No rioting by me or incitement either. The tension in Belfast was happening while we were there, but not what it would appear in the media. There's a fairly affluent district on the North suburbs that is very actively loyalist and they get to acting up late June and July it seems. All the other areas are just regular folk like you and me. Special thanks to our forum member Joey for his expert and selfless tour of my great Grandfather's birthplace and surrounding area!!
The two tours were great and the scenery was spectacular if a bit rainy at times. Only got lost once or twice and other than totally unlike a GW, both the GS and the ST 1200's performed admirably (although those of you that complain abot the seat on Wing need to spend a week on one of those yokes to truly appreciate monkey butt (amoung other anatomical region discomforts).
Oh, and keep Deal's Gap on the easy list for twisty roads, we were on twists and sweeps that would make Valentino Rossi and Ernie Spies' butts clench, even if dry weather was present. But more on that later when I get to post some pics. Sorry for the delay in posting, but our converter for the laptop had the wrong adapter for the power cord and took till today to sort that. We're in the south (Cork City) now and here for two more days, then back into Dublin for our last two days, but our riding is done and it was wonderful. Hat's off to my missus who endured two really loooong wet days in the saddle without the luxury of a Wing's comfort factor and she deserves full marks for hanging in there for all of it with not a single whimper (not that I could have changed anything once out on the road anyway). Cheers for now!