Mid Week 350 miler

[stuartb]

Nice run today lads.... Dumbarton...thru Glen Coe... really blustery..stopped for some images and my new lid 3 weeks old blew over and trundled on the road about 10 yds before I caught it... nitemare. I was taking some pics for here and couldnt believe what I saw...











Anyhow we diverted to Kinlochleven as I wanted to ride the 8 miler down the opposite side..got to say contrary to the opinions of others neither of us were that impressed, not great for a Superbike, long fork travel and smaller wheels ie a supermoto would be amazing fun on it, but not for an HP or Gixxer. You can see the road on the opposite bank from our elevated position











On up to Fort William and on Down to Mallaig... its really quite poorly surfaced, id say about 60pc is not in good shape... just saying for those that want to head down there. Stopped for some images on way back







Then we headed North to Spean Bridge to our favourite road.. 40 miles of amazing contours on the A86 To Dalwhinnie Distillery, Its a real peach... no images sorry.. couldnt stop.. enjoyed it too much.. Down A9 into Aberfeldy, Crianlarich and down Loch Lomondside.. and home... 12 hours all told .. superb weather .. safe riding... great day out damage to my lid is a bummer tho... grrrr.

 

[DL84]

brilliant stu that's a cracking run , shame about your lid mate done that before totally trashed my visor, shame about the Mallaig road been a long while but I always thought it was a cracker, they need to get there finger out and fix it lol

 

[Loupe]

Fantastic pics, and sounds like a great day apart from the lid!
Thanks for sharing.

 

[JimmyMac]

Cheers for that Stuart, good reason now to get your helmet in to a painters.

JimmyMac

 

[2002sportevo]

Good write up, thanks for sharing.....the Spean Bridge to Dalwhinnie Road is a favourite of 'our group' as well......my mate Alex introduced me to it.......awesome, looking forward to taking the S1000RR over it. We've got an overnighter planned for Friday 20th May up that way and onto the outskirts of Skye, stop over for the night and make a day of it on the Saturday

 

[soofsayer]

Hi stu, I've moved the thread to here . Sorry to see what happened to your lid, hopefully it'll get sorted as Jimmy says with a paintjob . Thanks for the pics and road info. So disappointing about the mallaig road, it was a few years back when I rode it and it was a beauty. Good to see you guys have had some better weather .

 

[stuartb]

Good write up, thanks for sharing.....the Spean Bridge to Dalwhinnie Road is a favourite of 'our group' as well......my mate Alex introduced me to it.......awesome, looking forward to taking the S1000RR over it. We've got an overnighter planned for Friday 20th May up that way and onto the outskirts of Skye, stop over for the night and make a day of it on the Saturday

No way.that's what were doing lol... Maybe we can hook up somewhere along the way. Thanks for the comments lads and that's exactly what I thought about the lid Jimmy. I'll get it painted during the shut down. Lol

 

[2002sportevo]

No way.that's what were doing lol... Maybe we can hook up somewhere along the way. Thanks for the comments lads and that's exactly what I thought about the lid Jimmy. I'll get it painted during the shut down. Lol

That's a coincidence, are you staying overnight somewhere as well ?

 

[stuartb]

Hi stu, I've moved the thread to here . Sorry to see what happened to your lid, hopefully it'll get sorted as Jimmy says with a paintjob . Thanks for the pics and road info. So disappointing about the mallaig road, it was a few years back when I rode it and it was a beauty. Good to see you guys have had some better weather .

Cheers Soof. Was it in the wrong bit ?. I was shattered last night when I posted.

 

[stuartb]

That's a coincidence, are you staying overnight somewhere as well ?

Hang on I'll get our itinerary

PMd you... Not too well. It's copied from a text. See if u can make it out.

 

[Certi]

I was up Glen Coe yesterday as well and you're right about the wind, it was a pain in the ass. It was like being pushed and shoved from all angles while trying to ride. I was scunnered by the time I got home.

Went out again today up to Tyndrum, Dalmally, Oban, Lochgilphead, Inveraray, back up to Dalmally, Callendar then home. Quality!

 

[stuartb]

I was up Glen Coe yesterday as well and you're right about the wind, it was a pain in the ass. It was like being pushed and shoved from all angles while trying to ride. I was scunnered by the time I got home.

Went out again today up to Tyndrum, Dalmally, Oban, Lochgilphead, Inveraray, back up to Dalmally, Callendar then home. Quality!

Total Quality Certi !