The first part of the journey was all motorway across country to Kilmarnock, this is usually long enough to start getting cramp in my left leg at just over an hour but not on the VFR, I arrived feeling fresh and ready for a bit of A n B-road scratching so after a quick mug of tea me an Al saddled up and set off for Girvan on the West coast to sample the fish 'n' chips. I have to say that the weather was fantastic, best it has been for a few weeks with bugger all wind and glorious sunshine the miles just rolled by with not too much traffic on the roads to contend with we arrived in Girvan to the gentle aroma of dinner wafting down the high street from the chippie!
Looking at Ailsa Craig from Girvan harbour
After lunch we followed the coast road down to Ballantrae which is a wonderful stretch of tarmac filled with flowing bends to get the juices flowing which the VFR just took in its stride. It is easy to see why the VFR's are labelled the best all round motorcycles as they just adapt so well to anything that's thrown at them.
End of the line Ballantrae
From Ballantrae it was back to Girvan along the same stretch of tarmac and then off to North harbour motorcycles in Ayr following the coast road with a trip over the Electric Brae which the road side plaque describes better than I can.
After a look round North Harbour it's not hard to understand why less and less people get involved in biking these days, to be fair to them a lot of there stock is very very nice but it is expensive and hard to justify when you consider I paid two grand less for my brand new Peugeot 207 than what a second hand VFR 1200 fetches these days!!!
After we left North Harbour it was time to return to Al's for a mug of tea before the trip back down the motorway to sunny Burntisland by the sea, over all journey covering 255 miles and I just started to get a bit of cramp in my left leg ten miles from base but apart from that I arrived home for tea an medals feeling great and very pleased with the new bike.
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