527 miles yesterday

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527 miles yesterday

Postby Wassy » Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:03 pm

First 300 were ok but the padding in the seat turned to stone for the ride home :shock:
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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Grip Fast » Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:30 pm

That's a serious distance in one day. The most I've done is 430, and that felt like a long day. I assume the R12S just shrugged it off.

Where was the photo taken? It looks like my kinda place to just sit and breath.

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Wassy » Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:59 pm

Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Yogi Bear » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:42 am

Aye! The “East Neuk’ is Braw! :wink:
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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Wassy » Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:07 pm

Yes, it’s a lovely spot but Anstruther was packed even on a Tuesday afternoon.

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Yogi Bear » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:53 pm

The Chippy?

Apparently the chap who made that famous has sold it and opened the “Fish Hoose” in Thornton.

I can recommend the breaded Haddock, made to order & you can sit in :lol:

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby dave the german » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:13 pm

Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.


Ha Ha! yes the seat (or plank as I prefer to call it), is the next thing on mine to be "modified" in some way
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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Wassy » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:42 pm

Yogi Bear wrote:The Chippy?

Apparently the chap who made that famous has sold it and opened the “Fish Hoose” in Thornton.

I can recommend the breaded Haddock, made to order & you can sit in :lol:

Ali

Yes, there was a queue outside to get in.
Don’t think I’ll be sitting anywhere for a few days !

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Wassy » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:45 pm

dave the german wrote:
Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.


Ha Ha! yes the seat (or plank as I prefer to call it), is the next thing on mine to be "modified" in some way


Think I’ll just stick to shorter distance rides. To be fair it was ok for 350 ish miles then I developed a sort of one cheek at a time riding position if you know what I mean.

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby Grip Fast » Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:53 pm

St Andrews - I should have known! I grew up in Broughty Ferry, and know St Andrews very well. We still like to go there when back home. Also love the old East Neuk fishing villages, Anstruther (pronounced Ainster, I believe), Crail and Pittenweem.

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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby dave the german » Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:29 pm

Wassy wrote:
dave the german wrote:
Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.


Ha Ha! yes the seat (or plank as I prefer to call it), is the next thing on mine to be "modified" in some way


Think I’ll just stick to shorter distance rides. To be fair it was ok for 350 ish miles then I developed a sort of one cheek at a time riding position if you know what I mean.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. That also happens on my GS!!
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Re: 527 miles yesterday

Postby boxerscott » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:15 am

Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.
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