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Club House => Events/Meetings/Rideouts => Topic started by: Rossco500 on March 21, 2021, 12:09:21 AM

Title: A grand day out
Post by: Rossco500 on March 21, 2021, 12:09:21 AM
Some of the NI thumperists enjoyed a socially distanced day out taking advantage of a rare dry spell. Mostly back roads along the river Bann. Photo taken outside the (Closed) Seamus Heaney centre for those of you into your literature - dressed for  typical Northern Irish weather (summer or winter!). Local legend suggests that the gateposts were sourced from an armaments factory based in Antrim in WW2. Chris made sure they were empty! Good to get out for a few hours.

Regards

Tony

Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: themoudie on March 21, 2021, 12:22:04 AM
Nice shopping trip!  ;D

Good health, Bill
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: mthee on March 21, 2021, 12:28:49 AM
Interesting to see the wire wheels right next to the boomerangs🤔
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: Moto63 on March 21, 2021, 10:59:28 AM
Those two gentlemen on the bench are DEFINITELY NOT 2 metres apart. I’m calling the fuzz man🚓😉
Hopefully the first of many ride outs to come, given the weather is turning for the better.
Yes as Matt says good to compare the wire wheels next to the comstars.
Cheers, Michael
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: CrazyFrog on March 21, 2021, 02:08:31 PM
Excellent, nice bike lineup!
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: Dave#22 on March 21, 2021, 04:54:51 PM
Hi Tony, nice to see you're getting out and about, was that Ronnie on the bench with Chris?
How did Chris test the bombs?...not by banging the tit on the end I hope? ::)
Must meet up again soon.
Dave.
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: Rossco500 on March 21, 2021, 09:05:37 PM
Hi Dave, good to hear from you (and everyone). Hope you and Pat are keeping well.
Yes, that's the infamous Ronnie - you'll be glad to hear that like his jokes he hasn't changed a bit!
As for Chris, we made sure we were standing well back as he approached them :-)

All the best

Tony
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: Dave#22 on March 22, 2021, 07:33:26 PM
Hi Tony, all good here....hardly bought any petrol over the last few months, but I had the excuse of going for an MOT today for my DR800 on SORN....nice ride and it passed.
We've been going out on the e-bikes for the last few months which is good fun, some excercise and no interest from the Police when we dip into Wales on the cycle paths, as we live near the border.
Shouldn't be too long until we're free to roam again.
Dave.
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: RonXBR on March 23, 2021, 08:57:23 PM
Hello Dave,
It's been a while, but I heard my name mentioned and thought I'd better respond. Great to hear Pat and yourself are still making a nuisance of yourselves. Best wishes to you both. As for myself, I've kept my looks, although everything south of my face has sagged a bit. My sparkling personality is still the same. The social distancing on our Grand Day Out has been brought into question. Tony, well meaning anorak that he is, decided to bring a length of wood exactly one metre long to help us judge the required distance.(Two metres stuck out too much from the sides of his bike). Anyway, at our coffee stop, the pair of us sat at opposite ends of the bench. Tony then measured between myself and Chris, exactly one metre, then from Chris to me, again one metre.  1x2 = 2 metres.

Ron.
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: tommy on March 23, 2021, 10:21:18 PM
good to see you and about out on your xbrs safe biking lads  tommy
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: timbo on March 26, 2021, 09:08:16 PM
Would nearly put a person in the notion of purchasing an XBR again  8)
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: themoudie on March 26, 2021, 11:21:29 PM
Aye timbo,

Good to see you still in circulation, albeit at low level.

Good health and keeping eating the pies!  ;)

Bill
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: RonXBR on March 27, 2021, 09:25:45 PM
Would nearly put a person in the notion of purchasing an XBR again
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Hello Tim, it's only me. This is the recent purchase. That'll be the 13th then. Don't know whether I'm taking too much medication or not enough. Take care and keep the front wheel of the Himalayan down.

Ron.
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: themoudie on March 28, 2021, 12:50:35 AM
Clean bit of kit Ron.  :)

Good health, Bill
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: tommy on March 28, 2021, 09:30:49 AM
thats a nice clean one ron .tommy
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: RonXBR on March 28, 2021, 12:26:30 PM
Hello Bill and Tommy, aye, she's in good order. Tony put me onto it, you know how he always likes spending other people's money. Previous owner has looked after it well, even to the extent of storing the exhausts in the airing cupboard during the winter. Must have an understanding wife. Exhausts are made by Jama, similar shape to the originals but slimmer. Raft of paperwork history with it, going back years. So, am well pleased although Tony will be looking a free lunch as a finders fee.
      Bill, talking of food and your previous post about pies. Not sure if this is near you, but some of the best pies and bridies I have tasted were from the Aberfoyle Butcher. In the interest of checking quality control, I bought one of their steak pies, three days in a row.

Ron.

PS. Just thought. Tim could probably manage three pies in a day.
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: themoudie on March 28, 2021, 02:29:55 PM
Aye Ron,

Time I met up with Tim was the run with the Weegie boys. Supposed to be a "classic run", but they all turned up on GS1200RT, YAWN!  :(  More testosterone than old motorcycles.

Before the off from Aberfoyle, I went along to the butchers to buy Tim a pie, as I had promised him. It went down a treat at the lunch stop at Kenmore, with a bowl of soup!  ;D Tim and I prefer the steak and Stornaway black pudding pies and a fruit slice tray bake for me!  ;)  Most of the good places to stop, afore 'lockdown', are on my radar.  ;) What things will be like this year will just have to wait and see.  :-\

Happy stravaiging and pie sampling, Bill
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: Moto63 on March 28, 2021, 06:07:30 PM
Yes very nice indeedy, looks like a cracking purchase 👍👍... cheers, Michael
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: CrazyFrog on March 29, 2021, 08:28:52 AM
Yep, that's a proper nice looking XBR for sure!
Title: Re: A grand day out
Post by: timbo on April 10, 2021, 06:37:41 PM
Spot on Ron  :D