mcatrophy
Privileged to ride a 2018 FJR1300AS
Was on a tour of Scotland, on the Isle of Skye. having a great time with good people.
Weather forecast for Tuesday was Windy (with 80 mph gusts).
So, we set off on the single track roads, 5 bikes, 6 riders - it would have been 6 bikes, but the wife of a couple wasn't too happy with the wind (they happened to be Americans over for this tour) so she rode pillion.
We parked up on a good surfaced car park in the lee of a small building,
(Click on image for larger view)
and walked down a cliff path to go to a light-house,
the wind threatening to blow us off our feet the whole while.
Got back to the car park to find four of the five bikes on their sides.
Mine (the one on the left) was leaning on the next bike, it has a broken mirror stem, bent brake lever and nastily dented fairing. B*gg*r.
Oh well, that's about £750 to fix. Assuming I can straighten the frame that holds the mirror. (There's been a useful discussion about that, thanks, guys.)
I'll edit and add pictures of the mend as and when it takes place.
Weather forecast for Tuesday was Windy (with 80 mph gusts).
So, we set off on the single track roads, 5 bikes, 6 riders - it would have been 6 bikes, but the wife of a couple wasn't too happy with the wind (they happened to be Americans over for this tour) so she rode pillion.
We parked up on a good surfaced car park in the lee of a small building,
(Click on image for larger view)
and walked down a cliff path to go to a light-house,
the wind threatening to blow us off our feet the whole while.
Got back to the car park to find four of the five bikes on their sides.
Mine (the one on the left) was leaning on the next bike, it has a broken mirror stem, bent brake lever and nastily dented fairing. B*gg*r.
Oh well, that's about £750 to fix. Assuming I can straighten the frame that holds the mirror. (There's been a useful discussion about that, thanks, guys.)
I'll edit and add pictures of the mend as and when it takes place.
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