boboneleg Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I had a free pass today and the weather was looking ok so a chance to get out on the Sled for a decent ride. I wasn't really feeling fit enough to go yomping up hills to look at the reamains of castle's or towers but while perusing a map online last night I noticed a Donkey Sanctuary in Devon. So, off we got at 08.00 am and down through Cheddar Gorge before the hordes decsend........... Arty farty shot of my new lid, and no @Buckster it doesn't signify wanker, the 'W' is for Wobert Down across the levels in glorious sunshine and a quick stop for a coffee by the river Isle near Muchelney Abbey............. Now there was a lot of guessing on todays route as I haven't set up a GPS on the Sled yet so it was more a case of 'follow your nose'. Anyway I found the sanctuary and big bonus it was free to get in............ Donkey's were smoothed and gawped at for the next hour before it got to hot to stay outside in heavy biking gear................ So I went inside to their excellent resturant and had a Caeser salad and possibly the best chocolate milkshake I've ever tasted. I started the journey back home but around the Baltonsborough triangle I realised why I love a good GPS as I managed to spend 45 minutes going around in a big circle. I realised this when I passed the same parked car twice as it had a big 'for sale £2200' sign on it which made me think 'in your fucking dreams' Anyway, normal service was resumed when I found my way back to the A37 and one last coffee stop at one of my favourite trails............... # 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Brilliant Bob! Were they doing their braying.......cos it's a hell of a noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 40 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Arty farty shot of my new lid, and no @Buckster it doesn't signify wanker, the 'W' is for Wobert Sorry Bob when i read that this came to mind are you sure that's not supposed to Robert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Donkeys are cool. When I was in Brasil you could set your watchby the village donkey when he let everyone know it was 12:00am, he was never more than a minute wrong. Was it a longish ride? Thoughts on the bike so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 12 hours ago, XTreme said: Brilliant Bob! Were they doing their braying.......cos it's a hell of a noise? They were very well behaved but yes I've heard them when they give the big ee-haw, it does make a racket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Pedro said: Donkeys are cool. When I was in Brasil you could set your watchby the village donkey when he let everyone know it was 12:00am, he was never more than a minute wrong. Was it a longish ride? Thoughts on the bike so far? About 170 miles round trip @Pedro . Love it so far, the engine is pretty smooth for an old V-Twin, not really vibey at all. Decent brakes but not shit hot, fairly comfortable riding posiiton and seat but the best bit is the handling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, boboneleg said: About 170 miles round trip @Pedro . Love it so far, the engine is pretty smooth for an old V-Twin, not really vibey at all. Decent brakes but not shit hot, fairly comfortable riding posiiton and seat but the best bit is the handling So exactly what you would expect from it! Does it cope well with gravel roads and such bumps? Like the T700? Would you take it on a proper big trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 6 minutes ago, Pedro said: So exactly what you would expect from it! Does it cope well with gravel roads and such bumps? Like the T700? Would you take it on a proper big trip? I'm not going to take it off-road if I can help it. The front cylinder would be vulnerable even on a gravel road, I know you can get guards but I don't really want to do that at this point. Yes, I would take it on a long trip but it would probably be all tarmac. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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