A warning.

The picture shows what happens when you forget to switch your ignition off on your Norton dominator. Sandy came into the workshop to find that his coil had exploded. Impressive, first i've seen as bad as that.

Lucky again

Well the weather held up and I'm glad to say the Commando made it up to Cromarty and back without any dramas! Guzzi still being repaired and MVD hopefully back on the road by the end of the week. Full marks to Gavin and the other organisers and helpers at the weekend, a memorable occasion indeed. Picture shows the Sunset on Friday night (there was a better one on Sunday but drink had taken its toll by then!!

Sunny

A good night with an overdose of whisky. Just enjoying the sun now at Cromarty..

Stop for lunch.

En route to the Guzzi Rally on the norton. Stopped for lunch at this nice cafe. The roads are really busy which is surprising as we thought everyone would be watching the royal wedding. Nice but cool today.

Guzzi breaks down shock horror

After a great weekend and having a sunny day to travel home the Breva decided it had had enough of me and broke down (23,000 miles) , it appears its not charging but it could be to do with my starting problem that reared its ugly head on Friday. Bottom line was I spent 4 hours at the Invergarry viewing point waiting for the breakdown truck, a nice place to stop but a bit boring for 4 hours. The bike is now home but a quick call around the dealers this morning showed there are no relays to be had in the country!! So tonight I'll be getting stuck into MVD to get it ready for the Guzzi rally this weekend, fork seal to change (a right PITA) and a good check over. The rest of my Guzzi's are without MOT and I don't have time before Friday to sort anything out so I'll be Norton mounted this weekend!
Great weekend though!

Chilling

Brilliant run up on Friday to applecross, 23 degrees and hot. Sat outside the inn until quite late which is unbelievable for April. Saturday and today have been a bit cooler and some rain but not bad at all. David headed back earlier after finding his tyre flat this morning , luckily Gill had some repair goo in a can so that he hopefully got over the bealach. Just spending a chilled day here.

Glencoe

Parked up at Glencoe for lunch. Just stopped for petrol and found my starter isn't working, oh well back to push starts.