Hi from the UK

[a welsh duc]

Hello there! hope ya don't mind a Welshman in the UK joining the forum?

Been riding 30 years or so and currently (and happily ) have a Ducati 1098 and a Honda Blackbird as my rides.

I guess I won't make many of your rideouts but one day aim to ride some of Canada, I've been over a half dozen times to stay with friends around Toronto and travelled by car to the F1 race at Montreal. No race this year so maybe I should come and hire a bike and ride a couple of weeks instead

anyway....looking forward to some interesting articles and threads

cheers
Derek

[CBRJOHN]

No We Don't allow your type here,,,, My Old Man was from Holyhead so I KNOW your type ,,,,,,, Just kidding..

Gotta love those sweepers on the A5025 ....


Welcome !!!!

[a welsh duc]

Holyhead!! lol small world eh I'm at the opposite end of the island....Menai Bridge.

A5025 I used to really like that road but they've put a 50mph limit all over it. Tend to spend my spare evenings round the Llanberis pass area of Snowdonia, I do love my up and downies

cheers for the welcome......or the 'croeso'

[ROQET]

Welcome Welshman

[CBRJOHN]

'ch re iawn chroesawa

[Jayv]

I watched U2 play live in Cardiff many years ago..

[FiReSTaRT]

Welcome aboard, Derek. Chances are it'll be cheaper for you to buy a bike and sell it at the end of your vacation or have your local friends sell it and send you the cash.

[stang89]

Welcome!!

[Josh P]

Welcome!

[smokeeater341]

I used to drive from Betws-y-Coed to Pwllheli on a regular basis on my trips over there...but always in a cage! I'd love to do some of the roads on my bike. The run from Saltney Ferry (where my family is from) up to Llandudno and over to Caernarfon is a nice run along the coast as well.

Croeso i Gymru! I love it there! Welcome back to Canada!

[gcrouse]

Welcome to the board. You do know you type with an accent eh?

[WoBblyCaT]

A welshman, eh? Do they eat fried bread sandwiches too? Welcome to the other side of the pond, mate! Have you ever been to the Isle of Man races in person?

[a welsh duc]

cheers for the warm welcome guy's!! and it's very strange to see the names Betws y Coed and Pwllheli mentioned in a Canuck forum lol I do the A5 run down to Betws y Coed on many a Sunday in fact I posted a video of the run on youtube a year or so back (my first and last video on a bike lol)

I type with an accent for sure but then so do you guy's and I can hear it now

Not had fried bread in years thank god!

Isle of Man eh........ TT races, I went the one year many many moons ago. In fact it was the year after Joey Dunlop had taken the lap record to 110mph and as I recall had a 50p piece minted in his honour by the IoM. (First commoner on a coin of the realm ?) I took a day trip on the ferry with a few mates and have to say the whole thing was a let down and never went back. I'm sure it's a fab week/fortnight for those that get "it" but it passed me by I know lots of people who go every year so I must be wrong.....maybe I should give it another go sometime but for the last few years I've been happy following WSB, MotoGP and F1 in particular, all over the place.

[a welsh duc]

forgot to add the link to my A5 Snowdonia vid

it was my first ride of 08 and my lines are rusay as hell but it makes me smile when I look at it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwcogJjczzo

[smokeeater341]

Out to the "Ugly House"....That vid sure takes me home. I can't wait to get back this summer and get on the road through there to the worst fish and chip shop in all the UK down in Bala...