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Scottish weekend
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:54 am
by boxerpan
The Honda lot that I'm sometimes associated with will be up to Bonnie Scotland this (9th/10th) weekend based in Boat of Garten near Aviemore. Any suggestions for unmissable roads around the area would be most welcome. Ten wailing V4's should annoy most of the walkers in the North of Scotland
Apologies before the event.
Re: Scottish weekend
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:49 am
by sandbar
boxerpan wrote: Ten wailing V4's................. Apologies before the event.
Wailing!! Isn't that the same as blubbing?
sandbar
Re: Scottish weekend
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:15 am
by boxerpan
sandbar wrote:boxerpan wrote: Ten wailing V4's................. Apologies before the event.
Wailing!! Isn't that the same as blubbing?
sandbar
In my dictionary it's said to mean "a nice noise made by V4 engines with gear driven cams, ridden by a person with a very warm arse"
The exact opposite of 'gnashing' (of teeth) when a BMW owner contemplates another final drive rebuild after the salesman swore blind that they were more cost effective than chain & sprockets.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:43 pm
by Stevie
Most of the roads around there are pretty good. Watch it on the A9 though, some bad accident spots and LOTS of attention from the Police.
Are the English schools back now? If so, the caravan counts (I think I spelled that right) should be down.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:20 pm
by Gromit
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:59 pm
by Boxadog 2000
I thought that all Pans had been grounded.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:11 am
by boxerpan
Stevie wrote:Most of the roads around there are pretty good. Watch it on the A9 though, some bad accident spots and LOTS of attention from the Police.
Are the English schools back now? If so, the caravan counts (I think I spelled that right) should be down.
Thanks for that, we are mostly staying off the A9 and now have a local guide with morning briefing before playtime so fingers crossed
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:17 am
by boxerpan
Boxadog 2000 wrote:I thought that all Pans had been grounded.
The OTHER V4 with gear driven cams
do keep up at the back
PS The only wailing that a Pan does is the owner trying to get any sense out of the dealer network when complaining about the weave at more than 90 mph
"They all do that Sir"
"We can't possibly road test a bike at those sorts of speeds Sir"
"Honda don't say there is an issue"
"I'll just put you on hold whilst I find someone who can help...........Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:37 pm
by boxerpan
The weekend passed without any hedge/ditch/rock interfaces which was good. We stayed off the A9 and found a couple of cracking days riding c/w sunshine - WOW
The lack of traffic was a bonus, the only downside was the occasional very narrow/bumpy section.
Most of the GS's sold in the UK must reside or be visiting Scotland at the moment coz we only saw three other bikes the whole weekend
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:41 pm
by andrew s
And you didn't say hello when you were up here.
You are right about there being a lot of GS's. They are a pain in the a**e to be honest.
Andrew
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:59 pm
by Boxadog 2000
OY mind your language please.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:11 pm
by andrew s
Sorry Bob, I didn't mean you of course (HONEST)
Andrew
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:32 pm
by boxerpan
andrew s wrote:And you didn't say hello when you were up here.
You are right about there being a lot of GS's. They are a pain in the a**e to be honest.
Andrew
We were nowhere near Fife (I'm pretty sure)
Day One was a loop round Nairn, Inverness, Garve, Kinlochewe, Shieldaig, Five Sisters (cracking road), Invergarry and back thru Fort Augustus and over the top of Strathdearn
Day Two was another loop round Alness, Bonar Bridge, Falls of Shin, Laxford Bridge, Ledmore Junction, Ullapool and back thru Garve.
The second days' roads suited the RC30 much better
I haven't smiled so much for a long, long time.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:26 pm
by gus
Lloyd
Glad you had a great time.The roads are a bit on the good side up there aint they.
"GS,s!thousands of em!Wait till you see the white in the emblem badge boys"
gus
I bet half the animals ran for cover with their ears bleeding what with the high pitched whining of gears.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:28 am
by theseadog
That's a couple of good routes you had there Lloyd, Sheildaig and the Sisters is just awesome, hope you stoppped for the obligatory HIGHLANDER impersonation pictures at Eillan Donan
The hotel at the top of the pass does fantastic food if you didn't stop this time you should next. Same goes for the Falls of Shin visitor centre, absolutely sooooooperb food, not that I think with my stomach. Did you stop there and have a look at the salmon leaping ???
Toodle pip
