Xmas morning ride....

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Xmas morning ride....

Postby slparry » Wed Dec 25, 2019 7:10 pm

… with nothing else to occupy my time I decided to go to an old dive spot (they recently dismantled the pier so I wanted to see the result). It's Trefor Pier just south of Caernarfon.

Went from Wrexham>Bala>Trawsfynydd>Pwllheli>Trefor>Caernarfon>A55 and back to Wrexham, just shy of 200 miles. Left at 8am

Absolutely stunned …… ZERO traffic until Caernarfon. A couple of cars on the other side of the road but nothing at all on my side, I'll definitely be doing that again, I've never experienced such traffic free conditions.

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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby ianc53 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:08 pm

Merry Christmas Steve, that sounds like a great way to spend the day. We've got both daughters staying, so getting out for a ride was out of the question :)

Cheers

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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby slparry » Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:09 pm

ianc53 wrote:Merry Christmas Steve, that sounds like a great way to spend the day. We've got both daughters staying, so getting out for a ride was out of the question :)

Cheers

Ian


I can highly recommend it if you can get out Ian as being zero traffic was awesome!

Merry Christmas back …. now sat here with a ginger tomcat (Simba) on my lap and a lovely Remy Martin VSOP cognac at the side of me :D


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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby dave the german » Thu Dec 26, 2019 1:03 am

I done a similar thing many years ago on my old R65 - forgot about that until I saw your post. Unfortunately this Crimbo couldn't do it if I wanted as I'm recovering from a dislocated shoulder. On the plus side I've had Christmas off but I don't get paid :cry: :cry:
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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby slparry » Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:46 pm

dave the german wrote:I done a similar thing many years ago on my old R65 - forgot about that until I saw your post. Unfortunately this Crimbo couldn't do it if I wanted as I'm recovering from a dislocated shoulder. On the plus side I've had Christmas off but I don't get paid :cry: :cry:


Ouch, so who've you been fighting with Dave :D
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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby ianc53 » Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:13 pm

I done a similar thing many years ago on my old R65 - forgot about that until I saw your post. Unfortunately this Crimbo couldn't do it if I wanted as I'm recovering from a dislocated shoulder. On the plus side I've had Christmas off but I don't get paid :cry: :cry:


Sorry to hear that Dave, what have you been doing?

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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby dave the german » Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:00 pm

walking back from my sisters pub (no I wasn't!!!!) who was terminally ill and there's a short stretch of road with no street lights and a footpath not exactly race track smooth. I think I slipped off the path and ended up doing a superman. Thought nothing of it until eveytime I turned over in bed someone appeared to be shoving a red hot poker through my shoulder. Thought I'd better get myself to A & E. 9 hours later after paracetamol, liquid morphine, gas & air (which didn't work) then a mild sedative and ketamine I went home with a strapped up arm. I believe I learnt how to fly a space ship but the doctor assured me it was just the ketamine :lol: :lol:
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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby ianc53 » Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:25 pm

That's quite a tale, sorry to hear about your sister.

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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby dave the german » Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:15 pm

Thanks Ian. Got loads to do but can't do it!! Look up a site _ Franzis.de - they had a stall at this years Motorrad days, and do a half scale model of an R90S engine - a deluxe working Airfix kit if you like, well that is whats going to keep me busy for a few hours next week
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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby ianc53 » Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:19 am

Excellent Dave, the model looks great, and at 2:1 it's going to be a decent size when it's all finished.
I've got a Lego model of a Saturn V with Apollo capsule still to build. 100 cm tall, 1969 parts - the year it was launched! Had it from my 65th birthday - just looking for a clear couple of days to do it.

Enjoy your build and get well soon.

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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby dave the german » Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:01 am

Cheers Ian
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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby Paul » Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:54 am

Nice model engine Dave. I updated your post with a link to the site showing the kit you have.

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Re: Xmas morning ride....

Postby dave the german » Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:30 pm

I got a 50 Euro discount for being at Motorrad days. The Mustang V8 engine looks interesting
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