A mini ADVENTURE
Lexmoto Vendetta, Mash Two-fifty
It was during our big scrambler trip down to London that the conversation turned to doing something exciting on smaller capacity bikes, and I happened to mention that I wanted to try a long distance trial and that there was one taking place in Co Durham in October. “Great idea!” says Mikko, ”Get it organised!”
And so it was that myself and Ross committed to trying out two smaller, alternatively styled bikes for a weekend, although Mikko did manage to find an excuse (washing his hair I think), timed impeccably with the long distance forecast suggesting rain and falling temperatures. It turned out to be his loss…
The bikes we’d chosen were a pair of Chinese-built 250cc machines, both with retro styling in the ‘street scrambler’ direction, although the nod in the direction of off-road ability was little more than just some road-biased knobbly tyres and a pair of braced handlebars.
Given that our initial thought was that the little 250s wouldn’t feel at home on the long slog along the M62 and A1M from Lincolnshire to Co Durham, we chose a far more interesting and suitable route. Heading north from Lincolnshire, over the popular Caistor High Street (named for its height above sea level, and not because it runs through the centre of Caistor), and through the Lincolnshire Wolds, before a blast along the A15 to the Humber Bridge (free for bikes, but with a toll for cars). After weaving past Beverley, Market Weighton and Pocklington, we cut into the lanes across
