Out and about 2016

[Johnwebley]

lovely picture,

 glad your enjoying the weather,

hills ??


 we have mole hills bigger than those !!!

[Nurse Julie]

Your old girl must be ok going down them their hills but, I bet she struggles on the way up 
Yes, your hills are very impressive John

[billy192]

did not see you at bikers night John

[Johnwebley]

went to fill with petrol,on the way back home it got erratic tick-over,think I got a blocked pilot jet,

didn't want to risk it,so will strip the carbs,and clean

I intend to go to Bishops Cleeve next week,and the pub near you the week after

[billy192]

Ok see you then john




finished this one now (yes its not a SOHC)
billy

[billy192]

Nice to see you John

[Johnwebley]

great to see you aswell,

 perfect evening,warm and dry,the venue was packed !!!

[Johnwebley]

the Honda and I had a dayout yesterday,


 a ride around North Wales,total mileage 452,actual Rally mileage only 321,

 left home at 7.45,got home 22.20,  Knackered !!!



  a brief precis of the Welsh National Rally,
 its basically a navigation/treasure hunt style rally,various awards,and targets,the Platinum is 4 manned controls,and 15 unmanned,
 and Gold is 3 Manned and 12 unmanned,you choose your route and target,

 as a novice I only choose the Gold ,with the added option of entering pre 1975 classic bike award,

 at each manned control,there are 10 general knowledge questions,score to be added to the total,but each of the unmanned  controls
have to be visited,and relevant questions are supplied to answer,typically,at one village,in the center is a BT call box,what is the telephone number? or next to a local pub is a bus stop,what is the route number?
these questions are only issued when you arrive at the start,


 basically I started at Castle Caereinion,nr Welshpool,and via Langollen,the Horseshoe pass and 4 unmanned checks I got to
my first manned check,at Woods Motorcycles,Abergele,so far it was going well,my mileage calculations were along way out,did nearly
40 more than I guesstimated !!!

 down towards roads that I know well,Betws-y-Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog to Beddgelert and via 5 more unmanned checks to
Dinis Dinlle,or Caenarfon airport,

know south to Dollgellau,and last manned check at Fairbourne Chippy !!the distance caught me out,as also the lack of filling
stations,finally covered 147 miles between fill ups,when I did,it took 13 1/4 litres !!! PHEW !!

last 3 unmanned went ok,buat at the last near Newtown,a torrential thunderstorm started,it was around 7pm,black as night,
bright lightning,and sleet,it was cold and wet !!!, so much so,the discs were lagging,even keeping the brakes on fails to dry them,

once I got on the main roads,at over 50 they tended to spin dry,and the brakes worked !!luckily the puddles were easy to miss,


 back to the Castle aereinion for handing in the paperwork,and cuppa and very nice curry and chips,that was welcome,and tasty,

a few pics,from the start,and onwards

[Johnwebley]

few more pics

  also some of the paperwork,


PS  ,I got a GOLD award at first attempt,waiting to hear how I did for the top spot in the Pre 1975 bike class

[hairygit]

Looked like great fun, probably a full days work at some point to get the bike back to it's usual shiny self!

[Green1]

Great pics John but to much paperwork for me.I ride the bike to get out of doing it.

Mick

[billy192]

Looked like a nice day to John bet you enjoyed.
Billy

[Johnwebley]

   the weather is rubbish around here today,so I am giving the Biker nite a miss,

  if any of you go,post some pics

[Aly-b]

Looked like great fun, probably a full days work at some point to get the bike back to it's usual shiny self!

Perhaps a good steam clean would help.

[Johnwebley]

Looked like great fun, probably a full days work at some point to get the bike back to it's usual shiny self!

Perhaps a good steam clean would help.

 and the bike as well