Having bben in the new house for 2 years in October and still trying to make my business work to the degree I want, the biking bit seemed to pass by this summer.
I did start to 'Rusty Wreck' the Yamaha and despite the 2nd gear issue ran the North Coast 500 again with the CHUNKY TREAD MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE CLUB .
The 17 or so riders and bikes spread themselves across the loveliness that is Scotland and enjoyed cool and mainly dry weather.
The big Yammy with all my camping gear and my 200+ lbs probably reached 500 kgs (Half a ton) and though I thought the rear brake wasn't working.........
OK the rear brake wasn't working at all.... I didn't realise that the front right disc brake runs off the rear brake pedal only. That means I rode 1200+ miles over 5 days with just the front left disc stopping me....... I guess that's why the disc warped making slow breaking a bit of a chore, and faster braking a hell of a wrench on the lever.
More pictures later. But if you ever get the chance to ride the NC500 around the Scottish coast..... do it. may June have proven to be the best months over the past 3 years,
TWO BALL RALLY
Buy a car for less than £567 and drive through 8 countries in 6 days, collecting points for the fun of it.
So with my oldest friends Andy and Graham who I have known since I was around 11 years old (49 years if you are counting ), we bought an old Landrover Freelander 2.0 Diesel and planned our escape.
It was our 60th birthdays (Graham 61) despite being told by many folk that an old Freelander would never drive 3000 miles without all sorts of things going wrong, we set it up.
Dressed as the THREE AMIGOS and with the car decorated with a Donkey, A coral, and many many stickers such as
ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA
NO HAIR
TEAM 60
A few 'fettles' on the brakes and heater hoses got us through the MOT test and road legal.
After a few test rides we set off to Dover and found the heater hose still leaking.
Quick Fix on the docks and we were good to go.
A few days later and driving into the Alps and Switzerland we had a turbo hose pop. With a shopping bag, 4 cable ties, a crepe bandage and some red insulation tape we sealed the leak and THREELANDER saw us complete the run through
France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy back into France then home to the UK.
www.twoballrally.co.uk do this route, one in the UK and brack run through France and next year London to Lisbon.
later dudes......
