drewpy

trust you to pick a dodgy ferry :D will check out facebook pics

pretty much what I do now. I havn't been on an advanced riding course (should do really) as I probably picked up some habits. I love the caveat, only go as fast as the corner will allow, great if you know the corner in question. Unknown blind corners with no tell tail marking I tend to take it easier. I tend to use the white lines to tell me how the road is, use other signs like railway tracks (roads tend to be 90' going under rail tunnels) and telegraph poles to plot the hidden road ahead.

PLease post in wated section for items( or off road for specific advice)

i'd weld it back on unless really rusty

i'd just put it on ebay and get market value. As you probably realised, there are no such things a parts price as such just whatever someone is willing to pay and on condition of the parts

to the YOC nice bike too

Frank

oh the joys of old bikes, keeps you on the straight and narrow anyway. seems like you have a handle on it

Ste, nice bike you have there

enjoy John, it'll be great anyway

just stayed on the main road, so no probs really

the final day eventually arrives and Tommy has arranged Jimmy to come over and have some breakfast and to ride with us via his home top of some hill last shot of McCaig's tower Jimmy led the way to Inveraray. The Vital Spark replica in the backaground Droopy checking out his trump the boys mike and I need the loo At jimmy's house we had a nice brew by his lovely wife and the Waverly came past. I lived in Devon and the Waverley was based there for a while. The last ocean going paddle steamer nice view from Jimmy's Hoose we blatted along via Glasgow, refuling there and just took the motorway home into the wind, which was fine for my bike with a screen. Mike and Tommy struggled but we met up at the refuel stops. that's it. 1663 miles, £178 in fuel and priceless memories. If you havn't done it yet, what are you waiting for.

nice review, like the inflatable cheek pads

not really, they are reliable, no need to replace as a pair IMHO, just get 2nd hand anyway

put any questions in the right section, this section for intros only mate

headed towards Oban via skye we stopped at a few places along the way Torridon we were stuck behind a group of cars who couldn't get round a campervan. He pulled over as we were turning sharp left, to top that off, my front brake lever felt funnny and had to pump the brake to get it to work. Turned out a small torch used for checking my oil level jammed itself between the lever on occasion, Phew! strathcarron - Arrina this bull was not impressed at all stopped off near Applecross Inn called the walled garden, lovely in there till 3 bikers turned up the route over applecross was in scotch mist again vid of Tommy and mike down the Bealach Na Ba https://youtu.be/BW-zFRW26jM made it to Skye had to ride directly to Ardaser to catch the Mallaig Ferry Mike had a senior moment as he couldn't find his wallet to pay for the icecreams he promised us, he eventually dug down enough into his pockets to find the wallet Stoped off at Glenfinnan where HP fans can see the viaduct I also liked this "snow piecer" Glenfinnan Station Glenfinnan viaduct Ballachulish Next stop, Oban. Tommy's old haunt. had a great meal in the Italian Tommy went off to do some personal stuff so Mike and I were forced to take a tour of the distillery Oldest and smallest in Scotland. Is was a great tour and had 2 glasses of whisky with a keepsake all for the sum of £10. Oban grew around the distillery rather than the otherway round We also got a ferry ticket to Mull as we were spending 2 days here to recuperate before going home The ferry was to Caraigmure and nothing there whatsoever, a bus can take you to Tobermory for £11 return which was more than the ferry, we wisly spent that at the inn instead nice internal feature, anchor and chain for foot rest then the next ferry back Oban Chocolate cafe chilling after a day of not riding and watching the setting sun just captured this we all called it a night, then Tommy says if I still wanted to go to McCaig tower, was about 11:45 and I thought sack it, let Mike go to bed. So we were a little pished I put this on Facebook live and Mike was watching it he thought we were tucked up in bed Last day tomorrow

I'm here but can only sit at computer for 10 mins tops, its takes longer to get the photos together. I'll try tomorrow

great shop, enjoyed the vid

you need the IMG tags either side. you'll see them to the right in IMGUR once your signed in and clicked on the picture. All you did there is copy the top line, that's never going to work

set off from a damp Lochinver (overnight rain so not biggy) fist stop was a place called in Corrieshalloch Gorge Garve. I had no real idea what we were going to but what an amazing place it take syour breath away when you first see it looks like a canal then we headed down to Poolewe where Mike fell off his bike. He blamed me for turning, but he just stopped and toppled over afternoon tea at Achasheen we headed off on an 8 mile diversion, which was well worth it as we ended up in Cove at the mouth of Loch ewe and one of the best preserved WW2 costal defence structures. https://www.scotlandinfo.eu/wartime-loch-ewe-and-shipwreck-incident/ made it back to Kinlochewe and as it was a wednesday, England was playing in the semi's. Unfortunatly they had no TV, but the proprietors kindly setup a laptop and large monitor for us and a bit illegal as they had no license. Bless, they even setup our tea in front of the TV so we could eat and watch and not miss the match

Billy

well done Jimmy, looked like you knew what you were doing when I saw it in the man cave. Great when it all comes together, just time and patience (plus P&P) :D

it only rained overnight tbh, just had scotch mist there and over Applecross

day 4, left Mey and headed for Dunnet the most northern point on the mainland, a lot of scotch mist around can you tell what it is yet? Anglo/chinese relations starts with Droops stop off in Tongue in Lairg Aparently the new home for space travel. Haggis pastie with tatties and neeps in too young family cycling from Hamburg to Shetland, rather you than me Loch Eriboll those rocks on the other side came from USA a few milenia ago vid of another group gpoing the proper way round the NC500 https://i.imgur.com/gaaWago.mp4 stop off in Durness Smoo caves Elf and Safety gone mad topping up the amber nectar in Durness. Bernie came bouncing around the corner on his Goldwing combi and stopped to have a chat Scourie Lochinver view from the digs fish were jumping in the loch whilst we were having dinner