Yorkhill Easter Egg Run 2015

The annual fund raiser for the childrens' hospital.

The cops lead the way

Over 1,000 bikes

A wide selection of bikes from the small.....

....very small...

....to the large (BMW K1600)....

....and scary (Yamaha VMax)

Also "classics" - Honda CB350 Four

Yamaha RD250

Lovely Morini

Laverda (Jota?)

Norton single (ES2?)

BMW R90S

New Royal Enfield Cafe Racer

Mod style

Medical delivery riders

Fancy dress encouraged

Attack of the cuddly toys

Nice tutu

Brother Norman caught me out by being at the front of the ride. We shouted to him at Charing Cross - that's why he's looking round.

Classics at Balquhidder

A nice day for a run to the Highlands for the VMCC meeting

Classics old....

 ...and not so old

Warm enough to dine outside

 

MOT Panic

I took my Honda CBF250 for its MOT test today. This is the UK annual vehicle inspection test. Cars & bikes require to take this test after three years then yearly thereafter. The test costs £29.65 (US$44). So I set of for my test and at the first corner I applied the rear brake and the adjusting nut stripped its thread and fell off. What's the chance of this happening on the very day of the test on a bike I ride all year? I rushed back to the house and fitted a nut to hold the adjuster on.

 The bodge

For non-UK readers - an MOT test certificate. MOT = Ministry of Transport. This has not existed since 1970 but the name remains.    

Eclipse

There was a solar eclipse today. The total eclipse would have been seen by relatively few people on the Faroe Islands and Svalbard in the far north of Europe. A partial eclipse could be seen in all of Europe, north & west Africa and some of the middle east. 

In Glasgow we had a 95% eclipse in the morning between 8:30 & 10:43. Would the weather play ball? It had been fine over the last two days but today dawned dull. But the Scottish weather is nothing if not changeable and between the clouds a good view of the eclipse was possible.