Out and about 2017 -- forward planning

[Johnwebley]

Yamaha day at Ace Cafe this Sunday. Thought you'd be there too John

 the little RD is together,and looking good,BUT will not run over 50% throttle,seems to lean ?? but not sure,it spins up tp 6K rpm on half throttle ,but open them any more and it chokes !
carbs rebuilt using KY-0160 kit from NRP,

head scratching time !!!


enjoy your weekends out !!

[Johnwebley]

back from the WNR 2017,

well it was cold,damp and fun !!!!!

no sunshine,misty drizzle,but the roads never seemed wet !!

previous days weather forecast,claimed 10% chance of showers !!! fat chance,!!

so after booking B & B for friday night,a very welcoming place to stay,very hospitable,good evening meal,great breakfast !! well I need building up !! for the day ahead !!

started around 8.20 am,original plan go for top award ,Platignum,with 15 villages /clues and 3 manned checks + 10 general questions to be answers at each !
from start via 2 villages to near Bala ,then up to Ruthin,this s were I started to loose time,knowing the road numbers I needed and the area to find villages at times up to 5 mls off the main road began to get tricky !!,I had hassles in Denbiegh,went through the centre 3 times !!,but onwards,getting villages and clues filled it,on to Bests-y-coed and north on the A5,this is a truely brilliant biker road,very little traffic,dry by this time ,wonderful corners ,straights and scenary !!,brilliant !! so off over the Menie bridge to Anglesea,
this became a MAJOR hiccup,poor road signs,,jeez I must have wasted over an hour trying to find Bethel !!,
it very tricky reading a map,as the pages blow away as you open it at 60+ mph !!,(grin-joke)
this made me very late ,making it  impossible  to get all the visits before the check at Harlech closed at 6pm,so a nice ride back via
Caernarvon Airport,and south along Llanberis pass to Beddgelart and Port Madoc,fill up with fuel,knowing I could get home on a tankful
from there,open garages late on saturday nights are VERY rare !!

so back to Welshpool,finished at 8.20 pm,
gave the score card in,couldn't get the award I wanted,but they gave me a GOLD ,for distance,number of places visited etc,
followed by a warming meal,a few laughs ,swopped hard luck stories,finally got home about 10.20pm,


a few stats
 mileage when I left home   63680

 start of WMR                      63750
  Finish                                 64101
mileage at home                    64166


 total riding time for rally,as near as 12 hours as dammit,
rally mileage                 351,
total saturday miles      417,

 the bike seemed to do between 10 and 12 mls per litre,
ran well all day,
I got a few aches after !! mainly shoulders !!!

now,if anyone want to join me for next year,do a sohc team ??

pic from friday night

I didn't take any more,as the phone charger cable got damaged when I shut the end in the seat lock !!

[Nurse Julie]

Bloody hell John, you really do go for it big time. Sounds like you had a great time, good on you.....you put some of us 'youngsters' to shame 

[mike the bike]

I thought you'd gone all hi tech with a sat nav on your handlebars instead of paper maps.  Mine jew, it's best to have both so you can see the big picture.

Glad you enjoyed it all.

[Johnwebley]

I didn't use the sat-nav.just reading maps and what remains of my memory,

I don't think I can plan a route with 18 way points to return to the start !!,I will use the nav when I go to the Crick show,and also when
I go to IOM  and Liverpool docks,

but maybe next time I might use the little Yamaha,

 that would be a task

 would love to see those big BMW posers match that !!!!

[Johnwebley]

time to go out mid-week to the biker nites

 this was on the A40 between Ross-on-Wye and Glos,
Billy from this Forum was there with his CB750 K6,this well modded 400,a couple of aircooled RD Yams,in Kenny Robert yellow ,

[Nurse Julie]

Out at Spilsby Bike Night, the most glorious evening, warm and sunny and an exceptional turnout.

[Nurse Julie]

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[Nurse Julie]

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[Nurse Julie]

And finally.......a pic just for John Webley

[Johnwebley]

And finally.......a pic just for John Webley

  thank you for that !!

 a very nice portion !!

 I am fairly busy this week,visiting golf courses and so on,all involve typical golfers meals !! like today ,after being out in lovely sunshine ,they give us a warming meal of Steak pye,chips,new potateos,3 veg .followed by a selection of "slimming" desserts !!!!

 but I inend to get the Honda out next monday and join the Yamaha crowd for a run through Chedarr gorge
hopefully will have the RD MOTed soon

[Nurse Julie]

You should bring your golf clubs here John, Woodhall Spa golf course is just along the road from us.

[Johnwebley]

You should bring your golf clubs here John, Woodhall Spa golf course is just along the road from us.

  that is a very famous area,it was the home of 617 squadron,the Dambusters ,and Lincolnshire was always called "bomber" country

 can't fit a clubs on the bike !!!

[Nurse Julie]

Don't worry. just borrow Triggers baseball bat !!!. RAF Coningsby, home of the Dambusters, and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are only 2 miles from here. There were 4 Spitfires flying over the garden today, looked and sounded wonderful.