2019-07-01_RiDE

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RiDEteamhasbeenpilingonthemiles

TheRiDEteamhassigneduptothe 5000 challenge,too.Leadingtheway

isglobetrottingcontributorSimonHargreaves,whohasalreadyclocked

6000 milesthisyearwithtwobigtripsforRiDE,includingthetipof

Scotlandandthe

southofFrance.

Therestofthe

teamlooksetto

hit5ktoo— deped

Martinison 3165

miles,whileeditor

Mattison 285 1.

ProducteditorJim

ison 2539 ;“I’m

halfwaythere.”

For a guide

to Scotland’s

North Coast 500,

head to p

Membersheadnorth oftheborder in theirdroves

I

NSPIREDBY THEamazing

ro adshighlightedinlast

month’sRiDE,combined

with somewonderfully

warmweather,membersofour

50 00-mileriding challenge

havebeenflockingto Scotland

intheirdroves.HondaAfrica

TwinriderDavidYorkewas

one,piling onthemiles to make

themost ofhis sparetime.

“Ionlyhadtwofreedaysthis

week,”he said.“Soit wastime

foranearlystartandI rode 550

milesthroughtheScottish

Borders,onthroughtheSnow

RoadsintheCairngormsto run

uptheeastcoastto John

o’Groats.Theseconddaywasa

bitlongerontheNC500via

DurnessandUllapoolto head

backto EnglandviaGlenCoe,

Rannoch Moor,anddownthe

sideofLochLomond. 1170 miles

intotal,justmaximisingmy free

time.Therewereotherbikesup

th erebutit’sso vast,youare

prettymuchonyourown.”

Someriders wenteven

furtherafield. SubscriberIan

Speight,whoalsofeaturedin

our S1000Rbuyingguideandis

perhapsR5K’smost prolific

contributor,wentallthewayto

theIsleofMull.“It wasourfirst

timeonMull,”saidtheriding

instructor.“Werodethecoast

ro ad,whichis a verynarrow,

twisting,singletrack—think

HardknottPassandApplecross

strung togetherandyougetthe

idea. It meansI’venowdone

51 00miles thisyear.”

Mike Brittalsomadethetrip

northon his VFR800.“Easter

sa wmeheadup to Scotlandand

back- Justunder 800 miles in

two days.Crackingweatherand

a brilliantplaymate(my VFR)

madethejourneya pleasure.

Butsometimesa destination

is n’timportant,justa journey.”

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next 12 months of biking.
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‘Scotland’s a vast biking playground’
David Yorke managed
to cram in 1170 miles
over two days
Gareth Mayfield stops
off at the Green Welly
Ian Speight went through on his Super Duke GT
Scotland to the Isle of Mull
Mike Britt took
his VFR800 north
of the border
Jim and Martin have hit 5k
between them already