*snort* chuckle. -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ Triumph 955iSS / GSF1200 bandit / CG125 MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
Depending on the section of motorway some are free for bikes and some gatelines have a "no charge for motorbike lane" you can also go through the normal, manned, gates if it's a no charge section.
It's never actually occurred to me to use a toll road. They're boring! Even worse than normal motorways - there's almost no traffic to play with!
Bob Mc emerged from their own little world to say Very useful if you want to get from Geneva to S.Wales in half a day though. I hated the last 200 miles on the UK motorways.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bob Mc They're not when they're a two lane empty péage and you develop a sudden urge to catch the early ferry. 109 miles in 45 minutes, and I hit reserve as I got to Calais (I normally get 170 miles from a tank). -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets and Ducati Race Engineer. WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Also true. Coming up to Ardennes I will probably use the motorways in Switzerland and do the rest overland.
Happened to me once in a Toyota Corrolla GTi 1.6 - normally ~8 Litres for 100 Km On the autobahn it used over 16! But I got to Hockenheim fast! Fun that.
Get the backwarmer to hand over the credit card - piece of cake. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C |_\_____/_| ..74326../..18420.../..3184./.19406 (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5 |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG* \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 '^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914
Pont de Tancarville has a bike lane. ICR if the Pont de Normandie does, though. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C |_\_____/_| ..74326../..18420.../..3184./.19406 (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5 |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG* \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 '^' RBR Landmarks: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914
I had a tense moment once, fishtailing away from the toll booths in the rain near Reims. Good it was.
Was pretty well broadcast, IIRC. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2 `\|/` `
