A very chilly Scottish Sunday....

Lots of nice photos :thumb

Just curious........

This old twin-shock, Air-cooled twin seems to have an alternator mounted on the left-hand side. Do you know what the story of this bike is?
 

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It's a television bike, as used by the media to cover bike races like the Tour de France etc.......it's a second alternator, jury rigged on a second pulley at the front of the crankshaft to provide additional power for media equipment, which is stowed in the panniers and the pillion held camera......

Cheers

Dutch
 
Cheers Dutch.

Never thought of that! Doh!:o
 
Chilly indeed

Some nice photos Dutchman, was that you about 3pm coming down fron Loch Garry ? I gave a wave.

It was rather cold but I'm sure you will agree worth the effort. I took this yesterday it shows the south side of the Ben and a few Mamores.

G.C.
 

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G.C. said:
Some nice photos Dutchman, was that you about 3pm coming down fron Loch Garry ? I gave a wave.

It was rather cold but I'm sure you will agree worth the effort. I took this yesterday it shows the south side of the Ben and a few Mamores.

G.C.
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Yes, that was me.......I wanted to wave but my hands were frozen to the bars (summer gloves, grips turned up high!!).....so you just got a nod........:)

It was a great day out, over 460 miles all told, plus an hour washing off the salt by candle light when I got home......

Cheers

Dutch
 
Scotland

Dutch,
Nice pictures ............ Scotland has some ace biking roads as I discovered in June on my RT .
I am planning to spend a few days up there again in the 1st week in June next year on my new bike which is a Harley Softail Heritage Classic .
I will be with SWMBO - we are going up to North Yorks [ taking car and bike ] and dropping the kids off at her brothers before riding up to the West coast to enjoy the scenery .
My wife used to live on Benbecular and is always going on about the islands so we may be seeing some of them .

Steve
 
DUTCH

A similar route to the one I went on monday but at least you had clear skies ( comparing commando memorial photo to mine). Did you get to the Bealach Na Baa ( road to applecross) if so was it clear, every time I've been up it's been in the clouds. Good photo's though. Now how to get the temperature up????
 
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Is that from the road up to the TV mast on the Cow Hill? Didn't know it was allowed to ride up there :rolleyes:

Iain
 
Iain, you know the area well then ?

Didn't know it was'nt aloud :rolleyes:

Tiz a nice view though dont you think.
 
Lived in FW for most of my (first) childhood. Only left for further edukashun.

Still got family there and visit regularly though not yet on the bike. Next Spring perhaps.

Do you live there?

Iain
 
Iain, yes Inverlochy now, grew up in Caol. Came back from Edinburgh as I have my own family now, Quality of life et al.


Any relation to Peter Hogg ?
G
 
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