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bob · # 1 14-02-12, 15:49

Hi I'm new to touring bought an xt660z
Tenere (white) and my brother bought (red)
We are looking at doing at short trip to northern
France including some light trails for about five days
Any help or advice would be much appreciated
Or routes b&b or whatever you can help with
Thanks bob

CaptMoto · # 2 14-02-12, 16:10

and

to

Your brother's one is faster. You should have got a red one too

bob · # 3 14-02-12, 16:34

Ha ha ha
Maybe but mine has been kev'd.
His ain't. Ha

Dual · # 4 14-02-12, 17:07

Just do it and post lots of photos

bob · # 5 14-02-12, 17:21

"just do it "
Easy for you to say
I've never been further than brummingham on a bike

bob · # 6 14-02-12, 19:41

Ok Keithblade
Will try thanks
Do you now of any trails in northern France that we could try
On way.
Thanks

uberthumper · # 7 15-02-12, 09:50

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Originally Posted by Keithblade

Just enjoy, nothing out of the ordinary to worry about in N France apart from they drive on the 'wrong' side of the road.

Stop at the Mulles and Frit stops at the side of the road - delicious.

Have fun.

Although be aware that, perfidious Frenchies that they are, they might spell it 'Moules Frites' on the signs, just to confuse visiting Brits

I've heard that Normandy has some fairly good trail riding, but I've no personal experience. You could try a search on the Regional > Europe sub-forum of ADVrider, as I'm pretty sure it's come up there in the past.

All the trail riding I've done in France has been a lot further south.

uk_nick · # 8 15-02-12, 10:29

Done a bit of off-roading in the Pas-de-Calais area.

I was a bit cautious about what we would find as it is not easy to identify public rights of way on the French regional maps.

We need not have worred as there were tracks everywhere. We passed plenty of farmers and even a local hunting party who just offered a friendly wave as we went past. No irate ramblers in France!

The general rule is to avoid any track with a no-entry sign or "Interdit au 4x4, Moto et Quads", but everything else seems to be fair game.

uberthumper · # 9 15-02-12, 11:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by uk_nick

Done a bit of off-roading in the Pas-de-Calais area.

I was a bit cautious about what we would find as it is not easy to identify public rights of way on the French regional maps.

We need not have worred as there were tracks everywhere. We passed plenty of farmers and even a local hunting party who just offered a friendly wave as we went past. No irate ramblers in France!

The general rule is to avoid any track with a no-entry sign or "Interdit au 4x4, Moto et Quads", but everything else seems to be fair game.

ISTR there's been a recent judgement in France along the lines of "if it looks like a road/track, and there's no signs to say otherwise, then it is a road". Might want to check that though.

Be nice if we could have something similar here. Can think of plenty of tracks in the Peak District which have quarry trucks trundling up and down them every five minutes, but you can't ride a trail bike down there because it's classified as a bridleway/restricted byway. Fantasy though.

duibhceK · # 10 15-02-12, 11:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by uberthumper

ISTR there's been a recent judgement in France along the lines of "if it looks like a road/track, and there's no signs to say otherwise, then it is a road". Might want to check that though.

that's correct. There has been a press release by Code Vert recently to announce this.
Unless there is a barrier, or a sign that says "interdit" or "prori�t� priv�e" or something similar it is allowed to ride the track/road.

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