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FUBAR pilot

You only need two bikes in life-an S1 and a Multistrada!

Back home safe and sound...... Gill has a very numb bum. What a blast. The people ,the racing, the country..... My personal highlight ........the permanent smile on Erics (fat crip) face. An inspiration to me and a fine testament to human spirit ..............Eric you truely feckin AV IT !!!!!!!!!
The rest of ya, although great fun are a bunch of touring woofta's on ya two wheeled mobile sofa/ mobile homes
Two up S1 wl touring is the past, present and future of road race touring
Monkey and Gill over and out.
AVVVVVVV IT !!!!!!!!

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Buelling is exhillarating
But downhill bike racing is so terrifying it makes your arse grow teeth

Got home last night at 8-30pm after a 1086 mile week on the CR .... the bike ran faultlessly two up and fully loaded with luggage for most of it
Highlight of the week for us was seeing the smile on Erics face it really was fantastic having him with us and seeing the smile on his face at one point I thought i'd see just how fast that quad was going and was that busy looking at my speedo doing 70mph that when I looked back up he had pulled about 100 extra meters distance on me
The weather was good to us as well because on the Thursday we had torrential rain which meant that days events was cancelled after practice and at that point the forecast for Sat was even worse and looked like the whole event might have been abandoned ....... thankfully the forecast changed and after a small amount of rain the weather held for the complete day of racing
There was a few bike problems with Martins ducati the first with a blown rear shock ...... then Frankies belt breaking on the Ully , Dunc had a fan issue on the Xb which proved the worth of ECMDroid for it's diagnostics , thankfully the lack of fan didn't cause Dunc any problem apart from the annoying red warning light , then Robins Triumph succumbed to an intermittent cutting out fault and then it was Frankies turn again when his newly belted ully suffered a rear wheel puncture . But in typical Buelligan fashion with people lending bikes to Martin and Adams recovery van for the puncture everybody was still able to enjoy all of the week

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

What a week! Digger, I'm sure I speak for every one here, thank you so much Without your extensive planning and cat herding, it wouldn't have been anywhere near as brilliant Also special thanks to Derek, the surprise visit to your mates house on Friday was jaw dropping, I was speechless at what I saw, it puts the National bike museum collection in Birmingham to shame

Other highlights included seeing, hearing and licking the wonderful Britten, (the owners sidekick Johan will be joining us here on UKBEG when he gets his XB on return to NZ - he's a thoroughly nice bloke ), formation airtime flying with Beef deep into 3 figure speeds, the very best company in the World and last but no means least, I have to say that Eric was an inspiration to us all (despite some dirty looks from the NI Police when Sheepy and me were trying some drag racing on your mobility scooter 2 up, before the roads opened )

The best week, with the best people

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough.

Huge thanks to Big Andy & Derek for stepping up to the plate ..... if Martin didn't have chance to thank you properly himself, then I do on his behalf. What toffs.

Wow! What a week my first Diggertours, Alan and myself covered 1000 miles or so over the week.

Many thanks to digger for arranging the week, my highlight of the week was kev explaining why he was so slow on the go-karts (flat tyres) well he went quicker when he blew one;-) also thanks to everyone who made us very welcome.

Found an instant 5 seconds a lap when they gave me one with air in the tyres

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Not home yet, a wee detour via Knockhill and heading home tomorrow. I'll just echo everyone's comments on a brilliant week, excellent company and top craic and patter. And huge thanks to Andy and Derek for the bike loans and to PLR suspension and Arnie of Moto Shox who was a star and a gentleman. If anyone ever needs inspiration to get up and overcome difficulties then look no further than Eric.

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2017 KTM 690 Duke
2001 M2
2019 Street Triple RS
2004 Monster S4R
Wilier La Triestina

All my pics up there now ... and the odd video for those who appreciate NZ technology

Whose pics included the Causeway, Ash? Not seen those.

Deb's I think

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"With square conduct, level steps, and upright intentions ..”

A huge thank you to young Digger. We had a great time in excellent company.

We have always wanted to do the Ulster GP. The videos can never do the circuit justice.

The trip up the Antrim coast was fantastic, with the lap of the Northwest, the icing on the cake. We ended up going to Joey’s Bar twice, and paid our respects, once more, to Joey and Robert at Garryduff.

Thought I had dreamt what I saw during “The Friday Visit” until I downloaded the pictures from my camera today. I still have a stirring in my loins.

Mrs Dusty and I have not toured on a motorbike for several years and covered nigh on 1100 miles with barely a cross word..

As we had time until our return crossing, we took in the Wicklow Mountains.

Got back in the early hours of this morning after the bloomin ferry broke down.

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Dusty 001

What can I say, that hasn't been said already? Not a lot, so I will just reiterate! Another fabulous Diggertour, in the very best of company. Thanks to Digger for his meticulous planning and devotion to our enjoyment. Thanks to Mrs Crabbitbear for my lovely, chilled girls day and the recommend of an excellent restaurant - nom, nom! Thanks to the tour candidates for the excellent company and thanks to the NI resident Beulligans for going that extra mile to make it such a special holiday, you are all bloody brilliant


After a very quick visit home, I am now firmly ensconced in Great Yarmouth for the week and Clive is at home, washing the bikes

Roll on the next one

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Go big!! Or go Home!!

Wow, what a week - did we really fit all that in?!

Thanks as always to No.1 and Kathryn just for being great folks and of course to Digger's incredible organizational skills and encyclopaedic knowledge of N. Irelands A and B roads. All the guys and gals were brilliant and we had a great hoot constantly. Gill is a hero for for travelling hundreds of miles on that S1 elastoplast Rich calls a seat. But the biggest hero is Eric for enduring obvious pain each time he got on and off his bus and how his smile came beaming through each night in the bar.

And Beef's my new high speed scratching buddy on the Duke MTS's - where were you Rich? Big thanks to Derek and Big Andy for lending their bikes to Martin in his two days of need and for the amazing bike collection Derek and William showed us. And a big thanks to Hole Shot and PLR Suspension for sorting out Martin's rear shock - they are genuinely nice, helpful people who pulled out all the stops whilst being extremely busy down at the pits and back and forwards to Cadwell.

For any of you who have never been to N. Ireland or a road racing event then I thoroughly recommend you put it as the next thing on your bucket list.

Sharky - I mean Sheepy

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Currently: X1 custom
ex Buells are:-
1125R 'The Mobile Logo'
XB12R
S1 Lightning 'Maz'd'
X1 Millenium

Apart from Martin's Sachs shock failing on his 10 year old S4 and Clive losing the plastic tit off his indicator switch all the Dukes ran like a dream.

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Currently: X1 custom
ex Buells are:-
1125R 'The Mobile Logo'
XB12R
S1 Lightning 'Maz'd'
X1 Millenium