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Hi iain, the roads are shocking in the UK now, we are in the south of Ireland just now, roads here used to be terrible but now they are much better than the UK. Need to meet up for a coffee sometime soon and talk nonsense!

Agreed

@@Budge.Bm.r75 they were a few years old budge 🤪

Another great trip with awesome views. Glad to see moderation was being exercised with the whisky measure..😂

Another great trip with awesome views. Glad to see moderation was being exercised with the whisky measure..😂

Cheers Savi, no rest for me, always cooking whilst Fiona enjoys the sun 🤣

Thanks and I agree that most of Scotland is a brilliant riding country

Thanks 😁

It was a good weekend but the Midges were terrible, fair play coming over from the states. Spent some time there and didn't see many sidecars

Hi Fred, I dunno, thought you could help me out there? I see it often in Australia 🤣

Cheers Jon!

For sure Iain, the roads are getting worse, saw loads of supercars at the weekend, wouldn't like to be in them trying to navigate the potholes and crap repairs

Great to have you along mate

Picked a great time with the weather Glencoe looked busy a lot more people seem to be about these days 😮

aye unusually sunny and warm, and almost midge free. Ah well back to the rain for the summer then

There is, next weekend! If you want to go get in touch via E mail, gino rondelli at gmail dot com (name all one word) I wont be there but i can put you in touch with the organiser

We sold it as we have too many Guzzis, a very nice bike with amazing power, very underrated, I'm sure you will enjoy it

It's for sale ! Bought another bike and something has to go

I trust you’re not selling the Commando? What age is the Venom? I’m assuming you’ve done a bit to it but can’t find any other videos - are they out there? Dave

I bought it 2 years ago thinking I could be a velo fellow but it's not for me, nice thing to ride but still don't have the knack of starting it. I put a thorspark ignition on it as the mag was a bit hit and miss. Before you buy one have a look at the palaver required to start it. I will never make a velo salesman 😂 Commandos are for riding not selling 😂

Thank you kindly!

Aye well I hate mines most of the time 😂😂

Exactly Budge, away tomorrow for a scoot roond Scotland, enjoy your weekend

na, just dinnae show it when it's crap! Which has been more often than not recently! Norton meeting at Comrie 7th April?

Thanks

I will , thanks, always hankered after a panther

thanks, the scenery is nice when its not raining !

i never use copper gaskets, never managed a good seal with them no matter how much I prepare them.

I've ridden in Colorado, not on a Commando but I know what your saying 😊

Confused?

initially they showed a single cylinder machine but the ride is not on a single.@@mvd944l

No she never does!

We want to go there sometime, It's on the list! We were planing a trip across Russia just before Covid hit and looked at a ferry from South Korea to Japan.

No, i just felt colder ha ha. Thanks

There was to much wind noise, hence the music, must try harder, I know

I knew about Shaws but unfortunately was never in there, they had a place in bridgend which I was in trying to buy a bike when I was still at school

Yes they moved there after Mill Street, the guy that had the new Norton which I don't think was a genuine Production Racer was Shaw's mechanic George? I don't think he went over to Bridgend it was about then I got scunnered with my regular visits with a broken down new BSA , So it was Mr Buchan who took my big end knocking BSA plus £30 in exchange for a new Honda. with

@@oldfella4096 So was that the same George that then worked for Buchans? Had a visit from Donald a couple of weeks ago

I don't recall Shaw's mechanic George? Working at Buchans but he may have done I remembered Donald's mechanic was Norrie Barlass

@@oldfella4096 Maybe a different George, I know Norrie well

Thanks Iain, was through Comrie yesterday on the bike. You have a good memory, the old Sunburst Disco days . The track is from an Edinburgh band called the Alibi's, the lead singer was a friend of ours. Really good band. As for the Taking it up the Trossachs I'll just leave it there

Cheers Tim

I could never afford a new one, my first one bought s/h from a friend was £650

Cheers budge, spotted you today trying to get the mileage up on the BMW, thought the Morini was the Winter bike?

Just out test riding a new jacket😁 and the BM needed a wash anyway, I did 90 miles and you two were the only other bikes I saw.

Not sure but I would think 15000 all told, I dont keep a tally really . Aye Budge is a BMW fan now, enjoying life without the pressures of Racing...

Hi Andrew, was out today, wet and Dreich, I kept saying to Fiona "why aren't we in a warm country"

@@mvd944l Must be in oor blood, the love of cloudy,cauld and dreich weather..lol Back in 2010 spent most of the year touring France, based in Mid Pyrenees... sampling the wine and scenery. Arrived back in Dunfermline to deepest snow in years.. Lay for months..so early 2011 back to the 🍷 wine, sunshine of France..lol

John, everywhere looks like lochearnhead, i will maybe have a look for places round the world that looks like Lochearn, is there nae banna trees at St Fillans? :-)

It might surprise you whits growing in the conservatories of 'a these big hooses. in Fillans!@@mvd944l

thanks Andrew

thanks Andrew

Just get oot there Robin

@@mvd944l Aye, you’re not wrong. Heading for Iceland tomorrow. Maybe Tesco, it’s a bit closer.

Cheers Bro

cheers bill

Hi Dave, the museum is part of the factory in Mandello Del Lario, it's only open from 3 until 4pm every day (I think that being extended I hope) Really nice area, avoid August (everybody is on Holiday) and the first or second weekend in September where they have the factory open weekend, impossible to get accommodation and very busy, stunning area, I'd recommend Bellagio to stay (Super nice but expensive) and get the ferry over the lake Mandello is nice as well, it's all nice......

Thanks Gino, appreciated, and thanks for the info 👍

Indeed Bill, even the dodgy Italian roads were a pleasure!

Aye John, I was up there a week ago and it was gey Dreich (Lochearnhead that is) I dinnae smoke but I would definitely have one of them if I did, strange they sell the baccy for the machines in the gas stations (the cheapest place)