East Anglia Revolutions Rideout

[Seggons]

Skip organised* a rideout for the East Anglian people. The plan was to start and finish at the Red Lodge transport cafe.

*When I say organised I mean copied the same rideout from last year. ;)

All the bikes and people had arrived (apart from Clio172).

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Pictures of all the bikes that attended

2mths

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71286.jpg

Bigbaddad

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71287.jpg

Mr Speirs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71288.jpg

Pete 'n Lissa

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71289.jpg

Mine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71290.jpg

Skips

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71291.jpg

Davy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71292.jpg

Clio172 turned up after I did these photos.

Pete got us all ship-shape and we had some sort of line of bikes.

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Pete and Lissa then informed us about the cafe, the right hand side was actually a carriage that had been built around. So from the outside it looked like any ordinary building, but the inside looked like this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71302.jpg

Skip then tried to get going 30 minutes earlier then planned. Luckily we didn't because that's when Clio turned up. Anyway 30 minutes later we were all geared up and ready for the off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71304.jpg

We then got to one of those really old railway crossings where the gates were made of wood and opened and shut by a person. So while we waited I grabbed a few pictures.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71306.jpg

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Fuel and a chin-wag was soon in order. Bigbaddad soon learnt a vital lesson in what happens to fuel when it gets hot and the consequences of having the fuel breather pipe plugged after Lissa noticed it flowing out the top of the tank.
Bigbaddad dropped off here after he found a stone had put a tiny hole in his tyre.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71310.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71311.jpg

Beauty and the beast, all the smart people will be able to tell which is which. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71312.jpg

The plan then changed, instead of doing the loop back to the Red Lodge we decided on finishing at Grafham Waters. Skip then borrowed a map from Pete and started plotting the route. The worried look on Mr Speirs face in the first picture tells it all.

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After some great roads and a small, minor glitch (brushes over it) we all safely arrived at Grafham Waters.
The final natter before the fond fair wells were exchanged (just look at 2mths mainly posture ;) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71316.jpg

All the bikes parked up

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71317.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71318.jpg

This bloke must have great taste in bikes pointing at my one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71319.jpg

Which helmet can I interest you in ma'am.

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Skip having 1 of his 5 a day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71321.jpg

To see these and seven others all in high quality (1600x1200) then browse on over to here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/High%20Quality/ :D

[Mr Speirs]

Na he's pointing at my bike Seggons. :)
Or he is pointing at your flat spot on the rear tyre :P

[Seggons]

Na he's pointing at my bike Seggons. :)

Ah... That's the reason he was laughing after I took the picture. ;)

Or he is pointing at your flat spot on the rear tyre :P

Now why would I have a flat spot on my tyre. The only way that could've happened was if I went into a bend too hot and locked the rear tyre for a long period of time. :rolleyes:

[davy]

You should go back and pick that rubber up, do your bit for the environment.......

[Mike2165]

Nice Pics Seggons, shame I missed the new bike Pete & Lissa

[Skip]

Great pics Scott - a good photo story :)

It was "carrot" cake :smt019 :smt051

[clio172]

Maybe he was pointing at your bike saying "apparently these things are great for greenlaning"? Good ride out thanks

[Seggons]

You should go back and pick that rubber up, do your bit for the environment.......

Nah, it's my new racing line for when I next use that road. With the rubber I've laid down it should stop me before going off road now.

It was "carrot" cake :smt019 :smt051

Wa-hay, I wondered if anyone would get the "1 of his 5 a day" joke. ;)

Maybe he was pointing at your bike saying "apparently these things are great for greenlaning"?

As I found, you also need a few others too for when it gets stuck. :D

[2mths]

Good job on the pics!

[BigBaddad]

good pics, you can see what I thought of Pete and Lissa's Duke JK. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71289.jpgAnd 2mths, nice to see you're in touch with your feminine side...not JK......lol that reminds me, did you see silence of the lambs last night......"it rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Seggons/Revolutions%20Rideout/STA71316.jpg

[BigBaddad]

Sorry for the last post Andrew, I konw it's not often you get to "come out"......It looks like Skip is not the only one whos eye you've caught.

[2mths]

Sorry for the last post Andrew
It'd be a bloody boring site without some **** taking! :-)

Obviously any compliments about my legendary smoothness, fantastic lines and ability to outbreak Rossi will be taken at face value. ;-)

[Skip]

Did anyone get wet on the way home? I took the long way in the end as I couldnt face all that dual carriageway again and in true Hollywood style the monsoon appeared about 10 minutes after I put the bike in the garage - a lucky escape! :D

270 miles all-in-all - a good days riding :)

[2mths]

Yep - but I'd been warned so had put my (not so) waterproof on. I was only in rain for about the last 15 minutes of my journey home and got into the garage without it having actaully got through any of my clothing :-)

A little over 200 miles for me - a good ride indeed.

[Mr Speirs]

Although it was wet when I was heading home it wasn't really raining. Just spray from the road so I wasn't wet at all. The bike was though, now ive gotta go clean it.

I cant remember how many miles i did. I reset the trip o meter when we set of for the ride out and it currently reads 134.6 miles so I guess about 220ish. Jolly good day.