Nice road, high water makes dam waterfall, heated grip prob

[colin1]

Today three of us met up for a rideout to a road we like.

The road is between Newtown and Llandrindrod Wells in Wales.

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It goes along a hillside and follows the contours and so is a nice winding road. Its hard to know exactly what makes the road so good. Maybe its the good surface, the width of the road, the lack of side roads, the lack of villages, the lack of traffic.

It starts off with really tight twisty bits and then opens up into long fast bends with plenty of visibility.

Normally I dont ride fast, but the road is so good and feels so safe that even I am tempted to open it up a bit.

Its great for learning to push it a bit.

The weather was lovely most of the day. Bright and clear.

We ended up going into the elan valley too, and the high water levels turned the dam of the reservoir into a waterfall.


https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=43761

The week before last we went to Church Stretton, and I had wished I had a camera to capture the little drama of Nath (THC) having to get his bandit started after leaving the heated grips on when we were in the pub.

He tried bumping it, but then went off with matt to buy some jump leads.

There was a repeat of this little drama this week, and Nath let me take a pic of his attempt to use wire instead of buying another set of jump leads.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=43762

He did buy some more jump leads in the end.

We were a bit cold by the end of the day, but it was a good day out.

In future, every time we stop, i will remind nath to turn off his grips, and he will bring along one of his pairs of jump leads. Although he has mentioned the possibility of getting a relay and rewiring the grips so they cant be left on.

Matt was loving his thundercat as he has passed his test recently and had an rs125 before.

After trying matts thundercat last week, nath now wants a fazer again.

Nath put us to shame with his riding skills, on his less powerful bike.

But me and matt werent gonna try too hard to keep up as Nath is a bit of a nutter at times.

Although i had a bit of a dodgy moment overtaking a landrover.

The great road got the better of my normally cautious nature.

[THCi]

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[THCi]

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[colin1]

your gonna spend a lot more time stood at the side of the road waiting for us to catch up if you get one of those
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[THCi]

Gives me more chance to smoke... need a slower bike then.
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[THCi]

Just noticed, the date on the camera is out.
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[colin1]

i dont think it is
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[McGee]

Looks like fun
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[kawashima]

Wow looks like lovely place to ride.

[Vin]

Good stuff, the picture of the dam is amazing. Looks like the drought is over!

[THCi]

Got an 8mega pixel pic of it if anyone wants.
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[THCi]

Heres a closer shot of the dam.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=43790
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[veeeffarr]

Let me know next time you're in Wales I fancy a blast

By the way, on my NT650 the grips are wired up so they turn off with the ignition, I think they are cut into the rear brake light circuit or something?!

T

[THCi]

We will mate.

Im just planning to get a relay and wire it into the rear break switch for the actuator. Will be job jobed once it arrives.
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[colin1]

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[colin1]

another time, i went with pheonix and he took the back roads up from shrewsbury, to bala which was good

didnt go as far as the ride with maurice tho.

on the maurice rideout, i was going a bit fast for my abilities, so I dont remember so much about it, as i was concentrating on not coming off, and not getting too far behind
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[Visitor Q]

Let me know if you're ever up my way. BCF pintage !

And im thinking of bringing my bike up after easter, so can go for a ride.

Im in bangor, right by anglesey, just past snowdonia.
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[colin1]

sounds good

[THCi]

My dads old Samara blew up in bangor!
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[ram_doom]

Why not come down south a bit Colin best roads are down our way
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[Black Knight]

Awesome road that, love it.
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