Just a wee thread update, almost a 1000 miles on the bike now and first service out of the way, smile is just getting wider. Have had a few early morning empty coast road blasts in Race Mode, my oh my.....
Bike is very confidence inspiring and an absolute dream to ride, there’s no going back from here. Picked up a nice reg plate for it too!
Some photos:
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I could be tempted to go for gold wheels....
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Having grown up on the north coast, North West 200 is by far my favoruite week of the year at home and is responsible for my motorbike obsession. I managed to engineer some time away from work in order to make the most of it! Managed to get the V4S out for a a few spins which was great:
I celebrated 1000 miles of smiles on the Monday evening:
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In the Bet McLean Chicane of all places :
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I managed to get the coast road pretty much to myself:
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After a very heavy night in the Anchor on Thursday night we didn't pass the breathalyzer until around 2pm on Friday, we lazily got leathered up and hit the road after 3pm. Decided a wee spin to Donegal would clear the heads! Got the ferry over to Greencastle, then a great spin to Malin Head via Moville/Glenelly/Culdaff. Back to Culdaff and grabbed a bite of dinner in McGrorys. Caught the last ferry home at 8pm, by which stage we were of course ready for another feed of pints
Pump shot at my Grans old petrol station:
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Malin Head:
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Pit Stop at McGrorys. Food was good, cosy spot! I think we will stay here the next time so we can enjoy a few Guinness!
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Ferry Home:
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Fantastic week all round! The weather on the Saturday was a bit of bummer but that's just how it goes! Exactly two weeks from today until myself, Stevie and @gav525 head to the Isle of Man TT, cannot wait! Will post up a few photos from there for anyone who finds it interesting.
The V4S continues to make me giggle like a child, we actually bought a cheap intercom system off Amazon, best 30 quid I've spent, funny as f*ck
Bloody seen you at least 5 times on the IOM! Only realising now who you are... What a beauty! Hope you enjoyed the island and got a couple of good runs over the mountain!
Lovely bike man!
Would love an 848 myself. Wheres good for servicing Ducati's in NI?
I seen you in Ramsey one day and im not actually sure where else... We stayed in Braddan Football Club, did you stay there by any chance? lol Believe it or not there was actually 2 V4's on our site and I distinctly remember one was an English 18 plate bike with a standard number plate which dad and I looked at and remarked how awful the huge standard plate looked! I'm now thinking yours was the other.... lol
Also, that Kawasaki bag and the black chair in the last picture.... They're mine So our paths crossed possibly more than once on our TT travels lol
I seen you in Ramsey one day and im not actually sure where else... We stayed in Braddan Football Club, did you stay there by any chance? lol Believe it or not there was actually 2 V4's on our site and I distinctly remember one was an English 18 plate bike with a standard number plate which dad and I looked at and remarked how awful the huge standard plate looked! I'm now thinking yours was the other.... lol
Also, that Kawasaki bag and the black chair in the last picture.... They're mine So our paths crossed possibly more than once on our TT travels lol
We stayed in Bradden football club from Saturday to Wednesday of race week. Seen those V4's, never know who's sleeping beside you
Small world, that's were I stayed, saw the ducatis out the front that you were talking about too.
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