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Nothing like a mates encouragement eh Steve, first calls you a nutter and then says you looked like sh*t...........
Weathers kinda nice - time to ride!
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sorry for the hijack and probably a stupid question but that is my speciality. so-- f800 v vstrom1000, opinion please. tia, jags.
I guess my time at charm school was wasted on yer sister then?
Iain, - he's right on both counts, so I really can't argue with him on those comments
Jags - F8GS makes doing certain things easy, whilst the Strom does other things slightly better than the F8GS . . . . . . . . but . . . . . . . and I've been asked this question before . . . . . . . .
If I could have only one bike (never going to happen, so this is all hyperthetical!) it would be the F8GS. Thats as of now, whilst my failing shell can still manage to do the things my strange mind wants it to do.
All things change with time and changing ability levels, but whilst I'm still able to make an arse of meself, the F8GS would, hyperthetically, be my one and only bike
.SteveT
I guess my time at charm school was wasted on yer sister then?
Iain, - he's right on both counts, so I really can't argue with him on those comments
Jags - F8GS makes doing certain things easy, whilst the Strom does other things slightly better than the F8GS . . . . . . . . but . . . . . . . and I've been asked this question before . . . . . . . .
If I could have only one bike (never going to happen, so this is all hyperthetical!) it would be the F8GS. Thats as of now, whilst my failing shell can still manage to do the things my strange mind wants it to do.
All things change with time and changing ability levels, but whilst I'm still able to make an arse of meself, the F8GS would, hyperthetically, be my one and only bike
SteveT
I thought you said you knew my sister Steve, your memory must be failing ...
Lesson 1: Don't mention the dog being oveweight and 'needy' - Fail
Lesson 2: Don't mention the grey/strawberry blonde/white hair - Fail
Lesson 3: Don't mention Dave... - Phew, not failed... Yet! ;-)
She's as typical a 'big' sister as you will find, but I love her (and her chubby/demanding dog, silver hair and stroppy husband!)...
Andy
patzx12
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Some great pictures here
steve t, thanks for your comments.
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Looks like you had a good day out Steve, cracking weather for it.
Twas indeed a grand day out Iain
SteveT
Shushhhhh. Don't let everyone one know about it
Ohhhh yes please
SteveT
Why can't I see pics loaded on photo bucket, is it something I'm doing?
No. photobucket decided that it wanted $400 off anyone who had an acct with them or it froze their respective photos use... It has cocked up thousands of threads on thousands of forums
I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser, and they have a "fix" that allows photofu*kit pictures to be viewed. Cannot for the life of me remember where I saw the fix "advertised" or what it is called, but it is out there, somewhere.
SteveT
SteveT
Cheers mate
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/photobucket-embedded-fix/I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser, and they have a "fix" that allows photofu*kit pictures to be viewed. Cannot for the life of me remember where I saw the fix "advertised" or what it is called, but it is out there, somewhere.
SteveT
Old is good . . . . Right?
Nipped out this morning to visit a local vintage vehicle rally . . . . . . . .
One from the early GS past . . . . .
Zundapp KS750
NSU Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101
Willy's jeep, with a gas firing home made 0.5" Browning (think bird scaring gas gun with attitude)
And some old steamers . . . . both large and little . . . . .
SteveT
Nipped out this morning to visit a local vintage vehicle rally . . . . . . . .
One from the early GS past . . . . .
Zundapp KS750
NSU Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101
Willy's jeep, with a gas firing home made 0.5" Browning (think bird scaring gas gun with attitude
)
And some old steamers . . . . both large and little . . . . .
SteveT
Took a run up north . . . . . for a change
Not been under canvas since May, so late Friday afternoon decided to head north, just cos I could.
Had planned to wild camp but couldn’t think of anywhere suitable on my planned route, so Durness campsite it was for the night.
Some photo’s from my journey north, in varied weather (meaning rain and sun in varying amounts – fortunately mainly sun)
Found an open gate and wanderer as far as the stalkers landrover 
. . . .
Quite-ish night followed by an early start – here’s my breakfast welcoming the dawn
Had the road virtually to myself, so I put-put-putted along taking in the growing rays of the sun on the various hills I rode past.
Loch Broom
Dundonnell
Enjoyed a game of chase with some sports bikes that set off from Durness after me – they over-took me, then slowed down to allow a mate to catch up, so I over took them. Then they whizzed past me again when their mate had caught them up. I tootled on, stopping for photo’s here and there, only to have them wiz past me again when I stopped to take this photo at Gruinard Bay. Caught up with them again at Aultbae where they were having a fag next to the NATO fuelling dump!
Finally a local attraction with a rainbow - Dallas Dhu distillery
Fantastic 24hrs out of the house, covering a little over 400 miles, with the Strom averaging over 65mpg – I must have been going reet slow – moving average speed for the whole trip was just under 43mph, so not that slow really
SteveT
Not been under canvas since May, so late Friday afternoon decided to head north, just cos I could
.Had planned to wild camp but couldn’t think of anywhere suitable on my planned route, so Durness campsite it was for the night.
Some photo’s from my journey north, in varied weather (meaning rain and sun in varying amounts – fortunately mainly sun)
Found an open gate
and wanderer as far as the stalkers landrover . . . .
Quite-ish night followed by an early start – here’s my breakfast welcoming the dawn
Had the road virtually to myself, so I put-put-putted along taking in the growing rays of the sun on the various hills I rode past.
Loch Broom
Dundonnell
Enjoyed a game of chase with some sports bikes that set off from Durness after me – they over-took me, then slowed down to allow a mate to catch up, so I over took them. Then they whizzed past me again when their mate had caught them up. I tootled on, stopping for photo’s here and there, only to have them wiz past me again when I stopped to take this photo at Gruinard Bay. Caught up with them again at Aultbae where they were having a fag next to the NATO fuelling dump!
Finally a local attraction with a rainbow - Dallas Dhu distillery
Fantastic 24hrs out of the house, covering a little over 400 miles, with the Strom averaging over 65mpg – I must have been going reet slow – moving average speed for the whole trip was just under 43mph, so not that slow really
SteveT
WEE BOAB
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Good pics Steve.....
Batten don the hatches. incoming for the next 24 hrs or so! May head out after its blown through. These pics have made me restless ...
