mherkin
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My friend and I are planning to do this too soon but the wives would prefer to meet us there by flying up, cheap flights from Heathrow, 30 minutes from home.
Problem is after doing Snowdonia last bank holiday my wife who has not a bike for 5 years says she wants one to ride Scotland instead of being pillion this time but won't ride all the way up and back as well.
So a solution to sending her a bike up would be ideal. I did think about hiring her one but she is less than 5' tall and I will have to
look what would suit her , her last bike was a lowered Street Triple but that was still a tad tall for her.
Nobody please suggest a Monkey Bike
Anyway , its getting a bike up to Scotland I am interested in a solution for.
I've just returned from hols (fishing) hence my late comment, are you american perhaps with a pristine H-D ?
I am over 65 and think nothing of riding from home to Merzouga, gallop around the Atlas and home again on my 640 Adv, if I were you I'd get a car.
M
Hi all,
Was thinking of doing the NC500 or something similar next year but as I live on the south coast of England I was wondering if there was a viable way to avoid the almost 1k mile round trip to/from glasgow, that any 'southerner' had found. My initial thought was to use one of the many delivery companies and then flying up to meet the bike but not having used them before, I was interested in any experience from others out there.
By way of convenince I don't mind throwing a bit of money at the problem but clearly there's a limit especially if it seems as if it's prohibitably expensive once airfare/ accomodation is factored in.
Any thoughts much appreciated.
Personally, I'd ride up myself, nothing to do with being macho (even though I'm harder than John Rambo) but I really don't think you save much time by doing it any other way.
1. Get the bike transported and meet it up there - Fuck about finding someone to transport it for you, spend the time meeting them and loading it into the van. Then book a flight, drive to the airport, check in, wait for a couple of hours, fly, let's say to Glasgow. Disembark and get through to the arrivals lounge. The fuck about either meeting your bike or making your way to where the bike is. Unload it and get yourself suited up and ride North. - Without being a hero London to Loch Lomond is a 10 hour ride including a couple of stops, another couple of hours would see you in Glencoe for the night. How much time would you realistically save by not riding, maybe 5 hours?
2. Hire a van and split the driving - Doesn't save you a single second.
If it was Southern Spain overnight then I could see the logic but not Scotland, it's just not far enough away to justify the ball ache for me.
Of course, I could be missing something really obvious?
I've just returned from hols (fishing) hence my late comment, are you american perhaps with a pristine H-D ?
I am over 65 and think nothing of riding from home to Merzouga, gallop around the Atlas and home again on my 640 Adv, if I were you I'd get a car.
M
Hi all,
Was thinking of doing the NC500 or something similar next year but as I live on the south coast of England I was wondering if there was a viable way to avoid the almost 1k mile round trip to/from glasgow, that any 'southerner' had found. My initial thought was to use one of the many delivery companies and then flying up to meet the bike but not having used them before, I was interested in any experience from others out there.
By way of convenince I don't mind throwing a bit of money at the problem but clearly there's a limit especially if it seems as if it's prohibitably expensive once airfare/ accomodation is factored in.
Any thoughts much appreciated.