Soon to be GTR owner checking in.

[Rusty]

They look like a decent set of routes ... enjoy the ride and scenery ... and don't forget your camera ! 

[Lonewolf]

He should be back by now, where the write up and photos?

[bigbad1001]

Hi guys,
thought i'd give you a quick update on the tour of the highlands.
It was great........
Turned out a few cried off but there were 13 bikes in total, met up in Edinburgh on Friday and set off for the highlands. Weather on Friday was pretty poor so the afternoon ride was a bit soggy. Luckily though, that was the worst of the weather and the rest of the weekend was mostly excellent riding weather, just a few patchy showers and damp patches.

I will post up a link shortly to some of the photos we took if anyone's interested and I'll try and give a bit more detail on the ride but for now, suffice to say that the decision to buy a GTR was definitely a good one. Now have 1300 mies on the clock and feeling like I'm getting used to it. I did find initially that it's not as nimble in the twisties as the ST4 but the difference in comfort and power makes up for it. Just had to modify my riding style a bit.
Now thinking of doing some advanced rider training to try and make the most of it.

Thanks again to all for the advice.

Cheers

Bert

[Lonewolf]

Looking forward to the pics
.

[Rusty]

Bring on the pics ... and don't worry .. once you get really used to it you will find it's very nimble in the twisties !

[Mogster]

Bring on the pics ... and don't worry .. once you get really used to it you will find it's very nimble in the twisties !

Oh yes .... as my knee and toe sliders confirm, the GTR thinks it's a ZZR... just with a bigger fairing 

[bigbad1001]

Guys,
still haven't had time to sort through the pictures and choose the good ones but if anyone fancies a browse through them look here.

http://gallery.me.com/colin.scott

Cheers

Bert

[Lonewolf]

I definately recognised a few of the locations there. Looks like you had an enjoyable  trip with all the gang.

[2kwacks]

looks like a dandy time was had by all nice pics and scenery and a nice collection of various bikes shame I missed out on that one but there again, I was not invited bet that halfords shop doesn't get much business in the middle of nowhere..!

[bigbad1001]

Halfords got more visits than planned, the 750 supersport had a crankcase oil leak, repaired with liquid metal on day one and the blackbird had some emergency chain surgery on day 2. Apart from that there were no problems ( oops, forgot about the little spill for the guy on the k1200, managed to just run off the tarmac on the single track mountain pass, no injury tho, just a little scuffing)

Will be sure to invite you next time :)

[Rusty]

Looks like you all had a brilliant trip ... perhaps next time you could take some more photos !!