Back from Spain and Portugal
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Arrived back from Santander on the ferry this afternoon, around 2.5k miles covered. Was a brilliant trip and traveled to some fantastic places on some awesome roads. Pics to come.
Only incident was on tuesday traveling from san sebastian to bilbao, rear puncture on my bike noticed while traveling at 160kph+ and wondering why the bike wouldn't lean anymore and was squirming around and couldn't keep up with my mates. Checked at next toll and found it totally f*cked, chewed up and overheated with a massive sharp shard of stone stuck in it with only a few psi left in it. Tyre welded at the roadside and then a limp to Honda dealer in bilbao (found via a bike number plate dealer tag parked in a bay and slamming the address into tom tom) to get a new rear fitted - even more fun when you only speak a few words of Spanish and the guys at the dealer only speak a few words of english. Anyway I now have a new roadsmart on the rear.. I had to pay a fortune for it but I got home in one piece.
Only incident was on tuesday traveling from san sebastian to bilbao, rear puncture on my bike noticed while traveling at 160kph+ and wondering why the bike wouldn't lean anymore and was squirming around and couldn't keep up with my mates. Checked at next toll and found it totally f*cked, chewed up and overheated with a massive sharp shard of stone stuck in it with only a few psi left in it. Tyre welded at the roadside and then a limp to Honda dealer in bilbao (found via a bike number plate dealer tag parked in a bay and slamming the address into tom tom) to get a new rear fitted - even more fun when you only speak a few words of Spanish and the guys at the dealer only speak a few words of english. Anyway I now have a new roadsmart on the rear.. I had to pay a fortune for it but I got home in one piece.
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