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Originally Posted by Masher
Next day we did the tourist delight of the Kerry Ring, that's a favourite American tourist coach tour destination. Remember the coaches always go anti-clockwise, so you go clockwise. Just watch out for the bump at Blackwater bridge! the bump was about as long as the bikes wheelbase, it dropped about 9" across 2 feet then rose up about 15" then back down about 6" to the normal surface, I was doing about 30-35 MPH bright sunlight sharp shadows on the road from the trees and I didn't see it until too late I only had time to brace..... I thought I had broken the back of the bike, Kathy thought I had broken her back. Thankfully there were no physical or mechanical injuries, just some psychological ones that required a strong cup of coffee and a fag!!
We both felt the Kerry Ring as a tourist destination was a complete waste of time.
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The Ring of Kerry's great. A mate of mine used to live in a little cottage a few milEs out of Blackwater.
Road surfaces weren't the best the last time I was there, though. They may have improved since.
Hi Moto748
see the quote re the ring of Kerry, other than the bumps the surface wasn't too bad but not that good either. The Ring of Kerry was very pretty but I didn't feel that it lived up to it's reputation especially in comparison with the Ring of Bearra and the Ring of Dingle, two major highlights were Heally Pass (see pictures), and the view from the tunnel on the N71 from Glengariff up to Kenmare, the road surface was pretty good on that part of the N71 as well!