Hi all,
i have just arrived at Ruthin - a tiny town in the north east of Wales(UK). I am sitting Ye Old Anchor Inn Pub with a pint already looking forward to the weekend!
This weekend will be special as i will take a part in the Buell Adventure Weekend - run by the UK's Buell Academy...
as soon as i pulled into the Pub / Hotel i was great by a fine sight!
the guys from the Academy were already busy preparing / fuelling the Uly's for tomorrow. I quickly said "hello" and we chatted for a bit and i checked into my room for the next 3 nights....guess what view I have from my window...
(my 5er touring will be in good company)
So far this weekend is off the a great start...
I will keep adding to this threads throughout the weekend...
On the ride outs I will take my 2x cameras and the veho muvi action cam on the helmet...so we should get some decent footage.
That's it for now...
Now where is that pint of Tedleys gone - ups I must have drunk it...quick get another one...
Day 2 - short update:
did about 100mls today in rainy weather...
went over the Wayfarer pass...
hard, wet rocky track and yes, I did fall once! no damage to the Uly.
here are a few pics...i did some video footage too (including my crash - lol) which i will post later
dirty uly = good uly
more off-roading tomorrow.. here a video of todays action...
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there were a few offs but now-one i hurt or bikes damaged!
Bring on round 2!
right guys.
today we had our final day and the weather was kind to us too...
we started of with a gently 15mls ride to the first forest track. the track itself was a lot easier than the pass yesterday and no-one hit the deck!
We than got further up into the mountains and the view were just stunning
there are only a view nicer spots in Wales to park your Uly...
We than had another tricky section of loose rocks and gravel to go up to a viewing point...check out this short video and you will get the idea!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbST8Z_Aw-Q
here is Tim and me coming back down onto tarmac.
we than had lunch and did another great set of little lanes and more off-roading...
we all got better and the bikes performed brilliant!
here are couple shots of my filthy Uly.
All in all a great weekend.
I will write a full report and i have 3 hours of video footage to cut & edit etc...
i will upload it all on my own website and post the link here once i am done.
here are the edited videos:
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in short a great weekend!
Thanks to Buell UK, The guys from the Buell Academy - (Tim, Shawn, Matt, Andrew & Steve) for making it such great fun!
thats it for now...hope you dont mind too much that its not a GS...
enjoy
thx Lars
PS: (i am still buzzing!!!)<!--/Text-->
