Microsoft do a free photo re sizing tool that works very well. Right clicking on you photo brings up a menu of resizing options.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe

 

Now i fogured it out

Here is some other oictures from the trip then...

1: The bikes on a rest in Germany
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2: Me and my mate at the pegasus bridge in Caen
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3: Me and a piece of field artillery
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4: Point Du Hoc, where 280 american rangers landed on D-Day with only 90 killed.
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5: The american cemetery in Verdun where 16800 american soldiers lies buried.
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Thanks for sharing Noe. It's really great to hear from some many riders in Europe. I'd like to compliment you all on your english. It's a lot better than my Dutch or Swedish.HA, HA! I was in Germany back in '68 and did a day trip to France. Sounds like not much has changed in regard to the attitude of the pepole in those countries. The gas milage you got (17km/l = 40 mi/gal US) is pretty good for two up riding. I can't seem to restrain my right hand enough these days to get better than 38 mi./gal.
Keep the rubber side down.

 

Nice trip Noe. Your trip only edulges me more to meet my dreams of taking tours throug foreign countries. I have been to many, many places within the US, Figi Islands, New Zealand, and Hawaii, but none of them compare to some mountainous rides, they are just so scenically awesome. I like history too. Glad to see you and your passenger lived up to what the bike could do. Nice pictures.

 

Noe, I just have to say: Your exhaust is awesome!!! I really dig that stainless cover that fit so well with the can! Where did you get it/ or if it was on the bike when you bought it, brand? Bassman: from me and my European companions: thank you for the compliment about our english. I have actually been to the States once, people asked me what state I was from instead of what country... We get a solid education over here you know...

 

Unfortunally I don't know what brand it is. They were on the bike when i bought it, and the previous owner had remowed the sign/plate with the name on it.
The more sorry I am that I have to get rid of them because some huge Git chose to drive his car into my right exhaust earlyer this year, so it's all scratched up.

I'm bying a IXIL to replace them. fortunatly the chrome covers survived thou.

Here is the IXIL I have chosen to replace them with, think they look allright and shining. I really hope that my dealer can make them fit as nicely together with the covers as the old ones does.
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If anyone has any experience at all with IXIL pleace speak up!


Just another little pic of my pride and joy
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And just another little gun from Omaha :-)


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Great Pictures Noe. Though I have to say the one of the cemetery is a bit sad. So many young lives cut short. Many gen X'rs just don't realize the sacrifices our fathers and grandfathers generation made so we could live free.
But on another note, that exhaust does look sweet!

 

Very interesting to read about your experiences and I'm glad you had a nice trip! Love to see those photos of the CBR too. Nice to know you made it so well.

I went by car with my girlfriend to Normandy and Bretagne for a couple of weeks this summer and we had a great time! We also went to see some of the memorial sites at Omaha and Utah beach, Dieppe and a few other places (we have some pictures but there are no bikes on them!).


I was kind of apprehensive meeting frenchmen on their own territory since I speak none of their language and I have also always heard that they neither can nor will speak English, but to my surprise I found almost everyone able and eager to communicate in English so we had no problems in this respect whatsoever.

In germany, on the other hand, we stopped at a "guesthouse" and there I was forced to use my quite rudimentary german tongue, since not one of the elderly people present seemed to speak anything but the native lingo. I can tell you it was a chore, but I find that if you are willing to communicate, you will.

I must confess, however, that I am relieved that the car (her SAAB 9000 CSE) did not break down until we were safe at home, that way we could stay away from discussions with french mecanics at some obscure garage.

Reading this story makes me even more interested in going for a longer trip to the continent next summer, but well, unfortunately my girlfriend is not keen on going by bike at all... Next best thing is going by car I guess...

 

Sounds like a great trip!

How the h... did you make it run 17km pr litre ?
How fast were you going ?

 

We drove approx 90 mph (140 km/h) on the motorways, and 60 mph on all the other roads, so that was quite easy. One tank of fuel I even got it up to 17,9 km/l riding nice and easy on the small backroads i Normandy waching the scenery and sites.

At the way home we drove approx 100-110 mph(160-180 km/h) on the motorway and that gave me a fuel consumption of 15,5 km/l