Potential newbie in Lancashire

[Rusty]

Enjoy your new bike 

[Handy_Andy]

Thanks Rusty,

Picking it up from Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon before burbling back up to Lancashire.

[Rusty]

There won't be much "burbling" ... more like light speed and vortex 

[Burchy]

Thanks Rusty,

Picking it up from Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon before burbling back up to Lancashire.

Are they opening up especially for you?

[Handy_Andy]

  Am now officially a GTR1400 rider. 

Picked up my bike yesterday at 4pm from Bournemouth kawasaki and rode back to Lancashire last night arriving just before midnight.

Conditions were a bit poor: very wet in the south with road closures due to floods; freezing fog around Taunton; worryingly little non-white covered road around Brum, and then down to -6 Degrees in Lancashire close to home. Very glad the gritters had been doing a good job!

Am looking forwards to some less inclement weather to get a better feel for what it's like!

Andy

[PRD]

Good man. Brave riding yesterday.

[Robbieben]

I was out on the bike myself yesterday, not quite the marathon run you put in though. Brass monkey weather. Fortunately the GTR does offer decent protection from the elements.

Enjoy the new bike Andy

[johnboss]

A brave man riding anywhere yesterday.  Hope you enjoy the GTR.  Had mine a few weeks now and loving it!

[O.C.]

Congratulations on your new bike Andy, and I'm sure you will continue to enjoy the GTR.

No chance of any ride out here at the moment as we have 6 inches of snow and our lane and side rad are only just passable with our 4 wheel drive      

[Rynglieder]

Enjoy the bike.

Deep respect for your trip home, it was not a good weekend. I'm sure it is frustrating not to have the weather but it is something to look forward to in the spring.

[Handy_Andy]

Thanks for the comments guys. In hindsight I was probably a tad  or  But, I had a debit card in my pocket and was going to stop before it got too dodgy and kip over in a travel lodge or Sunny/Days inn beside the motorway, and if I hadn't picked it up then having already booked bus tickets it would've been weeks before I got around to getting down and back again.

Apart from 50 miles across Brum that were a bit rough the other 230 were just about doable with 5 layers on top and 4 on my legs. I don't think
the GTR would be the tool of choice for an entry in this rally though! http://bsc-winter.superlative-adventure.com/bsc-winter-home-en.html. Probably more suited to my M reg DRS 650.

Here's looking forwards to some +0 deg C days and some winter sunshine!