Hi from Pembs!

Welcome to the forum, if I liked Ktm's I'd say good choice in bike (not a girls bike for sure) :-)

Hi Dave & welcome

John Pembroke used to travel east & beyond pretty much every weekend to trail ride so your not that far away if you have a van/trailer

A trailer is on the cards for sure! hopefully ill meet john sometime and he can show me the ropes and show me where the lunatics hide out!

Sadly John lost his fight with cancer but inspired many to make the most of the time you got

Oh, I apologise im sorry to hear that

Id best get trailered and make the same journey east!

welcome aboard ....what BMW have you got ?

As mentioned above McQueen has the 500 - and although a bit of a short ass and one of the more mature riders among us he chucks that thing around like its a 125 (well he did last weekend until he shagged his rear wheel bearings) - it does help that he's as fit as a butchers dog though !!!

See you out there soon

ive got a 2013GSA, for the weight you can throw that about a good bit, but off road is a new game for me so time will tell on how I get on, im 6ft 4in and getting on for 19 1/2stone with gear (maybe under exaggerating) which was half the reason I went for a 500, tmy thought being maybe with my extra weight id counteract some of the power so its like a 450 or 350... im sure im very wrong and its too much bike for me as a newbie but hey, you guys will have some laughs as I wrap it round a tree!

cymru-dave wrote:ive got a 2013GSA, for the weight you can throw that about a good bit, but off road is a new game for me so time will tell on how I get on, im 6ft 4in and getting on for 19 1/2stone with gear (maybe under exaggerating) which was half the reason I went for a 500, tmy thought being maybe with my extra weight id counteract some of the power so its like a 450 or 350... im sure im very wrong and its too much bike for me as a newbie but hey, you guys will have some laughs as I wrap it round a tree!

Let me know when you are going out, I'd love to see a newbie on the 500

Ha ha ha thanks for the confidence boost

Think you'll be fine plenty on here with much smaller bikes, and plenty of years under their belts & they still manage to flip, flood & generally abuse their bikes & bodies :-)