Finally, with the Vespa on the road. Actually, it was the 16th July on Monday intended to be a departure. When installing the new battery when I noticed the LX durchgescheurte cable. That had to be repaired and then everything shifted by one day. On Tuesday morning, then it went off. On the route of the Grand Canyon du Verdon had to be there. Therefore, the trip went over to France on the Cote d'Azur, from there to Monaco to Italy and on the Reschenpass we came back to Switzerland. We were eight days on the road, had a different campsite each night and put back on average 235 km a day, a total of 1885 km. The route I made a Google Earth file together, so you can leave them with interest.
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First Part, Wallis - Rhone Alps - Val du Verdon - Nice
* And back again over Monaco - Italy - Lake Garda - Reschen - Engadine
The pack was not easy and I quickly realized that it was not with topcase, helmet compartment and front carrier is sufficient. So I tinkered some foam strands on my old motorcycle side bags, which rendered me in Scotland and southern England good service to the XT 600th This will also fit beautifully in the GT after I had a few nachgeschlauft belt.
For luggage at the GT 200:
- Side pockets were reserved for clothing.
- The top case was Aluhocker, margins foam, candle, gas stove and cooking utensils, toilet bag, first aid kit, guy ropes, Pneupumpe, electric mattress pump, food, cloth and washing-up flashlight. I was amazed by what was happening all purely
- The helmet was the tool kit compartment, sleeping bag, cotton bed cover, jumper cables, sandals, rain pants and rain jacket, electric charger for MP3 players, cell phones and cameras as well as smaller parts.
- The tent and the mattress I packed in a waterproof motorcycle bag and tied it on the passenger.
- At last, the picnic table was lashed to the front carrier.
The LX had along with the top case and the helmet compartment still strapped a pillion bag.
And so it went on the trip. The driving behavior was minimally affected by the packaging system. Besides the weight uphill you could see almost nothing of it.
