Saturday 13 August 2016

BT XII - Day 12

Stress management.
Another interesting if non challenging day -ish.
Stress levels were reduced as a result of us riding through horse country.   Huge luxurious yards and fields upon fields of very tasty (in every sense of the expression) horse flesh.   There was also the occasional zebra,  camel and  wildebeest!!!.
With stress managed we hit Hamburg.  At this point Graeme's brakes were still causing  vibration problems however these were made worse by the frequent traffic light stops (seriously did Hamburg get a job lot?).   As the engine temperature mounted, the bike started stalling due to low revs.  The difficulty of breaking,  maintaining engine revs,  navigating and trying to keep together was tricky to say the least.
After one 'umleitung' the bike stalled in a car park,  so we stopped and let it cool down. With a minor clutch adjustment we set off again with no further problems.
After a shower,  a few beers and a pudding for me,  stress levels were returned to normal and I felt that at long last Hamburg had obtained some revenge on the Maguire family.

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