BRILLIANT DRIVE THIS WEEKEND, not so good on the fly,s

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Mar 25, 12 10:43 pm

I SOLD BAZ BIKER A TRANSMISSION SO DECIDED HAVE A NIGHT IN AYR IN SCOTLAND WHERE MY GRANNIE USED TO LIVE AND DELIVER THE TRANSMISSION TO BAZ,
I USED ALL B ROADS NEVER TOUCHED A MWAY,
AMAZING DRIVE ONCE YOU GET NORTH OFF FLEETWOOD THE RDS ARE SOMETHING ELSE SPEEDS LIKE YOU WONT BELIEVE WINDING UP DOWN AND SIDEWAYS, CAME ACCROSS LOTS OF BIKER BOYS THEY HAD A GO AND LOST DONT RECKON THEY HAD THE SWINGERS OF ADE WORMAN, AND WHY ON EARTH DO THE GUYS WITH OFF CYLINDER SUBUROOS THINK THEY ARE ALL WRE CHAMPIONS, LOSERS SUCKED THEM RIGHT UP MY TAILPIPES,
GREAT WEEKEND GOTTA TELL THE WORLD YOU ENJOYED IT AINT GOT FACEFART SO THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING,

WILL DEFFO GO AGAIN, OH AND AYR AINT CHANGED THAT MUCH SINCE 83.....

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Mon Mar 26, 12 1:47 am

You picked a nice weekend

I wonder what they think when they come against you on the road?

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Mar 26, 12 1:54 am

TYREMAN wrote:You picked a nice weekend

I wonder what they think when they come against you on the road?

Beaten,

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Mar 26, 12 9:14 am

I was going to see if I could beat my lap time to Otterburn and back in the Corvette this weekend but still waiting for a suspension part to arrive.

Had to do gardening instead.

I take the A68 coming back down from Otterburn and it has some real tight bends as well as long Roman built straights that undulate wildly so you get all 4 wheels off the deck if you have the balls to do it blind. I got high tyre pressure warnings the last time from the wheel sensors on landing.

One of these day there will be a bloody tractor the other side of one of the crests I just know it.

bazbiker · Post by **bazbiker** » Mon Mar 26, 12 9:29 am

It was good to meet you Dunc

thanks for the personal delivery service in the Bentley rocket, beats a man in a van leaving notes through your door saying we missed you but will try again tomorrow

The further north you go the better and quieter the roads get too

perhaps i should hold some sort of Mopar/classic car get together or swap meet at my farm to incite you and some others across the border for a B road blast

after all its only an hour and a half from Carlisle to me and i have plenty of hard standing for a load of cars

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Mar 26, 12 9:36 am

bazbiker wrote: after all its only an hour and a half from Carlisle to me and i have plenty of hard standing for a load of cars

And Carlisle is only an hour from me.

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Mon Mar 26, 12 9:38 am

It's a brilliant place to do some proper riding/driving, I'll never forget a trip from Inverness down to Glasgow on an Aprillia RSV, still get a stiffy just thinkin about it

That SS is made for fast A roads like that, perfect weight dist and traction to keep it pinned where lighter cars just flap about............along with their pilots

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Mon Mar 26, 12 10:52 am

There was a caddy at santa pod on sat running 12.1 116mph.
Mick

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Mar 26, 12 11:33 am

Well dave like you say have to be ever ready for that tractor or similar, and its reckless but what the hell i have never come accross rds like it,
A regula good fun fast run is back from big chris over in hull on the back rds but loads of bloody cameras,,

i had one moment where it could have all gone wrong but luckily i had a couple of flashes from oncoming traffic and there was a mobile camera set up, gave him a big fat smile...........

big block · Post by **big block** » Mon Mar 26, 12 12:54 pm

I like the tape on the Number plate to avoid speeding tickets Dunc

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Mon Mar 26, 12 1:02 pm

Scottish and Welsh roads are both fantastic.
I'd go as far to say probably the best in the UK.

Not sure if its the constant rain or snow in winter but they seem to get resurfaced more frequently and with better quality Tarmac.

Nothing like cruizing at warp factor 8 or 9 on the flat smooth black top.

I like the brown aero part you've fitted to the front Dunc. Must be good for an extra 10bhp.........

db · Post by db » Mon Mar 26, 12 6:22 pm

Nice work Dunc- keep the midge numbers down

Last time i was in Scotland was with Tamzin in the 1.6 Zafira.
Didn't squash many bugs that day

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Mon Mar 26, 12 7:43 pm

big block wrote:I like the tape on the Number plate to avoid speeding tickets Dunc

Just spotted that

most would use photoshop and do it in a fake way,you do things for real Dunc nothing fake about you

I went to Edinburgh to pick up the 72 Roadrunner had a night out in there and drove it back the next day.Went to Sandys in Glasgow for the 69 Fairlane and drove that home.

Carlisle not far from me also about just over an hour.

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Mon Mar 26, 12 8:36 pm

proper roads up here then Dunc ?

Hartside pass takes some beating, Haydon Bridge via Alston to Hartside cafe

Coldstream to Duns

My old private race track early every sat morning to the auctions @ bathgate:
A697 morpeth : wooler : coldstream : then A68 from Cafremill to Dalakeith before the speed camera days
Waepons of choise (good in there day & this order)

Carlton Gsi
BMW 535 sport
Posrche 968 club sport
Lotus Espirt twin turbo
Skyline R33 GTR
911 turbo
& on a really sunny day aprilla rsv mille-r or ducati 916

& now ive got an old 52 reg dodge ram as my daily

getting old

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Mon Mar 26, 12 8:45 pm

I rode a Triumph Daytona 1200 up to Bamburgh a few times, dead right Andy, they took some beating before the Bananarama! Polaroid Gestapo took our fun away