TYRE STATS Wednesday morning - shiny new rear tyre fitted for the Scotland trip....rode up to Inveraray, some wear noticable. Thursday, rode Glen Coe, the Scottish TT down to Mallaig, Skye and on to Inverness.....tyre 2 days old & 35% worn Friday, rode to John O Groats, on to Scourie, more sedate pace today....tyre now 50% worn Saturday, Scottish TT again to Ullapool and on to Inverness, Fort William then Oban.....trye now going through its wear limit marker and 97% worn after just 4 days of riding.....OMG these Scottish roads are grippy....but wearing. Sunday, a little bit of Scottish TT from Oban to Inveraray, then sedate pace to Dunoon. Tyre inspection on the ferry made me depressed as still a few hundred miles to go back to Chester. Nursed the trye home on the motorway.....another inspection proved it's totally fooked!!!!!! Called my tyre man this morning, told him to order me another rear tyre.....he thought I was having a laugh.....unfortunately I am not. The main difference between the ZX10r and the R1 is I usually get about 2000 miles out of a rear on the ZX.....but the R1 does about half that.
Graham, you want to borrow my bike? Do about 7k a tyre minimum. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Just got home as I set off early and and everyone was still in bed. Trip from Dumfries was 148 miles and fuel light still not come on. Not bad! Id liketo thank Dave for organising each days riding for iur very special band. Id also like to thank all the specials for a great 5 days riding and for making me feel normal compared to you bunch of tards! Lets do it again, but not too soon as I ache a bit and me gonads are so full its like walking round with 2 medicine balls between me legs. Poor joyce is gonna be walking like john wayne for the next few days at least. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Home safe n sound, what a great 5 days, company, roads and weather fantastic. Never camping again...! Will my ears stop ringing from the motorway trip one.....
Graham try the new super corsa I got 2000 out of a rear inc a track day I couldn't believe it the old version lasted about a thousand Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
WOW!!! what a blast.. Thanks to you all for coming i had such a good time..roll on the next one you are all VIP guests on it Thanks to Dave for the lead and navigation...fantastic job xx I don't want to sit on my bike for at least a week i have helmet hair from hell...and will never walk the same again,:meh: Scotland is amazing ...hardly any speed limits, fantastic views, roads, and people...apart from one piss head i was very happy with myself when i hit 3 figures on a long straight until i was passed by the 4 speed freaks on rockets it made my effort seam very sad WE R THE SPECIALS!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks everyone for the excellent company, sensible riding Winky for leading over the tops and especially Sue for coming up with the idea in the first place I'm cleaning the bike then putting it away until August, my arse feels like it's done a 5 stretch in an all male prison - with some particularly macho lifers :0
Good job i didn't ride the R1 Graham i had my traction control light going beserk over the scourie road ..I turned the fuka off in the end , then it really started to spin lol i peppered ryan with loose grit
ive been back 24 hours but im still buzzing I can quite honestly say ive been all over the world on some fantastic trips.......and this one was is right up there with the best of them. thankyou for making my job alot easier ..........by moving out of the way when i was coming through lol....
just up loaded some data onto the PC , LOL i best not post up all the stats ....but the top speed was in excess 190mph ..i know where that was too !! :nails: when i passed the car it shook ! :zip:
