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    Winter Wonderland!

    Jan 14, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS: MARTIN KIRK
    PHOTOS: HELEN KIRK

    It has to be said that riding a classic motorcycle in the depths of the British winter is some pretty low-rent motorcycling.

    Besides the risk of salted roads tarnishing and de-valuing your pride and joy, navigating wet and slippery road surfaces in freezing cold temperatures hardly comes high on the list of classic motorcycle riding experiences. But it need not be this way!

    Just a short budget airline flight away is a sunny land of 18-23°C temperatures with dry, perfectly surfaced, gloriously bendy roads threading their way through fantastic mountain scenery. And right on the doorstep, a fleet of beautifully prepared classic BMWs, available for hire at daily rates little more than the cost of a winter coating of ACF-50. Welcome to Motorcycle Touring

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