By way of introduction some pictures of me and R1100S

[GRAgusta]

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[Man-of-Mystery]

You've been around a wee bit.

M-o-M

[andrew s]

From Paris to Falkirk, not bad.

All 3 bikes look great.

Andrew

[skiddy boxers]

Mines never changed colour when I've taken it to France.

Is that Versailles??

[Ruffy]

Good pics gr,one pic of your blue looks like the promenade des anglais in nice,i know that coz i took 3 different bikes down there but sadly not the S.

[GRAgusta]

I should have added some anotations to the photos; they are:

1 first R1100S at home in Aberdeen
2 wicked art water colour of my first R1100s
3 Col de Somport, French Pyrenees
4 In front of Casa Baitlo Barcelona
5 At the beach in Valencia
6 Versailles
7 Louvre
8 Northern Spain
9 Falkirk
10 Home again with my toys

cheers

Gawaine

[Ruffy]

O well, i,m in the right neck of the woods at least nice/valencia by the sea!!

[AJB]

Some serious touring. How do you like the 1100S for long distance work?

Is the MV Agusta also yours? How do they compare? (I have always love d the look of them).

[darkness]

Nice bikes, very clean.

Darkness

[f90x]

would it be ok for me to pop round and lick the 'mv' ?

[Grant]

I'll need to look out for both now....

there must be a few of us from 'Eberdeen' on here now

[GRAgusta]

Nice bikes, very clean.

Darkness

I do like to keep my bikes shiny, but of course the MV is new. The R1100S (blue one) has 12.5 kmiles on it and was used for my daily commute when I lived in Pau. It does rain a lot in South West France, but it does not really get cold and there is no salt on the roads. Never seeing salt has helped it keep its looks.

The other factor that has helped is that when I arrived back in UK the dealer dropped it off of their ramp while doing the MOT. The lug connecting the rear sub frame to the engine frame sheared off, so the bike was rebuilt with lots of new parts at their expense. Then one year later we were rear ended and punted off in Edinburgh by a sales rep. The bike is like my grandfather's broom - not much of it is original.