First Tiring Ride On A Mountain Bike In 12 Years | A Carrera Fury I Named Liza 💞

Welcome to the ‘Winter Unplugged’ rides. This series follows me and my new MTB, Liza, as I get back into cycling after more than ten years. With a heart condition and an autoimmune disease, every ride takes real effort, but that’s part of the journey. Along the way, I’ll share favourite trails around Loch Doon, weekend walking spots, and even the odd mini hike over a coffee. Honest rides, beautiful scenery, and the ups and downs of getting fit again, thanks for joining me!

In this the first ride in the winter “unplugged” series, I go for a ride on my new Carrera Fury MTB, who I have named Liza as she is Lora’s unpowered alter ego, I take her round the forest trails around Loch Doon which is my local area and a very beautiful one. It is easy riding distance but with this coeliacs disease and another health issue I mention in the video, I drove up, because I wished to conserve energy, I am doing this and starting riding again to try and resolve these conditions so you will have to excuse me breathing and the fitness levels which I am sure will improve as time goes on. In this video, I show some of my favourite weekend walking spots and also do a mini review over a Mocha of the Carrera Fury.

As winter is setting in I have put Lora away for the season so she can be cosy and not damaged by ice and road salt. She is safely ensconced in the garage. I will give her an oil change and do some servicing while she is in there, all the usual winter time motorcycle maintenance stuff.

Liza is the first mountain bike or any cycle for that matter I have owned in 12 years and it is nice to finally have an MTB again, I have been unable to afford one until now and had a limited budget. I wanted a Bizango but they were out of my price range. Fortunately the Fury which is a 2024 model was on sale as the 2025-2026 version is now on release. I really think this is a £1000 bike in a £550-600 price range considering the spec.

It has had good review over the years, not just by MTB testers and specialists, but the average daily rider, which I find much more important to focus on as they are the folk using the bike day in day out.

00:01:08 Carrick Lane Burn
00:03:38 The old log
00:09:00 Gala Lane Burn
00:11:25 Loch Head
00:12:10 Heart issues?
00:13:14 Hills
00:15:00 Need a rest
00:17:20 Loch Head Burn
00:19:20 Dropper issues
00:19:35 Buzzards
00:25:00 Coffee break
00:38:04 How big?
00:39:41 Review
00:53:00 Lost gloves
00:56:30 Downhill
00:58:24 Gloves found
01:00:30 Gearing
01:03:58 Nice wee spot
01:08:30 More thoughts
01:09:45 Side view 1
01:10:57 Nice views
01:12:45 Scenic beauty
01:17:02 Rolling Fun!
01:18:12 Side view 2
01:18:40 Beautiful clouds
01:20:48 Ancient Car
01:25:00 Thank you!

🎥 Filmed in: East Ayrshire
🏍️ Bike: Carrera Fury 2024
🛣️ Routes: Loch Doon Lochhead loop
📮 Published: 28-09-2025

Total ride time: 48 minutes
Total time out: 3.00 hrs
Distance: 4.18 miles
Ascent: 263 ft
Descent: 263 ft
Highest Point: 833 ft
Lowest Point: 681 ft

Date filmed: 24-08-2025
Items forgotten: None

Filmed on a second-hand DJI Action 4 at 4K25fps, Wide Angle, Rocksteady On and then edited in Premiere Pro 2024. Camera mounted to chest using a generic unbranded mount.

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All right, that’s better. So today I brought Liza out, my new mountain bike,   because Lora has gone away for 
the winter. She’s in the garage. I might get out on her again before the winter   actually starts. But we’ll 
see what the weather’s like. So, its the first mountain 
bike I’ve had in 12 years. So, lets see if I’ve forgotten anything. 
Should be okay as I’m used to riding big   sports bikes. But there you go. So, this is kind 
of slow, but not slow if you know what I mean. It’s fun though. I need to adjust the front suspension I think and get used to the gears. I’ll tell you more about Liza in a minute. This trail’s a wee bit bumpy. So I’m at Loch Doon my local horn. I’ve just ridden up from the car park 
which is a wee bit back that way. I’m going to see if I can get round to the left. I’m not out to set any records today. More a shakedown run to see if I 
tightened everything up properly. Plus, I’m not used to it either. So, as some of you know, 
I’ve been away a few months as I got diagnosed with celiac disease. So, 
my fitness isn’t like superb at the moment. I’m sure I’ll get used to it… eventually. It’s really pretty. And 
there’s a dead Christmas tree and lots of baby ones on the floor down 
here. Right, right, lets carry on. Feels pretty solid. It’s got a fair amount of torque, that’s for sure. I keep tiring myself out, I’m used to a motorcycles 
acceleration and I keep trying to emulate it as the accelerations programmed into my mind. So 
even when I go faster, it feels like tick over. I’m came up from that little white house up there   called Starr. And then down the path 
along there and then round up to here. So there’s another way reason why I 
have to exercise its because I went, so I went to the doctors to see for a blood test to see 
if my irons levels had come up. And what she found was I have a dicky 
heart valve. So in a few months time when I can get an appointment, 
I’ve got to go and have a 3D scan. It’s beautiful. So that’s on the right is the Wee   Hill of Craigmulloch and this on the 
left, the one on the left is Craiglee. Those big hills there are the Dungeon Hills and I think this first one’s probably 
the Wolf Slock. I’m not sure. Maybe its one of these. It’s further along. Yeah. Mullwarchar is behind it there. Beautiful hills. I’ll do a mini review on this MTB 
once I’ve done a bit more riding. But the forks ain’t bad. Gear change is like a 
shotgun. Like bang and its in that’s a nice view lovely. I go have a wee rest for five minutes 
as I’m knackered as I’m not used to this stupid bell Right. Carry on. I might have the names 
of some of these hills wrong, but well, I’ve got the names of the hills right, but 
I might have the vicinity wrong. I don’t know if that’s Macaterick or whether that’s 
Macaterick, that’s the Wolf Slock or or so on. Or Hooden’s Hill? it could be Hooden’s Hill. Don’t know. I’ll look on the map later as I’m not 
used to looking at them from this direction. So, I   get a bit confused. But the one in the foreground 
here with the trees, for those who watch my Outdoors channel, that’s the one I got rescued off 
because I couldn’t see the way down and I hurt my hip. And even now, even now, it still plays up a 
little bit. It’s my own fault, wasn’t it? Should have made sure that I had my OS map 
login details with me, but I didn’t. I don’t know what’s down there. 
I’ll explore that another day. Fallen tree. A nice little burn here. It pretty, isn’t it? Beautiful. I love how our water looks like 
tea. It’s just got lots of peat and minerals in. It’s actually really 
clean. Even though it looks a bit brown, it’s due to the peat. Massive rock down there. Look, huge great thing. Lovely! adjust my camera. Ooh, wheelspin! I think I need to adjust the cable on my seat. Can’t get it to stay in the right 
position. Think the cable’s a bit long. I think when Halford’s made it, they cut the 
cable to sort of suit the post being higher up. Not for a shorty like me and my dropper won’t um 
stay up properly. It’s like stopping half, sort of stopping halfway down, I want it up here but every time 
I sit on it , look I want it here but I can’t. It needs adjusting. Oh, I hear a bird of prey. There you go Buzzards Beautiful creatures. Right. See, it’s getting stuck halfway up. Real pain. Got a creature crawling on my 
arm. Small eight-legged creature. What a faff. Right. When I sit down and have a coffee,   I’ve got an idea how to cure this thing. As its working 
here, maybe just move my seat post up. I brought my tools just in 
case anything needed to be   done up. It’s just the first time I’ve ridden it. I don’t seem to have forgotten anything 
in all those years. So there you go. I had a Carrera Kraken before Another wee burn. It’s got so much torque. It’s 
like hard to get off the line without a wheelie. I think first gear on this is pretty redundant. In all honesty! It might be useful for going up 
hills, but thing is I think you’d um so much torque in first gear you’d end up going   over the saddle. You’d just lift the 
front wheel up on steep inclines I think so pointless. Man, I am not used to this! Wow those trees are tall! I feel I might stop here and 
have a drink. What you think? See if there’s anywhere to sit down. Maybe here. Probably a wee bit 
uncomfy, but I think it’ll do. These hills are so deceptive. So I 
was measuring on OS maps the other day the prominence. So from the loch,
the surface of the lock to the top of the big ones on the back here 1,900 ft. 
Don’t look does it? is so deceptive. So, from there to the surface of water, nearly 
2,000 ft. Right, time for coffee, I think, while looking at this view. I shouldn’t tilt it down too far, 
should I? Really? You don’t want   to see my nads. I don’t know. Some of 
you might want to. But I don’t when I’m playing back and editing it. It’s 
the last thing I want to see really. I’m not really a nad watcher. which is why I don’t think I could 
never be a doctor or anything. Weight these plants down here. So they’re not in the way. And I’ll 
remove the rocks when I finished. Pour some water in from my floppy bottle. It’s not as though I’m very far from the car or anything. 
It’s only behind the wee house. So, I’m being stupid now! Why am I opening that for now? What a plank. 
The hell am I doing? Check this is recording. These Velcro bits I stick on so when 
it goes under the bike seat it actually sits there without falling off. because 
otherwise it just rattles around on a motorbike. Obviously that would 
be the case. So this morning I was busy working away on Facebook. Oh [ __ ] Doing um social media posts for customers, 
adverts and things like that. and I put, and on my own social media page, 
on my own business Facebook page. I haven’t posted for a while since I’ve been ill. 
So this week I started posting quite a bit and Facebook this morning, while I was in the 
middle of doing all that, disabled my account as they thought I was spamming and I’ve 
had to send them a photo ID of myself and all sorts of things. They still haven’t 
reinstated my account. But the thing is,   I got like 15 to 20 customers that I’ve got 
to look after and I can’t access any of them pages that I look after for them because 
Meta have disabled my account. I’m pretty sure that they don’t want small businesses on there 
anymore. They just want corporates that pay well, don’t they? Basically, and all us small sort 
of local businesses, we could all sod off,   can’t we? I’m pretty sure that’s what they’re 
doing. Or to try and make all these small businesses pay for um Meta Professional, 
but Meta, not all of us can afford it. All this subscription model business is really 
getting on my nerves now. That’s £8.99 here, £8.99 there, £8.99 somewhere else. Adobe Stock 
is now £24. Adobe CC Suite which I use professionally for my work is now £65
a month. It’s just everything is getting ridiculous. We’re just being ripped off 
left, right, and center by corporates all the time. I absolutely hate capitalism. 
I really do. Getting on my tits now. You know, the iPhone and the Galaxy is 
a great example of that as well,   isn’t it? Bring a new model out every year just 
so they can get someone to pay a grand for it when last year’s phone was perfectly decent. 
They just keep drip feeding like enhancements which they probably had sitting on the shelf for two   years in the R&D department 
anyway, just to make money! They could do it all already 
but they just made out its “new”. Take it from an engineer. It’s a 
load of bollocks. They’ve got all   that tech already and probably have 
have had for two or three years. Anything to rip the consumer off 
basically and make more money. Give it a bit more gas. Mind you, it’s only 7° out here at the moment. 
Doesn’t feel like it. Feels like summer’s day. That’s because you get acclimatised. Folk 
from the south, if they came out here, they’d probably think, “Yeah, like for 
[ __ ] sake, this is cold.” Its not, it’s just the north. Right, you get used to that. It’s just quite a comfy, beautiful 
spot. I think I could sit here all day. I’d had enough today after the 
Facebook incident. I thought,   [ __ ] this I ain’t working anymore today. So, I went out on Liza, charged 
all my batteries this morning,   checked her all over, made sure everything was 
tight, apart from the crank…Halfords? there are numerous other bits and 
pieces which I won’t mention,   but they’re notorious for it, 
for not tightening the things up, which is why this time I ordered this unbuilt so 
I could do it myself. As I just don’t trust them. prefer knowing that I’ve torqued everything up to   the spec myself really. I know 
it’s not going to fall apart. And I think that’s the thing with Carrera 
bikes. They’d have a much better name.   Yeah. If Halford did things up properly 
and people didn’t bring them back in a strop because something fell off. They’re good 
bikes if they’re put together properly. Absolutely brilliant value for 
money for what you get. I’ll   go over it in a minute after I finish my my cup of “Posh coffee”. They are not that posh. Got them from 
the Co for £1.75. Seven sachets. Its a nice treat. Easiest is tea 
bags for me. And I have Scottish 99 as its like 1.75 for 80 teabags. And they I think they taste just as nice as Scottish 
Blend personally. Scottish 99. I like my tea. Oh, you got to admit, she is a good looking bike. Hello. I would appear on camera, but I’m 
having a crisis of confidence again, which happens every now and again. And it depends how what has been said to me 
that has like sort of damaged my confidence. I’m quite a shy guy really until you get 
to know me. I don’t say a lot most of the time, if I don’t really know you. And then 
once you kind of do get to know me, you wish you hadn’t cuz its 
like will he ever shut up. It’s a bit like that really. Beautiful trees. Some are really quite tall and falling over in the wind. I was trying to find an example tree so you 
can see how tall I was. You get an idea. probably about standing here. So where I’m standing I’m about 
as tall as this branch here. I’m about as tall as this branch. That 
one there. That’s how tall I am. But it’s deceptive because I haven’t got this on   a headmount today. It’s on my chest. 
They’re sitting just below my boobies. I’ve just spotted something down the 
way there. It’s really got on my goat.   And that happens too much, a lot here. So 
someone left a tarp, blue tarp down there. Can you see it just on the bottom tree 
line? Why don’t they just take it home? You know! us folk live here. Just take your [ __ ]   rubbish home. It’s ridiculous. It 
happens every summer. It is wrong. So I give you like context of how big these hills 
are. So the summit of Craiglee which is probably… see the little white cottage? to the left of it 
is a tree, a copse of trees, got a little copse but the summit sort of probably directly above that, 
so that’s the summit of Craiglee, now on the right here is the Wee Hill of Craigmulloch and the 
summit’s sort of like more or less in the middle, well between that summit and that summit is about 
a mile. So those two hills here probably in total, probably about Yeah, that’s three miles that you 
can see in that view there. You can see how big they are. It’s all very deceptive. And these 
are small hills by Scottish standards really. That doesn’t make them any less beautiful. And this range here is quite 
famous, its the Rhinns of Kells, And at the end is Corserine, which is 
like 812 m. That’s quite a biggie. It’s probably still probably still 
a good mile away this hill here. getting on that way, I reckon. But anyway, to my bike. So, for 12 years, I’ve 
been wanting another mountain bike so I can get out and about. And the doc said because of my 
cholesterol is a bit high and because I might have a dicky heart valve that I should sort of do 
some gentle exercise. Nothing too strenuous. So until she’s sure what’s going on really, just to 
keep my fitness up. So I thought that cycling is quite low impact isn’t it? really keeps 
you fit, but it’s not over strenuous. So, I got another mountain bike, but I searched 
and searched and everything’s just so expensive these days. But, I managed to get last year’s 
model of the Fury, which this is, for 540 and I’m paying it monthly. And I think it’s 
a bit of a bargain considering the spec, but I went for the small, only problem with the Fury is, 
I’ve gone for a small frame, because in a medium, which I could also fit as well, the top tube 
is so high up, it’s quite a rangey bike. So, I’ve gone for the small because the 
geometry is better for my fit basically. And when I have the seat up about its normal height 
on the seat post, that gives me sort of more room where me nads are, the stand over heights a lot 
sort of better with a smaller frame. So I think in general they could probably do with cutting two or 
three inches off the length of the seat post. Then I think the geometry of it would be better. 
And I think also that maybe the fork rakes a bit too tight. It gives it a bit of a sporty 
feel. Now, if you’re used to big sports bikes, that’s not really an issue. But on these skinny 
sort of mountain bike tires, on loose gravel, that can be an issue. If you don’t know what 
you’re doing. Basically, can get a bit skittish. I’d like it a bit slower on the geometry, I think. But yeah, other good points. It’s got 
really, really good quality tires on, which is amazing for a bike at this price. It’s 
got a one times ten gear set, which is nice. Um, it’s got a hollow axle crank and um with 
outside bearings, which I’ve never seen before. That’s like really high tech for me. Aluminium 
frame, Suntour forks, and they’re air forks as well, which is pretty amazing. Adjustable for rebound 
at the bottom there. So, a bit like a motorbike really. Um, you can lock them off. They’re 
also air adjustable for your weight. It’s got a through axle, which I’ve never seen before. I’m 
really impressed with it. I’m used to nuts and bolts.   So you just undo the quick release, push that 
in, and this little thing, it’s a it’s a bit like milling collar on a milling machine. It just 
compresses and you just slide the whole axle out within 10 seconds. It’s pretty amazing. 
It’s impressive. um hydraulic disc brakes. But yeah, for the money I think 
personally, I think it’s a £1,000 bike and not £541. £540 rather. I think it’s got the spec of a £1,000 
bike and it’s pretty impressive for the price. But this is the top of the range Carrera. This is the 
best one they do. That’s all I can afford really. I was going to go for, I was looking at a Bizango, 
but I I can’t afford that. I haven’t got that sort of money. But I’m more than happy with this 
because I’m never really going to ride up and down hills. I’m just going to like be doing forest 
trails like this really. And for that, that’s absolutely ideal. But yeah, I’m well impressed 
with it. bit of a bargain. I think, as I say, the only issue I have with the Fury is the height 
of the frame, which is why I gone for a small, as I think for this type of thing, the small gives 
a Yeah, it’s a better geometry. I think the medium and the large are just too, they’re 
just too tall. This thing’s nearly like, It’s nearly horizontal on the medium and large. 
It’s not good. It’s like riding a daddy long legs. Yeah, nice bike. Well impressed. And you 
can just see the quality in some of the components like you know the seat post, 
dropper seat post. It’s brilliant.   Seat clamps lovely. The handlebar and stems 
beautifully made. The forks are Suntour so good anyway, aren’t they? And the drivetrain Suntour 
that’s always going to be good. Nice welds on the frame and it’s really quite light compared 
to what I used to, as well, its like 14 kg. Nice. Very light. I think the seat’s a bit uncomfy for 
me. I’m quite, how shall I put politely beamy. Not because I’m podgy, because I’m 
stocky. I’m like wider than I am tall. So, I find it a bit uncomfortable. Wide 
hips. So, I’d like something a bit wider, I think. And probably as I am
used to a motor bike seat as well. Yeah, nice bike. I’d recommend it. I’m going to, there’s a few little 
mods I’m going to do to it, I’m going   to get some different pedals because I 
hate these. I think they’re a bit cheap. And the bearings are a bit gratey and I can 
feel that when I’m pedalling. They’re brand   new and I’m sure they’ll last a while, 
but yeah, they’re not quality pedal. The grips are horrific unless you 
got gloves on. You got gloves on, they’re fine. But in the summer, I 
think if you weren’t wearing gloves,   they’d start hurting on the palm of your 
hand here. So, I’m going to replace them with some, like what I call clamp on grips, those clamp 
on ones, with Allen keys. I’m going to get some bar ends as well as I I like riding like this 
sometimes, just leaning on them like that. That’s about it really. I don’t think it needs much else. If that’s the only, if it was the only 
mountain bike you could ever have,   you know, you’d still have a lot of fun 
on it and it’s still a brilliant bike. It’s good enough that you think why would 
you sort of pay three and a half grand for you know another bike unless you were doing 
something professionally. I don’t see the point when this like 540 quid bike is good 
enough if you’re just like a hobby rider. The only thing I would have liked, another thing I   would have liked to have seen, as you 
can see it under the frame here, is the gear cable is exposed. It’s not covered. I’d 
like to have seen that sheathed really or actually, you know, at least inside the frame 
as I think that might be a problem in winter when it’s wet. Not that I’m 
probably going to ride in the wet,   but this is Scotland, so you never 
know when it’s going to rain. One minute could be beautifully sunny and you fry and the next minute   You’re freezing cold and wet 
literally within 10 minutes. Another thing I will mention as well 
is this hasn’t got Schrader valves or Schrader depending on where you come from.   So remember that when you buy a pump or try to 
pump it off the car air pump that’s not going to work. You need an adapter which you can get 
for about three quid on Amazon. Or do what I did. I’ll show you. I bought one of these 
off Amazon. Where is it? In here somewhere. 14 quid which I thought was a bargain. Its a portable um air pump with a LED display. You can use it for bikes, motorbikes, cars, and things like
footballs and air beds. But you can set it and it’s got auto shut off. But also a LED 
light, which is like quite bright. Useful as a torch, but it’s also got an SOS beacon on it. And also 
you can use it as a power bank. That’s 6,000 mAh. I think that’s pretty powerful. So that’s ideal. 
Quite light. Probably about half a kilogram I think. So it fits in my backpack quite nicely. 
My little rucksack here which is like a TARDIS. And then I can um take it out. And ideal for 
the car as well because it comes with a cigarette lighter adapter. So you can take it out in the car 
and stick it in the glove box. But for you know 14 beer tokens. I think that’s 
a bit of a bargain as well. It’s ideal for taking out on the bike. See, another thing when, I have a naughty habit 
of um smoking sometimes, when I put them out, put them in my bag, I can take them home 
and not leave them out in the environment. I know I’m ranting a bit about that, but it 
does get ridiculous here. It’s just too much. The amount of crap people leave behind. 
Soul destroying when it’s so beautiful. I will finish my drink and then I’m going to 
call that a day for this one. I think we will ride back. It’s like, it was a shake down really just 
to make sure everything’s tight. Seems all okay. Just pack all this away. I’m going to take it back then. my trusty Jetboil which I’ve had for five 
years now and has never missed a beat yet. I’ve misplaced my gloves. Where have they gone then? Maybe 
I’ve left them where I stopped before. Oh, what an idiot. They’re definitely not here, are they, man? Now my zip is stuck. Got a dodgy tooth. Okay. They’re definitely not here, are they? Who knows? Look at this. Look at this bell!
it’s like “you rang me lord?” I know my station. If anyone sees any black woollen gloves anywhere, 
They’re mine. I’m sure I’ll find them hopefully. They’re definitely not in my bag. 
So, my fingers are getting cold. Maybe I left them here somewhere? I don’t really want to leave a pair of 
gloves. Not not because they were expensive,   because they weren’t. more, I do not like
leaving things in the environment that shouldn’t be there and panic about it in case 
an animal comes along and eats it or something, which ain’t really fair, is it? The last 
thing they want is to be full of textiles. It’s getting cold now. Stop along here somewhere didn’t I? There they are. Look. What an idiot. [ __ ] eejit! Oh, that’s a relief. And that animal isn’t going   to eat then. And my fingers 
will get a wee bit warmer. The sun looks beautiful on the hills, look its amazing. They’re still six miles away, those hills. The one’s on the horizon. And the nearest one here is about four from the house. Those hills are 
six miles away in a straight line. Not as the crow flies because they’re all in town,   but probably as the buzzard flies because 
they are more of them here. Or the Osprey even! its probably 4 miles. No, it’s more than that. 9 miles. Loch Doon’s about 9 miles long. Oh, probably missed it on the camera. It’s a Buzzard. This has been fun. Yeah, I think the gearing on this for these sort 
of trails needs to go up. Needs to be taller. because I can go faster than this and I think for gravel its maybe a bit too torquey at the bottom 
end. Just too much wheel spin. And I feel in top gear that I want 
to go faster. Or maybe it’s just me. Uh, it’s bumpy!!. So I went, lets see, along that tree line there. Probably a bit low down. It’s a bit low down to see it. There you go, that’s better So, not where the um pines are, but the sort of 
deciduous trees below that is where the path is. Sun’s coming out on the hills now. Just put my glove on. Just 
changed my battery. It ran out. I’ve just stopped here because there’s 
a wee little place I want to show you. I haven’t been here for ages as
it’s like a sad another sad spot   as I used to sit here with Tyson and I like miss him. Look, people left rubbish here 
as usual. Why not just take it home? He used to enjoy coming down here for a walk. Used to blend in as he’s like 
the same colour as the orange on   the ferns and stuff. So he was like camouflaged. And look at all these little fungi
here I bet there’s fairies live here. It’s like cartoon fungus. Look,   if you were to draw a fungus, as a cartoon its how you’d do it. I will remove this to get in closer But don’t drop the camera. It’s a cartoon fungus. I’m not going to touch it 
as it’s probably poisonous. It looks a wee bit rude. kind of cute though. See if we can stick this back on here without 
dropping it. Okay, but it is a beautiful wee spot. Figure on camping here one day. Stick a tent 
there or maybe up there under the tree. We’ll see. I’ve got to get fit and build my energy up first.   Sun’s definitely coming out now. It’s 
lovely. All up on the hills. Look. See the sheep on the hill. 
Little white dots everywhere. The sheep are mad. They just like climb up hills 
like that, like they’re nothing. They’re down here one minute and then 10 minutes later you 
can see them up the hill. They’ve just gone up   2,000ft just like that. Amazing creatures. 
And sometimes they fall and they roll down. They just roll like to the bottom and then 
just get up like nothing’s happened. It’s hilarious. Most damage done to sheep, unfortunately, is cars as they just don’t slow down when they should. Its a wee bit bumpy like That tree is a bit like me. Stumpy. I don’t know why 
I say that. I’m not really that stumpy at all. I think the rebound needs adjusting [chatter] I’m warm. Yeah, I’m impressed. It’s a much better bike than 
the Carrera Kraken was. The only thing that’s been 
problematic for me is this. Um, seat. It needs adjusting. I 
think the cable’s too long. Or maybe the cable needs oiling. because it’s not going back. It’s a good looking machine. I think 
especially in the small frame because I just think it looks more how 
it should with a small frame. Whereas in the medium and large, it’s 
just too I don’t know. It’s too rangey. I think the cable’s, the cable needs 
oil. It’s decided to work now. Get this for a beautiful view, eh? I’m bloody worn out. I think I’ve done all right. After what I’ve been through 
healthwise the last few months. Roll back for the beautiful view. That’s sort of like directly opposite 
of where I was, the clearing there. I made it halfway around the other side of the   loch or halfway, halfway 
as long as the path goes anyway. I was right. The path does go up. You pass those 
um pines. I thought it was lower down, but it’s not. It climbs. That’s why I got confused. So,   it’s lower down at the trees on the right, but 
then climbs up where the um pines are and sort of ends up where the 
clearing is halfway between the pines. You don’t think the trees are as tall 
from here as they are the other side.   You don’t realize they are so tall. Some 
of the pines here are massive. So, it gives you a good idea of how big the hill 
is as well, as those pines are the same height   all the way up. And they look as though they just 
get smaller and smaller and smaller. They’re not. They’re all the same height all the way up the 
hill. It’s just the hill is really really big. Can you imagine riding along the top of 
that? Maybe one day when I get my fitness back to how it should be. But I’m fit enough to do this 
now. I haven’t got a long way   to go really. It’s just a matter of doing it more. But I’ve got to do it because of my health. If I don’t, do this 
Yeah. Not going to last long, am I? Even if you got a leaky heart valve,   exercise is still good for your heart. 
Its why I’m starting to do this again because I’ve got too much to, I’ve 
got too much to do in life for it to be over yet. Photo opportunity. Right. Well, been a nice ride anyway. makes a 
change from being on the sports bike, as in motorbike I mean, not sports bike as in road cycle. But in its own way, even though I am
sort of doing 20 – 25 miles an hour, it’s still just as exciting as 
like being on a big sports bike. Even though it’s nowhere near as fast. 
Right! Back to the German wagen its coloured the same as a fire engine. It 
sounds like one as well as it’s an SDI,   but it’s just a runaround while I um sort 
the Mini out. But maybe in the new year I’m going to get new car anyway. We’ll 
see, what’s the point if this passes the MOT and it’s still solid. Got a whole brand 
new bottom end. And there’s no rust on it. Bonnet could do with a polish as
the clearcoat has faded. Apart from that, it’s solid. What’s the point 
in replacing it if it works? the other, about two months back, I did a
800 mile, no 840 mile round trip, it didn’t miss a beat, so as long as it passes the MOT 
and it all works, solid and there’s no rust, you might as well just keep it and 
it’s a classic almost now isn’t it really? the Mark 4’s weren’t well loved but 
I think they’re starting to get more popular than they were. 
Always begins with the GTI,   doesn’t it? No one saves the SDI and things 
like that, but I think it’s worth saving. I think its probably hit rock bottom 
now. It’s only ever going to appreciate   in value now if it’s kept in good order, isn’t it? It’s actually brilliant for roads around 
here because you don’t have to worry about   it getting scratched. You don’t have 
to worry if you scrape a brush or it get muddy or you put mountain bike 
in the back or anything like that. It’s the essence of car, isn’t it? Does its job. If I want to have fun and look nice. I 
got the motorbike to do that. So, so you know. Anyway, thanks for watching folks. Hope you 
enjoyed this one. It’s a bit different, isn’t it? But I guess it allows me to do more videos during 
the winter, while uh, it allows me to do more videos through the winter while Lora is in the garage as
I’m not going to take her out in the winter. She’s just, you know, she’s a sports bike. It’s just too 
dangerous. One patch of ice and, you know, a little too much throttle and that’s it, isn’t it? You’re 
gone. So, I don’t know if it’s worth a risk and she’s a beautiful bike and brings me a lot of joy 
and I don’t really want to ruin her by dropping her on or getting her covered in salt and all that 
sort of thing. So, in the meantime, I bought this for doing the winter videos, but it also means I 
can get out more in places that I’m not allowed to with powered transport, like we’ve just seen 
today. So I can show you some of the things that I see when I’m walking that you don’t necessarily 
see when I’m riding the motorbike. So in a way it’s a good thing. So I’ll have the mountain bike 
for the winter videos and the beautiful blue ZX9R Lora, for the summer videos. So I call her Lora. 
So I call this one Liza. So it’s Liza and Lora. So it’s like two girlies as I think all machines are 
girls, aren’t they? They’ve got souls of females, I think. Maybe it’s just an engineering 
thing. I don’t know. There you go. Anyway, I’ll stop waffling now. Thanks for watching, 
guys. I’ve really enjoyed this. I hope you did too. I’ll see you next time. And thank you 
for any likes, comments, subscribes, shares, and all that sort of business, they are all very 
much appreciated. Thank you. Now I’m off to Dalmellington to go to the Co and get tea for 
the night and then I’m going to settle down and edit this video for a while, have an early 
night to get up early for work in the morning. Seat belt, it’s always a good thing, isn’t it? See what I mean? Colored like a 
fire engine. Sounds like one, too.