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MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:05 pm
by clubs
Rode up from Slough to Fishguard and caught 2.45am ferry.
Arrived in Rosslaire at 6.15am.
Rode down through Wexford, Waterford then Cork.
Camping and touring around.
Came back on 9.00pm ferry from Rosslaire, arriving at Fishguard at 12.15am. Sat nav got lost, taking me through villages, mountains and hills along 'b' roads in the pitch black!
A tip for non Welsh members.. West Wales closes in the evening. Nightime petrol is really hard to find!!
I took the usual tools, spare ignition coil, clutch cable etc...990.4 miles and not a single issue.... A very happy MT owner!!

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Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:19 pm
by bth2bth2
well done. sounds a great trip.
i have heard that the welsh have sat nav jammers to confuse the english.


brian

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:43 pm
by clubs
I knew there must be an explaination!

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:14 pm
by twmtomos1
looks like you had a great trip and the bike looks good ,i think getting lost in Wales the bike must of being trying to go back to its old home :lol:

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:38 am
by jamba
Great pics and nice weather to ride :)
Bird looks like it likes your bike too!

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:33 am
by Pirate
Great trip and good pics, although I've never heard of including a spare ignition coil in the tool role! Yep south Wales does close down at night but their is one late night petrol station on the A40!! Pity your sat nav got lost at night as I'm sure if done in daylight the 'lost' route would have been spectacular.

Pirate

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:01 am
by Godspeed
Looks amazing! Definitely on my list of routes to do....
Great pics too, did you take the Robin and just pose him on different bike bits? :)

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:19 pm
by clubs
The robin came on the pillion for company...you need a 'bird' along on a motorcycle trip :lol:

Re: MT500 trip to southern Ireland.

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:20 pm
by clubs
twmtomos1 wrote:looks like you had a great trip and the bike looks good ,i think getting lost in Wales the bike must of being trying to go back to its old home :lol:
Yes Keith, I felt the old bike was trying to go 'home'!!