Testing old roads

Today I took out the deauville on some roads that I've rarely or never been on before. Some nice scenery and some very small roads all enjoyable. I was going to take the kawasaki 750 but I didn't have enough fuel. I started by going up the Warwick Road and take the second turn for Shotteswell and from there through Mollington towards Cropredy turning left to Appletree and then right behind the business park heading through Aston Le Wells turning right on to Welsh road and another right to Chipping Warden and back to Banbury. Map of track CLICK HERE.

Barford Revisited

As I said in a previous post I would revist the Barfords to view the daffodils in bloom today was pretty close. I went from the Barfords towards Hempton and then on to Duns Tew along a small back road nice and quiet ride along a road I'd never been along before. To view the route just CLICK HERE

Breakfast Run

Today I took my Kawasaki GPX750R. We started from Deddington at 7:00 AM it was a bit chilly but expected. I followed a BSA Gold Flash and going through a long bridge just outside Aynho really made a noise. Saw some fantastic views of sweeping landscape and manor gardens. We went down one road that was very tight and a little ruff but not a problem. Half way round it rained for about 40 minutes I really hate the rain couldn't see through my visor had to keep lifting it up just to put it down again because the wind was to much. We stopped at a pub in Adderbury for breakfast. I hope to do this route again on a sunny day. Here's a map of the route just CLICK HERE.

Tuesday Spin

This was meant to be a Sunday spin but the weather put me off so I decided today instead. As I said in the planning post for Sunday I went through a few villages some quite nice scenic views and when the daffodils flower some great flowers in the barfords but today they weren't ready yet so I will go through again soon. At first I did get petrol and popped to B&Q hoping to edit it out but couldn't so those stops are in there to so please ignore them. I did try recording a video of the ride but it didn't go well just ended up recording the sky upside down. Anyway here's a map of the ride just CLICK HERE.

Sunday Spin (Planning)

I plan to have a spin round on my bike this Sunday if the weather stays clear I'll be taking my deauville. I might go towards Kings Sutton then through Aynho, Deddington, Barford St. Michael then back to Banbury through Bloxham. As always I'll be posting a map of the ride. Hoping the roads stay clear.

March Hare Run

Today I rode with the VMCC Banbury on the March Hare Run I decided to take my GPX750R. The weather wasn't too bad there was sun but some powerful gusts in areas where they made me swerve. We did just under 40 miles in about 1 Hour 20 Minutes. We started from Horsefair, Banbury just outside the Odeon Cinema and headed for Kings Sutton on to Charlton and through Evenly, Fringford, Caversfield, Bucknell, Middleton Stoney, Upper Heyford, Somerton, North Aston, Duns Tew, Barfords and ending in Bloxham at the Elephant & Castle. It was a great ride we did have a slight problem with a horse that didn't like our bikes which made us stop until the rider walked it past us. For a map of the route CLICK HERE.

The next run called Breakfast run starts from Deddington and will be on 15th March hoping for good weather.

Picture of my bikes

Left: Kawasaki GPX250R 1998

Middle: Kawasaki GPX750R 1989

Right: Honda NT650V "Deauville" 2004 

Blowing off the cobwebs

It has been a nice day today bit cold but worth a ride. I took my Kawasaki GPX750R 1989 out as I haven't ridden it since before winter. Little bit of rust on the discs but got that off after a little while. This is a route I do quite often as it's easy and offers some nice views especially near Compton Verney. if you'd like to view my trip  CLICK HERE.

P.S I hope to start posting videos with the posts at some point.

March Hare Run 1/3/2015 (Planning)

I hope to post a map of my ride with the Vintage Motorcycle Club (VMCC) on the 1/3/2015 with a small write up.