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H-D Motorcycle Tours in Europe
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About Me
- Gary France
- Having devoted most of my adult life to being a ‘company man’, the transition to the next phase of my life away from the construction industry was always going to include some challenges. Planning and then making my dream trip to explore America on my Harley-Davidson proved to be the ideal vehicle for clearing my mind of old ways of thinking and being. I rode 21,475 miles, in 27 US states in four-and-a-half months. My motorcycling trips have continued, with journeys across much of Europe, New Zealand, North Africa and Cuba. A few years ago, I set up and now run Tour1, which takes riders on Harley-Davidson Authorised tours across Europe. See www.tour1.co.uk. I live just north of London in the UK.
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My H-D Road King, 'The Leading Ladies'
A 2006 Road King called 'The Leading Ladies' due to the portraits of ten 1940's and 1950's actresses painted on the bike. This is the motorcycle I use to ride through America on.
My Custom Harley 'Tradewinds'
Called 'Tradewinds' this bike has a H-D engine but almost everything else is custom, made specifically for the bike.
My Custom Harley 'Amelia'
Built in 2012, this is a seventies style traditional chopper, with considerable engraving and a tremendous paint scheme
Blogs I read
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What’s With These Jerks?1 day ago
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Hello world!8 months ago
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Talers Tales.3 years ago
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Fake News4 years ago
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Big Boy 40145 years ago
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Changes are a'coming...6 years ago
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Ride Your Own Ride8 years ago
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It's Nano Time!8 years ago
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2015 Harley-Davidson Models, Lean Angles9 years ago
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Bloody Hell Bob!10 years ago
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Hoo-Rag The Better Bandana10 years ago
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BrrrrrMobile11 years ago
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New Website11 years ago
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Z1 Rat's channel12 years ago
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Back to school12 years ago
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USA Tour - States I rode in on the tour
2012 Route to Cascias in Portugal
Cuba Tour 2012
2011 Tour Through Spain with Paul
2011 Route to Croatia with Ian
2011 Route to St Tropez with Jackie
2010 USA Tour Route
7 comments:
Hi Gary! Beautiful snow shots, the weather's the same here in Denmark, and back home in Ireland, as far as I hear... Hope it clears up for your big USA trip! :)
Thanks Dave, I am glad you liked the photos. I should have left it a day as now the sun is out, shining on the snow - it looks even better today! Everywhere has been hit by the snow and I here there is more coming to London.
Gary - I've been watching on the news over here. Looks like (nice pictures aside) you've got a helluva mess over there, with no end in sight any time soon. It's one thing here where we're used to the snow and most people know how to drive in it, but even the though of being on the M1 sends shivers down my spine.
So just think warm thoughts .... Southern California.
Canajun - yes, quite a mess.
In the UK we normally get very little snow. Sometimes we get none for years and even then it is light and very patchy, but this is way different – a satellite photo I saw last night shows the whole country covered in snow. Not getting much snow means as a nation we are not prepared for it. People have the wrong sort of cars for snow (it is a hoot watching rear wheel drive cars trying to get up hills) and generally people don’t know how to drive in snow because they don’t have much experience of it.
The situation is compounded by the local Governments, quite rightly don’t spend a lot of money preparing for such a lot of snow. We don’t have enough ploughs or gritters and why would you if you only get a little bit of snow every few years? That just doesn’t stack up financially.
So people get stuck, people stay at home, only the major roads get cleared, schools close and public transport gets badly affected. For the last 18 months I worked a lot of my time in Moscow and it was completely different there. Any overnight snow was cleared from ALL roads and walkways before sunrise even if it was still snowing. What a set-up they have there, based on years of doing it they all know exactly what to do.
Anyway, whilst my feet may be on snow, my mind is in sunshine preparing for my trip!
Wow! That is a lot of snow. Glad I am in Texas
Motoroz, there is another 10 inches / 25cm due to fall here tonight. Nice to look at at, but after a week of this, it is getting somewhat tiresome!
Gary
Gary:
I have read you comments but I am still in Hawaii and our plane leaves tonight back to Vancouver. I just wanted you to know that I am not ignoring you, it's just that I am using a netbook and its small keys.
I had the same dilema as you about choosing a camera for the bike. I have a helmet cam but you have to move your head around a lot to scan for traffic so video isn't smooth. I prefer ram mounts onto your handlebars. It's safer too, as all you have to do is push one button to record. with the helmet cam I cannot see the remote unit so I can't tell if it is one or not, as the screen on the recording unit (archos) goes blank to conserve battery power.
As for file types, .MOV is not very efficient, it uses too much storage and your cards don't hold much running time. .MP4 or H.264 will last 2x, or more. But as with any compression you have to know its downfalls, such as "key" frames. I can explain in more detail when I get home onto a larger keyboard, or if you have any questions.
I am using my new ZS3 which records in the new AVCHD format. I have some test videos on my Youtube.com/user/bobskoot channel. Check out the video "Wendy and Ralph" , this is HD 720p30 edited with PREL, Premier Elements 8, but first converted to .AVI using Koyote (Free converter)
All for now
bob
bobskoot: wet coast scootin
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