Euro Enduro
2007 - 16 Countries in 4 days
Introduction 
After spending the summers enjoying the British
roads on the 'Big Bikes', we decided to use
our love of biking to raise some money for charity.
After much deliberation we decided that it had
to be a challenge situated abroad. We didn't
want to do something along the lines of Lands
End to John 'O' Groats in the fastest time possible.
This is because we would become open to being
accused of speeding or recklessness on the roads,
this is not the image we wanted. We wanted a
challenge; a test of navigation, fitness and
stamina, and of course reliability on the bikes
behalf will also be a big factor. So, after
studying various maps and considering what would
be a challenge. We have decided to go for a
target of 16 countries in 4 days. We are planning
to depart on the 9th March, this will enable
us to be back before the 16th March, Red Nose
Day. For information about the route and countries
we will be visiting please take a look at our
Route page.
On Friday 9th March the day of departure had
arrived. The magnitude of what we were undertaking
had sunk in, and we were a bit nervous about
the trip. There were a lot of last minute things
to sort out, it was a challenge in itself to
get out of the door and set off! All the usual
feelings of 'Have we forgotten anything?' were
going through our heads. We had all our gear
packed, such as thermals from Sub-Zero. We had
the bikes equipped with the new Garmin Zumo
sat-nav and Interphone communication fitted
to the Nitro flip-front helmets, which were
very kindly sorted out for us by Motocomp. The
bikes had been fully serviced and given the
A-ok by Genspeed in York and Pendle Motorcycles
in Nelson. All we had to do was get our paperwork
sorted and arrive in time for the ferry. We
got to Hull and checked in for the ferry and
came across our first obstacle, there had been
an admin error on the booking for the ferry
and the ZZR wasn't booked in! The lady at check-in
very kindly allowed us to board, and said she
would sort out the problem and get our boarding
pass to us on the ferry.
Setting Off;
On Friday 9th March the day of departure had
arrived. The magnitude of what we were undertaking
had sunk in, and we were a bit nervous about
the trip. There were a lot of last minute things
to sort out, it was a challenge in itself to
get out of the door and set off! All the usual
feelings of 'Have we forgotten anything?' were
going through our heads. We had all our gear
packed, such as thermals from Sub-Zero. We had
the bikes equipped with the new Garmin Zumo
sat-nav and Interphone communication fitted
to the Nitro flip-front helmets, which were
very kindly sorted out for us by Motocomp. The
bikes had been fully serviced and given the
A-ok by Genspeed in York and Pendle Motorcycles
in Nelson. All we had to do was get our paperwork
sorted and arrive in time for the ferry. We
got to Hull and checked in for the ferry and
came across our first obstacle, there had been
an admin error on the booking for the ferry
and the ZZR wasn't booked in! The lady at check-in
very kindly allowed us to board, and said she
would sort out the problem and get our boarding
pass to us on the ferry.
Day 1;
We got into Europoort around 0800hrs and set
off on our journey around 0830hrs. At this early
stage our spirits were high and we were confident
that we could complete the challenge. Travelling
south through Holland we followed the A15 motorway
past Dordrecht and then Antwerpen. We followed
the motorways as this was the quickest route
to go, but travelling on motorways is hard on
the riders' backs and knees. It is also extremely
tedious, we got a great view of service stations
along the way. One of main concerns was the
effect that the motorway travelling was having
on tyres. Motorways are extremely hard on motorcycle
tyres and very quickly wear the centre of the
tyre away, resulting in a 'Chicken Strip'. The
Avon Storm STs that we were using were fantastic
and showed no apparent wear. We were also able
to break up the monotony of the motorway by
talking to each other via the Interphone devices,
for some reason Daz spent most of the trip through
Holland and Belgium singing Whitesnake - Here
I Go Again (rather badly).
What we hadn't counted on however was the length
of time it would take to refuel the bikes. Daz
had originally purchased a ZZR but because of
the problems he had with it he ended up travelling
on a Suzuki Bandit 1200 and very quickly discovered
its limited fuel range of about 100 miles. The
ZZR could cover around 140 miles to a tank of
fuel quite easily. The result was more frequent
fuel stops and we very quickly became behind
schedule. The Zumos helped us in this respect
and saved us again at a later stage because
of the very useful and accurate coverage of
fuel stations that are already on the device.
By around 1630hrs we got to Bussang and were
1 1/2hrs behind schedule, and still hadn't stopped
for lunch. We found a 'Biker' hotel/café called
MotoHotel du Col de Bussang (www.coldebussang.com)
and had a well needed rest and bite to eat.
After around 20mins we set off again, by this
time we were over 2hrs behind schedule and Basel
was an hour away. We were starting to get worried
that we were going to fail our challenge, as
we had nearly 60miles to travel on twisty mountain
roads and we were unsure of how the apparently
hard wearing tyres would perform. But the Avons
excelled again on the twisty roads, our fears
of them having compromised grip in the corners
was unnecessary. We arrived at Basel around
2-¼ hrs behind schedule and Daz's Bandit was
running on fumes. We had to get fuel but had
no idea where a fuel station was, the Zumo saved
us and lead a coughing and spluttering Bandit
to a fuel station, where she promptly died as
she ran out of fuel on the forecourt!
After refuelling, the Zumo lead us down a maze
of streets in Basel and back on our way across
Switzerland. As our journey across Switzerland
was based entirely on motorways, it was extremely
handy to be able to ignore Daz's singing and
listen to MP3s on the Zumo instead. A great
feature we thought. By the time we arrived in
Lichtenstein it was about 2115hrs and about
-5C with wind chill about -15C!! Even in these
temperatures the Ryan Matthew textiles and Sub-Zero
thermal clothing performed fantastically. We
didn't even suffer cold feet! To give you an
idea of how cold it was, when we went across
the border into Austria, the border guard didn't
even bother checking us. Guess he didn't want
to leave his warm office! On arriving in Landeck
at Hotel Enzian ( www.hotel-enzian.com ) we
were immediately welcomed and shown to our room
to shower and change. As soon as we got downstairs,
we were treated to a beautiful Austrian 3 course
meal and a beer. We also found out a bit about
the hotel, while we were there we were surrounded
by skiers, and found out that the Hotel Enzian
is a ski lodge in winter. But in the summer
they run motorbike tours around the Alps, and
you can take your pick from a number of different
bikes to ride including the big BMWs, and even
ride a different bike each day you are there.
After a hard days ride you can relax in their
sauna, unfortunately as it was 2230hrs when
we arrived, we only managed to relax for about
20mins. But we would definitely recommend a
trip to this hotel, we will go back, but for
at least a week.
Day 2;
On the second day of this trip, we ached. Getting
back on the bikes was not a prospect that we
were looking forward to. We enjoyed a pleasant
breakfast and were asked if it was ok to take
some pictures of us and our bikes. We were the
first bikers to visit the Hotel Enzian this
year, all the other guests were skiers. We had
a brief, but lovely stay at this hotel and were
even given a packed lunch by the owner's wife.
Our first job after leaving the hotel was to
refuel, and then make our way to the A12 motorway
towards Innsbruck. At Imst we had planned to
follow a pass over the mountains and into Italy
arriving at Vipiteno just north of Bressanone.
We ignored the Zumos' instructions to turn around
and followed the pass up into the mountains,
we were travelling up some beautiful roads that
any biker would dream of riding up, and passing
scenery that belonged on a postcard. Daz was
in his element on the Bandit on these hair-pin
adorned roads and I was having fun on the ZZR
but soon realised that the size and weight of
the Kawasaki made it exhausting to throw the
bike into the bends. We were both extremely
impressed with Avon's Storms and we never felt
like the tyres were short of grip.
As we started to rise above 1500meters asl
we discovered snow, a lot of snow. Two motorcycles
travelling up a snow covered mountain got an
awful lot of looks from the skiers going down
the slopes near the road. At around 2000meters
asl we discovered that Avon's finest double
as snow tyres. Although I did get stuck once,
much to Daz's amusement. Why do we always laugh
at another's misfortune? At 2171meters asl we
came across a slight obstacle, a barrier and
a helicopter on the road. After quizzing a skier
about why there was a helicopter parked on the
road. He very kindly informed us that we were
crazy riding motorbikes in the snow and that
the road was closed and re-opened in June!
We had a quick discussion and decided that
waiting for the road to re-open would definitely
put us behind schedule, we put our trust back
in the Zumo as it lead us the 50miles back to
Imst. Daz was really quite excited as I listened
to him sing Here I Go Again on the way back
down the pass. The combination of a Bandit and
great tyres made Daz's journey back down a pleasure.
However I was riding a ZZR, weighing in at nearly
250kg, nearly 4 times heavier than me, and a
definite handful on snow and tight bends! It
was still a fun ride back, although exhausting.
By the time we got back to Imst it was 1200hrs
and we were approx 20miles from Landeck! So
we were already 3hrs behind schedule, and had
to refuel and eat. By this time we should have
been out of Austria and into Slovenia after
visiting Italy, around 200miles down the road,
not 20miles from the hotel. We had some serious
riding to do, for the second day running we
had underestimated how hard our challenge was
and how easily we could fall behind.
We got back on our bikes and followed the route
on the Zumo into Italy and eventually got to
Vipiteno, unfortunately we missed a turn off,
guess we were just fed up and not paying attention
to the Zumo. We ended up turning round and parking
in an entrance to an old vinery. We had to have
a break, we couldn't believe how badly the trip
was going, we were over 3hrs and nearly 300miles
behind schedule. Zagreb - From hotel window.
We found a lovely little hotel in the Dolomite
Mountains and had a proper cup of Italian espresso
to help us regain our composure and determination.
We couldn't afford to fail. With the added motivation
of a caffeine hit we carried on. Another refuelling
was in order, but unfortunately everything in
Italy is shut on a Sunday. We found an un-manned
petrol station on the way to Sillian. After
spending 10mins trying to work out how to get
fuel to no avail, we succumbed and asked another
customer how to work the pumps. After entertaining
a local with our inability to do a simple task
such as getting fuel from a petrol pump, we
carried on our journey. We passed back over
the border into Austria and down the Sillian
Pass.
By the time we got to Villach it was nearly
1900hrs and we were officially 7hrs behind schedule.
We had reached a point of desperation, I texted
my girlfriend. We decided that we had to push
on, but there was no way we could catch up and
make it to Nagykanizsa. We made the decision
that we had to get to Zagreb. At around 2020hrs
we got to Ljubljana, and I phoned my girlfriend
Lizzie and asked her to find us a hotel in Zagreb
with secure parking for the bikes. The bikes
security was our priority, without them the
challenge was over. Lizzie found a hotel called
Antunovic, but it was 84miles from where we
were, and it was 2030hrs and dark! So we had
a coffee and a burger.
After our beef and caffeine hit, we had over
an hour of night riding and a border to cross.
We certainly raised a few eyebrows crossing
into Croatia, why were two English bikers crossing
the Croatian border at 2215hrs? At around 2230hrs
we got to the second hotel and parked up the
bikes. By the time we got the bikes sorted and
into the room it was nearly 2300hrs, time for
a beer and sleep. This was our second day of
riding for 14hrs, we were physically and mentally
exhausted. Surely we couldn't have more days
like this, we ached in places we didn't know
existed, and we stank!
Day 3;
Our third day started at around 0530hrs, a
quick shower to try ease the smell and then
get some breakfast. After a mug of coffee that
was the same consistency as bitumen and enough
caffeine to make a sloth hyper, we were ready
to hit the road by around 0830hrs. We were still
100miles behind schedule and had to get across
Zagreb in rush hour traffic. Riding through
Zagreb was a nightmare, self-preservation has
never before been such an important concern.
The Interphones proved to be a godsend here,
it was fantastic and a lifesaver being able
to talk to each other and tell each other where
the other person was. But not only that, it
also enabled us to watch each others backs while
trying to avoid any contact with the competitors
in the daily 'Whacky Races' across town.
Eventually we got out of Zagreb and onto the
motorway towards Hungary. After crossing the
border into Hungary, for some reason we seemed
to hit swarms of insects. So after eventually
reaching Nagykanizsa and refuelling, we had
to remove the corpses from our visors. After
checking the route across Hungary we decided
that the way to go was on the E65. This is a
trunk road. There is a motorway but it is a
toll road and it would take us on a 200mile
detour via Budapest. The result of the motorway
being a toll road is that all the wagons use
the E65 as well. The road surface was therefore
not ideal for motorcycles and was very similar
to sliding down stairs on your backside. Needless
to say, crossing a country on roads like this
certainly tested the durability of our bikes
and equipment, and was more interesting than
sitting on a motorway.
At least the scenery was nice. We saw some
absolutely beautiful old buildings including
an old church. One sight that made us both feel
humble, was two men who appeared to be attempting
to cultivate a 10 acre field using a spade and
a hoe! We thought we had a challenge! After
crossing a rather bumpy Hungary we arrived in
Slovakia about 3 1/4hrs behind schedule and
2 inches shorter due to hammering our spines
had received! We thought this was quite an achievement
considering that at Zagreb we were nearly 8hrs
behind schedule. After crossing the Hungarian/Slovakian
border we were accompanied by another Bandit
1200, who decided to overtake and show off his
local knowledge of the roads. We couldn't let
the side down and admit defeat, so we showed
him how the Brits can ride. He passed us again
in Bratislava while we were fuelling up.
One of the first sights we saw in Bratislava
was a sign for the centre of Bratislava, Brno
and Tesco! We had around 300miles to get to
Bogatynia in Poland, none of this mileage would
be on motorways as we wanted to avoid the tolls.
Obviously this was going to a hard ride.
Continuing north out of Bratislava, we headed
for Brno. Thanks to the Zumo we could ignore
the signs for Brno, which were all sending us
down the toll motorway, and followed the E65
out of Slovakia and into the Czech Republic.
While we were at the coffee house in the Dolomites
we had been told that the Czech republic was
operating a vignette system for their motorways.
This news was not good, as obviously it would
mean more costs.
However when we got to the border of the Czech
Republic, we got some good news for a change.
We were informed that motorcycles were exempt
from vignettes. This was a godsend we thought,
as it meant we had a chance of making up time.
Unfortunately the motorways in the Czech Rep
are not exactly smooth, this slowed us down.
Even worse for us was the amount of traffic
to the south of Brno due to road works, nothing
worse to cause a delay than rush hour and road
works. We got onto the ring road around Brno
and fuelled up, by this time it was 1730hrs.
To get back on schedule we had 200miles to do,
but we now had to come off the motorway and
head north to avoid Prague. We couldn't chance
the risk of delays due to traffic and felt we
would be better on the minor roads.
It was beginning to get dark and we were being
lead up a maze of back roads, the Zumo was giving
us an eta of 2200hrs in Bogatynia. This wasn't
good, north of Liberec was a ski region, the
prospect of twisty mountain roads in the dark
was daunting, but with the added risk of snow
and ice due to the rapidly dropping temperature,
we were very apprehensive. At around 2100hrs
we refuelled about 30miles south of Liberec,
because of the roads we were averaging around
30mph, this meant that we would arrive in Bogatynia
50miles away at nearly 2300hrs. We had no choice
but to make the decision to stay in Liberec,
and try make up the distance in the morning.
Arriving in Liberec at nearly 2200hrs, we had
to find a hotel. Again the security of the bikes
was the first priority. After riding round Liberec
to find a hotel for about ½ an hour we found
a hotel that would allow two bikers to stay.
They had a locked compound to leave the bikes
in, this wasn't ideal but we were out of options.
Due to the temperature we were a little concerned
about whether the bikes would start in the morning,
they had been garaged at the other hotels on
the trip and protected from the cold.
Food was also high on priorities, but at 2230hrs
everything was closed except for McDonalds!
Apparently a Big Mac is still a Big Mac in Czech
Rep. But we didn't fancy the resulting toilet
stops on the last day, so we gave McDonalds
a miss, and settled for a bag of crisps and
a beer for our dinner. When we got into the
room, we were shocked, the décor in the hotel
looked like it was last replaced in 1960! Daz
asked if I had seen the film Hostel (Hostel
follows three backpackers in search of easy
thrills in Europe, who are lured to an obscure
hostel and become victims of a secret thrill-kill
industry. Although the film is set in Slovakia,
the town in the film is actually Ceský Krumlov,
a very popular tourist destination in the Czech
Republic). We slept with the doors locked and
one eye open!
Day 4;
After a fairly restless night we were up again
at 0530hrs, had a quick shower and got some
breakfast. It was quite unnerving sitting in
the restaurant having breakfast surrounded by
dead animals mounted around the wall. At least
they weren't the other guests, bearing in mind
Daz's comment the previous night about the film
Hostel! By about 0745 we were packing the bikes
ready for the final day. Even though the bikes
had been left in freezing temperatures all night,
they started on the button. According to the
Zumo, we should arrive in Bogatynia in approx
30mins. We had a slight delay on the Czech/
Poland border, think the guard found it suspicious
to see two English bikers crossing into Poland
at about 0830hrs on a back road! We probably
doubled his daily traffic!
As we got into Bogatynia we saw the hotel we
had planned to stay in and a sign for Tesco!
We had to get a picture of the bikes here. Idea
for another challenge, 16 Tesco's in 4 Days
anyone? Wouldn't be that hard, we saw signs
in Bratislava for 4 of them! Heading north through
Poland from Bogatynia toward Gorlitz on the
border, we realised that we still had over 650miles
to travel, but today we didn't have the luxury
of being able to keep riding till 2200hrs. We
had to be at the ferry at 1930hrs.
We crossed the border into Germany at around
1030hrs, with 620miles to go, we had to have
an average speed of nearly 80mph to make the
ferry. Your first assumption that this would
be easy on the German autobahns would be wrong.
Don't forget, we had to cover 620miles, in 9hrs,
including fuel stops. The Zumo had our eta as
1730, but this didn't include stops. We estimated
that we would need 6 fuel stops to get to the
ferry. An average fuel stop takes about 15mins,
to fuel the bike and stretch our legs, this
bumped our eta to 1900hrs. We breathed a sigh
of relief, it would be tight. Unfortunately
though, we then realised that traffic will be
a problem. We had ½ hour leeway to get through
the traffic around Dresden, Dortmund and Dusseldorf.
We would be passing Dortmund and Dusseldorf
at peak time, this was going to be another extremely
hard day. Then we still had to get across Holland.
We soldiered on, sustaining a good speed of
around 95mph on the autobahns. I know this sounds
fast by the UK's standards, but the only traffic
we were overtaking were wagons and cars with
trailers. At this speed we were able to maintain
our average of refuelling every 100miles, and
managed to keep on schedule on our journey across
Germany. The delays really started as predicted
when we arrived near Dortmund, the traffic became
horrendous, and our eta had soon crept up to
1930hrs when we got into Holland.
Just over the border in Holland we refuelled,
at 1820 we had 99miles to go and 1hr and 10mins
to get to the ferry. We had an incredibly hard
last leg to do, 70mins to cover 99miles. The
Bandit could just about manage 105miles to a
tank if it's ridden sensibly but it can very
easily empty itself in around 70miles when thrashed,
so even the fuel would be tight. Crossing Holland
was a nightmare, the traffic was horrendous.
We had to make full use of our ability to communicate
with each other, and watch each other's backs
in the chaotic rush hour traffic. With 5miles
to go, our eta had crept to 1940hrs and the
thing I'd been dreading came over the Interphone.
Daz needed fuel! Badly!
We checked the Zumo for the nearest petrol
station, but they were all off our route, except
one that was about a mile down the road. This
became our target, if Daz ran out of fuel that
would have been a disaster. Imagine our horror
when we found the petrol station, but it was
on the other side of the dual carriageway! Due
to our reduced speed to try conserving what
little fuel Daz had, our eta had crept to 1945hrs.
We still had 4miles to go, we had to carry on
regardless. I knew that I had around 4-5 litres
left in the ZZR, and was prepared to donate
some of that to Daz's Bandit to get us to the
ferry if the worst happened. How? As both our
bikes are fitted with Scottoilers, I had taken
some spare pipe with to enable us to patch them
up if we needed to. This pipe would be used
to siphon fuel out of my bike and transferred
to the thirsty Bandit.
As we pulled into the ferry port, the Bandit
started coughing and spluttering. We both pleaded
with the Bandit to keep running, even though
she was empty and spluttering she somehow kept
running, and we got to the first check-in point
and Daz killed the engine to save fuel. We sorted
our boarding passes, and were told to board
quickly, we had arrived late, had we been 5-10mins
later we wouldn't have been allowed to board.
Damn, it was close!
Daz started the Bandit and she spluttered and
died, with about 200yrds to go. We again resorted
to pleading and coaxing the poor Bandit, and
cranked her over again. She started, but was
not happy and limped away from check-in. She
had just covered nearly 2500miles in just 4
days, and here we were starving her of fuel
but she must have been as determined as we were,
because she made it onto the ferry and died
as Daz parked her up. What a bike! We would
worry about fuel in the morning when we got
back to Hull.
First job was to get changed and get some food,
we had done it! We celebrated with a good meal
and a beer. We were elated, we had just completed
our challenge, with just 5 mins to spare. After
we had eaten we relaxed in the lounge on the
ferry, we were exhausted and our bodies ached
in places we didn't know existed. There was
a pianist playing in the lounge, imagine our
horror when he started playing 'The Heart Will
Go On'! There we were sat on a ferry listening
to the theme tune for Titanic! We decided to
call the celebrations short and get some rest,
we were absolutely exhausted!
The Return;
We arrived back in Hull, unfortunately sometime
in the morning between getting a coffee and
packing to get off the ferry Daz lost his camera.
We were devastated, it had a lot of pictures
from the trip on it. We also had the Bandit's
fuel situation to worry about, siphoning fuel
from the ZZR was still an option. The bikes
were packed and then we started them. The Bandit
sprang to life even though she must have been
empty. We limped across Hull to the nearest
petrol station, the poor Bandit needed 14.3litres
to fill the 14.5litre tank (We didn't use the
reserve, as this was being saved for a last
resort). Bless the old girl.
We left Hull and headed back to our start point
at Green's Garden Machinery in Easingwold. On
the way we called in at Minster FM, as they
wanted to know how the trip had gone.
Summary;
Before the trip, we had set ourselves a very
tight schedule. The fact we had no mechanical
failures really is a testament to the quality
of workmanship by Pendle Motorcycles and Genspeed
Racing, as both the bikes cost less than £2000
each. Pendle Motorcycles worked on Daz's 9 year
old Bandit and Genspeed worked on my 17 year
old ZZR. They were both fully serviced and consumable
parts replaced. Thanks to the support from Scottoiler
both bikes were fitted with them. Haynes manuals
say that you should adjust your chain every
5-600miles, we did 2500miles and didn't have
to adjust them once, and they still don't. That
really is the result of a fantastic product,
definitely a must have on any chain driven motorbike.
Ryan Matthews supplied us with boots, gloves
and textiles, we nearly lived in the gear for
4 days. We found them lightweight, warm and
extremely comfortable even as the temperatures
rose. We don't know about the level of crash
protection they offer, thankfully! But they
do use KNOX armour, so they should offer better
protection than competitors that use foam pads
instead. Would recommend them to anyone looking
for textile riding gear.
The Interphone, Garmin Zumo and flip-front
Nitro helmets were supplied by Motocomp. All
three performed fantastically and proved to
be a fantastic asset on journey of this type.
The Interphone is great as a bike-to-bike com
set-up, but also excels when used in conjunction
with the Zumo, for navigation or MP3's. The
helmets proved extremely useful when crossing
borders and paying at petrol stations, we didn't
have to mess about removing them each time,
as I wear glasses removing helmets is a nightmare.
With the pin-lock visors in place we had no
problems with our visors misting up, even in
the extreme temperatures we rode in. The Zumos
were fantastic, as a bike navigation system
they are feature packed and extremely easy to
use. The user interface takes a bit of getting
used to, but after about 1/2hour playing with
them you soon get to grips and they make perfect
sense. The database of petrol stations is a
lifesaver and could save you a long walk pushing
a motorbike if used in conjunction with the
fuel gauge feature. The fact that you can transfer
them from your bike to the car in a few seconds
is the icing on the cake. They also have an
off-road option for all the green laners and
trail riders out there. A four hour battery
life makes them a good companion for hikers
as well.
Avon provided us with their new Storm ST's,
when we saw how they performed on the motorways
we were a little dubious as to how they would
cope on the tight twisty Alpine roads, but our
fears were quickly dissipated when we got into
the first corner. In cold temperatures they
heated up extremely quickly, and maintained
grip on freezing roads. They were extremely
sure footed and never short of grip under acceleration,
cornering or braking, even with the weight and
power of the Bandit and ZZR. After 3000miles
of riding before, during and after the trip,
they are still only about half worn. When you
consider the amount of motorway riding we did,
this is a fantastic achievement of Avon to create
a tyre of this quality. Our thermals were supplied
by Sub-Zero, and kept us warm in temperatures
that would send most bikers running for their
car keys. After using them in temperatures ranging
from -5C to about 20C we found that they kept
you warm in the cold but surprisingly cool when
the temperature rose. Again they are incredibly
lightweight, comfortable and thin enough to
wear under your normal riding gear, either textiles
or leathers.
We would like to say a big thank you to all
our supporters and to the companies who donated
these products. Everything stood up to this
challenge, which is testiment to their quality
and reliability. Also a special thank you to
Jon at Pendle Motorcycles and Gary at Genspeed
Racing for their time and expertise used in
preparing the bikes. If these guys weren't so
good at their jobs, we couldn't have done it.
And finally a great big thank you to everyone
who sponsored us and helped us raise money for
Comic Relief.
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website, www.mileeaters.com
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