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[Saint-Just]

You're smiling and posting but I hope you're ok

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Smile is possibly drug induced.

[higham5]

Never had a proper tank slapper on a motorcycle, plenty of weaves that stopped with either more or less speed. However I had a bicycle that I had three tank slappers on , all at 40 plus mph, all downhill. I managed to rescue the first two, the third got me though. And even as it was bucking like a horse I was thinking relax your grip dont touch the brakes, but it royally spat me off!

My friend was close behind and he said “ I thought you were going to save it as you used both sides of the road”, so did I.

As others have said , good to see you are posting and that it doesnt put you off riding at all.

Steve

[Stanford]

Be careful out there guys. Straight road, dry, hot, sunny.
Tank slapper saw the end of this bike today.
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I don't think much of your baffle

Seriously, though, I hope you aren't too badly banged up and are up and about soon

[andy tims]

Be careful out there guys. Straight road, dry, hot, sunny.
Tank slapper saw the end of this bike today.

Hope you’re OK?

[Thewatchbloke]

Be careful out there guys. Straight road, dry, hot, sunny.
Tank slapper saw the end of this bike today.

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Ouch! I hope there nothing permanently damaged. With you, the bike needs a slight refresh obviously!

[Thewatchbloke]

Met another one at my tea stop yesterday, he only bought it 2 weeks ago - looks very nice!

[blackal]

Met another one at my tea stop yesterday, he only bought it 2 weeks ago - looks very nice!

I'm guessing you were both late getting home for your dinner!

Fantastic bikes !

[Der Amf]

Rode the 70 miles to Hawes in under 2 hours with my bag very safely strapped on the pillion. Quite enjoyed riding in a more stately fashion with my load to think of. I think I lalso liked having a bit more weight: me+my 125=not a lot.



Forecast for tomorrow is much better than Tuesday, so I'll make my longer ride up to Middleton-in-Teesdale, Allendale Town and Alston tomorrow, and see what's possible for Tuesday later on. The forecasts for these days have been changing so much, perhaps Tuesday will decide not to be an all-day downpour after all. I was expecting to be met with a thunderstorm when I got here, but it's just a lovely summer evening

[Stanford]

Met another one at my tea stop yesterday, he only bought it 2 weeks ago - looks very nice!

Lovely pair

[blackal]

Rode the 70 miles to Hawes in under 2 hours with my bag very safely strapped on the pillion. Quite enjoyed riding in a more stately fashion with my load to think of. I think I lalso liked having a bit more weight: me+my 125=not a lot.



Forecast for tomorrow is much better than Tuesday, so I'll make my longer ride up to Middleton-in-Teesdale, Allendale Town and Alston tomorrow, and see what's possible for Tuesday later on. The forecasts for these days have been changing so much, perhaps Tuesday will decide not to be an all-day downpour after all. I was expecting to be met with a thunderstorm when I got here, but it's just a lovely summer evening

Hawes seems (quite rightly) to be a focal point for your jaunts. I do like the place for a midweek overnight stop-over.

What do you reckon your MPG and tank range to be on the 125?

[learningtofly]

Be careful out there guys. Straight road, dry, hot, sunny.
Tank slapper saw the end of this bike today.

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Very sorry to hear that, and all the best for a speedy recovery.

[Der Amf]

Mpg is 105 and tank holds over 2 gal, so I'm never remotely pressured.

I guess I'll see more of Settle once they sort out the main road at Blubberhouses. I've heard about the cafe at Feizor but atm that's not very convenient for me.

[Der Amf]

Sitting on a shady bench in Allendale Town's churchyard after 3½ hours of heading north: Buttertubs Pass, Arkangarthdale, Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Westgate, Rookhope Arch, Allenheads. Over the hill from Newbiggin to Westgate was getting awfully close to off-roading for a supposed road. Very wild up there. Will go a few miles west, and then head south to Alston. Then Middleton-in-Teesdale again and back to Hawes via Tan Hill. My memory of the map for that leg is a bit sketchy....

When I hit 5,000 miles, just north of Alston, I stopped and took a photo of the view: