Hardknott pass

Not really an off road question more like an on road one but has anyone been over the Hardknot pass in Cumbria? I've heard its an"interesting" road to spend an hour or so in low range on

low range? is ya tank knackered then?

Its no prob gettin over there in any car.

Very nice, try it as the sun is setting. Well try it anytime it's up to you. It's just an ordnery road nowt special.

Cheers we are spending a week up in Cumbria in a log cabin and fancy doin a bit of touring around the lakes and North Yorkshire, any other routes to try.

any place with "pass" in its name is a good start - but its best seen on foot.

Hardknotts is driveable in high gearing on my Disco 300tdi as I use it as a short cut when we have been testing with MSport at Ennerdale Forest. Used it many a time back in the '70's as it was a selective (have seen over the ton on the top) on Road Rallies and is still used on Le-Jog each year. You will enjoy the views if it is clear.

It's driveable in a family saloon in just about any gear you want.

thanks guys obviously someone has been exagerating about how steep the road is to me, the way he discribed it to me I was ready to fit the winch to the front of me disco.

I've cycled over it (when I was younger and my legs didn't look like budgie legs, which they do now - see my avatar ) and it was a killer, but driving over it later on in the MGB the only problem was not being able to see past the bonnet. If you want a steep hill, I think one of the steepest in GB has to be Rosedale Chimney.

Nah - this is steeper, much steeper!

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Can't drive it though

Even Rosedales not that demanding in a family saloon. The road up to Levisham near Pickering North Yarksheer is pretty steep and has urpin bends on it, but still int that demanding in an ornery car. The steepest most demanding surfaced road Ive been on is the one over the hills into Applecross on the west cost of Scottishland.

GRUNT said:

The steepest most demanding surfaced road Ive been on is the one over the hills into Applecross on the west cost of Scottishland.

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Aye !them hairpin bend are a bit of a bugger on a fully loaded GPZ 1000RX two up, speshly if yer meet summat comin down the other way

You bin up it? I was on my Bandit, wouldn't fancy doing it in one of them camper vans.

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You bin up it?

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yup !

I'll dig sum piccies out later on

Have you bin on the road along the north coast then it's absolutely brilliant on a bike the whole road is surfaced with that extra grippy stuff they save for crossings round here. Shags yer tyres though.

dint like ter be an anorakl but i dint think they made a gpz1000, thought it was 900 and the 1100

I had a GPZ1100 in 1980 - I think the 1000 came out a couple of years later.

ah, not a proper gpz then

feckin expensive to run -
30 to the gallon
rear tyre every 1000 miles
chain every 1500
sprockets every 3000
eggsaust headers rusted through in 15 months
forever havin to clean the **** off the seat