NC500 on a YB100 - DAY 8 Ullapool to Applecross
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2023
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NC500 on a YB100cc Day 8 - First I must apologise for the length of this video - I try to keep them below half an hour but when there are so many beautiful things to see thats difficult. Even now I needed to "fast forward" riding through a beautiful valley but for those who want to see it in real time, I will publish the ride through the calley again in a few days.
Today I had company again, this time for the whole of my ride to Applecross on the Coast Road. Craig met me at the hotel in Ullapool - the reason I look the way I do and he looks the way he does has, I am sure, some relation to the breakfast I had while he drank coffee!
We set off together - Craig was riding his 1964 Ariel 250cc and soon after we turned right off the main road, we met up with John on his specially imported Honda CT125.
Craig rode with us to his home for a coffee and he showed his eclectic collection of bikes - very interesting to hear of his life crofting and how the willing and able are expected to turn their hand to anything if needed.
After parting with Craig, John and I rode on around Gruinard Bay - beautiful coastline, stopping for a bite of lunch in the Gairloch community centre.
Heading on towards Applecross, we traversed the beautiful valley between Kinlochewe to Torridon where we stopped for a cuppa.
The final section of this tour was to take the breathtakingly beautiful coastal road to Applecross where I parted company with John - what a guy to have spent all day with me? Amazing.
Had a nice evening in the Applecross Inn, spoke to lots of people and then....BANG - a huge thunderstorm!
What a day.....!
@RobLittleuk
ROUTE
From Ullapool to Applecross - goo.gl/maps/ctoCmVYprhMWyf3r9
NC500 / Scottish North Coast 500 - a 500 mile loop from Inverness following the east, north and west coasts of Scotland!
Loved the wedding version of the Proclaimers tune; thought a fitting end to a classically presented ride 🛵
Well thank you - I am astonished at the number of versions of that song !!
Great collection at 13:40. Wonderful to be able to see those bikes. Thanks
I am indeed privileged !!
No Rob we weren’t pissed about the landscape speed, we were scared for you. Heck we were scared for us just watching on the tv here in the States😀 Lovely scenery just the same.
Welcome to all Americans watching this - I know we are supposed to be a rainy little country but when the weather is good you just can't beat it ! Thanks for your comment!
In total awe at your epic journey , a true legend showing the younger generation how to have fun in the slow lane 👍
I am in total awe of myself ha ha ! It was brilliant !
Another great day of fantastic weather
Unbelievable !
Absolute fantastic scenery...
You're telling me - thanks for your comment!
Glad you got to se this .
What a place .
Scotland at its best.
Fortunately I have seen Scotland at its best several times -I am a tour guide !
Wonderful vlog and that finish, fish and chips with a Guinness and an amazing view. Rob you are some guy!
Well I dunno about that but that was a great day finished off perfectly!
Another great video, music was nice too 🤗👍🇮🇪
Fast forward was not a problem 👍
thanks - the next video I go through at real time speed !
Great scenery. Lovely Aerial 250.
It was all lovely !
Inspiration does not come close Rob, so much so we (my wife, best friend and myself) will be aiming to retrace your tyre marks in two weeks time. A big thumbs up from us all in Wiltshire 👍
Thats brilliant - if you need any help of advice, PM me and I will give you my number / email address ! Good luck to you all !
Wonderful video, thank you
Thanks for watching and for commenting!
The road from sheildaig to applecross is the best road I've ever ridden in Scotland amazing views
Well...it is stunning, very stunning but there are also other stunning roads in my opinion but thanks so much for your comment!
Brilliant videos. Enjoyed the glen with the Allman Brothers!
Glad you enjoyed !
A another enjoyable vlog really enjoying these vlogs
Keep watching !
superb.... who needs to rush through scenery like that.... i also just plod the lanes now... done with rushing about on dual carriageways and motorways..... time to enjoy
Keep watching !
Another fantastic video, really enjoying the series, ride safe.👍
Thanks Alan !
i havent watched all the episodes of this ride but watched a few, looks fantastic
Hi - keep watching and then turn to my epic tour of Ireland last year that did not get many hits for whatever reason.....arguably more dramatic than the NC even !!
great videos, well done sir..
Thanks so much for watching !
Another great video Rob. Seeing Craigs bikes took me back to my motorcross days. I had one of those “Adolf Weil” replica 250 Maicos [silver alloy coffin shaped tank] and a red peanut tanked Maico 400 of which he has both. Like you say nice fellas taking the time to keep you company. Regards Stuart from NE England.
Brilliant couple of guys Stuart !!
Loving this tour.
My 1st motorcycle was a Yamaha YG-1 80cc, so I can really appreciate what you're going through on your 'big' YB100!
I used to commute to work on one of them in the 70s - loved it - essentially the same bike !
Scotland is such a beautiful place, i was lucky enough to live in Aberdeenshire for several years, ive never felt more at home than when i was in the Highlands. Unfortunately, had to move due to work but i think my heart belongs to Scotland.
Can feel my own NC500 adventure coming on next year🏍️
I was so fortunate to enjoy it in brilliant weather - 1st 2 weeks of june! Although I felt I\d cheated the wind and rain!
@@RobLittleuk yes, dodged a bullet on that one I think😂
Well saved at the beginning mate.
enjoying your trip glad you had good weather and the next stage is a nice gentle slope up to the top of the pass and then a nice little downhill with a couple of hairpins thrown in after fish and chips at Applecross got to be done so enjoy. If anyone is thinking of going June is good but the Dutch start turning up after week one and camping out in their motorhomes and campervans in every bit of free parking as they cycle it in stages, and they do not know how to use passing places when on the road.
Thanks for your comment and observations William!
The (TT) speed edit was good fun to watch lol. Beautiful scenery and I'm itching to get back out on a bike again. Craigs place is worthy of a visit of its own its like the Highland version of Murrays MC museum on the IOM. Allman Brothers nice touch. Great tune.
Glad you liked the music and the "museum" - what a place to live....amazing !
When the weather is that good, buy a lottery ticket. Great video. Thanks.
You are SOOO right !!
I have been watching your trip Rob since day one and continue to sit on the edge of my seat, Applecross here we come, and if this weather is global warming bring it on !
I must be careful what I say I don't want my house to get covered in a black blanket by Greenpoeace!!
Absolutely stunning! 👍🏍🏍👍
That’s the best one yet Rob. What a way to finish the day off. Superb.
Ha ha.....lets hope they keep getting better !! Thanks for watching !
Bloody brilliant Rob. I've been away for a few days down here in New Zealand and unable to view your adventures. You have been so lucky with weather apparently. Ride safe.👍
NZ is a place I'd love to ride.....maybe on a small bike !! Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Gorgeous film, great people and lucky with the absent hoards 👍👌👏😮
I was lucky but maybe people are exacggerating !
That's me. I'm done. --- Totally inspired. 👍 I've had the NC500 on my 'to do' list for way too long.
So. I'll be doing it in the autumn or, failing that, in the spring of 2024. 😎
Go after March the snow can still block some of the passes up to April (sometimes beyond) unless we get a nice mild winter.
I did a charity ride from Manchester to Lands End to John O groats and back in mid March and the snow was pretty bad in the highlands.
I’ve done the NC500 twice in May. First in 2022 and then 2023
Enjoyed good weather, little rain, no midgets and no school kids 😂
Completed it anti-clock both times
It all depends on one or two things home here. But thanks for that. 👍All information is good. 🙂 @@wideyxyz2271
Yes. Anti clockwise it'll be for me too. 🙂 Can't wait! @@thematlockbiker
So glad you guys have enjoyed the series so far - being there was something else. Thanks for taking the trouble to watch and to comment. I will say one thing.....I rode the same bike around the entire coastline of Ireland last year - far more dramatic trip but it got little attention here. Give it a go - if you have subscribed go to my playlists and you will see the tour of ireland there ! 😀
One great ride Rob!
Thanks mate !
Fantastic scenery in the best wee country in the world, but I would say that ;-) .
I'm in Ayrshire, kinda south of Glasgow, the whole month of June was amazing weather , up to 29C , yet July has been terrible, the UK's wettest July on record apparently.
I just cannae believe the weather you got away up there.
Great video , well done 👏
Yeah but Steve it was in the first two weeks of June - I've been editing ever since. 30 degrees in the bedroom at the PremierInn, Kilmarnock - not nice ! Riding in tee shirt......oh well they do it in Oz ! And I like to tease the Scotties not least because they take the piss out of us soft southerners but I love the country and the people for real LOL !!
@@RobLittleuk lol , that explains the crackin weather then haha.
Quite a coincidence you mentioning Kilmarnock , i'm in a wee village called Fenwick , 10 mins north of Kilmarnock , i'm in Killie every day !
Well its a small world !@@stevie9899-e6j
Well, that was a treat! Wonderful scenery, a look at a nice Ariel Arrow Sports complete with the correct handlebar grips and a rare Scott Flying Squirrel. Last time I saw one of those, outside of a museum, was at Pride & Clark in Brixton in 1963 (actually sat on it), when collecting my new Jawa 250. So very good of Craig and especially John to give you so much of their time. It's said that it's not the trip itself, but rather the people we meet along the way that make it so interesting.
Nice choice of music at the end, with the blending of 500 Miles and a few bars of Pachelbel's Canon in D.
A different 500 miles arrangement for each video !! Yes Craig has quite a collection. Thanks Chris !
@@RobLittleuk Yes, I had noticed that about the music; variety, etc... Neglected to say that I'm glad you managed to stay upright on your little roadside excursion at the start of the video. Would have been all too easy to have slipped off into the ditch.
@@chrisweeks6973 Ineed - it was the closest shave I had on the trip !
Rob, fantastic! You brought back some great memories of 2018 when I did LeJoG and the NC500 on a Vespa stopping at the same places you did only in reverse. I’ve had big bikes all my life but have converted to small bikes for the sheer fun and pleasure of them. I’ve just attended the Vespa World Day in Interlaken doing a 10 day 5 country tour on the Vespa… love it. Keep parking next to over “unadventurous” adventure bikes! 😅👍
Ha ha.....you got the idea and well done YOU !
Living the dream , you got that right what a brilliant ride , I wonder if me and my old Superdream could hack it , I can’t believe how quiet the roads are and loved Craig’s bike collection , again Brilliant 👍
Yeah and everyone said it would be gridlocked !!
Another epic day Rob! Fair play, Fair play!👍👏👏👏😊
I felt like it was epic !
IT---WAS-----SUPERB. THANKS.
Thanks Alex for watching and taking the trouble to comment !!
Great stuff Rob....Takes me back to my teens when I used to do the NC500 (it didn't have a name back in the '70's) on my MZ TS250 Supa 5 on L plates. It was quite an adventure doing it all by A roads from Oldham. Many Kudos for doing it on that gorgeous little Yammy, and many thanks for sharing your adventure with us. Best wishes and enjoy the Bealach
You deserved kudos for doing it way back when on your czech 2-stroke !
Wonderful as ever and that brought back memories of my own trip. I took that same route in June 2021. Everyone bangs on about the pass but I thought the ride into Applecross was absolutely fantastic. As meteorology would have it, I rode from bright sunshine in Applecross into the cloud base about 2/3rd of the way to the top of the pass, so my view from the top was....cloud. Breaking through the cloud on the way back down the other side was my reward. What a view.
I imagine the Pass looks different every time it is ridden
@@RobLittleuk I'll bet it does and I have said the same thing about Glen Coe.
Topper of a vid bud.
Thanks mate
Another lovely video Rob, next time I do that run I’ll have to do the route anti clockwise I normally do it clockwise.
I'm sure it would be interesting for me to do it again clockwise - I would get some different perspectives. But saving the best till last is possibly the right think to do?
@@RobLittleuk The reason I like clockwise is I find the views open up in front of you rather than behind you
just my Opinion
@@norriemasson4080 i understand.
Yet another Corker Rob…..loving this series Bro as it is just a few Days before our Small CC ride (2500 Miles). I can’t wait to hit the North Coast 500 and hopefully ride with the Wiltshire Whizzers…Big shout out to John on the CT125…mine is Green (Kermit) 😊
I left a message on facebook to let us know your route ! Good luck to you!
Just summed up our most wildest parts and the truly fantastic folks that live in them in one video….huzzah
Agree totally !
Hi rob .this was absolutely fantastic video and stunning scenery. You could not trim it down mate. Good editing thank you ..
Old dave.
No Dave....I am trying to keep them to half an hour but that would mean cutting out essentials and I am loathe to do that !
Very enjoyable Rob, well done on making it so far although I don't get why you have a thing about 'adventure bikes.' For me it's just about getting out there on 2 wheels and enjoying the ride and meeting new friends.
I don't have a thing about any bikes (well except Harleys) but I like to take the piss especially if people are a bit sensitive!! It was touch and go whether the YB was going to make it in which case I'd have been on my T100 so.....😅
Use to do the Fort William to Applecross round day trip about every other year in the 80/90/00's. Once saw a nuclear armed, nuclear powered submarine across the bay with its missile ports open. There was a large warship guarding the entrance to the bay. The floor of the bay opposite goes to 1000 ft (yes thousand). below sea level. The last road you followed is relatively new, from the 60/70's and the old foot/pack horse/ drovers track can be seen at the sides of the 'new' road in many places. Access was easier by boat then by road/track in't old days.
How interesting - John on the CT125 was telling me the bay was used for missile testing!
@@RobLittleuk There is/was a Royal Navy base at Kyle and they use to fire torpedoes in the bay and had recovery equipment to check there performance.
@@briancooper562 Thats what I heard.
When home look up, the film. “Edie”.
Filmed around Lochinver. My friend Calum from Ullapool is an extra in it, as the arrive in Lochinver ad later in film as the Botha man. He got a zz top style beard.
I will look it up thanks Mark !
Probably the best bike videos around Scotland I have seen, what shall I follow on ,my Himalayan or Honda 90 ?
To be honest they are two great bikes - the Himalayan is made for it. The little honda will get the attention - cub or bike?
What, you're not doing this on a 20K GSA ;-) Love that bike collection 🙂
Nope !!
Thats where i stopped @27:39 , going the other way, must be the most picturesque view for loads by far. Red roof cottage overlooking Loch Shieldaig is lovely, the perfect spot for a wee break!
Agreed - absolutely stunning ! Thanks for watching and commenting !
@@RobLittleuk Great videos Rob, looking forward to the Applecross pass journey, its not for the faint hearted!
👏👏👏👏👏👏🏴✊
Ha ha - nice thanks!!
I'm doing the NC500 as soon as we get a break in the weather, electric car and camping for me though.
I decided at my vintage, being uncomfortable all day on a bike I would opt for a comfortable bed at night !
@@RobLittleuk I'm too tight to pay the money!
@@mikebreen2890 Are you scottish? 😁
@@RobLittleuk Part Scottish.
The wallet part.
😆@@mikebreen2890
Hi rob enjoying your down to earth no nonsense videos. What mpg values were you getting and the cg125 and the Ariel arrow just forcomparison reasons. Thks
Hi again! I was getting about 80mpg or a shade under when on steep hills. The CG - not sure but i am certain well over 100.....the Arrow - don't know but I suspect a lot less! Thanks for your comments !
Not Too Long a Video at all !
Thanks Jeff.....me ole mate !!
Hi Rob, you mentioned the tales of gridlock a couple of times. Where the roads really as quiet as the video shows?
Absolutely they were - and in weather like that? Amazing!
Also rob did you do any camping or was it all B and B. Reminds me of the time I toured on my first bike a bsa bantam bushman model, really had great fun with that wee bike.
Absolutely not - no camping - to old and fat and no room for the gear on the little bike !
I'm in wick right now don't have that long left we are on day 9
Keep watching !
Really enjoying your videos Rob but had to turn the volume off on this one, it really is an assault of the ear. The bike sounds like an angry wasp.
Well Max - at least you could turn it off or down. I was sat on it - drove me nuts !! Thanks for your comment. PS - I need to find a way to record my speech without the engine being annoying - trouble is, I cant talk constantly so you have to have some background sound....I will dub on the sound of a harley ! 😄
@@RobLittleuk It's been ok throughout these episodes it's just this one, Have you had your visor up or in a different position? I'm not complaining Rob just would like you to get it right for yourself, keep safe and keep up the good work
@@maxturner3604 No no.....I welcome comments about everything. I have a a very basic camera set up on this trip - a GoPro clamped to the bars and thats what I am speaking into so all the bike sound comes from that. I have a flip helmet so either talking through the open visor or with the flip up. If I had a mic inside the helmet you would get me taking but hear nothing when I was quiet - except me breathing. Question of getting a happy medium !! Appreciate your words.
The NC 500, was sort of on my bucket list, after watching your excellent videos, I’m 💯 percent going to do it next year
Absolutely stunning scenery
Good on ya Patrick - hope you are as lucky as me with the weather !