Nothing very exciting or technical just cleaning up the Trident chop after spending the winter in an unheated shed...Did make up a bracket to support the tool bag a bit better...just looking for more things, I can mod or change.
Brilliant day on the bike, i went slightly off piste a few times Loch Tummel, the GS was in it's element on the twisty Pitlochry to Tummel Bridge (Queens View Rd) Stopped of at the little village of Kirkmichael for a coffee on the way home from Pitlochry over the Moulin Moor, hardly any cars all day
Beautiful scenery and sounds like a grand riding time. Makes me want an off-road capable bike and place to ride it.
New tires mounted on my Victory, oil changed, took it out for a short hop to make sure everything was in order... Then took the Tiger back out
For a while i wished I'd just worn my leather jacket as i was to warm with my textile one on.. unusually warm for this early in the year
All that hot air coming out of Holyrood Dougie. No wonder the Arctic glaciers are melting. Cock all to do with CO2.
Forter Castle in Glenisla. It's available for hire, Mick Hucknall from Simply Red got married there Not far away is Backwater Dam where my home town gets it's water supply from
Nooooooo !!! I can't afford it, it's not a good time, what will the wife say ? I still haven't rung them
New MOT on the ZZR today. Another test and another lockdown, just like last year! Just over 1k miles since the last test although that is partly due to the love affair with my new Street Scrambler! The guy at the test station did mention he's testing a lot of bikes with very little use over the last year.
Had a great run on my favourite loop, Blair, Sma Glen, Loch Earn, Loch Tay, Aberfeldy, Dunkeld & home,it's about 115 miles and great if you just have a morning or afternoon to spare. The GS was brilliant and just made me love this bike and the loop even more. Glen Ogle War memorial in Killin I took a little detour to see the Rumbling bridge near Dunkeld, I've never been as i thought once you had seen one rumbling bridge you had seen them all. i took photos but they couldn't capture the height. i looked over one side of the bridge, rough rapids upstream and a waterfall below the bridge, it was maybe 40 feet below, then i looked over the other side it was at least 200 feet, maybe more, I'm not good with heights .it must have been one huge drop underneath the bridge but i couldn't see it.. here's me on the bridge
Not sure this counts here, as it’s not what I’ve done, but over the weekend I phoned the mechanic doing a major service on my MV F4 to see what progress is being made. It’s been with him for a month or so.... It’s having a major reconditioning as it’s a 2004 model and it’s been off the road for 4 years or so. New tyres, a top to toe full check over, valve check, new fluids across the whole of the bike. New braided hoses etc etc.....I should have it back in time for the release from lockdown. I’ve not asked him what it’s going to cost but I know it will be 4 figures.....ouch . But it’s one of those bikes that is under my skin, having owned it since 2005 and if I’m going to get out on it again I need to know it’s as good as it can be.
Yesterday I followed Mr. Sandi and two of our riding buddies down to Patagonia, AZ in my non-Triumph--non-motorcycle Mustang Bullitt. I'm hoping to be able to ride again in two or three weeks but for now I can drive! Thankfully my shifting arm is my healthy one. I brought up the rear behind the 1998 Honda Valkyrie and two Harley Street Glides. I'd rather have been on one of my bikes, too, but I have to say it was great fun to get my car out for a proper drive. And the 150 mile round trip to Patagonia and back from Tucson is beautiful--twisty open roads and beautiful scenery. It's one of our favorite ride routes. It didn't really occur to me to drive down with the guys as they rode their bikes but Mr. Sandi invited me and I'm glad I accepted. There's something about hanging out with family and friends (in a Covid-sized group of course) on a Sunday morning over Mexican food on an outdoor patio. Oh yes, with a blue sky and the temperature hovering right around 70ºF.
Well done Sandi. I love to drive nice cars as well. Not as much as I like being out on the bike but anything with petrol in it works for me. Apart from the lawnmower....! Good choice of road music as well . I’ve just been back to a couple of late 70’s albums by the band Boston and really enjoyed them all over again. Gawd that does make me sound old....
