C90 Euro Trip 2023
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:22 pm
So... there was this C90CMV Jap Import bike that I've done up for a friend. Let's call him Mr. M, as I have yet to ask him if it's okay to mention his name 1000 times on a topic on this forum.
Mr. M was supposed to collect his bike upon completion. That was some time ago, at the beginning of this year. Due to some personal circumstances, he was unable to collect. The plan was to ride with him and his new to him C90CMV to the E.A.R. in May this year, but more unforeseen circumstances made it so that he had to skip that one. It would've been great as I was on the NTG, my friend Joe came over to the UK and rode my Red, my mother was on the Rat, and we had Alex on his C90CM7 and Dan on his C90MT. If Mr M would've joined on his CMV, we would've been... more by one bike.
The summer has passed, and Mr M was busy at work. He currently lives and works in Sweden, so it wasn't an easy task to drive to the UK and collect the bike for the sake of it; thus, it wasn't a priority. I proposed to him to have it sent by courier, but he refused, saying that he would like us to ride together on the 90s when he collects.
October came, and the bike was still with me. Unhappy that it wasn't being used, I was forced to park it outside while sorting out another project. Due to my ignorance, I ended up having six days off work that I needed to book before January 25, when I would lose them. I did add an extra week before the winter holiday and a few days after, but I still had six days left. I mentioned this to Mr. M, and he told me that due to his non-stop presence at work, he has some holidays left.
We started throwing ideas around... like, "What would it be if I rode the C90CMV from the UK to Sweden and take a flight back?" and all sorts of other ideas that meant we weren't going to be able to ride together. Then it hit us. What if we meet somewhere halfway and ride for a bit before returning to our places in the rat race? And then we went from there. We decided to talk over a call and plan things out.
Before our call, Mr M had a grand plan going on, which he shared with me. He showed me a map of things to consider, and it looked like this:
We ended up talking about this trip as if it was a great idea. The call was brief, and the decision was made: we would get to Berlin and then try to get to Paris before the end of the week. We both took five days off before November since we decided the sooner, the better. So the dates were set... we were going to leave for Brussels on Saturday the 28th of October and return on Sunday the 5th of November.
Stay tuned for the next episode!
Mr. M was supposed to collect his bike upon completion. That was some time ago, at the beginning of this year. Due to some personal circumstances, he was unable to collect. The plan was to ride with him and his new to him C90CMV to the E.A.R. in May this year, but more unforeseen circumstances made it so that he had to skip that one. It would've been great as I was on the NTG, my friend Joe came over to the UK and rode my Red, my mother was on the Rat, and we had Alex on his C90CM7 and Dan on his C90MT. If Mr M would've joined on his CMV, we would've been... more by one bike.
The summer has passed, and Mr M was busy at work. He currently lives and works in Sweden, so it wasn't an easy task to drive to the UK and collect the bike for the sake of it; thus, it wasn't a priority. I proposed to him to have it sent by courier, but he refused, saying that he would like us to ride together on the 90s when he collects.
October came, and the bike was still with me. Unhappy that it wasn't being used, I was forced to park it outside while sorting out another project. Due to my ignorance, I ended up having six days off work that I needed to book before January 25, when I would lose them. I did add an extra week before the winter holiday and a few days after, but I still had six days left. I mentioned this to Mr. M, and he told me that due to his non-stop presence at work, he has some holidays left.
We started throwing ideas around... like, "What would it be if I rode the C90CMV from the UK to Sweden and take a flight back?" and all sorts of other ideas that meant we weren't going to be able to ride together. Then it hit us. What if we meet somewhere halfway and ride for a bit before returning to our places in the rat race? And then we went from there. We decided to talk over a call and plan things out.
Before our call, Mr M had a grand plan going on, which he shared with me. He showed me a map of things to consider, and it looked like this:
We ended up talking about this trip as if it was a great idea. The call was brief, and the decision was made: we would get to Berlin and then try to get to Paris before the end of the week. We both took five days off before November since we decided the sooner, the better. So the dates were set... we were going to leave for Brussels on Saturday the 28th of October and return on Sunday the 5th of November.
Stay tuned for the next episode!