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Spain 2024
By: happyhenry Date: October 21, 2024, 8:48 am
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I took my Falcone to Spain this year for the Colombres Rally
(
HTML https://www.motoclubindianos.com/en/home1/),
which was a great
week as usual. Following the rally week I rode down to Madrid
for a week and then back up to Santander for the ferry home. The
bike ran faultlessly for 1600 miles, used 200cc of oil and had
the chain adjusted once.
Following this trip and last-year's equally long trip through
France and Spain, a little play has developed in the swinging
arm bushes, which will be this autumn's project to replace,
perhaps following Banquo's lead and going for phosphor-bronze -
but definitely with the addition of a grease nipple.
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Re: Spain 2024
By: banquo Date: November 8, 2024, 11:48 am
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A bold move choosing this journey Henry, but all seems to have
gone well!
I met a guy at a Guzzi rally in Brion, who had been touring
Europe two up with full camping gear and had no issues at all!
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Re: Spain 2024
By: happyhenry Date: November 8, 2024, 2:52 pm
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It's not my only long trip on the Falcone. Last year I rode down
the length of France, over the Pyrenees at the Bielsa-Aragnouet
pass, at 6,000ft it was a slow climb on a loaded Falcone, and
back via Santander. That was with camping gear too. I wrote that
trip up for Gambalunga and it was published a couple of months
ago. The only thing that broke was the rubber band hold my
pushbike speedo in place.
I quite enjoy doing distance on the Falcone. It is slow and
definitely breathless on big hills, but 80-90kph is the speed
limit on French/Spanish B-roads and is quite a nice pace to see
the countryside at 250-300km per day.
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Re: Spain 2024
By: banquo Date: November 8, 2024, 3:23 pm
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Aye. Bikes are meant for using, and the further the better
😎
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