Borders meet 20th-21st Nov

[steveD]

Blimey Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will there be anything left up there? Do you recon the site will be flooded. The last time I was there the site was only about 5 feet above the Loch level! 

[guest7]

Well, with a severe weather warning in place for South West Scotland we've certainly managed to wring some adventure out of this trip 

GC

[guest7]

PS Just about managed to fit outrigger floats and outboard motor to the Ten!

Looks good Steve!  
GC

[guest7]

Here's a St Mary's Loch webcam

GC

[CHRIS211083]

Well am now comeing on the srx4 and not the srx250. the pickup coil was on its way out so i ordered one, should be here next week.....problem.... she used to just stutter when hot but now she conks out!!! let her cool and she starts again but the heat up time is getting less and less so im now stripping and fixing my srx4 that i picked up yesterday!!! some idiot has put this together. Fork yokes not tightened up, front wheel spindle not tight, wrong spark plug, he's used 2 fork seals on one leg instead of a dust seal and they still weep. ignition lock loose!!! the list keeps going but ill be there. Girlfriends not comeing though, friends have bottled it too.

Smudge i think your heading passed me on the way down on friday.do you want to meet up????could meet you just over the forth road bridge if it suits at the shell garage? will be a bit boreing traveling down on my own if it's pi**ing it down. still really looking forward to this trip though,the sheilds is one place ive not managed to make yet.

[guest18]

Ach calm down everyone, it can't be wetter than my last trip to the Dragon!! 

The weather forecast varies depending which one you watch/read, we can only hope that the front pushes through tomorrow and we get a decent day on Friday. Certainly here we've been having generally good days and heavy showers through the night, but then I do live on the glorious (sunny) east coast 
Came home from work about half an hour ago and despite wet roads and light drizzle on and off it was actually a nice ride, roads were pretty clean, the temp was surprisingly mild and I generally enjoyed myself 

I've booked friday off so I just need to manage a leisurely breakfast, pack my gear, then wave a multimeter at the bike to try to work out why my indicator fuse keeps blowing ( ) and I'm good to go! Chris, no worries about a meet up, I'm hoping to head down early afternoon, drop me an email or a PM and we can sort out times/phone numbers/location.

My plan is to get down there in daylight, nab the best camping place ( ) then retire to the bar with a good book (iirc they have a proper fire, so that's where I'll be if I'm right!) and await the invading hordes 

Should be a cracking weekend I'm thinking 

[Andy M]

All set except for fuelling up. I reccon I'll be there about 3-4 depending on the usual stuff.

Andy

[guest7]

Andy, I'll bring that little stove for you. I have no idea of our eta, but we're aiming to be there in daylight (best laid plans and all that eh?) 

My only real gripe is that I have completely de-winterised the CB: no windscreen, no legshields, no heated grips    This is because the day that I get back from Scotland the bike is going on Ebay and I'm guessing my little mods wouldn't be to everyone's taste 

GC

[steveD]

Here's a St Mary's Loch webcam

GC

Well spotted GC. I am really looking forward to this one. Alistair has a few out buildings I recon we can comandeer one and make a drying room. I'll bring one of my chacoal burners and some charcoal.

[niblue]

I drove back from Liverpool yesterday and the rain was torrential in the borders area. It's still pissing down in Edinburgh today so it'll be interesting to see what the state of the place is over the weekend!

[guest7]

Just been pondering my luggage and remembered that Boyd still has my cargo net... doh! 

There's always something you're missing isn't there?

GC

[guest18]

...There's always something you're missing isn't there?

GC

You mean *apart* from a screen and legshields....  I thought all bikers had various bungee cords littering the house/garage/loft etc, or is that just me? 
Never mind mate, at least it's not too cold! The forecast for Friday looks quite promising as well  (we wont mention the rest of the weekend lol 

ps. Chris, got your pm but supposed to be cooking tea just now(!) I'll reply later on 

[jules]

Just want to wish all who attend the Borders meet a safe and enjoyable weekend,have a wet and wild ride
no doubt on your return there will be plenty of ride reports and also full photographic coverage of the event and events that take place,have fun guys!!

[steveD]

Just want to wish all who attend the Borders meet a safe and enjoyable weekend,have a wet and wild ride
no doubt on your return there will be plenty of ride reports and also full photographic coverage of the event and events that take place,have fun guys!!

Many thanks for that Jules, I hope your meet down at Llanthony is similarly enjoyable. We can compare notes and pics when we all get back and dry!

[squirrelciv]

Pah! Green with envy for the lot of you

Seriously, have a larf guys, both in the borders and Llanthony. I just wish I could get to either

I think my little plan to sneak off to Llanthony isn't going to happen as I've got to fix the VX with what time I've got left.