Back from Corsica

[Andrea <springbok@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ciao a tutti!

I just came back from Corsica, where I spent 4 fabulous days with my 
friends and my beloved Triumph. In fact the whole island was invaded by 
bikers, mostly Italians and Germans.
Wonderful roads and wonderful places (and wonderful girls too :-).
There are so few cars on the Corsican roads that if you have an opportunity 
to go there with a bike, you just can't miss it!
Well, to tell the truth some roads, especially on the mountains, don't 
offer a perfect surface with a really old tarmac and sometimes they are so 
narrow that two cars in opposite directions won't fit on the road, but they 
compensate with a spectacular panorama.
There's a place on the mountains in the northern part of the island where 
you can see the sea on both the east and the west side!

We spent the first day on the south-east (Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio) and 
then headed north across the central mountains and forests. The remaining 3 
days we made base in Corte, which is right in the middle of the island, to 
explore both the east and the west sides of the northern part. 1500 kms of 
pleasure :-)
The cities (Ajaccio and Bastia) aren't very interesting, but the smaller 
villages distributed around the island are little jewels and the Corsicans 
are very friendly.

The RS behaved perfectly. Aggressive when I was in the mood (the pegs are a 
little shorter now ;-), confortable when was time for a slowdown. I used 
for the first time also the Triumph tank bag, but I must say that I didn't 
like it very much, because it's too big and I don't appreciate to have it 
pushed on my breast... maybe my arms are too short, I'm only 1.78m tall. 
Anyhow, I do enjoy my bike much more without the tank bag.
Monday morning we found some rain too, not a big problem if it wasn't for 
the fact that I found the BT020 tyres behave like soap on a wet road :-( 
Fortunately it didn't last too much.

Only a minor problem: I lost one of the little screws that take in place 
the locking handle on the bottom part of the topbox. Take a look at yours, 
if you have one.

- -andre
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         Andrea@xxxxxxxxx
Triumph Sprint RS (racing yellow)
         Sardinia - Italy



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