Huge Road trip...

[zimbo]

Yup 19 days days to go before me and the boss and his Julie are off on a HUMUNGOUS biking adventure to Barclona for the MOTO GP and back, I cant wait... Will have a hell of a sore ASS by the end of it but I dont care, coz this is something I have ALWAYS wanted to do, So this is going to be another thing I can tick off my 'TO DO' list :D

4000 miles in 9-10 days :lol: woo hoo

[Forbes]

Will be awesome. My mates dad usually goes aswell. Black BMW bike 1200 or something, dakar style.

[Big Gordy]

BMW bike 1200 or something, dakar style.

GS1050 or GS1200....aka Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boreman:Whistle:
Wish I was coming with you guys :(

[Gismo]

Wish I was coming with you guys :(More than welcome :thumbs up:
As an appetiser we will be travelling through the Mont Blanc Tunnel and over the Millau Viaduc, looking to take in a French Gorge as well

[zimbo]

More than welcome :thumbs up:
As an appetiser we will be travelling through the Mont Blanc Tunnel and over the Millau Viaduc, looking to take in a French Gorge as well

:clap: hopefully try get it all on Video too...... :thumbs up:

[Forbes]

GS1050 or GS1200....aka Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boreman:Whistle:

Must be the GS1200

Sounds an awesome route you will be taking. Where you planning your stopovers for?

[Gismo]

Must be the GS1200

Sounds an awesome route you will be taking. Where you planning your stopovers for?Currently we only have a hotel at Folkestone and one hotel in Barcelona booked, all the rest will be as the mood takes us :thumbs up:
3 nights in Barcelona
We have to do 300 miles every day so, we will see where we stop for lunch etc and decide on the final rest stop every day, then plug in an Ibis hotel on the sat nav and hole up for the night

[Gismo]

:clap: hopefully try get it all on Video too...... :thumbs up:Me Julie will have the video on for the tunnel and the viaduc, be interesting to see your bike mounted one :thumbs up:

[Gismo]

A wee taster for ya Zimbo

http://www.taysidebikers.co.uk//site_pictures/member_pictures/gismo/le_mans_2008/alan_at_millau.jpg

http://www.taysidebikers.co.uk//site_pictures/member_pictures/gismo/le_mans_2008/rossi_leads_the_way.jpg

[Gismo]

I wanna see this Gorge :eek: (http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/verdon/pays.htm)

[euan]

Can highly recommend the Tarn gorge, near Milau - loads of wee villages up there as well to stay in. And a really wierd Vulture bird centre as well (Vulturama!). Did it in the Mini, cracking roads.

[Big Gordy]

At least the weather should be good in Spain.......not like Le Mans last weekend:rolleyes:
Rooting for Melandri on the Hayate (Kawasaki) lets have a nother podium lad:clap:
Getting interesting at the top tho Rossi, Stoner, Lorenzo and wee Pedrosa all in with a shout. The 2 Spaniards, Lorenzo and Pedrosa will be going for it and Vale will be trying to banish last weeks result with a win so all in all should be a cracker:thumbs up:

[Gismo]

At least the weather should be good in Spain.......not like Le Mans last weekend:rolleyes:
Rooting for Melandri on the Hayate (Kawasaki) lets have a nother podium lad:clap:
Getting interesting at the top tho Rossi, Stoner, Lorenzo and wee Pedrosa all in with a shout. The 2 Spaniards, Lorenzo and Pedrosa will be going for it and Vale will be trying to banish last weeks result with a win so all in all should be a cracker:thumbs up:
Still got Mugello first on the 31st May

[GCA3N]

I would love to do this sometime, maybe a mini delux run:eek::lol:

[Gismo]

Can highly recommend the Tarn gorge, near Milau - loads of wee villages up there as well to stay in. And a really wierd Vulture bird centre as well (Vulturama!). Did it in the Mini, cracking roads.Cheers :thumbs up:

[Gismo]

I would love to do this sometime, maybe a mini delux run:eek::lol:Often wanted to do it in a car, but, it's way better on a bike :thumbs up:

[euan]

Cheers :thumbs up:

This is not a bad route you could follow, similar to the one I did.
http://www.britishbiketours.co.uk/html/body_gorges_du_tarn.html

We stayed in Wissant, about 30 minutes from Calais for our first night, Le Vivier is superb food but the hotel is somewhat quirky (I'd stay somewhere else tbh!)

Another good hotel was Le Diderot in Chinon - awesome home made jam for breakfast, and plenty of decent local wine.

Will try and remember where we stayed in the Tarn - we just rocked up and asked to see rooms and didn't pay more than 50 euros a night.

[zimbo]

I wanna see this Gorge :eek: (http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/verdon/pays.htm)

Quality... :thumbs up: sounds/looks good to me. All going well we might be seeing Rossi get his 100th win on the day, fingers crossed :cool: :clap:

[Ivano]

4000 Miles... Sounds like your own version of the Gumball Rally :D:D

[Gismo]

This is not a bad route you could follow, similar to the one I did.
http://www.britishbiketours.co.uk/html/body_gorges_du_tarn.html
That route takes 5 days to get to the Viaduc, we gotta do it in 2 :eek: in order to get to Barcelona in 3 days :thud:

[Big Gordy]

Still got Mugello first on the 31st May

I realised that after I had posted:blush::argh:

[euan]

That route takes 5 days to get to the Viaduc, we gotta do it in 2 :eek: in order to get to Barcelona in 3 days :thud:

It's a bit long winded I'll agree! the Massif central is awesome though, I'd be getting there via the Dordoyne as quick as I could if I were you.

[Scottie]

looks like it will loads of fun:thumbs up: but on a motorbike:frown::frown:

[Stewart]

I would love to do this sometime, maybe a mini delux run:eek::lol:

Respect the bike thing, loved long way round and down…………but I’d love to pack up my car and hit Europe. The Stelvio Pass like Top gear done.

http://www.redlineblog.com/top-gears-worlds-best-driving-road-in-detail/ (http://www.redlineblog.com/top-gears-worlds-best-driving-road-in-detail/)

[MrMischief]

That looks like an awesome trip & taking in some top track action while you're at it...I'm very very green with envy just now :bigwave:

My folks drive to Italy every year, taking different routes each time they must have done it for about 16 years on the trot....they put around 6000 miles on their car over the month that they're away.

Enjoy :thumbs up:

[Gismo]

looks like it will loads of fun:thumbs up: but on a motorbike:frown::frown:That's what makes it fun, the biking community is very strong and the banter is fantastic, much like the MINI scene, but, much bigger ;)