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TT07 Posted - 01/06/2009 : 22:35:09
We thought there would be 5 but only 4 turned up, and only 3 of us were to actually hit the road.


My Gixxer 600, Jasons Thunderace, Steves Street Fightered Gixxer 600 and Goffs Street Triple ready for the off

Sometimes you fancy a different route to the tried and tested, so we decided to reverse one of our favourites, literally seeing things from a different angle of approach. Leaving our home town in North West Worcestershire, Steve peeled off as he was just on a local circuit having done some work on Street Fightering his 98 GSXR600 and was just checking if anything was shaking loose or falling off!!


Street Fightering in Progress- Those front discs look lethal

We motored through Stourport on Severn on the A451/A443,Tenbury on the A4112 and Leominster along the A49 before our first coffee stop which was amonst the trees 2 miles South West of Brecon on the A40.


Sheltering in the Shade

We moved off and continued along the A49 to Llandovery where we refuelled. We said say goodbye to the smooth broad tarmac and headed off on unclassified roads towards the UK's tallest Dam at 300 feet Llyn Brianne.






Kayakers have used the spillway when in flood, thats now banned


Bikes resting for a short while. The snack van failed to show up that particular day

We continued on the unclassified taking in the scenery....





..... onwards towards Tregaron


Tregaron

After a breather (a fag break for Goff) we set off along the B4343 on the Mountain Road to Elan Valley, where we again stopped for a coffee at Craig Goch



Then on towards the other dams.....




A quick break at Garreg Ddu


Where we counted the three Pill Boxes

Time was now running short so we motored straight back in the direction of home via Rhyader, Knighton, Leintwardine (where Jason left to head towards Telford),Ludlow, Clee Hill and finally Bewdley


Last chance for a roadside smoke, just 4 miles from home

We travelled a total of 221 miles, all of it in glorious weather,we had a wonderful time on the road with a good mix of A roads B roads and rather tortuous unclassifieds, there sure where a lot of other bikes out that day taking advantage of the wall to wall sunshine.
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Radar Posted - 05/06/2009 : 20:42:53
Fabulous pics there TT. Sorry I couln't join you, but I had been out all day on the 30th with some of the members of the Thundercat forum. Did 250 ish miles, great fun
benji_zx10r Posted - 03/06/2009 : 23:32:54
11th picture, was that board up against the white van so you could jump over it :D
some real good photos there.
im liking the gixxer streetfighter, did he make his own exhaust?
katana Posted - 03/06/2009 : 22:25:10
Dam busters or what!

Looks like a great varied route
imperialdata Posted - 03/06/2009 : 18:20:09
Wow, 221 miles. Certainly was the weather for it. Some pretty good shots there, would you recommend the 'reverse' route you did?
ses310 Posted - 02/06/2009 : 18:57:06
Looks like you had a great day, will definatly come next time (with more notice haha)

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