What a fantastic trip looking forwarding to doing more! Was considering selling the bike, as i just bought a flat in London, but think i will keep it now 
I basically took the long to the Island via Wales, then up to Heysham to catch the Ferry. Stayed with my father as he has use of an apartment while working on a government project, so free accommodation!
Did the TT course 4 times in my day there, each time i got better and better as i knew which corners tightened up and the others which could be taken quicker. The mountain road section is one way only during TT so you can really give it some and take the corners right, and with some really good hair pins and sweeping curves it was dam good fun!
Few pictures:
First 1/2 day was terrible, it was the Tuesday this week and it just rained and rained and rained, roundabouts were horrible! No grip, i even considered turning back, but pressed on!
Weather finally broke just after Ludlow when i had a greasy lunch....
Stopped for some motion lotion for bike in Machynlleth
Also some fuel for me!
Stayed in a really nice B&B in Dolgellau, ran by a little old lady, rooms were very modern, she proudly showed me the tiny TV and fact its gone digital, and gave very detailed instructions on how to use it. When she mentioned 'wait for it to snow' then press this button, i was a little confused but let her go on. It was only afterwards when i turned it on, static = snow : ;D
The next day was a complete transformation in weather, i stopped at Bala to Admire the view:
Further one heading out of Wales:
First time i took my bike on a ferry...
Bit of queue to get on! - This is only about 1/4 of the bikes on the ferry, they let all the cars go first when we got to IOM, when all those started up, it was quite a sight/smell/noise! ;D
Ferry bods strapped the beemer down
Perfect day arriving in the Island:
Now this is the view from the Grand Stand, on Douglas high street, its a normal street, with traffic lights, man hole covers, bit where its been dug up and filled in again.... when i was there, fastest someone went through was 171 mph
I went down this road the next day on the GS, and its a standard road, in fact quite bumpy, and i was only doing 40
This is half way along the one way mountain section where the railway crosses, had a perfect run through here getting it over nicely, once got stuck behind a van with 2 sports bikes in front, there is a long up-hill drag after this, they gave it the beans and so did i, the beemer kept them honest. Was never going to beat them, but stayed with them from about 40-110mph.
I stopped to take some pictures and noticed this little road which went off up the mountain, so i left the nutters to it and went for a little explore...
This is the end of the mountain road one way bit, its a good place to watch all the different bikes going through, its not just crouch rockets, CG125's went round, trikes, mopeds, everything!
Stopped off few times on way back, went through the Peak District, some stunning views there, sadly no pics, as i just spent ages over-taking a queue of cars behind a truck, i did not want to stop and have to do it again!
Picture just few miles from home
Bike was faultless and kept up with a lot of the sports bikes on the rougher sections, i thought i would be mullered the whole time, but i kept pace and overtook a few myself, but there were some nutters who went flying past me.
Total miles over 4 days
Average mpg, not bad considering i was not hanging about over the whole trip!
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I basically took the long to the Island via Wales, then up to Heysham to catch the Ferry. Stayed with my father as he has use of an apartment while working on a government project, so free accommodation!
Did the TT course 4 times in my day there, each time i got better and better as i knew which corners tightened up and the others which could be taken quicker. The mountain road section is one way only during TT so you can really give it some and take the corners right, and with some really good hair pins and sweeping curves it was dam good fun!
Few pictures:
First 1/2 day was terrible, it was the Tuesday this week and it just rained and rained and rained, roundabouts were horrible! No grip, i even considered turning back, but pressed on!
Weather finally broke just after Ludlow when i had a greasy lunch....
Stopped for some motion lotion for bike in Machynlleth
Also some fuel for me!
Stayed in a really nice B&B in Dolgellau, ran by a little old lady, rooms were very modern, she proudly showed me the tiny TV and fact its gone digital, and gave very detailed instructions on how to use it. When she mentioned 'wait for it to snow' then press this button, i was a little confused but let her go on. It was only afterwards when i turned it on, static = snow :
;D
The next day was a complete transformation in weather, i stopped at Bala to Admire the view:
Further one heading out of Wales:
First time i took my bike on a ferry...
Bit of queue to get on! - This is only about 1/4 of the bikes on the ferry, they let all the cars go first when we got to IOM, when all those started up, it was quite a sight/smell/noise! ;D
Ferry bods strapped the beemer down
Perfect day arriving in the Island:
Now this is the view from the Grand Stand, on Douglas high street, its a normal street, with traffic lights, man hole covers, bit where its been dug up and filled in again.... when i was there, fastest someone went through was 171 mph
I went down this road the next day on the GS, and its a standard road, in fact quite bumpy, and i was only doing 40
This is half way along the one way mountain section where the railway crosses, had a perfect run through here getting it over nicely, once got stuck behind a van with 2 sports bikes in front, there is a long up-hill drag after this, they gave it the beans and so did i, the beemer kept them honest. Was never going to beat them, but stayed with them from about 40-110mph.
I stopped to take some pictures and noticed this little road which went off up the mountain, so i left the nutters to it and went for a little explore...
This is the end of the mountain road one way bit, its a good place to watch all the different bikes going through, its not just crouch rockets, CG125's went round, trikes, mopeds, everything!
Stopped off few times on way back, went through the Peak District, some stunning views there, sadly no pics, as i just spent ages over-taking a queue of cars behind a truck, i did not want to stop and have to do it again!
Picture just few miles from home
Bike was faultless and kept up with a lot of the sports bikes on the rougher sections, i thought i would be mullered the whole time, but i kept pace and overtook a few myself, but there were some nutters who went flying past me.
Total miles over 4 days
Average mpg, not bad considering i was not hanging about over the whole trip!
Feck! That was impressive and seriously scary to see.
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