A BMW R100GS motorcycle on a rough track in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland
There are days for tearing around the lanes.
And there are days for just pottering and enjoying the start of autumn.
#BMWR100GS #motorcycle #motosky
I need to set up the #BMWR100GS carbs.
Discovered a tool called the Grok Equaliser. Long obsolete but supposed to be the best of its type.
Googled without hope and found one for sale in Aberdeen - and he'd just dropped the price.
Now reviewing my position on the existence of a god. #motosky
"Fodderletter Lum This free-standing stone chimney is one of two solitary 'lums' which can be found on the roadside between Tomintoul and Grantown-on-Spey. They were originally used by the roadmen who were formally responsible for the upkeep of this stretch of road in the 1920's and 30's. For shelter, the men used a portable wooden hut which was set up against the chimneys allowing them to have a fire no doubt a welcome retreat during the inclement weather! The lum was restored in 1996 as part of a conservation project run by The Crown Estate and the Scottish Conservation Projects Trust. It continues to be looked after and maintained by Crown Estate Scotland."
Fodderletter Lum near Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park.
Not the remnants of a croft as I first thought, but a freestanding chimney that roadmen would have pulled their mobile wooden hut against before lighting a fire to keep warm.
#motosky #BMWR100GS
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A white and blue BMW R100GS on a gravel track in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Blue sky, hills in the background and green grass in the foreground.
Bobbie the Labradoodle on an orange canicross lead on a snowy track in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
Bobbie the Labradoodle in the snow with a low winter sun in the background.
A yellow Salsa Ice Cream Truck fatbike in the snow
Having to collect the day's post from a couple of miles away is actually good fun and not the PITA I thought it might be. #motosky #BMWR100GS
Barkbuster hand guards on a BMW R100GS. Covered in bug spatter with the word 'GEE' on the right-hand one, a dog mushing command. Well, you've gotta find the fun yourself, right?
Nice bug spatter on the hand guards. #motosky #motorcycling #BMWR100GS
Book cover of Into Africa by Sam Manicom
Just finished Into Africa by @sammanicom.bsky.social.
A great read - and even better because he did it all on a very similar bike to mine!
(My old Africa Twin DCT would've been my choice to tour Scotland, but my #BMWR100GS will be the bike I cross Canada on.)
#motosky #motorcycle
Picture is of the road between the Lecht and Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park. Text reads: "Drifted south. In Braemar. Heading back north now xxx" Signal message to my wife.
"Drifted south. Heading back north now. xxx"
#motorcycle #BMWR100GS #Cairngorms
Lovely ride through Glens Avon, Livet, and Rinnes before returning home via the Snow Road.
#nofilter #Cairngorms #motorcycle #BMWR100GS
MOTORCYCLE FEVER! Loved doodling this. #motorcycle #artwork #artbyme #bmw #bmwr100gs #biker i miss my kawasaki. 🥲
BMW R100GS on a gravel track in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
BMW R100GS on a gravel track in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
BMW R100GS outside the Glen Avon pub in Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. A great pub with a vast selection of local beer and whisky. The landlord is a lovely chap too, so do drop in if you're passing!
BMW R100GS at the Lecht ski centre in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Bugger all snow, as you can see. Minus 1C and 27mph winds at 2,000ft, so 'twas bracing as I'd been optimistic and worn my summer gloves.
Quick jaunt around on the #BMWR100GS. Shamefully, it's the first time out on it since we moved.
I always forget what a delightful bike it is; my frame of reference is narrow, but it's so charming and controllable. Love it.
