We were blessed with dry & bright conditions....

Well there you go. I phoned Strathearn Tyres on Thursday 7th at about 2pm to order in some new rubber and lo-and-behold, they phone on Friday mid-morning to say that they're in. It'll be off to Crieff on the morning of Sat 9th then.

The forecast was for rain in the morning but drying up as the day went on. And so it did. Quedos an I managed to miss the rain altogether even although the not-so-far horizon was pitch black for a good part of the way. The new tyres were fitted in the usual Strathearn way - quick and clean with a real good price tag.

Well you just have to scrub them in, don't you? A full tank of fuel later and a journey that ran from Crieff to Bridge of Alan (via Braco) to Falkirk for a bowl of soup. Then on to Callendar, up the Loch Venacher road and over the Dukes Pass into Aberfoyle. Down the A82 'til Strathblane and across the A891 into Lennoxtown and on to Kilsyth before using the canal road to head back home before the light failed.

Nice one.

The Dukes was not too busy, but strewn with gravel for a good distance on two or three points. Not great in conjunction with new rubber after a bit of a break .

No sign of CarelessChucca either.

Sunday was spent cleaning and adjusting various bikes too.

Hope you all managed a little something this weekend.

Garry

That sounds great. I've managed a couple of wee outings, not as far as that though. I fitted my hotgrips (using your guide and very handy it was too) and am in love with them. I can now ride for ages and ages without my fingers seizing up!

Originally Posted by shonadoll

I fitted my hotgrips and am in love with them. I can now ride for ages and ages without my fingers seizing up!

Keep it clean this is a family site

Could have had a mini meet in falkirk on Saturday if I'd known you pair were through this way.. Never had soup on the menu though. Was a nice afternoon for fitting a new zorst system to Nicollow's shiney new pointy
Apart from bugging the neighbours with his new found rumble and the duke getting it's weekend warm up and polish, not done much else.
Thought about taking the duke out for a blast on sunday but it turned really cold and foggy up here just after lunch..
Had some Brass monkey's running about looking for a welders too

Originally Posted by shonadoll

I fitted my hotgrips and am in love with them. I can now ride for ages and ages without my fingers seizing up!

I told you - ain't they worth their weight?

Roll on some decent weather now. It does seem to be trying, but it's not exactly warm and I bet that'll change for the worse soon.

Garry

glad you didn't mention that my dear!

Originally Posted by Quedos

glad you didn't mention that my dear!

Care to remind me what you might be talking about?

Originally Posted by independentphoto

Care to remind me what you might be talking about?

nope that incidnet can stay well under wraps as there were no other witness except you and you are staying schtum!