Proposed April 8th or 9th Run - Page 2 - SV650.org

22-03-06, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

Sounds good to me...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooby Drew

Gonna pass on this guys, it's gonna be too many miles for me. Have fun.

Shall we call you when we organise a ride to the corner shop and back?

Perhaps

Although I only commute 50-60 miles a day, that is almost 2 hrs spent on my bike everyday in any weather so you might see why I don't feel fully motivated to add a +-150 mile round trip to Weeg before I contemplate a fun day out...

Have fun

22-03-06, 02:18 PM

Sounds good to me either day

Hope the weather improves

If the weather is ****e we can alter the route/length I suppose on the day.

northwind · 22-03-06, 03:18 PM

You could pick it up at Lochearnhead? Or better yet, go up that way, do the pass one way, meet us and go back the other way

22-03-06, 03:29 PM

sounds good apart from the dukes pass of course. but i wont let it beat me. Ill meet you in aberfoyle if someone gives me an approximate time I will then crawl along dukes pass so ill go at the back as i will be holding up oaps on their bicycles. say nothing about my age.

northwind · 22-03-06, 03:38 PM

I'll be right behind you Hazel

I want to ride it, just to see what all the fuss is about, but also I'd like to not die, so this seems a sensible middle ground.

22-03-06, 03:45 PM

andy its not too bad really i have just built it up in my head. did it the day i bought my bike and was nearly taken out by a tourist bus on the wrong side of the road and the road is not wide, there is gravel in every corner and a sheer drop if you run too wide. hopefully it will be too early in the year for the tourist buses. but i will still be doing it very very slowly

carelesschucca · 22-03-06, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nutty tart

there is gravel in every corner

there may well be at this time of year, but normally there's only a couple of the 90 odd corners got gravel, once youve done it a few times you know which ones...

22-03-06, 06:25 PM

I'm up for it - Can i go at the back please so no-one sees if i come off. In the mood for a challenge

The twechar road however is sh*t. Travel it every day to work. REALLY nasty bend that had me hitting the green stuff.

Need the experience Garrys got me going to skye on 2 wheels in May

carelesschucca · 22-03-06, 06:42 PM

ARE YOU OFF YER NUT MAN!!! That road should be shut, even WRC drivers would complain about the state of it... ITS A JOKE!!!

22-03-06, 07:39 PM

Let me know about the really bad potholed / gravel traps roads near Twechar, and I'll re-route to completely bypass the offending areas.

Crieff is a perfect place to split up, as if you follow the A823 from Crieff, it runs you right past Knockhill and directly into Dumfernline. A 25 mile run straight to Fife teritory. Just watch out for the loony 17 tonner lorry drivers who seem to regard it as a personal shortcut / racetrack from Crieff (West) to the Fife areas and the Forth Bridge. I'll say no more on that topic...

If peeps are happy with that starting point (somewhere in Cumbernauld / Kilsyth), and happy with the proposed route. (Nutty - you can completely bypass the Dukes Pass by going the A81 Port of Mentieth to Kilmahog). Then lets settle on the route.
Once we give it a try and decide peeps like it via end of run feedback, then we'll call it the SV Ecosse Cumbernauld run.

We're still not decided yet on a date that suits everybody yet though. Time's getting short......

All peeps who want to go on this run PM me your mobile no. so we can keep track of everyone should the s**t hit the fan. I'll print the nos. on the route map so anybody who gets lost can at least phone for assistance / recovery / etc.

Food stops for this run - where's the best places to stop (free easy parking for a pack of bikers..). Then we can factor these into the run, and make them the meeting places.

22-03-06, 03:18 PM	#13
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	You could pick it up at Lochearnhead? Or better yet, go up that way, do the pass one way, meet us and go back the other way __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

22-03-06, 03:38 PM	#15
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I'll be right behind you Hazel I want to ride it, just to see what all the fuss is about, but also I'd like to not die, so this seems a sensible middle ground. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

22-03-06, 06:42 PM	#19
carelesschucca Member Mega Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kilsyth - Bonnie Scotland Posts: 2,727	ARE YOU OFF YER NUT MAN!!! That road should be shut, even WRC drivers would complain about the state of it... ITS A JOKE!!! __________________ Innuendo - it's great when you get it. sv650s (gone) gsx-r600 (gone) Street R675 (now living in Inbhir Nis )

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22-03-06, 02:18 PM	#12
SVTONYB Guest Posts: n/a	Sounds good to me either day Hope the weather improves If the weather is ****e we can alter the route/length I suppose on the day.

22-03-06, 03:29 PM	#14
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	sounds good apart from the dukes pass of course. but i wont let it beat me. Ill meet you in aberfoyle if someone gives me an approximate time I will then crawl along dukes pass so ill go at the back as i will be holding up oaps on their bicycles. say nothing about my age.

22-03-06, 03:45 PM	#16
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	andy its not too bad really i have just built it up in my head. did it the day i bought my bike and was nearly taken out by a tourist bus on the wrong side of the road and the road is not wide, there is gravel in every corner and a sheer drop if you run too wide. hopefully it will be too early in the year for the tourist buses. but i will still be doing it very very slowly

22-03-06, 06:25 PM	#18
Quedos Guest Posts: n/a	I'm up for it - Can i go at the back please so no-one sees if i come off. In the mood for a challenge The twechar road however is sh*t. Travel it every day to work. REALLY nasty bend that had me hitting the green stuff. Need the experience Garrys got me going to skye on 2 wheels in May

22-03-06, 07:39 PM	#20
jimmy4237 Guest Posts: n/a	Let me know about the really bad potholed / gravel traps roads near Twechar, and I'll re-route to completely bypass the offending areas. Crieff is a perfect place to split up, as if you follow the A823 from Crieff, it runs you right past Knockhill and directly into Dumfernline. A 25 mile run straight to Fife teritory. Just watch out for the loony 17 tonner lorry drivers who seem to regard it as a personal shortcut / racetrack from Crieff (West) to the Fife areas and the Forth Bridge. I'll say no more on that topic... If peeps are happy with that starting point (somewhere in Cumbernauld / Kilsyth), and happy with the proposed route. (Nutty - you can completely bypass the Dukes Pass by going the A81 Port of Mentieth to Kilmahog). Then lets settle on the route. Once we give it a try and decide peeps like it via end of run feedback, then we'll call it the SV Ecosse Cumbernauld run. We're still not decided yet on a date that suits everybody yet though. Time's getting short...... All peeps who want to go on this run PM me your mobile no. so we can keep track of everyone should the s**t hit the fan. I'll print the nos. on the route map so anybody who gets lost can at least phone for assistance / recovery / etc. Food stops for this run - where's the best places to stop (free easy parking for a pack of bikers..). Then we can factor these into the run, and make them the meeting places.