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We did a chunk of the west side of the N500 and it really was cramped with campers this time last year, ruined a lot of the pleasure of cruising at reasonable speeds and actually being able to see the road ahead and the senary, partly why we are off to France instead!
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Yes, yet another ‘victim of its own success’, the promotion of the route has been relentless over the last few years. We got the best of the scenery and quiet roads on the two DDK Highland Tours in 2007 and 2014 before it became ‘fashionable’.

As an aside there are plenty of scenic quieter roads away from the NW500 in Scotland I’m sure would be just as nice for a tour.

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210bhp wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:31 pm Yes, yet another ‘victim of its own success’, the promotion of the route has been relentless over the last few years. We got the best of the scenery and quiet roads on the two DDK Highland Tours in 2007 and 2014 before it became ‘fashionable’.

As an aside there are plenty of scenic quieter roads away from the NW500 in Scotland I’m sure would be just as nice for a tour.

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agree with that, but some are must do's like the applecross pass etc... anyway its one for next year to worry about. Next on my list is the Porsche Museum so if anyone knows some nice routes from Rotterdam to Stuttgart and back let me know
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70sThrowback wrote:
210bhp wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:31 pm Yes, yet another ‘victim of its own success’, the promotion of the route has been relentless over the last few years. We got the best of the scenery and quiet roads on the two DDK Highland Tours in 2007 and 2014 before it became ‘fashionable’.

As an aside there are plenty of scenic quieter roads away from the NW500 in Scotland I’m sure would be just as nice for a tour.

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agree with that, but some are must do's like the applecross pass etc... anyway its one for next year to worry about. Next on my list is the Porsche Museum so if anyone knows some nice routes from Rotterdam to Stuttgart and back let me know
Black Forest .. Baden Baden etc .. also the old solitude circuit
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Last Saturday… stopped over in the lakes, had a nice early run with a mate in his 996 along Ullswater and up over Kirkstone pass heading to the Lakeland motor museum for the Mark Dempster memorial rally where we met up with JohnM and his wife .

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hot66 wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:31 pm
Black Forest .. Baden Baden etc .. also the old solitude circuit
Hi James,

we won't have time to get down to Baden Baden unfortunately. We are doing Rotterdam to Stuttgart in a day, then on the way back going to Speyer to the Technick Museum before heading back to Rotterdam over a day and a half. The rough plan at the moment is to go via Koblenz area almost following the Rhine. But any ideas are more than welcome.

As an aside I forgot to update my CLM engine issues. 2 basically. First and the noise was a collapsed clutch input shaft bearing. The second which I didn't even know about was a snapped valve spring. Luckily the spring collapsed around itself so there was no damage.
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lucky catch there then .. that could have been a pain in the middle of france
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Fixed the broken heater flap that was stopping heat getting to the passenger footwell.

Cables off, hoses off and remove the clips that ping off at any opportunity.

4 little split rings off and the box splits in two to reveal the broken flap that I assume got stuck either open or closed and broke at the spindle.

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I've glued the flap for the time being and now all back together and working.

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Did you not buy a new one, someone pointed out in another thread??

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254641750365 ... R9q3o6HsYA
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I did buy a new one but once I had it all apart there was enough material for a good glued join so the new one is in the spares box for now.
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markh wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:18 am I did buy a new one but once I had it all apart there was enough material for a good glued join so the new one is in the spares box for now.
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On a tour in the Boxster, in Baden-Baden for 2 days then more.
Nearly got to the 6 hours, but lost the fight to B-B, but lovely place.
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911hillclimber wrote: Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:30 am On a tour in the Boxster, in Baden-Baden for 2 days then more.
Nearly got to the 6 hours, but lost the fight to B-B, but lovely place.
definitely needs a trip report... my favourite type of thread
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Can't post pics off my phone, so will do a Trip Report when back.
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Just back from a 3100 Km trip across both France over 14 days.
Just fabulous.
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