c90 ride

zx10r · Post by **zx10r** » May 29th, '07, 17:06

i belive they did the lands end bit first to axe then on to john o groats

zx10r · Post by **zx10r** » May 31st, '07, 16:15

day five/six

48 hours of rain 200 miles in it and my feet hands and balls are soaked. rode down beside loch ness to the west coast to get some sun slight detour on a ferry to islay to check out the whiskey festival! needed somewhere to dry all our clothes and booked into a b and b for one night. landladys sister died of ms aged 45 so she is fundraising for us tonight and doing are laundry! ferry back to mainland at 3 but i might stay ha ha bye

zx10r · Post by **zx10r** » May 31st, '07, 18:42

day five/six cont

fantastic day on islay in sunshine to recoup from the drenching we had. back on mainland and hope to hit glasgow before dark
another embarasing moment the c90 fell of the stand

Tom L · Post by **Tom L** » May 31st, '07, 19:50

sounds like an awesome trip, its the low points that you remember afterwards as the best experiences. More pictures needed!

Jak · Post by **Jak** » May 31st, '07, 20:41

Glad to hear they're doing well - lovely roads up there

zx10r · Post by **zx10r** » Jun 2nd, '07, 08:56

day seven

rode though a thunderstorm last night ran out of fuel lucky we had a jerry can . glasgow subburbs a wee bit rough so we rode on in the dark and pitched the tent up at the side of the road . relly went for it today and at shrewsbury did 20miles on the motorway slipstreaming lorries at 60 ha ha great fun passing all the tin cans in towns lookinf to be back sat sun see ya

Mike Daytona600 · Post by **Mike Daytona600** » Jun 2nd, '07, 10:41

zx10r wrote:day seven

relly went for it today and at shrewsbury did 20miles on the motorway slipstreaming lorries at 60 ha ha

That's blimin' quick for a c90

zx10r · Post by **zx10r** » Jun 3rd, '07, 07:55

made it back home . very knackered so going to chill out and have a early night bye

well done to the pair of you for doing it and well done for making it back hats of to you both, pats on the back and big round of claps
when you are sorted you can take over and post your pics
right thats me done so signing off bye

gixerdrew · Post by **gixerdrew** » Jun 3rd, '07, 19:14

Got back late saturday and had a fantastic experience - strongly recommend it to anyone.

It's been fairly tough - camping and riding in the freezing cold and the rain for 48 hours non-stop until you feel like a frog - but when the sun comes out & strangers are really helpful and supportive, you forget all that.

Reckon we have raised about £2500 for Multikple Sclerosis - won't know exact figure for a few weeks or so, until we have collected everything in.

Some pics of the journey - did'nt take many as camera is crap!

Got here late evening & they take the sign away at night to stop peeps pinching it!!

The signing in book was at the hotel, we did'nt stay here - honest

This was our home on the journey!

Our washing line

This was our diet

The fuel stops were every 80 miles - the tank only holds about 3 litres - about a £5 for both tanks each time we stopped - a pain in the arse as the tank is under the hinged seat & so we had to unpack every time we stopped.

Stopped for prayers on Sunday

- Actually, the first person who can tell me where this was taken gets a free pint!

No pints for this one - we could'nt park in front of Edinburgh Castle as they were putting up seating for the Military Tattoo. Not sure why the Scots are flying the Union Jack - Perhaps they worked out they get more tourists that way...

After we were completely soaked to the bone, we decided to go for 1 nights B&B to dry out - this woman - Andrea - was remarkeable - we stumbled across her quite by chance, her sister (aged 45) had MS and recently had died as a result. Andrea gave us a free stay and dried our clothes, leathers, boots etc and raised another £50 for us whilst we were there.

YEEHARRRRRRRRRRRRR - made it

Double Proof - colour co-ordinated - I bought my oversuit about 2 months ago, Chris bought his a few weeks ago and neither of us knew until it first rained.

There have been lots of strange coincidences and meetings along the route & I still cant quite work out why.

The C90's were strong workhorses - a pain going up hill - about 25 mph but down hill with the wind behind and in a lorry's slip-stream they would max out at 55

People ask me if I would do it again - YES, YES, YES

on the C90? NO NO NO

THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SPONSORED.

Jak · Post by **Jak** » Jun 3rd, '07, 19:41

Well done guys - you deserve medals!!! I did say that I would've joined you if I could - looking at the pictures I'm glad I couldn't

Looks like "fun"

age · Post by **age** » Jun 3rd, '07, 20:12

Well done guys !!!!!

You going to do it next time on Monkey bikes ???

Age

Post by **TLS-Moose** » Jun 3rd, '07, 21:45

A superb effort - well done

Should've made a slight "diversion" to LLandow on friday for a couple of laps

age · Post by **age** » Jun 3rd, '07, 21:50

TLS-Moose wrote:A superb effort - well done

Should've made a slight "diversion" to LLandow on friday for a couple of laps

julian · Post by **julian** » Jun 3rd, '07, 21:56

You’ve got big hearts lads, credit to you , well done!

Maver-Nick · Post by **Maver-Nick** » Jun 3rd, '07, 21:58

OUTSTANDING...