For the road –
but only if you have the requisite big gonzolas —
I know little about it other than the pic arrived on my site one day and a faded memory tells me this TZ lives in Sweden 🤠
Monthly Archives: January 2023
Honda Pan European ST1100 —
One of Honda’s better bikes —
I bought an early – low mileage one and ran it for a few years —
A lovely bike —
especially two-up —
and much improved after I stuffed a Nitron shock up its jaxie 🤠
Riding her was easy – but moving her around in the tight confines of my garage at the end of a narrow cul-de-sac wasn’t becoming much fun for this geriatric so she had to go eventually 🤠
Ducati 888 —
Yes I’ve had one of those too .. I had the full race package and it cost me every penny I had in my pocket at the time —
I never rode the bike but I did get a couple of races out of her – the BOTT race at Daytona in 1995 where it finished 5th and the full Daytona 200 race at that same meeting where in a race won by Scott Russel my bike came home in 12th position in the hands of a very young Neil Hodgson —
That race is available on YouTube and I still hold my breath when I see Scott and Neil go down as they come off the banking on the last lap – Neil blames Scott and I’ve no doubt Scott see’s it different 😉
Yamaha TY80 —
My boy James on his first bike – probably coming up for eight years old in a field below the Black Mount on Rannoch Moor – while dad was off across the river having fun riding in the Achalder trial —
There’s fresh air under that front tyre – I reckon it’s his first wheelie — 👍🙂
Looking South —
from Braco Roman Camp —
towards the Ochills —
It just get’s better —
and better —
but remember to bring your wellies —
and wear something —
Innerpeffary Library —
which lies a few miles east of Crieff was the first lending library to be created in Scotland —
Originally formed in the attic of St Mary’s Chapel – built on a knoll on the banks of the River Earn near a ford used by the Roman Legions 2,000 years ago – the library now occupies the whole building —
With views over Crieff to Glen Turret and Ben Chonzie just part of a 360 degree sweep of the eye —
even now in mid-winter while the chapel itself is closed till spring
500cc ROC Yamaha —
Yep – this rare pic has the 4 cylinder two-stroke GP bike as ridden by a very young Neil Hodgson in 1995 – he would go on to become World Superbike Champion on a Ducati —
NC30 at the NW200 —
This time it’s the ex-Jim Moodie VFR400 – I bought it from Jim after he had ‘run it in’ at the 1990 TT —
Only to have him borrow it back for the following year’s North West 200 when Jim was in his psychedelic pink period – apparently it showed up better on the telly —
My old trials riding buddy Robbie Allan had been trying to persuade me to go Classic racing at that time but I didn’t fancy the auld bikes.
When I saw Jim riding that VFR400 at the TT I thought ‘I could do that’ – promptly bought the bike and set about getting my race licence and writing another chapter in my ‘book of life’ 🙄
Tenere 660Z —
If I’m not careful this big blue fella will be taking over from the red XJR1300SP as my favourite bike – even if long days criss-crossing Europe in it’s unforgiving saddle eventually put me under the surgeon’s knife —
It was loads of fun up to that point but a word of warning – never trust a South African from the Orange Free State with a scalpel – they still think they are fighting the Boer Ear 🤠
from-a-distance 