Ten Years

[Voyager]

Bob will remember that trip with horrific clarity. He tried to do a U-turn on the road into the industrial estate having take one turn too early. Unfortunately the road was covered in black ice and down he went on the GSA.

Ah yes . . only half of the road had been salted. I must replace the bars one day as there is still a slight bend in them .

A couple of guys came to help me pick it up, we could hardly stand the road was so slippery .

The 1150 GSA is a great, tall, top-heavy beast and when they start to go . . . I'm afraid its been on its side a few times, apart from the ice incident, always when coming to a halt on a rough or sloping surface. Its survived though .

Hopefully I'll get out on the bikes more this year than I did last year. In 2007 I covered 21,300 miles on bikes, last year about 1,500 - pathetic .

Correction - I joined UKGS in November 2006, a year after buying the 100GS - so only eight years for me.

Bob.

 

[arcboutant]

We'll done and thank you that man.
Do I Sir detect a sadness/melancholy in your post ..... or are ye jist feelin' auld?
Keep tappin' an keep tickin'

 

[Ronno]

We'll done and thank you that man.
Do I Sir detect a sadness/melancholy in your post ..... or are ye jist feelin' auld?
Keep tappin' an keep tickin'

Auld? What dae you mean auld?

 

[arcboutant]

I'm still with the GS tho' stupidly offloaded the first but quickly realised my error and got a newer GSA 1150, one of the very last. I reckon between the two so far I have done a lowly 70+ thou. With more to come. Plus the mileage from the other bike too.
I still have all vehicles identified under my signature. Those are not the total sum of vehicles over the years as I think some have posted !
Regards to all,
it's the runs that Ronno and co. arranged I sorely miss . Good times.

 

[H.R.H.]

Just read aw this and it's brought a tear tae ma japs ee

 

[Paul G (BHT)]

Just read aw this and it's brought a tear tae ma japs ee

Aye, happy days..... or was that happy daze

 

[Wreford Miles]

Who was at the Mallory Park meet and that one just outside Hay?

At both of those I got chatting to a nice couple busy planning and about to go travelling - 'Twas Simon and Lisa'

 

[Farmer Palmer]

I'm still here aswell after over ten years but I've been cycle touring in Iceland this year aswell as hanging around on UK Adventure riders and GS Club Scotland on facebook..........Nice to check in here now and again though!

Time to get the GS's fired up!

FP.

 

[THE PICT]

Im still here tae,joined 2002 wi ma 2002 1150 bought new. Still got it but had a 2nd 1150,blackbird and fjr aswell. 2nd 1150gs in the process of bein sold (had to rob some bit from my good un as previous owner wiz a hamfisted fugger),blackbird long gone but still have the original 1150gs(minus swing arm) and FJR