Does anyone remember this rideout? Easties only need apply.

[northwind]

It was the one with the broken bridge, I think... Me, Drew, Martin and his better half on the back, Gary and Martin from CSM on the supermoto, when we drove across that riverbed on the way up from the Borders. Think we'd been to Selkirk- It'd be the one when I binned it chasing a particularily pretty sheep. There were others there, I know Hazel and Tony for sure but can't remember who else.

Quite memorable so far :) But I just remembered, we started at Hillend then headed south, and I remember the first wee bit as being absolutely fantastic... Short really twisty, almost switchbacky road going down a hill somewhere. I've tried to find it and can't- anyone got any idea where that was?

It could be that it was actually really easy- I once spent ages trying to find a road near the mining museum that in my head was the Corkscrew, and eventually turned out to be about as exciting as my garden path, just that I'd gone down it on a Virago 125 chasing after a nutcase on a tuned Vespa PX, a week after I did my CBT. Sometimes, SVs are rubbish.

[Duck-man]

Is it this one?

I was down it last night! In the dark!

Been down it in the cage a few times and you can really rally along it!

But i didnt hammer it last night as it was dark and my first time! :D

http://upload4.postimage.org/1190909/gif.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1190909/photo_hosting.html)

EDIT: The line (arrow) is pointing at Seafield Moore Road, it is supposed to point at Pentland Road oops! :roll:

[Anonymous]

it was the day we went to hislop museum. have no idea where it was though. im glad i missed the carrying bikes over broken bridge bit lol

[northwind]

That was the best bit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrqmP_9cZlg

Saved for the nation.

Duck-man, think it was further on... From memory we went down the 702 a bit. That's a good wee road there though, lots of good ones around there actually.

[northwind]

Hey look, Blue Flame was there too! Sorry!

[Blue Flame]

Hey look, Blue Flame was there too! Sorry!

:lol: :lol: Yep I certainly was.

A couple of photos's from the day

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/gran****son/Photos_files/Hawick060604TheCrashSite.jpg

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/gran****son/Photos_files/Hawick060604helpmaboab.jpg

And the Northy Special

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/gran****son/Photos_files/Hawick060604NorthwindsBike.jpg

[northwind]

:lol: Why did nobody say, at any point "You look like an absolute knob in those sunglasses"?

[Blue Flame]

:lol: Why did nobody say, at any point "You look like an absolute knob in those sunglasses"?

We did. You must have missed it amongst the "You looked like an absolute knob doing somersaults down the road" quotes :wink:

[northwind]

I looked as cool as **** somersaulting down the road, don't lie. You never saw it!

[Anonymous]

I looked as cool as **** somersaulting down the road, don't lie. You never saw it!


i did :shock: :lol:

[northwind]

You see, Nutty agrees, cool as ****.

[Blue Flame]

:lol: :lol:

[Mertian]

Quite memorable so far :) But I just remembered, we started at Hillend then headed south, and I remember the first wee bit as being absolutely fantastic... Short really twisty, almost switchbacky road going down a hill somewhere. I've tried to find it and can't- anyone got any idea where that was?

Hey Northy

Noticed that your question wasn't actually answered. If I remember correctly the road you are talking about is the section that runs from Roslin towards Rosewell and then turns right towards Howgate. The start is all switchbacks down to an old mill on the North Esk I think, then back up the hill to the new Rosewell bypass. The last corner before Howgate is a nasty decreassing radius right hander that really sucks you in, but when you have been around it a few times you notice that it isn't that bad after all.

Still, you came off on a straight trying to catch up with Drew and I who had gone in the opposite direction and were now trying to catch up with the rest of you; if my memory serves me well. :lol:

[northwind]

Now we have a contender! Nice work.

Wasn't trying to keep up with anyone, but I still don't remember why I crashed- Nutty says I swerved to avoid a car though, but if that's right I reckon I probably still ought to have stayed on the road... Probably overdid the evasion. Or alternatively, just rode off the road for no reason at all... Speed wasn't the issue though, whatever was :roll: I remember being off the road, trying to stay on, but not how I got there.

[SVTONYB]

Andy I was right behind you.....front row seat.......
Here Goes.....there were suicidal sheep eveywhere and at one point a sheep was coming onto the roadway from the right and the oncoming car moved towards the centre of the road which wasn't very wide to avoid it. You had plenty of room but you then moved closer to the verge on your left and where the tar met the verge there was no kerb just a drop of about 4 inches and you were teetering on the edge for about 50 yrds before dropping off into the verge. You then travelled about another 50 yrds trying to steer back onto the tar but the difference in height was too much then your front wheel sunk into a marshy bit and the bike stopped and you somersaulted over the handle bars landing on your feet.
At this point you were standing and so was the bike behind you......then you both fell over. I can still see it now as if it were yesterday.....

[northwind]

You've told me that before, eh? Jogged the memory there. Cheers!