Hi am going for a few days to applecross, on sat. have not been before , has any body any tips or words of wisdom , am hoping it does not rain to bad ,,,,,,, :biker3:
Have you sorted somewhere for a stop off on the way?
The Argyll hotel in Inveraray is pretty good....If you head out to Greenock and take the Dunoon ferry the road the other side is stunning :yes:
Then after Inveraray head over to the Isle of Seil on the way up :wink:
The Applecross inn is a bit expensive but nice rooms ... take your mossie repellant ..... you'll need it , especially when you stop for photo's on the pass :censored:
I've only ever done The Pass in the car twice, got to the other side and turned round and did it again. One way was horrendous weather and yet the immediate return journey was dry and bright, that's how quick the climate can change.
Rain or shine you'll love Scotland, our recent trip which was four days of heavy rain was still a brilliant experience.
Have not got anything booked , not sure how far I will get so will look to get some where on the way ,
I have stayed at both of these, both recommended.
http://www.strathcarronhotel.co.uk/
http://www.therockvilla.com/
Both about 40 minutes from Applecross.
Obviously Skye is only down the road from Applecross, we stayed here.
http://www.sligachan.co.uk/ (http://www.sligachan.co.uk/)
As Steve has said .. even in the rain Scotland is luvvvvly ..... :yes: :yes:
Quote from: Rusty on August 30, 2013, 04:00:53 PM
As Steve has said .. even in the rain Scotland is luvvvvly ..... :yes: :yes:
We might even go again. :popcorn:
SSHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh ! :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
well just looked at the weather forcast and the only place it is going to rain is just where I want to be , as I am taking my 10 year old I did not want it to chuck it down all the time , shall review it in the morning might have to head the other way .
Seriously, I wouldn't miss a long weekend away just on the off chance there could be some rain. Be committed and get going. :yes:
Sometimes Steve I think you should be committed !! :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
I'll be up there next week, can't wait
sorry to say I chickened out , due to forcast of heavy rain and 40mph winds , I had a ride to devils bridge , then on to ambleside , then I went across wrynose and hardknot pass , which was very bumpey and rough road , then up to workinton . then across the 66 and to scotch corner and home , had a little play with a 911 on the way back , up to 145 but the gtr went into a weave above 120 , seemed worse the more you lean down , had full luggage on so have put it down to that , the top box must get a lot of wind , I have noticed before that it is a lot more stable when I am sat up , when you get down behind the fairing it seems to go light on the front . as I always have a top box on , has any body else had these symptons , :biker3:
Everybody knows I'm the slowest rider on here :whistling: , however I believe with the top box on the recommendation is that you don't go above 80!
I always ride with the panniers and top box on and yet I have been known to far exceed that without any wobble.
It means 80 MPH - not KPH :popcorn:
I've found that if it's very windy it can have more of an effect with the top box on, but nothing where I've felt unsafe. when I first bought the gtr I thought the front end did feel very light with the screen at its highest position, like I had fitted a barn door to the front and it almost acting like a wing. I now tend to have the screen in position 2 most of the time, but at its fullest when going a little slower in the rain and to keep the water off. position 1 is used when having a play. I find by having the screen lower it also takes a lot of pressure off the wrists, although the pay off is wind noise, but that's not a problem, it is a bike after all :mfr_lol:
Quote from: shaggs147 on September 01, 2013, 09:08:26 PM
I've found that if it's very windy it can have more of an effect with the top box on, but nothing where I've felt unsafe. when I first bought the gtr I thought the front end did feel very light with the screen at its highest position, like I had fitted a barn door to the front and it almost acting like a wing. I now tend to have the screen in position 2 most of the time, but at its fullest when going a little slower in the rain and to keep the water off. position 1 is used when having a play. I find by having the screen lower it also takes a lot of pressure off the wrists, although the pay off is wind noise, but that's not a problem, it is a bike after all :mfr_lol:
Later model GTRs have a slightly taller/larger screen fitted as standard, which is in fact the same dimensions as the Kawasaki accessory screen.
Any bike will be affected by cross and side winds, bikes with larger fairings tend to be affected more so., the addition of larger top boxes will add to that effect, but I must add that I've used large GIVI topboxes on all 3 of my GTRs and never really had any major imbalance situations, even at high speed....I managed an indicated 120mph travelling solo across Europe in 2008 on my first GTR loaded with panniers, Top box and tank bag.