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The next day, we decided to head out and follow the Senouire river going down hill. The first stop is in Paulhaguet. The town is barely awake and we find minimal traffic going through it. http://gagnaou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Rodgers-French-trip/i-CxBgRhx/0/XL/SAM_0340-XL.jpg Reliving the past, I c...

The next day, we decided to head out and follow the Senouire river going down hill. The first stop is in Paulhaguet. The town is barely awake and we find minimal traffic going through it. http://gagnaou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Rodgers-French-trip/i-CxBgRhx/0/XL/SAM_0340-XL.jpg Reliving the past, I c...

From there we followed the road and drove by this church in the middle of nowhere beside the river. http://gagnaou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Rodgers-French-trip/i-cPRp6J6/0/XL/P1130080-XL.jpg Then the fun begun, there were signs that the road was closed ahead but I thought that we could make it to the...

Following the valley, we then got to Saint Arcons d'Allier In the 70s, like most of the villages in the area, after having lost so many people moving to larger cities, a lot of houses were falling apart and its future was looking pretty bleak. Under the impulsion of a few local people who wanted to ...

The next day the plan was to follow the "Vallee du Haut Allier" and then meandered our way back home. Our first stop was Chanteuges and its Abbaye. The earliest written pieces found about the place date from 936 so it is fair to believe that it was founded sometimes before that date. We parked the v...

After a good night of rest, best night RVsparky said he had for a long time! (No wonder, we had left a day and half ago and I made him ride over 200 miles in a foreign country at speeds above 80 :evil) we went and had breakfast in a small cafe, coffee and hot chocolate hit the spot! I did not take a...

A couple of weeks before our departure from the US as I was participating in the Cortez Rally, I managed to break my thumb on a small fall during the last stage of the rally. http://gagnaou.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Cortez-Rally-2015/i-JpsWvbN/0/L/11174666_10155486022810111_321952998275262320_o-L.jpg ...

This all started a couple of years ago when I was helping a couple of ADVriders from the UK plan a visit to the part of France where I grew up. As I was linking small towns in mapsource using very scenic backroads, I realized that I had left the place before I really got into Adventure riding and th...

Looks like a sweet ride!

I believe there were only 15 bikes

ajayhawkfan wrote:

gagnaou wrote:Those are some pretty cool pictures Eddie, thanks for sharing!!! Looks like the riding was pretty awesome as well!

Luc

You need to join us next time. You would enjoy the riding.

I know I wish I could but this time of the year timing is kind of an issue. Maybe one year

Those are some pretty cool pictures Eddie, thanks for sharing!!! Looks like the riding was pretty awesome as well!

Luc

Actually Quinton I was surprised, the speeds were a lot lower (for me) than what i expected. Way slower than the speed at which you and I rode up north last summer...

Savage wrote:Nice! How many miles did you do in those 3 days? Just think how well you would have done if you would have ridden a KLR. 651cc's of raw, untapped power!

I think it was about 680 miles total! That means you got the perfect bike to join me next year Quinton

Luc, Great RR. Thanks for sharing. I saw Bill on Sunday. He said he enjoyed meeting you and had a good time with you. I showed Bill some of the new trails on my place in my mini truck. That truck bounces around pretty hard. I bet it is no surprise to you that he felt every bump. :lol: Eddie Yep we ...

At the beginning of the second liaison I rejoined with Scott and the assistance vehicle, I grab a bite to eat and throw a couple of zip ties on y bash plate to hold it it place, with the weight of the mud the back end keeps coming off and drag on the ground. Then we are off for the second liaison of...

Once day 2 was over I felt a lot more relax as I knew that while there was still a lot of riding left, there should not be as much HP riding and most of the dunes were behind us. The cool part about this rally is that I also got to meet guys that I had only seen on TV or read about on the internet. ...

Day 2 was going to be a loop around the bivouac with only one gas stop in the middle. The intimidating part was that the second part of the special was going to be about 60 miles in the dunes with at one point one cap heading for 22 miles. I believe this is the start of stage 2 http://gagnaou.smugmu...

Stage 2 of day 1 was a few sandy fast track to start with if I remember right, a section of dunes and then some Hors Piste before getting back on some fast gravel road toward the bivouac. I do not remember very much of the first part except that I did not really like how much the back end of the bik...

The first part of the first special is pretty straight forward. If I remember right, it is double track type roads that gets pretty whooped out in places. I caught up to Jason before we start running parallel to the fence for a while. As I ride beside the fence, Dan caught me up like I was standing ...