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That's the meaning of my last sentence. Cheers.

As an IT guy, this scares me. I know times are tight, but starting the website a couple of days before would allow you to fix the first bugs. Anyway, nobody will be harmed if the entries will be delayed one day or two due to some unexpected problem, so...

Both the online registration and the new payment methods are a big improvement, congratulations to the organising team! The only bad thing is that we have to wait one month more...

May I suggest you to use an old smartphone/tablet? I think we all have one or more obsolete mobiles in some drawer, they might not be good anymore with the latest apps but you can give them a new life as SatNav. Just reset them to the factory settings to remove all the unnecessary apps and updates which make the phone slow, then install a SatNav app. Some of them are free with open source maps, are usually more versatile than a standard SatNavi and allows you to upload tracks and POIs to follow. OsmAnd for Android is one of them. Pros: It's cheap (free!) and may help you when Garmin doesn't like your route file. Cons: Unless you're using a tablet or a phablet, screen is usually smaller than a SatNavi and the battery may last less. This post doesn't help who'd like to keep on using his Garmin, of course.

I'm glad to update this thread with good news: the supposed 4 ppl team downsized to a 2 ppl team. In the meanwhile we abandoned the idea of driving there starting from Italy and we looked for a car to borrow/rent. After many refusals a gentleman offered us his car for a very fair price. We were happy and celebrating when a British friend of mine - who already run a couple of times - proposed us to be co-drivers on his 2000, we felt that this option was more comfortable for two newbies like us and we said yes. Now, let's wait the November issue!

So it was you, I know that's a time consuming job because I did it for myself sometimes. And it seems that you really did everything to ensure that the itinerary is correct. If I'll join the next RBRR I'd be happy to use it. You're probably right, I ended up using a mobile phone whose nav apps are way more flexible than the built-in ones. It's a cheap option too: it's quite common to have an obsolete Android smartphone which we don't use anymore, just reset it to the factory configuration (hence swiping away all the unnecessary and memory wasting apps) and then install OsmAnd. You now have a satnav who doesn't require a data connection, with free maps update and uploadable routes and POIs.

I see your point, the programmed itinerary should be double or triple checked and satnav used cum grano salis. I just wonder how you could read the road book while driving and with your mate sleeping.

I guess the "nope" guy was the one on the back seat! 😀 By the way, I'm a Satnav fan too: I know that the RBRR purists dislike it, but driving in the night in a foreign country on unknown (to me) streets on the wrong side of the road (!), a reliable reference would help. I read that the previous years a willing guy created a turn-by-turn path based on the official road book and I'd definitely used it.

Would (will) you do it again?

Thanks everybody for your replies, I'll keep working on...

I wonder if anybody here would hire his Triumph for the Run... I already contacted many car hires but, predictably, they all said no: 2000 miles in a weekend are too much for classic cars which are supposed to run 50-100 miles per day and a potential break down makes the rent economically risky. An enthusiast would better comprehend the situation, assuming that he's prone to let his car driven by a bunch of unknown strangers. I know for sure that, in the past, some US guys bought a Triumph in the UK just for the Run. It could be a valid option if someone there could take care of the car before the RBRR, but how did they manage the insure it?

I'd buy cheap seat foams or cheap carpets, but not cheap tyres. Those Walmart ones are branded Rovelo and I wouldn't like to rely on them during an emergency drive.

You might write to my pal Fabrizio who is quite keen on racing Triumphs: fabrizio [at] triumphinitaly.it

I don't know if the saloon (was it a saloon?) is roomier, but I'm quite short and I can't imagine to spent hours on the back seat of my Vitesse. I agree with you about the 3 ppl team.

Thanks for your suggestions. We're still considering every options but - even if I was quite surprised to realize that all the guys I talked to want to run - I'm afraid it would be quite hard to find two more crazy guys. We currently own two seaters only (I refuse to consider my Vitesse convertible suitable for more than two adults) but we found a 2500 Mk2 which could be fine after some work. We even guess if it would be possible to borrow/rent the car(s) there to avoid the travel cost (and time) to/from UK.

Thank you Tim, I'm aware of the CT membership and we will provide as soon as we'll solve some problems. Then we'll cross-finger about the entrance.

Still a long way to go but... last day I met some friends who I tried to involve in the next RBRR. The success exceeded any expectations and, actually, four of us are interested in the run. We now started to plan it and set two deadlines: - October 2017: guess if. - October 2018: guess how. I'd like to ask a couple of things: 1. Is a four-person team allowed to run? Have anyone done it before? 2. Do you know if an Italian team ever run? Needless to say, these are the first two of maaaaany questions I'll ask you in the next months. 🙂

Lovely car and beautiful colors combo (red interiors, right?).

Thanks, Round Britain sounds nice and skips Reliability, which is quite complicated for me/us.

Dumbest question ever: how do you refer to the RBRR when you talk about it? Do you say r b double r or is it there a more common (and nicer) way to call it?

Do you still have it? Sorry, I didn't understand if you want to get rid of your MotoLita to put the original back or to buy a new one...

Originality issues. And I feel the Webers are quite useless for a non-track use.

Thanks again!

Nick, thanks for the hint, I wasn't aware of the poor quality of the "original" replacement. I don't like the plastic look of the current valve so I'd like to go with a metallic one, I wonder if I could find one in Europe which would make the shipping easier and cheaper.

They help, indeed. Thanks!