Not today but last week Northern Portugal Beautiful Northern Portugal ! My parents have a B&B in Casal-Travancinha about an hour east of Coimbra. Smashing riding coutry be it on or off-road. My trip to work today. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v614/ard60/The%20Bike%20section/P5160005_zps45b...

New and exciting could be what is going to be named the Elsinore.

Elsinore

Might be a big single like the Katie 690 ?

Thanks for the welcome people !

Yep, that's 17" rear and 19" fronts on both the Husky and the Beemer wearing our most favorite tyre: The Heidenau K60.

Tried some TKC80's but I found them rather lacking grip in the rain and wearing out quicker than the Heidis.

Cheers, Ard

Excellent ! Thanks for the ride reports so far to the people who wrote them. I've been looking at this bike ever since the first prototypes came out and after reading this it looks like my X-Country has already found its successor. I wonder if CCM do finance... and have a Dutch or German agent... an...

Thanks for your help crossing the line Dave !

Hey ho good people of ABR ! New to this forum but not new to biking. My name is Ard and I've found this forum through Simon AKA The Spanish Biker. My trusty bike is a Beemer G650 X-Country which I'm currently modifying to do some more exptensive trips. There it is: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/...