Lake District Tour 2017

Omobono · Sep 2, 2017

Hi all, I am a Moto Guzzi fan actually also owning a BMW for when I want peace of mind.

I have just come back from the Lake District where I spent a beautiful (if somewhat wet) week. The bike was a BMW R1200RT, which served me rather well apart from one episode (see below). The bike would be perfect it if sounded like a Guzzi; but it doesn't, therefore it isn't. Still, I am very satisfied with it.

I have written about my 9 day-trip in a blog.

Those who may be interested find the link here

https://motocicletta10hp.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/day-1-home-to-lake-district-hq/

Enjoy! (or not, as the case may be...)

O

buellzebub · Sep 2, 2017

Just read day 1, excellent!

buellzebub · Sep 2, 2017

Love the comments about the National Trust!

Dave Ford · Sep 3, 2017

Very entertaining write-up. Particularly impressive considering (I assume) that English isn't your mother tongue...

Deleted account Aberdeen GS · Sep 3, 2017

Some nicely crafted words, such as this ;

". An excellent bike, this R1200RT, only marred by the most unexciting engine sound ever devised by human mind. For the rest, quite a treat, and that I could flip it right and left all day with great ease and with the panniers on board gives the measure of how much fun a proper touring bike can be. A real shame that the craze for the – otherwise certainly excellent – “Adventure bikes for 100% Tarmac use” has reduced or restricted the number of proper tourers on offer (no Moto Guzzi Norge or Breva anymore; no Ducati ST4; no KTM tourers because not enough “ready to race”; Triumphs, Yamahas and Kawasakis have too many cylinders, and they don’t sound right to me either)."

Thanks for posting !
A great trip report.

Deleted account Aberdeen GS · Sep 3, 2017

"Near Crook a beautiful Moto Guzzi Le Mans I (I think) magically appears out of a curve. I see the bike for a very short time, but that sound stays with me for long as I try to keep it in my memory and not think of the whining I have just below and in front of me."

Sadly it seems the only cure (if you own a 2013 onwards GS) is to buy a second bike that actually sounds nice !
Maybe an R9T ?

I think the whining the author refers to is exacerbated on the RT since the fairing reverberates the sound, certainly more so than on a GS model.

Rich1150 · Sep 3, 2017

Great read i was over there in August also.
For anyone who has not ridden around the lakes and over the passes you need to go :clap

Rushy · Sep 3, 2017

Omobono said:
Hi all, I am a Moto Guzzi fan actually also owning a BMW for when I want peace of mind.

I have just come back from the Lake District where I spent a beautiful (if somewhat wet) week. The bike was a BMW R1200RT, which served me rather well apart from one episode (see below). The bike would be perfect it if sounded like a Guzzi; but it doesn't, therefore it isn't. Still, I am very satisfied with it.

I have written about my 9 day-trip in a blog.

Those who may be interested find the link here

https://motocicletta10hp.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/day-1-home-to-lake-district-hq/

Enjoy! (or not, as the case may be...)

O

Dump the RT and buy a Norge

Bizarrely I bought my Guzzi for peace of mind rather than a BMW. I then eventually bought my Honda for a but more upright comfort and longer suspension . I really should sell both and buy a Stelvio or a Norge .......

buellzebub · Sep 3, 2017

Rushy said:
Dump the RT and buy a Norge

Bizarrely I bought my Guzzi for peace of mind rather than a BMW....

How was the Guzzi, was it reliable? I've always fancied one but have been put off by stories of terrible electrics and general fragility.

(RIP) andrewgsadv · Sep 3, 2017

Enjoyed your blog, the Lakes is a lovely place to visit. Thanks for taking the time to post. :beerjug:

(RIP) spike418 · Sep 3, 2017

I enjoyed the report so thanks, although I have to say I thought the Wrynose/Hardknott bit was a tad over the top.

Rushy · Sep 3, 2017

Just finished reading the blog. Great stuff , thanks for sharing it here. Reading some of the places you went through I'd definitely suggest you take a paper map next time

If you went from Chester to Shifnal via Warrington whilst trying to avoid Motorways then you definitely need a map.

Rushy · Sep 3, 2017

buellzebub said:
How was the Guzzi, was it reliable? I've always fancied one but have been put off by stories of terrible electrics and general fragility.

How is it ( I've still got it) ? It feels exactly the opposite of fragile. Really well built with quality components and a very high level of finish . It's final driving bearing failed a few years ago at about 9000miles , embarrassing at a UKGSer event so much piss taking despite the fact that that's a common GS failing and they take pretty much the same bearing, in fact I ordered the replacement from Motorworks.

Since then it's blown a fuse twice and on a foreign trip with a BMW riding mate I had another embarrassing failure when the dip beam element on the headlamp bulb failed . Slightly less expensive at £10 for a bulb than my mates failed ABS pump on the same trip

She's only up to 20k miles now and sadly has barely turned a wheel since I bought the Honda as its so much more comfortable for long days in the saddle. There is just something about a Guzzi though that means I just can't bring myself to sell her

buellzebub · Sep 3, 2017

All in all pretty good then!

Deleted account Aberdeen GS · Sep 7, 2017

spike418 said:
I enjoyed the report so thanks, although I have to say I thought the Wrynose/Hardknott bit was a tad over the top.

seems like a vlogger thing ... drama here too !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTOai9IkxDA&t=925s

(RIP) spike418 · Sep 7, 2017

Aberdeen GS said:
seems like a vlogger thing ... drama here too !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTOai9IkxDA&t=925s

You're not kidding! Couldn't quite believe some of the commentary :blast

Norfolk Tiger · Sep 7, 2017

spike418 said:
You're not kidding! Couldn't quite believe some of the commentary

The missenden flyer is he one of Stuarts co-workers :nenau

(RIP) spike418 · Sep 7, 2017

Norfolk Tiger said:
The missenden flyer is he one of Stuarts co-workers

I did chuckle at that possibility

brut33 · Sep 7, 2017

spike418 said:
I enjoyed the report so thanks, although I have to say I thought the Wrynose/Hardknott bit was a tad over the top.

We also went over the top last week.

....Wrynose Pass.

Sorry about the thread hijack.

BTW, I'de just like to say....We did all the right passes, but not necessarily in the right order.

Rushy · Sep 14, 2017

Quite a few YouTube clips of people dropping their bikes on the Hardknott following those links .......

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