Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

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Soul in reply to @EB

It's just too tiring at motorway speeds.
100 or 200 miles at 50 mph or less is lovely.
700 miles at 70-100 mph destroys your neck, back, wrists, ear drums & loads more.

Then there's luggage, weather protection & passenger comfort (not that my wife came with me this time...).

If (or more likely, when) I do this trip again, i'll use a bike more suitable for touring. I'm already having a sneaky look around Autotrader...

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hugo7 in reply to @Soul

Do they still have those fast drive-on trains in France?

I was wondering if you could get one to cut out the grim North from Calais.?

We used to have a neighbour who had to take them to get to/from Paris because their battered Renault wasn't able to do the min speed on the autoroutes.

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Soul in reply to @hugo7

They exist but you have to go from Paris down to Bordeaux or Brive (Brive would probably work for me).

The issue is that they're overnight and they don't carry passengers so you need to get another train (for more money) yourself.

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