South Wales day trip

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South Wales day trip

Postby Paul » Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:16 am

The opportunity of a Friday night and Saturday pass seemed too good to not take advantage of. It was Wednesday, the weather was sunny, and thoughts turned to a cheeky zoom over to South Wales, to practice avoiding sheep on the roads, prior to the Boxertrix North Wales jaunt next month.

I booked in to a nice little B&B near Monmouth for the Friday night, and resisting the temptation to fill two panniers and a top box with gear, set off from work on Friday afternoon chasing the sun to the west.

Friday night, I plotted a nice zig-zagging path across the Brecon Beacons and set off on Saturday morning fuelled up with a hearty breakfast.

The weather was a little grey, but the roads were quiet and a good day's riding was had. My favourite section was at the far west of the Brecons on the mountain road from Brynammam to Llangadog. Had to try that bit out a few times...

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Happy days, and roll on Llangollen!

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Postby f90x » Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:41 pm

Sounds like a nice ride. Good looking bike that.
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Postby Blackal » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:55 pm

What's the deal with the funny "0"s on the sign?

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RS review

Postby Mitch1100 » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:25 pm

Great shot..how about a review on the RS, must have a few miles on now.. :wink:
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Postby Paul » Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:46 pm

Review of the R1200RS? It's everything you loved in the R1100S, but turned up to number 11 and a few added gadgets thrown in. It doesn't have a telelever, but other than that is the natural evolution of the R1100S, in my opinion.

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