1390 Miles on a Supermoto

[Drive Ride]

STe_rsv4 said:

I got back from doing 1000 mile around the highlands yesterday.
How wet did you get?.......

Surprisingly not wet at all, it rained one morning but we just put off riding for an hour. The pictures tell the real story , sun sun and more sun. How was yours, did you get wet ?

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obscene said:

Is that a standard end can or aftermarket? I changed to a full akra system on mine (Wings also do a cheaper one) and highly recommend it. The difference is night and day and wakes the bike up. Cracking pics! I'm hoping the weather is good this weekend so I can thrash round Wales on mine.

Hi mate, it's a Leo Vince SBK. It sounds good and contrary to my first post I kept my baffle in. Some of the touring lads still commented on how erm....nice it sounded as well. I have heard the Akra kit and you're right, sounds good.

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Ed. said:

Do you mind telling me which places you stayed at, which you would recommend /avoid what the parking was like.

Hi Ed, we stayed at a place called Bank Street Lodge in Fort William for two nights, once on the way up and again on the way down. The room was clean, ensuite and had a telly and kettle. It was definitely on the upper side as bunkhouses go. Parking was outside but out of view.

Then we stayed at the Celeidh Place Bunkhouse in Ullapool. Great showers but not ensuite but would still recommend it. The bikes were outside ( mine was locked to a trackered Triumph) but Ullapool seemed ok, it's well remote. Quick pic below



The third place we stayed was ok but it had plastic mattresses and I didn't get a good sleep. The owners were welcoming though and if you ended there you'd be ok.

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obscene said:

Is that a standard end can or aftermarket? I changed to a full akra system on mine (Wings also do a cheaper one) and highly recommend it. The difference is night and day and wakes the bike up. Cracking pics! I'm hoping the weather is good this weekend so I can thrash round Wales on mine.

Just what I didn't want to read!

Still got the twin exhausts on my SMR, probably going to get a newer SMC before I get an exhaust.

The bike doesn't really seem to need waking up

People who have never tried a 690 should, below 80 they are more fun than anything else imo

[obscene]

998420 said:

Just what I didn't want to read!

Still got the twin exhausts on my SMR, probably going to get a newer SMC before I get an exhaust.

The bike doesn't really seem to need waking up

People who have never tried a 690 should, below 80 they are more fun than anything else imo

Was a night and day difference for me getting the Akra on. I ran the standard for the first 600 miles while it was on order. Was shocked the Akra passed the noise test at snetterton... pretty sure I had no baffle in it either. God knows how!

[Ed.]

Drive Ride said:

Ed. said:

Do you mind telling me which places you stayed at, which you would recommend /avoid what the parking was like.

Hi Ed, we stayed at a place called Bank Street Lodge in Fort William for two nights, once on the way up and again on the way down. The room was clean, ensuite and had a telly and kettle. It was definitely on the upper side as bunkhouses go. Parking was outside but out of view.

Then we stayed at the Celeidh Place Bunkhouse in Ullapool. Great showers but not ensuite but would still recommend it. The bikes were outside ( mine was locked to a trackered Triumph) but Ullapool seemed ok, it's well remote. Quick pic below



The third place we stayed was ok but it had plastic mattresses and I didn't get a good sleep. The owners were welcoming though and if you ended there you'd be ok.

Thanks, I am planning on doing most of the 500 at short notice to get good weather. I am based in Aberdeen so not so far to go.

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Sounds good Ed. Get some pics up when you've been it's nice to see other trips.

[vivofford]

Agreed - you can tour on them....

I did a tour of Wales and also Cornwall. Not quite as minimalist as the OP though...

Camping in Crickhowell



Cuppa on Exmoor or somewhere like that



Did 250 miles in the afternoon coming back from Lands End.

If your posterior can take it then they are great bikes for touring.

[johnnyr6]

Brilliant thread OP. just goes to show you can tour and have fun on any bike. The last time I did the Nc500 there was a boy from ireland on a crf250 who'd already covered over 1000 miles.

I used my R1 with cheap throwovers and had a great time. We did 850miles in 3 days doing the nc500.

Johnny.

[sjj84]

Good effort! I really like the look of these, glad to hear owners are so positive about them. They don't half hold their value too, there's some 13 plate bikes on eBay for £6500-7000, they weren't much more than that brand new were they?

[Jammez]

Love this OP. I have the same mentality as you when traveling with a group, no need to take stuff as someone else will have it or it buy it when you get there!

If you have 100ltrs of luggage space you're just going to fill it! If not you think about it a bit more. and choose wisely!