Hi all just thought I would ask the question

when I go touring around Scotland I always find myself wanting to
take it easy get off the main roads stick to the back roads and try some forrest trails and to see things that I haven't seen before .

so is a smaller bike more suited to travelling round Scotland
if riding a 1000/1200cc bike do you just ride to fast and miss allot of the lovely scenery and get allot less mpg

so if you were on a 600cc getting 70 mpg at a leisurely pace would
this be an ideal size of bike for touring Scotland

thanks for your thoughts on this

cheers

Dave

If you are talking about current models the Honda NC700 looks pretty good, I have not ridden one but have spoken to an owner and sat on one and it felt good, had adequate power and did about 80 mpg.

Hi not really speaking about models of bikes just thinking is less better
maybe even just 600cc single as being a ideal bike for touring a small
country

cheers

Dave

Depends on your budget really, and how much 'sports' style fun you want to have...?

I've a Bandit 600 that was pretty cheap that allows me best of both...

Braemar road + Cairn O Mount are definates for your visit... Let me know if and when you're coming, and i can even help out with digs etc and show you some fun roads/tourist/anti tourist places locally

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Reject the premise of the question that there is "an ideal size bike of bike for touring" anywhere, let alone Scotland.

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Wildman has a point...

But to try and answer your question from a personal point of view - on a liesurely ride on little singletrack backroads my 18 bhp 350 Enfield Bullet is awesome. It was designed for just that style of riding on just that type of British backroad. It makes a great noise and cruises at 50mph - just right for that kind of road. An open face helmet completes the dreamy summer day out.

On really wee roads I actually find my XT600E too fast. You accelerate away from a corner and before you know it you are doing 60mph coming into a right angle bend!

However, some of Scotland's roads suffer from heavy traffic and the Enfield is frustratingly poor at overtaking. Its not a bike I enjoy riding on the A82, for example.

I guess if I could name the bike I would love to tour scotland on it would be something like a BSA A10. Fast enough, but nice and liesurely on little roads. But then I like old brit iron. Something more modern? Maybe a Kawa W650?

Of course, we are all different. One of the things I like about the Bullet is that when I get to the end of a long day I feel like I have acheived something!

For me touring in Scotland has lost some of its appeal (still enjoy it though). I've been most places and its just too damn easy. I bought a BSA Bantam to liven things up but actually that was a step too far. It's fun for tooling around town but too slow on country A roads.

Part of me is tempted by the dark side. I'm only a drunken night on ebay away from buying a vespa...

Matt

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