Honda C90 Cub - NC500 camping adventure over Scotland's highest roads then on to John O Groats

In this episode I ride my trusty old Honda C90 Cub over the Forth Road Bridge, through the Fife badlands, through Glenshee and over the Cairnwell Pass and The Lecht, Scotland' two highest roads. I meet Ferg, Old Mike and my Dad in Portmahomack before riding up the east side of the NC500 to John O Groats, with a wee detour to take in Glen Loth.
MUSIC
Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender.
Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten.
Fans by Kings Of Leon.

[@paulcheesemore8176]

Fair play to you sir - these bikes just go on and on

[@yodagoat]

As long as you keep repairing them they'll run forever. 😂

[@Nick-mr6ke]

Absolutely brilliant. Enjoyed watching every minute. I encouraged me to roll my old c90 out the garage and get her sorted. It’s time she got out on some adventures!!

[@yodagoat]

Brilliant! Where are you going to go?

[@Omshter66]

Honda C90, first motorbike I ever rode, back in 1979 😊 Video is a gem mate!

[@yodagoat]

Thank you! Have you ridden up here in Scotland?

[@Omshter66]

@@yodagoat I'm a Highlander, I live near Skye.

[@yodagoat]

Nice! Although the tourist traffic must be a nightmare at times.

[@Omshter66]

@yodagoat It's crazy at this time of year Mike. I try to get up North with my vstrom 650 as much as I can. You've captured it pretty well with your GoPro. You're quite a natural with making video blogs.

[@yodagoat]

Thanks mate. It actually takes me quite a bit of effort to make sure I enunciate my words properly and don't swear like a trooper! 😂

[@jeffatkinson690]

Just what was needed on a miserable day, thanks Mike

[@yodagoat]

Glad you enjoyed it mate.

[@SAM-zt2uy]

What a treat just sat down with with my Friday night tea (jacket potato) Glenloth looked a real nice!

[@yodagoat]

Thanks man. Glen Loth was amazing. That was my first time going through despite visiting Caithness loads of times.

[@robm878]

Another fab video Mike, great fun to watch! Must remember my pish bottle next time I camp! 😂

[@yodagoat]

Ha ha! It's a nightmare when you've got no pish bottle.😂

[@chrisminter271]

Great video, good job you guys. love it.

[@yodagoat]

Thanks Chris! Glad you enjoyed the video. Hit the subscribe button so you don't miss the next one.

[@johncrawford2304]

Brilliant Mike. Got me right in the mood with Sam Fender and the music never dipped. Loved the wee quirks in the route , ferry/Glen Loth. Best vid since yer euro tour round Croatia etc

[@yodagoat]

Thanks John. Glad you liked it. Hopefully the rest of the series is as good!

[@johnsunter866]

Cracking footage and video mike you should call in when ever your passing through reay dude ✌️🤙

[@yodagoat]

My mate used to live in Reay. I'm terrified to stop in Caithness incase Mikey Sunter steals my underwear and sniffs my seat. You may have heard of him, he's a prolific underwear thief!

[@johnsunter866]

@yodagoat 🤣🤣🤣🤣 aye I know the man well he's my youngest brother he's got a strange passion for ugly looking bikes too 🤣🤣🤣

[@iamthefatstig]

Fantastic ❤, but overtaking on a C90 was done with CGI surely? 😂😂

[@yodagoat]

Ha ha! I'd love to say it was down to the performance of the mighty C90 but unfortunately it's just the really crap driving standards here.

[@johnyoung6498]

Fantastic, the opening 3 mins setting the scene with the music and scenery. Great editing, and that fuel gauge showing low ... 'Fuck all'. Need to get one of them. Thank you great video.

[@yodagoat]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video and that the music works with it.

[@Karl3642]

Just got home from a crap Friday night at work, and watched this awesome adventure beginning. You lot all know how to live up there, top stuff ! 👍

[@yodagoat]

Glad the video cheered you up a bit Karl.

[@littlebittybert]

Ahh it's all coming back now. I visited John O'Groats in 2017. As always, your excellent video makes me need to return to beautiful Scotland. "You call THAT an adventure bike???" hahaha

[@yodagoat]

There's always a place to stay here Bert. You'd get your own bathroom and everything!

[@tadsiskiyou4213]

That high road looks like it'd be good grouse habitat. Beautiful countryside. Really a swell video, nice work man.

[@yodagoat]

Sadly that's now hot it should look. Thankfully there's less and less support for the Grouse moors. It's weird that folk can get pleasure from shooting a bird you can practically walk up and touch. It says a lot about them though.

[@tadsiskiyou4213]

@@yodagoat I don't eat farm raised poultry, we get all of our pheasant/grouse/quail/duck from mother nature. We don't take birds sitting in the water or walking around. Do you not eat meat? I didn't know.. .Wasn't trying to ruffle your feathers.

[@yodagoat]

Feathers are unruffled! Most of the folk who shoot grouse in Scotland don't do it for food and unfortunately it has a horrendous impact on how Scotland looks. It should be far more beautiful than it is. Luckily there's still a few places you can see how it once was, and the toffs that do the grouse shooting are losing hold on the land.

[@tadsiskiyou4213]

@@yodagoat I had no idea that it was problematic over there. Just so I'll be educated, what is the activity doing to cause damage to the countryside? Over here in the US, The biologists have heavily studied the impact of hunting pressure and found surprisingly that it does not have a significant impact on the bird numbers (which I was surprised by) rather, the factors of winter conditions, ground cover overgrazing by cattlemen and loss from wildfire and if it is a wet soaking springtime when the chicks are still not fully fledged are the cheif limiting factors... and more recently West nile virus was hard on their populations... We have to be willing to skip a season now and again if it was really tough on the birds just to help them in the rough times. But overall, it is how a lot of rural folks feed their families or at least augment their food stocks. Deer, elk, moose. caribbou, antelope, bison, waterfowl, wild pig, bear, and mountain lion are all excellent table fare, hormone and pharmaceutical free and able to live a life outside of the confines of a crowded cage, and reproduce as normal wild things are supposed to. They are cherished and we have a real culture that celebrates them as wild free parts of our ecosystem here. There are numerous organizations that contribute billions of dollars (and from hunting licenses sales) that do habitat improvement projects to augment and improve habitat and acquire lands (millions of acres) that will be taken off the table for human development. Streamside area enhancement, adding cover for fish to do better when they are young, building nesting platforms near marshlands, banding birds to gain more data as to their lifecycles and where they go... Maybe we just do things differently here in those regards... . Many folks involved with hunting and fishing here are just average people, it is not a "high society activity for royalty". it is the average guy trying to put food on the table and get outdoors with his dog and kids.

[@RobLittleuk]

God the state of the roads around groats - just reminded me. Brilliant vid mate brought back some Memories 😊

[@yodagoat]

Glen Loth will likely hit unmaintained status soon. It's hardly used but really worth riding.

[@RobLittleuk]

@@yodagoat Looks wonderful - I missed it of course !

[@yodagoat]

Next time!

[@robertdaley1194]

Slidey stoorey roads in Corfu also.

[@yodagoat]

Corfu is still on my to do list but it'll likely be a fly and hire.

[@scottishsuzuki8132]

This video is fuckin magic mate.

[@yodagoat]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@scottishsuzuki8132]

@@yodagoat magic man. Subscribed.

[@yodagoat]

Thanks mate!

[@richardjohnson3463]

Go Mike Go! You captured it perfectly....

[@yodagoat]

Thanks mate!

[@heidcam]

Cannie beat it....living life to the full and running aboot on a wee Squirter. 👍🏻😁

[@yodagoat]

Thanks! It was a quality run!

[@KIWIMEDIA]

Love it !! brilliant edit !! proper bikes !! great music !!

[@yodagoat]

Thanks mate! Share the shit out of it! 😉

[@Zook500]

WEE MIKE IS A BRAW WEE PISHER

[@yodagoat]

Thanks Chris.

[@yodagoat]

But I thought I was wee big Micky?

[@hughferrier5837]

Mikey, absolutely loved it. Thanks for taking the time to make the fly-past shots. They take ages but make the film so much more interesting. This is all my local stomping ground. I put up a film about a month ago where i took my old BSA C15 over the Cromarty Ferry. I often do Glen Loth and have a film of taking a Chinese Scooter over it. Love your films. How do you get such good sound from your helmet? Keep getting better and stronger. Hugh from near Alness.

[@yodagoat]

Thanks Huge. I use a Sena unidirectional mic mounted in my lid. I'll give your Glen Loth video a look!

[@hughferrier5837]

Yes, use the right, and more expensive equipment. I'm being too much of a Scotsman. Your commentary is interesting.

[@yodagoat]

I've been told I need to use less "interesting" language.

[@hughferrier5837]

I'm older and suppose my ears burn a bit at times!🥴

[@yodagoat]

It wasn't too expensive really. £30. I reckon any unidirectional mic with a decent wind guard would work though.

[@robertdaley1194]

Brill .❤

[@yodagoat]

Cheers!

[@Zook500]

OH MY GOD I LOOSE MY MIND WATCHING THESE AMAZBALS VIDS> musicsabit dodgy though

[@yodagoat]

Given that most people have complimented the music above everything else cements that my saying you have a horrific taste in music was spot on.

[@Zook500]

BIG WEE MICKY

[@yodagoat]

That's me, yes.

[@kirky1298]

Brilliant mate 😂 Ive just finished restoring a wee C90 ive had sitting in the garage for 15 years. Being a fat arse i went wae the 125 Lifan motor. Its not quite got the power of my Africa Twin but its a hoot. Are the Lomo panniers just the throwovers bro ? How have you attached them ? Im gonna try and use my Lomos too. Cracking video btw.

[@yodagoat]

Aye, just the throw over bags. You need to make sure they don't rub on the bike though or you'll get a hole in them. If you look at the 8.50 mark on this video you'll see my solution. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn66lXWOjrWaqNEsi=_hHlDRJnqwrpHI1W

[@kirky1298]

@@yodagoat brilliant mate, as if by chance I've got 2 nylon chopping boards in the garage that I got for another project. If you see a fat bloke on an Orange C90 hooning around Scotland, mind gie us a wave. 👍 Was looking at those 72 spoke wheels you got. Very nice, I'm thinking of the black ones but are they not a right royal pain in the arse to clean ??

[@yodagoat]

You just need a big brush! I'll keep an eye out for you! 👍

[@robertdaley1194]

How recent , I see the hay bales and purple Heather?.

[@yodagoat]

That was back at the start of August I think!

[@robertdaley1194]

@@yodagoat Thanks again .

[@Zook500]

lOOK IMA COMENTIN

[@yodagoat]

Very well done.

[@yodagoat]

Yes. Thanks.

[@mikeonabike4791]

My god another vegan 🙄

[@yodagoat]

Better believe it!

[@mikeonabike4791]

@@yodagoat you need a steak sandwich mate…

[@yodagoat]

A mushroom steak! Brrrrrrrrraw.