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Warm-up travels: Easter Road Trip: 14 - 16 April 2006
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Sunday, April 16, 2006. Easter Road Trip: 14 - 16 April 2006. This was the first trip that we took on TWO seperate bikes. 14/04/06: Poole - West Woodlands. Took a quick turn around Sandbanks to settle in then at 10:30 headed out of Poole in the general direction of.mmm.North (possibly Stonehenge). We popped across to Seven Acres Caravan park at West Woodlands at about 17:30. Thought we better ...
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Warm-up travels: Pyrenees and Back: 23rd June - 8th July 2006
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Monday, August 14, 2006. Pyrenees and Back: 23rd June - 8th July 2006. 23/6/06: Poole - Cherbourg. Caught the 22:00 ferry from Poole to Cherbourg but this time we booked a cabin and had a good rest. 24/6/06: Cherbourg - Parthenay. Got onto the D962 to Laval and through to Augers where we went along the D952 which follows the Loire river to saumur. Very beautiful road along the river. We arrive...
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Warm-up travels: February 2006
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Thursday, February 09, 2006. Normandy weekend blast:1-3 July 2005. 1/07/05: Poole - Cherbourg. Straight after work we took the ferry across from Poole to Cherbourg. Met another bike (Jonathan: Cab driver from Salisbury) on a VFR at the ferry port who was heading south to Spain. This was his first trip abroad and his first motorbike which he bought three weeks earlier. 3/07/05: Cancale - Poole.
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Charlie's XR250: The new and improved XR250
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Everything about Charlie's XR250 from buying, maintenace, problems, joys, modifications etc. Monday, 20 November 2006. The new and improved XR250. From when I collected the bike the clutch had been slipping very slightly but to the point that when I was going at 100km/h and I rode into the wind the clutch would start slipping. Conquest was happy to take the bike back and see what was wrong. As said it now pulls like a train.well as much as a 28bph engine can pull like a train. Again, "bash-plate" would i...
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Charlie's XR250: Fresh off the container...
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Everything about Charlie's XR250 from buying, maintenace, problems, joys, modifications etc. Sunday, 19 November 2006. Fresh off the container. XR250R, 1998 (R reg), standard light, 9lt tank, electric start only, £1850. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Prep and Packing list. The new and improved XR250. Fresh off the container.
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Warm-up travels: Scotland and Ireland trip 19-29 August 2005
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Thursday, February 09, 2006. Scotland and Ireland trip 19-29 August 2005. 19/8/06: Poole - Cheltenham. Left Poole immediately after work (16:00) and stopped off at a Travel Inn (which we had prebooked) in Cheltenham. 20/8/06: Cheltenham - Arrochar. 21/8/06: Arrochar - Beauly. 22/8/06: Beauly - Connel. Took the A835-A832-A890 to Plockton stopping along the way to look at some Lochs. Then we too...
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Warm-up travels: April 2006
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Sunday, April 16, 2006. Easter Road Trip: 14 - 16 April 2006. This was the first trip that we took on TWO seperate bikes. 14/04/06: Poole - West Woodlands. Took a quick turn around Sandbanks to settle in then at 10:30 headed out of Poole in the general direction of.mmm.North (possibly Stonehenge). We popped across to Seven Acres Caravan park at West Woodlands at about 17:30. Thought we better ...
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Warm-up travels: Bath practice trip: 19-20 March 2005
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Wednesday, February 08, 2006. Bath practice trip: 19-20 March 2005. Rensche and I took the Divvy from London to Bath and back as a practice run before taking on France. Rode there on the A303 via Stonehange. Stayed in a B&B overnight. Did a bit of sight seeing around Bath but as we had both been there before we didn't do the Roman baths or any other major sites. Posted by Charlie and Rensche.
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Warm-up travels: Cornwall weekend Blast: 12-14 August 2005
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All the adventures that Charlie and Rensche have on their motorbikes in the build-up to their trans-Africa trip. Thursday, February 09, 2006. Cornwall weekend Blast: 12-14 August 2005. 12/08/05: Poole - Charmouth. Left on Friday afternoon after work taking the A35 until it got dark. Found a very nice camp site just off the roundabout on the A35 at Charmouth. 13/08/05: Charmouth - Mawgan. Saturday morning we took the A30 to get to Cornwall as quickly as possible. Carried on east and stopped off in St Mich...
