Hi Antonio and welcome!

Like Matt, I have now moved away from the K1300 world (to the supercharged world as it happens ) so I'm not your target audience.

If I did have a K1300S there are a couple of things I'd be interested in knowing:

1. Do we know if the K1300 engine, gearbox and drive train is up to handling <300bhp and. more importantly, the huge increase in torque that will come with the engine being charged?
2. Is there any documented experience of anyone previously charging (super or turbo) one of these engines? (Perhaps in the 3-wheeled car world?)

I have no doubt TTS performance would develop a quality piece of kit that would deliver something substantial but my concern would be whether or not the engine would still be working 10,000 miles later.

Quote from: richtea on November 08, 2023, 07:18:08 pm

How many different routes there are round a magic roundabout?

ChatGPT:
There's a famous magic roundabout in Swindon, UK, with five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. If you're talking about that one, you can technically take 8 different routes around it. It's like a vehicular choose-your-own-adventure!

Is it true? That's an exercise for the reader. 

I'm not sure how it gets to 8. 

It's been a while since I've driven across the Swindon Magic roundabout, but used to live nearby and did it quite a lot when I was much younger, including as a learner.  Once you make you initial "Am I going right or left?" decision, you're more or less committed, and just keep going in that direction until you get to the exit you want.  With 5 mini-roundabouts, there is an optimum, route, as one way will always require fewer mini's than the other.  I always tended to go left, as it felt more familiar.

Assuming you know which exit you want, I can't see there is anything more than the initial Left or right choice?  To get to 8 different routes, would require you to do U turns at one of the mini-roundabouts, and if you allow for that, there is an infinite number.  This is what terrifies people, as some get so confused they are just going backwards and fforwards, without ever reaching their exit.

The main assumption in the response is that, while you can cross your path, you can't repeat a path, so the number of U turns is limited to the number of roundabouts. Likewise, the other assumption is that you can't do 360 degrees or more on any given roundabout, mini or main so you can't include the mini roundabout you start on. That's how you get to 8.

However, 8 includes the situations where you will be required to go past your exit- before going around a mini roundabout to come back to it. Something any "thinking" driver/rider is not going to do. (Unless the Mrs in the passenger/pillion seat is saying "That way ... no, that way ... no that way!" - )

How many different routes there are round a magic roundabout?

ChatGPT:
There's a famous magic roundabout in Swindon, UK, with five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. If you're talking about that one, you can technically take 8 different routes around it. It's like a vehicular choose-your-own-adventure!

Is it true? That's an exercise for the reader. 

Sounds about right but it does mean you'll go past on the "other side" of the mini roundabout for your exit to then come back to it later, or go the "wrong way" at the entrance to then come back past the entrance.

At any entrance you can go left or right. Each direction offers a total of 4 mini roundabouts, one of which you'll use to exit. 2 directions x 4 mini roundabouts = 8 possible routes (without re-tracing any of your steps or going more than 360 degrees any roundabout, mini or main).

Hi David,
Reports of previous trips look really good, and I've looked at my plans for next year, and think I'd like to join you.  The format of the trip looks to suit me well, and I've ridden in the French Pyrennes before and loved it.  Is there a little flexibilty available for when I join and leave the group, as I'd plan to take a Plymouth - Roscoff crossing, meet you all in Brive-La-Gaillard stay with group until you all leave Lourdes, and find a different (slower) route home, as I'm not so keen on big mileage days on the motorways?  I'm more than happy to sort out my own crossings, and any hotels outside the ones you are using for the group, but would like to take advantage of the rest of the booking, and the company of like minded souls, plus I can add to the K13's on the trip.
Jason

Thanks for the interest in the trip. The 6 nights in the Pyrenees are "the trip"  so you are welcome to arrange the "there and back" in any way that works for you.

PM me or contact me through the Old Gits web site and I'll start the arrangements to get you onto the trip. There is the requirement for a £250 non-refundable deposit when booking onto the trip but that goes entirely towards your hotel costs.

I'm looking forward to meeting you. 

Sorry Brian, I don't do dishonourable mentions. People have their own reasons for attending or not attending trips and those reasons are important to them.

Planning such trips is a challenge that I mostly enjoy, but still a challenge (And a really big challenge!!!) Perhaps surprisingly, one of the most difficult things I do is to tell someone who wants to come on the trip that they can't because there is no more capacity. I feel their disappointment. Knowing what is required of me at the earliest opportunity makes managing that challenge possible and avoids that disappointment, hence my request for people to commit early.

Electric was the cheaper option until Putin decided he wanted to holiday in the Ukraine.

I suspect a min requirement is that you are/have been a supersonic jet pilot but what a an opportunity. If only ...

I think my Helite Turtle 2 includes a limited neck brace function if it's activated. Does that count?