of fitting the extra brake light. Not quite sure what the price difference is.
