A Random Ride Pics Thread.... Post 'em up!

[Rynglieder]

06/10/2021 Stokesay Castle (c. 73 miles)

Another ring of Avon rubber had been would round the rear wheel of the GSX so it seemed only right to make a start on the 100 miles of dry riding that they recommend before it is worked hard.
Not being sure where to go I decided that my favourite Shropshire loop would do, a combination of nice A and B roads through pleasant countryside.

To add a bit of interest I disregarded Ludlow where I would normally stop, but made a visit to the English Heritage site at Stokesay Castle. It is more of a moated and fortified manor house than a typical border castle, the grounds are quite small but there was a reasonable amount to look at within the castle and slightly unusually for an English Heritage property it did have a café by the car park where I took a break before continuing home though Cleobury Mortimer.

Nothing new or innovative about the route that I had taken, but I had put a few miles on the new rear tyre and it is always a good ride out there.

[GSXKING]

We went out & played in the rain both days. The most rain today was at Upper Beechmont ☔️☔️

[Kiwifruit]

Good pics Chris. You blokes would be well happy to have some rain I'm sure 

[GSXKING]

Yes Col and it's amazing how quickly the waterfalls start, they're a bit of a distraction when riding through the scenic areas. 

[Irish in Oz]

Brisk ride up the hill today.

[Wanderer]

Out and about around the Brecon Beacons Wales UK

[Johno]

Brisk ride up the hill today.

Beautiful spot and great pics Jeff. The Red & Black looks great. you always have a good eye for a bargain

[Kiwifruit]

Out and about around the Brecon Beacons Wales UK

Good looking bike you got there 

[grog]

Does look good Wanderer. Great pic

[Rynglieder]

21/10/2021 Bala & Llyn Celyn (c.172 miles)

I'd wanted to take the GTR out today but to get to it I would have to shift the GSX from the front of the garage as it was the one I had used last. UNBELIEVABLE – having just replaced the rear tyre twice within a month now it seemed to have a flat front tyre. Once again I got some air back into it enough to shuffle the bikes around, I was not going to waste a good free day messing with it any further just now.

It seemed that I had not been around lakes or mountains enough this year so today's destination was to be Bala. It's a place I have ridden to many times in the past but usually as a stop off when going deeper into Snowdonia, this time as I was working with reduced daylight in autumn I picked a more direct route that would take me over some "new" roads.

The road up to and just beyond Shrewsbury was all very familiar and routine but this time I broke away from the A5 at Nescliffe through the village of Knockin and the passed wonderfully named Knockin Shop. There was then a beautiful sequence of minor roads through places that I would not begin to try to pronounce, stunning Welsh countryside with alternately dry and wet tarmac under my wheels, it looked as if I had been lucky enough to dodge a series of showers passing before me.

I took a break with a coffee in the town of Bala and rested a while before carrying on the few hundred yards to the lake shore. As I often had before, I found myself wondering why I had bothered, the views from this main visitor car park don't strike me as being that special so after the length of a small cigar I re-mounted the bike and rode back through the town and on up to Llyn Celyn which I recalled had better views. I pulled up at the dam and walked its length taking a few photos, probably rather too many of a spectacular rainbow that I was being treated to.
The ride home was the way I came and I managed to push home in time to be back before darkness fell.

Another five star day on the bike, the days will now shorten with the clocks going back so there will probably be few such long days out for a while now.

[Will14]

It was nice to get out on the bike today, a little cool and wet in places but overall not bad for January. Had a great brekkie at Whistlestop MCC Cafe, followed by visits to AD Motorcycles in Denbigh & Woods Motorcycles in Abergele where I saw a mint 2016 DL1000 V-strom that I quite fancied 

After taking an hour or so, a few more miles, Coffee & Cake to help ponder it over as I don't want to part with my 14 and can't really justify keeping more than one bike due to the amount of spare time I have to get out  but it also crossed my mind if they were both parked in the garage which would I choose to go out on, and the answer was straight away the GSX which says it all really 

I even remembered to stop on the way home for a photo

[KiwiCol]

Will, a pic of the Strom in the same place just isn't going to do it . . .   That looks great.

[jolly748]

Me and the wifey down on the Durham coast last year, sorry there's a Yamaha in there but she insisted on riding it! Andy.

IMG_2300 by Andrew Jolly, on Flickr

[Notty]

Lovely sunny but cold day, had a run to Chepstow for a bacon roll, only 80 mile round rip but f***ng road salt is a bitch !! 

[Milts]

@jolly748

Seems we share similar passions #34, plus l recently bought a Yamaha too   
The gsxr hardly goes out..... come to think of it neither does the 14