This gives you a range of 300-400 miles. Enough to go from Leeds to anywhere in Europe?
CB2 found out this is not quite the case!
When we got over the French border his fuel guage went from a reliable German to a deserting Froggie. 100 mile range became 40 miles.
No problem we thought as we at last abandoned the mways for some nice tree lined twisties.
Then he disappeared. Guess what........
On Sundays in France all the petrol stations close down and leave un-manned pay card machines.
CB2 jumped on CB1's bike and off we went in search of the amber nectar.
Problem. Unmanned service areas - no petrol containers.
You girls are gonna love this - thank feck for Lenor :-)
We pulled in to a 'greasy spoon' to explain our predicament.
' You need a jerry can' they say.
'Oui' we reply in a relieved manner.
'We do not have one'
Bllocks
Then our best French mate in the world comes up with an empty Lenor bottle. Mon dieu.
We then got to play with the credit card roulette of French un-manned petrol stations which CB1 lost 'cos it accepted his card.
One repatriated bike with the 'rescue vessel' on display.
We went back to the cafe to thank them.
They are big into trikes.
Time to go to bed. Au revoir.
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