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Easter Saturday Ride
By: nick949 Date: April 5, 2015, 7:04 am
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Not long or exciting, but very pleasant anyway. I rode part of
the same route on the Breva 1100 the previous day. It was a
completely different experience to riding the NF. Tons of
power, handling, comfort and instant speed whenever you ask for
it. But here's the thing: I enjoyed riding the NF more. It's a
weird thing!
Nuovo Falcone rambles: todays quick 87 mile loop.
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Sorry about the crappy phone pic.
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Re: Easter Saturday Ride
By: banquo Date: April 6, 2015, 5:16 am
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I took my NF out on Easter Sunday, despite feeling poorly enough
to stay in bed... :-[
We went straight from winter into summer without warning, and
the temperature rocketed to a balmy 20°C or 68°F-ish overnight.
Despite riding through some spectacular scenery alongside Loch
Earn and up Glen Ogle, the best I could manage was a quick shot
of the bike when I got home, satisfied that the steering still
worked after the new bearings, and the tank didn't fall off
after fitting the new mounts...
You'll just have to imagine the morning mist rising off the
Ochils, the sun sparkling off the surface of a mirror smooth
Loch Earn, the ride up Glen Ogle, with the disused greatest
stone railway viaducts of all time cut into the sides of the
mountains, and the mug of tea at the summit, courtesy of the
greasy burger van...
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Re: Easter Saturday Ride
By: nick949 Date: April 6, 2015, 6:54 am
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That looks like a nice ride and beautiful hills - although from
Google Streetview, I prefer the look of the road on the south
side of Loch Earn to the north. I couldn't find the greasy
burger van, but I like the look of the Land Rover dealership at
the petrol station on the Crainlarich road. Lots of traffic
when they did the Google filming though..........
Was it third gear all the way up Glen Ogle?
I hope you're feeling better.
Nick
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Re: Easter Saturday Ride
By: banquo Date: April 6, 2015, 10:06 am
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The South road is very scenic, but tends also to be very
potholes and gravel strewn. It's appeared on the route of many
vintage runs on which I've participated. The Garage is Lix Toll,
the junction for the circular route taking in both Loch Earn and
Loch Tay. I had cause to be very glad of it late one Saturday
night, when, on a whim, I decided to drive my Hillman Imp from
Dollar to Fort William to visit some friends, completely
ignoring the lack of fuel stops on the way. I was on fumes by
the time I got to Lix Toll, but although the petrol station was
long closed, the owner (?) was busy fixing a Land Rover in the
workshop, and was good enough to pull me the 6 gallons it took
to fill it up. Must have been more than 40 years ago now...
They have done some pretty cool Land-Rovers too....
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Re: Easter Saturday Ride
By: nick949 Date: April 6, 2015, 10:50 am
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Very cool!
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Re: Easter Saturday Ride
By: banquo Date: May 23, 2015, 9:47 am
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More Land-Rover porn!
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