Motorcycle ride to Tweed Vally with Friends....

 

Not every day you see the pink panther in East Lothian!

Today Bob and Thug and myself went a ride on the motorbikes down the Scottish Borders 

Did not take many pics nut as usual there is some film

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Royal Enfield Open face Bobber helmet!

 

I wanted one of those green Royal Enfield Openface helmets with brown leather trim to go with my bike after I painted my bike but sadly they were all sold out, I had bought a cheap £43 Spada Open face first off to see if I would like wearing an open face and it was ok, so returned to hunting through UK Royal Enfield dealers shops to see if any had them that were not advertising them...

The a black size large popped up for sale on ebay, advert said hardly used, I put in a £20 starter bid and no-one else bid and I won it!, when it arrived though It was just a bit too tight and I concluded it was infact not a genuine RE helmet but it was still a good helmet, I gave it to friend Edd who will use it in his Hill trial MG car, and the search was back on...

I started looking for one in XL size  and lo and behold I found one! it arrived a few days later and check it out!

Once I tried it on I realised that the back helmet was deft not a genuine helmet as this was a 62cm and I would say a cm too big for me but its ok it stays put when worn,

The bubble visor is hilarious! like being in a fish bowl!, I need to source a good quality straight visor with same 3 stud fitting that also will flip up

I also bought 2 pairs of HOOD motorcycle jeans, cannot believe how comfortable these are, one pair are hipster tight legs and the other pair loose fit...

Anyways here's a wee film out around town trying out the Open face that will just get worn when local and not using the media mod set up...

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Ride across to Coldstream on the Royal Enfield Classic 350's!

 

Friend Bob who lives along the road has now run in his new Royal Enfield Classic 350 with 1000 miles on it now and a couple of weeks ago he popped round to let me see his bike...

The Desert Storm colour looks better in the flesh than online pics, as most of the bikes colour options do...

Today we both took a run across Berwickshire to Coldstream to visit the Army Surplus Shop run by Trevor - Walk This Way, as I had promised him on a previous visit with G that I would bring him some 1942 Hispano cartridge shell cases...

Its a delightful hours ride on country roads to Coldstream and after a car left parked outside the shop we moved our bikes down outside...

The shop is packed and well worth a visit, It also has a downstairs museum which is also packed full of military items...

With a deal done with the Hispano's for a 1943 25 pounder shell I have been looking for one for a while, we headed home after a stop at Kelso...

Home and G was delighted with a new addition to the shell collection and she soon had it polished up...

Wee film of our day out...

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Beachride to Goswick

 

We loaded the Fatbikes into g's van and headed for the day to Northumberland and although a 2 pm high tide enjoyed a beachride from Cocklawfoot along the coast and around to Beal and the causeway crossing to Holy Island which was closed with the high tide for the rest of the afternoon...

You will see in the film it was one of those big sky days and we cruised along enjoying the warm weather, stopping at the WW2 buildings on the way...

People were at the crossing and I think they must have thought the crossing would soon be open!, they would have at least a 4 hour wait!....

Returning on the Coastal route path we were back at the van in an hour or so after a lovely 13 mil cycle along a stunning coastline under a huge sky...

Wee film...