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24 Nov 2010
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Boring Holland
Enjoyed reading your ride tale...however as a Dutchman I just have to defend our little country a bit. Sure, the motorways are packed and boring I guess like everywhere else but I know what you mean, it's a very orderly country with little elevation,lots of reclaimed land with gridlike roadsystems and office/industrial estates. Still there are nice scenic routes If you know how to find them, stay on the smaller countryroads and you will be suprised.
Rides are never long, it is a small country and some of the older cities have rich history and old architecture. Rotterdam was your worst bet, all heavy industry and modern buildings (it was decimated in WW2) but Amsterdam is from another world I can assure you! Ideal country for shorter trips on mainland Europe, like Belgium and Luxemburg.
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Originally Posted by Robertsmits
however as a Dutchman I just have to defend our little country a bit. .
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As an Englishman, so do I. I visited Holland in 2008 too, although I wanted to take a route that may be familiar to some old soldiers, Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem. It was all about crossing bridges for me, but I found the town centre in Arnhem lovely.
On my second trip into Holland I was utterly waisted, having had no sleep for 36 hours the only thing I remember was all the intersections look the same and I fell off my bike at the ferry port in Ijmuiden. literaly - stopped, forgot and fell over. 
You are right about the speed, at the time you think you are doing the right thing, then when you get home, think about it, and then it sinks in that you don't remember much at all. Next time, you take the time and it gets better with each trip.
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Is that a VTR1000F Firestorm? looks like a recent model, what year is it?
I love the bike, had one in Australia and in 1 year put 16,000kms on the clock. Brilliant V-Twin, load of fun an a great all-round bike to wizz round on.
So it looks like you'll have to come back to the mainland soon. You missed the best part of Europe - the Alps. On a storm the  counter will be off the charts. 
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It is indeed a Storm, 1999 model so not that young ! but great condition as you see.
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really enjoyed reading about your journey. what is the tank range on a firestorm anyway?
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really enjoyed reading about your journey. what is the tank range on a firestorm anyway?
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On the newer (2006) models with 22lt tank it goes to reserve after 180kms and max is around 230kms.
With the earlier models that had an 18lt tank I think it was around 150-200kms.
It is a thirsty beast and probably it's only flaw ;-)
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