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How about a couple of torpedos for gateposts?

Skub wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 7:37 pm How about a couple of torpedos for gateposts?

Mk8 by the look of them. Somewhere in Dunadry?

Had to take the RT down to get a battery fitted so had a spirited run back to Ballymena Hi over Shane's Hill. Great fun.

Bigjawa wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 8:37 pm Mk8 by the look of them. Somewhere in Dunadry?

Had to take the RT down to get a battery fitted so had a spirited run back to Ballymena Hi over Shane's Hill. Great fun.

Yep on both counts. Shane's hill is nice when you get a clear run.

New (to me) bike at Lough MacNean just outside Blacklion. To those not in the know, Blacklion is situated between Upper and Lower Lough MacNean on the Republic side of the border with Bellcoo "on the other side".
2022 V85TT Travel is you didn't know.

Lutin wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 8:26 pm New (to me) bike at Lough MacNean just outside Blacklion. To those not in the know, Blacklion is situated between Upper and Lower Lough MacNean on the Republic side of the border with Bellcoo "on the other side".

Guzzi at Lough MacNean.jpg

2022 V85TT Travel is you didn't know.

Nice. The bike needs it's own thread to be properly validated.

Went out after work as it was a tad nice out. Got about an hour in and a mile after this picture back end started to lock up. Had to sit about till the brakes cooled down before i could get home. Think i need a new master cylinder as the calliper was rebuilt and new pads went in. Never managed to get a good grip and yesterday i had to try and bleed it again as i had almost nothing yet no fluid loss.

Views of and from Binevenagh cliffs …looking over Magilligan Point, towards Donegal. Stunning.

Felix wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 9:29 pm Went out after work as it was a tad nice out. Got about an hour in and a mile after this picture back end started to lock up. Had to sit about till the brakes cooled down before i could get home. Think i need a new master cylinder as the calliper was rebuilt and new pads went in. Never managed to get a good grip and yesterday i had to try and bleed it again as i had almost nothing yet no fluid loss.

If you overfill the reservoir,that can happen.

Including the bikes for context… …and this is where we stay. Benone strand (7 miles long) is 300m behind the bungalow.

The hills and lakes of Donegal…. And my son and me.

Wossname wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 9:02 am The hills and lakes of Donegal…. And my son and me.

Love you both have batshit mental bikes

Love going for rides with Dad, he's coming to the peaks in June with my younger brother, really looking forward to it.

We were/are much happier than we look!! Those roads are funny, in a good way - scenery is beautiful, and then you get thumped off your seat and launched in the air over a crest. Several times yesterday I found myself just laughing in my helmet because of that. Great days…

Day off for a summer ride;)

Is that the Jubilee Tower,looking over Morecambe bay ?

Yes nice view and good roads:)

cvilla wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 6:37 pm Yes nice view and good roads:)

We were over there the other month but it was so windy that we didn't stop,I've also been there when the hill fog limited the visibility to less than 100 metres.It's a lovely part of the world,even better when the sun's shining

cvilla wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 3:51 pm Day off for a summer ride;)

Went through there myself on Saturday. Just after there I stopped to try and help a fellow biker who couldn't select any gears. Turns out his lad had borrowed the bike and had a tumble on the left hand side, footrest was bent up and the gear lever had been off by the looks of it but had been bashed back on with a brick.

Luckily he had mates with him who could give him a lift to get phone signal.

This was a little later on in the day

Every A road was crammed with cars but with this old thing, pinging around the un classified and smaller B roads is much more fun, although after hitting one to many potholes the steering bearings needed adjusting by the time I got home.

Borders run with some mates.

Some serious twisty little roads and fabulous scenery, not that we had much time to look.

Bit surprised in the 1250R. Lovely on smooth roads but bucking like a 70’s Kawasaki triple on uneven stuff. Maybe I’m expecting it to be a GS?

Anyway, a fun 170 miles.

I punched in just over 100 miles on Mr.Orange this morning. Glorious weather.