boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Sorry Pete but I thought it was a catchy heading Anyway, if you exclude commuting I haven't been for a ride for over a month. Various reasons but many due to family stuff (a bit like everyone I suppose). So today I needed to get out for a ride and with the weather forecasters telling it was ok in the south that's where I went. The weather forecasters are lying bastards as it was more like an endurance test than a pleasant ride. Wind , rain and then blinding low sun when I turned north to head for home. So I took my usual backroads route to get to Shaftesbury and then headed for Compton Abbas airfield to watch some of the light aircraft coming and going. Not a feckin chance in that weather, the poor little planes all sat there with their coats on refusing to move.......... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Nothing worse than a clickbait title! But fair play to you riding in that Bob.......I think I'd just sit it out in the tunnel! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 So having seen that no planes would be airbourne today I popped down the road and hid under some trees to have a coffee, a nice flat top box also doubles as a good table Out into the wind and rain again and I headed for Shillingstone where I had seen online that the North Dorset railway had a facility there. It was quite impressive so I spent a bit of time wandering around the old station............ 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, boboneleg said: So having seen that no planes would be airbourne today I popped down the road and hid under some trees to have a coffee, a nice flat top box also doubles as a good table Out into the wind and rain again and I headed for Shillingstone where I had seen online that the North Dorset railway had a facility there. It was quite impressive so I spent a bit of time wandering around the old station............ Now you're talking Bob! That place is really maintained well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 From Shillingstone I started to head east saw a sign for a church up a dead end road at Ellingham, it was a very nice church but there were only about four houses in the village so it does make me wonder how big the congregation might be ? Now I was into the New Forest with its blanket 40mph speed limit but you can see why it's needed with dudes like this just wandering down the road............... The New forest has some marvelous scenery but it was all a bit damp and grey today.............. Never mind , this lovely gay red Honda will brighten things up 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 You even got donkeys as well! And a @yen_powell graveyard! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 So I rode through Cranbourne Chase and across to Broughton to start heading north . When I got to Boscombe Down I skipped across the A303 and onto a byway that I knew to take a short cut................... Once I was onto more solid ground I stopped to eat my sandwiches under the shelter of the trees. When I'd finished the rain had stopped but it was still very windy. I rode up through Bulford and just before Netheravon I got onto Salisbury Plain to ride the gravel perimeter road towards home............... As usual the Honda did it without fuss or bother and even held onto the tarmac in the rain with knobblies on , all hail the mighty CRF 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Crf250? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 28 minutes ago, busabeast said: Crf250? Yes, CRF250 Rally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, boboneleg said: Yes, CRF250 Rally Bet that things a wheelie machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, busabeast said: Bet that things a wheelie machine? Not really mate, not enough power for a decent wheelie. My DR350 was a great wheelie machine as was the KTM400 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Not really mate, not enough power for a decent wheelie. My DR350 was a great wheelie machine as was the KTM400 I thought the crf was famed for being a flighty fucker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, busabeast said: I thought the crf was famed for being a flighty fucker You're thinking of the purely offroad versions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, busabeast said: I thought the crf was famed for being a flighty fucker Thats the R models Bob has the L model. The R models are the race bikes the L are the trail bikes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Didn't realise they were that different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, busabeast said: Didn't realise they were that different The R's are built to race, the L's are built to last 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 17 hours ago, boboneleg said: Now that's a good looking road! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Pedro said: Now that's a good looking road! Great in the winter shit in the summer the hidden bits on my old Africa Twin is still covered in the dust from it when i last rode it which was 2011 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: the hidden bits on my old Africa Twin is still covered in the dust from it when i last rode it which was 2011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Great in the winter shit in the summer the hidden bits on my old Africa Twin is still covered in the dust from it when i last rode it which was 2011 There must still be Moroccan dust in my bike too, I still prefer dry to wet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Just now, Pedro said: There must still be Moroccan dust in my bike too, I still prefer dry to wet I was thinking more of damp or dare i say moist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I was thinking more of damp or dare i say moist Well, I like moist too … but that’s being too picky when you’re talking about dirtroads 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Just now, Pedro said: Well, I like moist too … but that’s being too picky when you’re talking about dirtroads You like a moist dirt road...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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