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Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:45 pm (Last edited: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:48 pm)
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What a surprisingly warm day for early March. Did 150 mile ride, over to Martley in Worcestershire, up to Bridgnorth then Much Wenlock, down to Ludlow, back to Martley, then Worcester and then home. |
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Zitat von Becksy im Beitrag #1 I had lunch on top of the Kerry/Ceri Ridge at Block Wood (a Drovers' road that runs 15 miles from Newtown in Powys to Bishop's Castle in Shropshire https://www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co....rry-ridgeway-2/ ) 2025-03-09 12.58.11.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)2025-03-09 12.58.30.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)2025-03-09 12.59.50.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Then looped around Clun. You can't ride the ridge but I rode across the watershed and looped around through the Teme Valley and back across the watershed near Dolfor back to main roads. A favourite spot on the Knighton to Newtown road 2025-03-09 14.15.48.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)2025-03-09 14.16.25.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Apart from Clun, which was very busy as it has a nice cafe by the bridge, I did not see many bikes. I was glad I had taken a drink and savoury pastry to eat in a quiet spot in the woods. Route is highly recommended. I do it several times a year as the start is only 10 miles from home. A lot of mud from tractors and gravel from recent rains but I have a bike that can cope better now. https://maps.app.goo.gl/AEoyShoV14aYfRwc6
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Enjoyed a nice ride up to Monyash in the Peak District for a coffee and a toasted tea cake and then on to Cromford before riding home. Fantastic weather, set out with 10C and warmed up to 16C by lunch time when I arrived home. Unfortunately the great weather attracted lots of bikes and cars so it was a bit busy out there, I normally ride early mornings whilst folks are sleeping but that wasn’t an option today. Nevertheless what a joy to have a spring day with blue skies after a very grey winter. |
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Glad to see you are getting out on the bikes now. Going to have a couple of good days here...Tuesday mid-60's F, followed by rain rest of week and drop down to 48-50F. Not sure if I want to go out for one day only to have 2-3 weeks of chilly, wet weather, but my RS is telling me, "quit being a wimp and light me up!". We'll see who prevails... |
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Zitat von Ali-bear im Beitrag #5 I often did that loop via Hundred House when living further south. Lunch in the Castle chippie at Talgarth as you could sit in the adjacent pub's beer garden. I don't go much further north than occasionally to Bala. The views further north are spectacular but more tourists in Snowdonia plus I know the roads of Mid Wales much better, so if one road is busy, has slipped into the River Severn or the janitors are scraping up some casualty, riding his CBRGSXRZR1 for the first time this year, I know an alternative without consulting a map.
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Weather just as good here in sunny south west and looks like all next week will be dry and sunny, great for all the school half term breakers that will be flooding the area. |
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That new Himalayan is a nice looking bike.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Sat Apr 05, 2025 1:35 pm (Last edited: Sat Apr 05, 2025 2:24 pm)
Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #9 Very pleased with the new Himalayan, only 1200 miles so the bike is now fully run in. Rev limit was 4k for 300miles, 6k to 1200miles so I will give it an oil/filter change, very inexpensive compared to a dealers cost. Like most of the parts I fitted, they were sourced direct from India, Aliexpress and cost so far has been around £400 for all accessories after purchase cost of £6300 for the tubeless model. ie oil filter and 6 O rings x 2 was £15, all the 7 Zana accessories pannier rails,rear rack enlarger, radiator guard, rear brake cover set, headlight guard and sat bracket less than £200 and £80 topbox. Even got a camera set and tyre pressure monitor and each was around £12. A 4 piece set of Rhinowalk waterproof bags cost around £100. One new £12 waterproof case, with fittings, for my old tomtom unit(lifetime map updates) which I originally had for our car 10 years ago works. Only 'issue' I have is that to get rid of my temp wiring and fit the relay box is that RE fit a great spare live feed accessory plug 'ready to use' from ignition under the fuel tank. You can see it waiting to be used but the tank has to come off but will do that when I change the oil. Makes the bmw top boxes circa £450 for a small GS type unit seem crazy and probably nearer to £2000 for my full RS set of pannier cases, top box and 3 insert bags, plus a small tankbag. Both bikes will cover all of devon and surrounding areas as well as each other, although the semi off-road set-up on the Himalayan certainly helps these days with the poor state of many of our rutted roads. P1010162.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) P1010169.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) P1010174.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) |
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