Kitt Hill 12/05/24

[Saul]

Met up with 3 mates at 4 Turnings garage this morning at 9:00am.   Martin on his R80 with R100 engine and running gear.     Chris on his Triumph Scrambler 900, Gary on his 1974 Triumph Bonny, Me and my Shadow on the Hornet.  
We set off on the A390 through Lostwithiel then on up the A38  and Liskeard by pass.   Turned off and went inland to Callington then took the Gunnislake Road turning off to Kitt Hill and then Louis Cafe.  
Gary lead as his bike was the slowest and he openly admits he can't see much over 70 mph because of the vibes.   God only knows why he takes the bloody thing.    He has a Ducati Monster and while not as pretty it is a much more capable bike.   Course Shadow moaned as we could go fast, traffic and Gary.   Not that I ever push to hard but it was slow going.   
Got there around 9:40 and pretty quiet so we didn’t have a breakfast que.    £14 for two sausage baps and two cans of fizz.   Twas nice but felt spendy, maybe I am just tight

JPS Norton 

Shadows dream bike 

WTF this is supposed to be I don’t know but made me smile.  

After breakfast we headed back to Callington and took the road down to Saltash then on to Carkeel and the back road to Looe.   Mooched around Polperro then back to Plynt, Lostwithiel again St Blazey and home.  Great day out, loads of bikes and traffic though.   Suppose it is bound to happen this time of year.     

Trip stats 

Nice new Bullit 

Very old Sunbeam on a NZ plate.   Apparently the owner bought it in NZ on a round the world sailing trip. Road it around NZ stripped and packed it away in his sailing boat and brought it back to Cornwall 50 years ago.   Still riding it today.   Interesting old chap.  

 

 

[Pedro]

56 minutes ago, Saul said:

Very old Sunbeam on a NZ plate.   Apparently the owner bought it in NZ on a round the world sailing trip. Road it around NZ stripped and packed it away in his sailing boat and brought it back to Cornwall 50 years ago.   Still riding it today.  

Still on the NZ plate 

[Saul]

33 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Still on the NZ plate 

After talking to the owner I get the feeling it has never been UK registered.  I think he may have been riding it illegally for the last 50 years.    He didn't say so but he winked when I asked him about the NZ plate.  Rugged Individualist 

[XTreme]

They love their Brit bikes there Saul!

[boboneleg]

2 hours ago, Pedro said:

Still on the NZ plate 

Cheap to run that way,  No tax or insurance to pay 

 

edit :  should have read Saul's reply first.   I have a mate who still runs an Africa Twin on french plates.

[Saul]

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

They love their Brit bikes there Saul!

Doesn't hurt that there is a Triumph and BSA dealer 20 miles up the road.  But you are right lots of Brit and Merican stuff.  

[Catteeclan]

Great mix of bikes again. 

[Sir Fallsalot]

I wonder if slow is a Gary thing. my mate Gary is a little slooooow on the road, to give you an example when i had the 2 gallon tank on the dog i would hit reserve around 70miles normal riding for me when i was out with Gary i was getting 110 miles to reserve. when i was riding with him regular i went down 1 tooth on the front sprocket so i could get into top gear and stay there without the bike chugging lol

[Saul]

3 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I wonder if slow is a Gary thing. my mate Gary is a little slooooow on the road, to give you an example when i had the 2 gallon tank on the dog i would hit reserve around 70miles normal riding for me when i was out with Gary i was getting 110 miles to reserve. when i was riding with him regular i went down 1 tooth on the front sprocket so i could get into top gear and stay there without the bike chugging lol

I must admit my average MPG does go up when I'm out with this bunch.  Good company but it is definitely driving Miss Daisy spec when Gary is with us, better when he is not.