Just come back from another one of our twice yearly trips to the Nurburgring on the XR
Have to say she performed brilliantly

We were a little late in going this year, normally head out for the first trip to Germany in May, then again August, but what with the weather we held off......... that was pointless

Between Nottingham and Hull to catch the ferry to Zebrugge i managed to stay dry, Zebrugge to the Eifel region of Germany however it was torrential........... no, actually it was biblical levels of rain
Never mind, the Sunday started a little grey and overcast but come 1.30pm the sun was out and the car park starting to fill up:
images no longer availableNow I'm not going to sit here a profess that I'm some 'king of the ring' but I've done this trip for at least the last 8 years on a wide range of bikes, Ducati's, KTM RC8's, Blades, Tuono V4's, S1000r...I'm sure there are more.
That said the XR was brilliant.
Even in the rain riding over it was bearable and i hate wet weather riding, everything just felt sure footed and progressive.
Having the sport model it gave me the options of tweaking the suspension a little throughout the first day , i must say that for what is effectively a big bike, i could happily run with the lads on the 1000cc superbikes in most part.
So Sunday ended up being a really good day and all were impressed with the XR:
images no longer availableNow the Monday started off hot and just got hotter,so whilst we waited for the evening session to start at 5pm we headed off for one of our ride outs on the frankly amazing roads throughout the Eiffel region. If you've never been i can't recommend it enough, everywhere is biking heaven so whether you just fancy a couple of laps on the Ring its still worth going for the roads throughout all the forest regions.
Spent a day in Cochem which was really hot, river was high this year so they've had loads of rain but its such a nice place so recommend a visit or two:
images no longer availableAnyway......not to worry, it was still a good trip and we're looking to go back again end of July/August, hopefully we'll get a full weekend of dry weather.
If you've never been, and want to go, then maybe we can set up a few of us for a trip some point before the year is out.