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  1. I did 818 miles in 4 days  on the RD400F,   Faultless, B)   great machine,  it was all yams,  and an RG500,   whitch had Rory Skinner on it , [Red bull Rookie]  he won first race at Mugello .  last month, 

  2. Applecross,  .windy and wild , pic is halfway down ,as we rode thru the clouds at top,  scary,,,,

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    Heres top of mountain,, thats the road up   in pic,

     

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  3. Some food for drewps,& Tommo  next year,  12-  2strokes on our run , 1 seizure ,[ first day].   

    Our fist nights hotel,,  

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    Line up.   

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    Durness ,

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    Bridge at Unapool, 

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  4. No special tools, , the clutch basket Nut,  can be removed wuth a rattle gun/socket,   a clutch tool will help hold it,  slacken the primary gear nut first,  or you"l have to jam the crank,  [ without the gear/clutch] . ,   screw self tappers ito old seal and pull out, 

  5. sEE THAT MAP,   the road on the east coast, is the A9.   FK THAT, . . after the black isle.   [ cromarty firth] , take the Evanton moor turn off,  to Bonar bridge,  spectacular scenery,  then up to Lairg,   then thers a choice of 4 roads,   Altnahara , is the most remote,   take this too the top,= Betty hill, . then right to Tongue , ,  its 30miles then to Durness ,,  half an Hr i hear you say,     Na   hour or more,  [ twisty  single track from then on,]   and single  south  from durness,  for 20miles,    enjoy , the scenery, 

    If doing it Clockwise,  turn off the Motorway  @  Dunblane,   signed posted Callander,   head north from there, to Fort william,  left for Malaig - ferry to  Isle of  Skye,  up the isle - over the bridge,  then Applecross,  then coast road to Ullapool,   spectacular,   no Mcdonalds for Hundreds off miles,  B)

  6. Scorchio  up here the now,,   but it wont last, mind the oilskins,,,:rolleyes:,   its nice over west paul,,   its like going back 50years ago,  nowts changed, 

    small villages,  post office with a petrol pump on the wall, 

  7. Yip av done it  twice,  [ when it was quiet,  ]  now evrybody and there dog is up there.  and the roads aint wide,  [ for most of it.]  

    were doing it  on 2strokes, [ 27-30th july].  thing is there aint lots of hotels either, so bring a tent,  ,fuel up every chance,  as the next station  may be closed ,[ esp sundays]. they are holy willys up north ,,, lots of roads , were gonna just make it up as we go, to avoid the tourists,  long haul for you finners, 

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