Last day and the route back to Reykjavik included our first "purple" road. In a country where even the major road round the island has unsurfaced sections, a road marked as a minor country road sounded exciting. A bit too exciting as it turned out. The gravel got deeper and looser. So Jack decided to dismount at speed. Landscape 1, BMW 650 0.
No permanent damage to Gnarly Jack but the bike was sans lights, sans clutch, sans everything. Still got back to base though. Down the main roads avoiding the toll tunnel as it was impossible to restart the bike if we had to stop to pay the fee!
BV were flegmatic about the damage and it meant an early start to an evening out on Reykjavik's non-stop pub crawl. The famous Runtur.
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