What a day it was too...  Blue skies, light winds, and a temperature that never got much above three degrees Celsius......       But,   A hell of a great ride-out.

I set off on my Bandit about 9:30 am  to drive to Mikes house at Glynn, for a 10:00 am kick off.

  The reason for the early start  is pictured above, ( and I'm still smiling too )  I got a loan of the R1  (pictured above) for the whole day..

What a nice change from riding a 12Bandit it was too. even with slippery road surfaced to contend with.

From Mikes we headed into Carrickfergus where the 49-ERS had arranged to meet at Harold's  shop "PRO BIKE " before setting off on our Frozen Turkey ride-out.

Only eight of us showed up for the run, but what the heck, it was a great day , cold but dry.   We set off just after 11:00am and let Colin set the pace  on Victors' "Triumph America". for a brisk run down into Newcastle, where we stopped off lunch.

You can see from the photograph just how nice a day it was, anyone with a bike laying rusting in the garage should be ashamed of themselves for missing out on a day like that!

So there we have it, Bikes are for riding, and any  good day over the winter months is a bonus..

The 49-ers rarely miss a Sunday ride-out, rain or shine. anyone is welcome to ride with us.

We are all   NUTS    nuts about motorcycling that is!

Seasons greetings to you all, and why not join us for a ride-out any Sunday... in 2005