Offroad ride photos and videos from the Kelso BMF 2007

[forry]

First off i'd like to Thank Tim,Tina ,Fritz,Bev,Rich and Chris for coming out on my ride and for making it a special day out.I'd recced part of the route last weekend but i couldn't recce one certain section but i'd been over it on the GSA with tourances on earlier in the year so i wasn't worried

Here's a few pics.
Start of the track and we encountered our first taste of mud.
Tim.

Tina.

Rich came threw next and had a slight "moment"which i didn't catch on camera but i think Tim might have.

Next section was a little slippy ask Bev
Tim and Tina make it look easy.
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Fritz pointing in the wrong direction.

Chris wondering what Tims up to on the tinsel machine.

Due to the last few weeks of rain an easy trail has turned into a hard one.

Before.

After

Chris with tourances on rode like a pro most of the time.
Where's your on board camera footage?

Then it was on to a what i thought would be a nice little ford

Earlier on in the year it was a little splash.

Now was a different matter though here's a video.
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By now we were down to 4 Tim,Tina,Fritz and myself.

Another before and after shot.

Oh look whats Fritz up to ?

By now we were really struggling to get any traction.
TKC's and mud don't work.

So it was feet down and paddle like hell.

And when that doesn't work push

It gets really embarrassing when your partner has to push you up the hill
Isn't that right Tim.

But we battled on and made it to the end.
So we headed off to the coast stopping for a smoke break on the way.

Fuel stop

After mud sand was our next test of will.
Great views down the beach.

Tim stuck

Tina's turn.

Easy peasy.

Cracking weather.

The finest 1150GSA you'll come across."my opinion"

 

[AndyT]

Nice pics Forry - you forgot to mention you didnb't get back to the camp site untill 10 pm...... I really missed out on that run, hopefully next time if I can get back off hols in time for Skye

AndyT

 

[Trippy]

Nice pictures and countryside, but a 12 hour ride! I bet they were muttering things about you under their helmets

 

[BTBR]

Cracking pictures Forry.

 

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Really enjoyed reading that, top piccies - 12 hours in those conditions bet you slept well that night!

Andres

 

[Trippy]

Anyway more important than the ride ....



What cake did Mrs Forrester bake for the weekend?

 

[Timolgra]

Anyway more important than the ride ....



What cake did Mrs Forrester bake for the weekend?

She didn't but we met the lovely Mrs Forrester and were assured there'll be one for Achill

I'll post some pictures later....ay Forry

 

[judge]

Anyway more important than the ride ....



What cake did Mrs Forrester bake for the weekend?

Ma Forry went playing bowls instead Almost caused the late cancellation of the event I heard. A summit was held and a decision was taken to communicate that this wouldn't be allowed to happen again

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

She didn't but we met the lovely Mrs Forrester and were assured there'll be one for Achill

I'll post some pictures later....ay Forry

Yea... but he's meeting up with me on the way down.... end of that then

Forry did i see Claude Greengrass serving at those petrol pumps?
Time warp or what

 

[Timolgra]

Madmountainman had the first hiccup of the day, unfortunately i was a bit slow with the camera

so tried something more his size after Bev had a little moment

ChrisG showing how to do it on Tourances

sometimes with a little help

Fritz demonstrating the awesome power and speed of Bev's Serrow

Then back on his airhead

Chris

 

[Timolgra]

Time for a break in the shade

Forry washing some mud off

Ritch through the worst bit

Tina hitting the same rock that most of us found

Oh Fritz, what's going on here...you can see Forry laughing ...again

Then the flippin hill on Dere Street, it didn't look much but it took an hour to get all our bikes around half a mile as there was just no grip.

Here Fritz heads back out of the undergrowth

Fritz rides around South America and says "I've never ridden anything so hard as that fe****g, ba888ng slippy t*8ind mud"

Tina embarasses us all by flying up on her TTR and coming back down to help

We finally got to the top, you saw Forry's pic of Fritz's rear tyre, this was my Tkc showing it's limitations in sticky mud

 

[Timolgra]

We stop for fuel at the only pumps suitable for our ageing, old type GSs...naturally there weren't any 12's with us

last year we saw a couple on a yellow GS who had just been shagging in the field here....was it you?

Forry's bike...the 2nd best in the country

Later we got to the coast and had a fantastic ride through the sand and grassy dunes.

We stop for a breather/fag and take in the view but there's still a long way to go.
I love this photo

 

[Timolgra]

My bike stuck in sand...sound familiar

Tin's bike NOT stuck...sound familiar

Talking of familiar, whose this? Oh it's Forry

Yep it really is

And of course, the best GS in the country

More in a bit

 

[Timolgra]

This is Forry's back yard and he knows it like the back of his hand

Forry in his element

And of course the best TTR in the country
well I had to say that didn't I

Back to Berwick on Tweed for a fish supper....if you think you can't understand Forry's accent you should try understanding the Polish girl in the chippie with her Berwick twang

Then a fantastic track in the Lammermuir Hills to end the day before riding back to Kelso, we were overlooking the Firth of Forth to the left of this photo

We arrived back at Kelso at 10pm, knackered, after 12 hours and over 220 miles of fantastic riding where the likes of Stumpy and Ronno forced us to drink their much welcome malt whiskys.

Thank you very much Forry for a stunning day in the very best of company

 

[Trippy]

Back to Berwick on Tweed for a fish supper....if you think you can't understand Forry's accent you should try understanding the Polish girl in the chippie with her Berwick twang

Great photos but you forgot to take one of the Polish girl?
Forry better take his camara when he goes to get his tea tonight.

 

[Phil Clarke]

OK the inevitable question - where woz all that then? I know the lammermuirs track but none of the others apart from Dere st. Looks like they are all well ridden - are they 'legal' and are you able to point us in the right direction?
Phil

 

[Timolgra]

OK the inevitable question - where woz all that then? I know the lammermuirs track but none of the others apart from Dere st. Looks like they are all well ridden - are they 'legal' and are you able to point us in the right direction?
Phil

probably best to send Forry a PM

 

[Mzokk]

Great post and Photos guys looks like good fun........to watch. The TTR looked a bit more manageable in those conditions

 

[Ash]

how the ferk you ride GS's through all that knowing how heavy/big and tall they are .i did it years ago on suzuki ts's/honda xl's but on a GS
super picture and report.

 

[Timolgra]

how the ferk you ride GS's through all that knowing how heavy/big and tall they are .i did it years ago on suzuki ts's/honda xl's but on a GS

Years of pain