Sunday 7 April 2019

Huntygowks 2019

A tad wet and cold for this years first meeting of the Tay Valley Norton owners club, our regular visit to the excellent Tullybannocher cafe at Comrie can be a bit wet normally but as we extricate ourselves from a pretty good winter this year the weather has gone backwards a bit along with the temperatures so as I dragged our Nortons out today I knew they'd be needing a good clean when we got back. We encountered Jake and Dennis in a layby at the side of the road so stopped to offer assistance, Jake's exhaust had fallen off his Falcone but it was all in hand so we offered some light hearted abuse instead. Unusually Fiona and I arrived at the cafe first closely followed by Dennis on his AJS  and Jake on the mighty Guzzi. A reasonable turnout for such a dreich day with the surprise of the day being an old school pal I hadn't seen since I left High school, David Ross turned up with Martin on a brace of 961 cafe sports. The roads were greasy and quite dirty and the standard of driving from the obviously retarded car drivers was shocking, obviously Sunday mornings are best left to people who would struggle to pass a cycling proficiency test let alone a car driving test.
A braw day oot as they say in these parts, lets hope the sun creeps out soon and the thermometer starts heading north. Thanks to all that turned up to make it an interesting day.
Clean Nortons ready to go
Jake still smiling after his stop for "adjustments"
Honest, its fine 
Nice turnout of old and new
A herd of Nortons
Davids designer seat
Nice Rocket 3
David Ross's 961
Slim waist large top end on the tank!
OK I'll admit it is pretty
And finally I asked on behalf of a twitter friend Jeff from Canada who has a Hi Rider what peoples opinion was of that model (Tongue in cheek of course)


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  1. Anonymous9 April 2019 at 01:09

    Hi Gino and Fiona couldn't make the NOC due to duties in (sunny) Brooklyn.
    The Hi rider interviews were most entertaining and I think the only thing that enhanced the day was the inclusion of John S's A10, two A10's of course would have been doubly beneficial! Good to hear news of my other SCMC colleagues at the event. We might see you at WS in Arbroath on 21st ? All the best. Eric

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    1. Gino's Travels 212 April 2019 at 15:42

      Ok Eric, excused, yes we are planning a wee trip up tae the smokie toon, organise nice weather please

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  2. Unknown9 April 2019 at 01:11

    Hi Gino and Fiona couldn't make the NOC due to duties in (sunny) Brooklyn.
    The Hi rider interviews were most entertaining and I think the only other thing that enhanced the day was the inclusion of John S's A10, two A10's of course would have been doubly beneficial! Good to hear news of my other SCMC colleagues at the event. We might see you at WS in Arbroath on 21st ? All the best. Eric

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  3. themoudie9 April 2019 at 21:47

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  4. themoudie9 April 2019 at 22:17

    Apologies for not having attended with 'Not a Norton' SRX and the Honda Bros, the latter having cooked it's pulse generator coils and the CDU, requiring the dismantling of the exhaust and the right-hand side of the motor to get at the coils. Just finished re-assembly as you sailed past homeward bound! As for the 'High-Rider', the only noteable thing about it at the time was the wearer of the blue hot pants in the advert! Riding it would have made you look like a tea clippers sails in a force 10 rounding 'The Horn'! Good health, Myreside

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    1. Gino's Travels 212 April 2019 at 15:43

      Oh dear, not so good Bill, it was a pretty bleak day but a good turnout nonetheless

      Regards

      gino

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