We had a great run that day Hugh. wonderful weather for this time of year in the Scottish Highlands. It's been more or less raining every day since then so we picked the best day. It's the sort of day that leaves you feeling tired and a bit tender around the backside but after a couple of hours rest at home, you're itching to get back in the saddle again. There's just something inexplicable about riding a motorbike which is eminently satisfying (excitement, adrenaline, blood pumping, the noise of the engine, wind whistling, the smells, an occasional dose of fear, being fully alert, a sense of independence and freedom, the challenge of the road and many more senses and emotions). It's just so hard to encapsulate but you feel really alive and completely switched off from the rest of life's concerns. You just cannot explain it to non-bikers. It's always a good day for me when I get the chance to have a bike run with you. Many thanks for letting me tag along.
Please don't give up on your C15 hugh, I love watching you riding on the traffic free roads around where you live and your on bike commentary. I too have a classic bike a BSA C12 and know how frustrating it is trying to fix the un fixable. Regards David. I'm at BSA C12 endeavours
Really nice to see Bill out on the Enfield. The BSA did well whatโs a bit of oil on a red like that, absolutely stunning countryside and the views !!!!!!! Thanks for sharing Hugh.
She's not dripping oil, she's sweating horsepower ๐ช. Again, excellent video, I was camping in Scotland last week, so seeing it again is brilliant ๐
That was a super run out, I was last at Stoer Lighthouse around 1970 when I lived in Caithness although on four wheels. Thank for the video,I enjoyed it.
Well done Hugh and Bill, impressive weather reading and and staple food destruction, I shudder to think what would have happened to a fruit pudding or a clootie dumpling ๐ That's also a very respectable day ride on any machine, the Drumbeg loop will be a challenge for the even the most experienced riders. Drumbeg / Nedd area has some of the most astonishing views anywhere in the world (I've seen a fair few), Suilven fascinates me as it looks completely different with even a small change in viewing position. Thanks for taking us along gents, really enjoyed remembering those roads and views, we are so lucky.
Wonderful! Great that you still appreciate the wonderful scenery and don't take it for granted. Not the right time to purchase an oil tanker (with the oil of course) If I ever get round to trying to stop the Cub oil leaks then I intend using a piece of plate glass and loads of grinding paste!
Great to see the Ferrier boys burning up the road again! And the views were just amazing. Loch Assynt looked dramatic but you can have the midges. Your Bill is not the only Bill having problems with gears at the moment. My AJS has started being a bit temperamental (sometimes) about changing up from second to third and occasionally from third to fourth. I dread having to open up the gearbox again but I'm not going to rush into it.
1959 technology? Reckon you'll find it's more like 1930s technology Hugh, with the exception of the battery coil ignition system. Edward Turner basically re jigged the tiger cub unit to create the C15 unit and the cub has its roots in the 150cc Terrior which in turn was, apparently based on a pre war french Terrot unit or so I've read ! ๐