Where have I been on my Fazer...

[nick crisp]

Getting on for 40k. Think it had about 15k on the clock when I bought it in June 2015. So not a huge amount done in the grand scheme of things, but I've never had to commute on it, just all for fun and exploration 
Never missed a beat, never given me cause for concern, always reliable. Haven't ever crashed this one (oh well, that's buggered it!  :lol ), but it fell off its stand once when I forgot to put it in gear when I parked it at a viewpoint in the Pyrenees. Minor scratches and scrapes and a slightly bent handlebar only thankfully.

[coffee]

Getting on for 40k. Think it had about 15k on the clock when I bought it in June 2015. So not a huge amount done in the grand scheme of things, but I've never had to commute on it, just all for fun and exploration 
Never missed a beat, never given me cause for concern, always reliable. Haven't ever crashed this one (oh well, that's buggered it!  :lol ), but it fell off its stand once when I forgot to put it in gear when I parked it at a viewpoint in the Pyrenees. Minor scratches and scrapes and a slightly bent handlebar only thankfully.

I had a DEAUVILLE once, (yes,I know and the very afternoon I sold it I put it on the drive and manouvered it to make it look good and the camber on the drive made it come off the stand and fell into a wall ! you wouldn't believe the damage it did! only cosmetic but I had to knock £100 off the price and there wasn't a lot in it to start with.I just couldn't stand the thought of repairing it,I just wanted to see the back of it. :\

[nick crisp]

The light damage this bike received when it fell over didn't reduce my affection (affection? Yes, I think you'd have to call it that) for it any, and you hardly notice it when it's all polished and clean.
I once had an FZ750 that I crashed however, also only minor damage (although a bit worse than this) and I went off that bike quite quickly. It was a good bike - handled well, fast, comfortable, fun to ride - but I think something about the crash just took something away from how I saw it. I've never been able to explain that, as for a while, I still rode it happily enough.


Otoh, it didn't take me to all the great places this one did, nothing like. I think that's where the attachment to this one really comes from, although out of 5 that I've had now, it is the best, and I do think that for me at least, it is the best bike I've ever owned - perhaps for where I'm at with my riding these days.

[VNA]

I don't know the names of all the places I've posted, but you might well be right. On that trip, I got my map out, looked for a loop that would take me through all the places that showed highest elevation roads and hills, reservoirs and lochs, squiggliest roads, and wherever I thought was likely to be most scenic and fun to ride. Worked out pretty well

I reckon that shot is here, about 1km past the Megget Stone just before the drop down to Talla Linnfoots.  https://binged.it/2RJwCxp  Recognise a few other places but I don’t think many folks explore that wee road. 



That’s about where I almost trashed my 4x4 Yeti last winter.  I was trying to get up that pass to the Megget Stone in order to park up for a wee winter hill walk, but I am now a little bit more knowledgeable on the capabilities, or rather the limits of an SUV 4x4 and summer tyres.  At one point realising I had made a bit of a c*** of myself and wasn’t going any further I got out to have a look.  The car was still moving and I jumped straight back in and checked the handbrake.  Got back out again, the car was still moving, I looked at the wheels and they were not turning.  I just managed to get it back down – thank – foc.


But yeah good policy, and you’ve not half been getting about.

[nick crisp]

I reckon that shot is here, about 1km past the Megget Stone just before the drop down to Talla Linnfoots.  https://binged.it/2RJwCxp  Recognise a few other places but I don’t think many folks explore that wee road.

I think you're right, I'm 99% certain that was part of the route I cobbled together.


Couple more pics from there:

That’s about where I almost trashed my 4x4 Yeti last winter.  I was trying to get up that pass to the Megget Stone in order to park up for a wee winter hill walk, but I am now a little bit more knowledgeable on the capabilities, or rather the limits of an SUV 4x4 and summer tyres.  At one point realising I had made a bit of a c*** of myself and wasn’t going any further I got out to have a look.  The car was still moving and I jumped straight back in and checked the handbrake.  Got back out again, the car was still moving, I looked at the wheels and they were not turning.  I just managed to get it back down – thank – foc.

:lol


Won't be going up there on the bike in winter!

[VNA]

I could have parked up at Talla Linnfoots and continued with my plan, but it was then becoming a long walk for a short day.  So I decided to knock off nearby Chapelgill hill to complete the Culter Fell hills.  Cracking views;





Just made it back down before it got dark;