Cougar377

Yeah, I was pretty gutted, but it was either ride them up one at a time, or fork out a substantial amount to have them transported up. After some heart searching I decided I couldn't justify the Blackbird as a commuter bike (totally OTT for up here) and I don't tour anymore anyway. The Ducati would've melted before my eyes with the salt in the air and the Fazer was a winter hack and was getting long in the tooth anyway. Same with the RX8. There aren't the roads here (Uist) to justify having a sporty 4 wheeler with stiff suspension. The wife's Ninja is a nice compromise, but now that Kawasaki have brought out a 4 cylinder, high power version, it might be next. Amazon deliver up here and surprisingly quickly too. Believe it or not, we've had next day deliveries on occasion. It all depends on whether it makes it onto the aircraft, but even if it goes road freight it's typically only 2 or 3 days....unless the ferries don't sail due to the weather.

I got rid of mine 2 years ago, before we moved to the Western Isles...a Blackbird, a Ducati 750SS and a Fazer 600 (plus an RX8). We've still got the wife's bike (Ninja 400) as we can share that. Biking up here is heavily weather dependent, plus the salt atmosphere can eat vehicles in record time. Assen is a great circuit. I've seen some memorable WSB races there years ago.

Greetings Earthling. What bike(s) have you got.?

Thanks for the gen spartacus, very useful... although I'm slightly confused as to what a "decent dry sunny day" is. 😂

Greetings to all you Audi owning peeps. Just bought an '09 A3 1.4 TFSI and as a biker I've always joined the owners forums as they're invariably far better than dealers as a source of genuine, no-bullsh*t advice.