I tend to avoid Scotland in the summer months as I remember the midges being the size of light aircraft.. Fortunately we don't get too many down here but I do detest the little sods.
TV or music to get to sleep or lights out and head down?
I ain't got a bike at the mo but when I'm out in car I actually often choose to go down a country road I've never been down before, it's new adventures...(feel like bursting into bittersweet symphony by the verve 🤪)....mind you I did it on my harleyy and ended up riding through a fjord 🤭😂
But this is the process I go through. Start with auto trader and Ebay if anything takes my interest I take the registration number check the mot history using .Gov DVLA which can throw up some interesting issues regarding milage
Then I go to any of the buyanybike sites use the registration to see what they will offer for it. This way I get an idea of what the dealer would likely have paid for it.
And after that I buy the biggest pile of CHARACTER I can find 🤪
Lock your helmet to the bike or bash small children over the head with it