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A friend and I spent the last week enjoying a 'Scramble' thru the Alps, him on an UE and me on an Icon (my own FT is back with dealer for a new engine). Anyway we covered 1200 miles in 7 days only having one longish stint of 250miles in a day. The bikes were superb for the Alpine roads and were the envy of many an adventure bike rider who were fully loaded up with metal pannlers, big tanks, tanks bags etc. We did cheat a bit as we had the bikes shipped over / back from Ireland to Geneva thus started our trip from there.
The scramblers were the ideal bike around the mountain passes - nimble, light but having enough punch to make exiting some corners a bit of a hand full.
Tank range thru the Alps was 150 miles before the fuel light came on. Bear in mind though that average speed through the mountain passes in 40 - 50 mph.
My only complaints and very minor at that were:
1. The seat on the Icon became uncomfortable after 150 + miles
2. The rear tyre did protest a few times bit when cranked over - more a slight wallow than the feeling it was about to let go
All in all a great trip on bikes that were fun and enjoyable to ride. A couple of pics
The scramblers were the ideal bike around the mountain passes - nimble, light but having enough punch to make exiting some corners a bit of a hand full.
Tank range thru the Alps was 150 miles before the fuel light came on. Bear in mind though that average speed through the mountain passes in 40 - 50 mph.
My only complaints and very minor at that were:
1. The seat on the Icon became uncomfortable after 150 + miles
2. The rear tyre did protest a few times bit when cranked over - more a slight wallow than the feeling it was about to let go
All in all a great trip on bikes that were fun and enjoyable to ride. A couple of pics