Llandrindod Wells Offroad!

[Sir Fallsalot]

Not much of a report and the usual shit but dryer

Had a run out on the 650 on Sunday to check out a few lanes i haven't done for a few years around Llandrindod Wells area the weather wasn't looking too good and it was blowing a gale when we set off.

This lane was on route to there i have done on the 650 fully loaded with camping gear in the past and it was just a little tricky and slippery, but not anymore its been washed out and is full of rocks and deep holes my fellow rider on the T7 assured me he was ok but looking at his face in this photo now i think he was lying 

I walked up to see what it was like ahead lots of vegetation covering the rocks and holes, we both dropped the bikes coming up here it was a bit of a slog and the wind had stopped the day had warmed up and was muggy, by the time we got to the top i was wetter than an otters pocket with sweat. I think i can cross this one off the bigger bike route.

Looking back down to where the bikes are

First lane out of Llandod i had a surprise after the first gate all the other gates (and there's many) now have a cattle grid installed alongside them making the ride through a breeze no photos because there were no gates to stop on 

The next i had another surprised they have graded it making it boring great for your GS owner now as the ruts would have made it difficult going in the past

These next two photos is what it used to be like which made it a much more interesting ride.

 

It does have a TRO on it now while they carry out the work so only able to ride it from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning

Then onto water breaks its neck which had also been graded on the south end pity they didn't put the cattle grids on this one there's far too many gates

And then it was home across the Llanbedr hills down to Erwood and the last lane before a mad dash home on the road 

My fellow rider on the T7 was older than me but fitter and a good rider so we made good time over the ground about a 190 mile round trip for me. The 650 ran great seems to be running a lot cooler at higher speeds since the rebuild just needs a new rear tyre now.

 

[Sir Fallsalot]

1 minute ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Not much of a report and the usual shit but dryer

Had a run out on the 650 on Sunday to check out a few lanes i haven't done for a few years around Llandrindod Wells area the weather wasn't looking too good and it was blowing a gale when we set off.

This lane was on route to there i have done on the 650 fully loaded with camping gear in the past and it was just a little tricky and slippery, but not anymore its been washed out and is full of rocks and deep holes my fellow rider on the T7 assured me he was ok but looking at his face in this photo now i think he was lying 

I walked up to see what it was like ahead lots of vegetation covering the rocks and holes, we both dropped the bikes coming up here it was a bit of a slog and the wind had stopped the day had warmed up and was muggy, by the time we got to the top i was wetter than an otters pocket with sweat. I think i can cross this one off the bigger bike route.

Looking back down to where the bikes are

First lane out of Llandod i had a surprise after the first gate all the other gates (and there's many) now have a cattle grid installed alongside them making the ride through a breeze no photos because there were no gates to stop on 

The next i had another surprised they have graded it making it boring great for your GS owner now as the ruts would have made it difficult going in the past

These next two photos is what it used to be like which made it a much more interesting ride.

 

It does have a TRO on it now while they carry out the work so only able to ride it from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning

Then onto water breaks its neck which had also been graded on the south end pity they didn't put the cattle grids on this one there's far too many gates

And then it was home across the Llanbedr hills down to Erwood and the last lane before a mad dash home on the road 

My fellow rider on the T7 was older than me but fitter and a good rider so we made good time over the ground about a 190 mile round trip for me. The 650 ran great seems to be running a lot cooler at higher speeds since the rebuild just needs a new rear tyre now.

 

@XTreme Can you stick this in ride reports i wasn't going to do a ride report then it sort of turned into one Just call it last Sundays Jaunt if you like Cheers

 

[Sir Fallsalot]

3 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Great stuff Fred!

Some of that stuff looks hard going though! 

Only the lane in the first two photos was tough going the rest were just rough roads might have been a bit different in the wet through 

[XTreme]

Just now, Sir Fallsalot said:

Only the lane in the first two photos was tough going the rest were just rough roads might have been a bit different in the wet through 

How old was the guy with you?

[Sir Fallsalot]

Just now, XTreme said:

How old was the guy with you?

I didn't like to ask but i think he is around 60 he's a farmer so may well be a lot younger than he looks LOL

 

 

[XTreme]

3 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I didn't like to ask but i think he is around 60 he's a farmer so may well be a lot younger than he looks LOL

 

 

Used to physical stuff then!

[boboneleg]

Can you remember when I did a 360 on those rock slabs on our way to the Dragon

[boboneleg]

I haven't done 'Water breaks it's Neck ' for years Fred, did you have any aggro at the northern end as there were lots of tales of the farmer blocking the route in the past      ?

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

The next i had another surprised they have graded it making it boring great for your GS owner now as the ruts would have made it difficult going in the past

 

 

Great report!

[Sir Fallsalot]

50 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I haven't done 'Water breaks it's Neck ' for years Fred, did you have any aggro at the northern end as there were lots of tales of the farmer blocking the route in the past      ?

No problems any time i ridden it @boboneleg the grading at the south end has taken away the off camber slope you could drive that part in a car now

[Buckster]

The people from that area are all inbred and ride Chinese motorcycles.