Next year's Glencoe Massacre

[northwind]

I'm starting a new thread, hang on...

[northwind]

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1758586#post1758586
(http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1758586#post1758586)
A final thread for date selection, running for 2 days only. Poll of dates will follow.

[dizzyblonde]

Oi! :D

and NW's of course;)

[petevtwin650]

and NW's of course;)

CREEP! :smt019

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1758586#post1758586
(http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1758586#post1758586)
A final thread for date selection, running for 2 days only. Poll of dates will follow.

Woo Hoo.:cheers:

[northwind]

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=124589

Date poll now on

[missyburd]

Yeah, that's Plan B: We do the exact same thing as we did this year, only with a bit more polish
Oh 'eck don't tell YC, he mustn't be put off at any cost [-o<, so keep all cloths and sponges under wraps till we get there :mrgreen:

Sorry only just found this thread...can't wait for this! Keep up the good work chaps and chapettes :cheers:

[dyzio]

Yeah, that's Plan B: We do the exact same thing as we did this year, only with a bit more Polish,
What? Should I bring a friend this time? :D

[yorkie_chris]

What? Should I bring a friend this time? :D

Hell yes. My liver has nearly recovered from last time I was over there... so bring booze!

[dyzio]

Hell yes. My liver has nearly recovered from last time I was over there... so bring booze!

Be careful what you wish for :)
You and I have some unfinished businesses :drink::drunken:

:)

[missyburd]

Be careful what you wish for :)
You and I have some unfinished businesses :drink::drunken:

:)
Have no fear I'll have the camera with me ;) :smt077

[dyzio]

Have no fear I'll have the camera with me ;) :smt077
I'm sure there will be plenty of cameras. You could bring red bull for the morning and some wheel polish :evil: :-D

[yorkie_chris]

Right lets get this straight. If anyone cleans my bike, I will find a big patch of mud, spin the back wheel up and splatter anything within range. I don't care whose bike gets splattered so all you clean freaks best keep each other under control!

[missyburd]

Right lets get this straight. If anyone cleans my bike, I will find a big patch of mud, spin the back wheel up and splatter anything within range
Could you wait till I'm off the back please? :p

[petevtwin650]

Right lets get this straight. If anyone cleans my bike, I will find a big patch of mud, spin the back wheel up and splatter anything within range. I don't care whose bike gets splattered so all you clean freaks best keep each other under control!

Pah, you couldn't do it last time Shiny Boy. Must be that restrictor kit won't let you spin it up. Take about not having enough power to pull the skin off a rice pudding.:mrgreen::mrgreen:

Perhaps MYC can push at the same time. Camera at the ready. :smt040:smt040

[missyburd]

Perhaps MYC can push at the same time. Camera at the ready. :smt040:smt040

Sod that, he can push, me want to play :-D

[yorkie_chris]

Pah, you couldn't do it last time Shiny Boy. Must be that restrictor kit won't let you spin it up. Take about not having enough power to pull the skin off a rice pudding.:mrgreen::mrgreen:

Perhaps MYC can push at the same time. Camera at the ready. :smt040:smt040

Aye, didn't see your shiny diesel maggot getting too far in front though...

[petevtwin650]

Aye, didn't see your shiny diesel maggot getting too far in front though...

Just wanted to be in front so we didn't get hit by any bits falling off your bike. :mrgreen:

And give you the benefit of the best looking rearend in the business. :takeabow:

[yorkie_chris]

And give you the benefit of the best looking rearend in the business. :takeabow:

I should have overtaken you more, to give you benefit of best looking rear end... she's not in business though :smt040

[northwind]

So let me get this right... All I have to do is get my bike absolutely filthy, and pretend I like it that way, and people will clean it for me? Top stuff.

[petevtwin650]

So let me get this right... All I have to do is get my bike absolutely filthy, leave it like that for a 100 years, and pretend I like it that way, and people will clean it for me? Top stuff.

Amended for you Northy. :D

[dyzio]

Right lets get this straight. If anyone cleans my bike, I will find a big patch of mud, spin the back wheel up and splatter anything within range. I don't care whose bike gets splattered so all you clean freaks best keep each other under control!

Sounds like a challenge!! :twisted:

[-Ralph-]

Aye, didn't see your shiny diesel maggot getting too far in front though...

Just wanted to be in front so we didn't get hit by any bits falling off your bike. :mrgreen:

And give you the benefit of the best looking rearend in the business. :takeabow:

Lissa, the bike, or the sheep? :mrgreen: ;)

I should have overtaken you more, to give you benefit of best looking rear end... she's not in business though :smt040

Have to say you guys, I was mightily impressed with Lissa for clinging onto the pillion like limpet while we blasted round the Kinlochleven loop, there's more bumps and jumps on that road than straight bits. Then I stopped to wait at the end still not believing Pete and Lissa had done that two up, and who comes fleeing over a blind hump (?), but MissYC clinging onto YC for dear life! You two ladies on pillion need a bravery medal! My wife would have had the divorce papers signed before we got back to Ballahulish :mrgreen:

[yorkie_chris]

That loop was f##king ace, we got stuck for one part of it behind some people who were faffing, but woohoo!

Twisty bits, then lots of bits to make wheelies really easy :-D

[missyburd]

Then I stopped to wait at the end still not believing Pete and Lissa had done that two up, and who comes fleeing over a blind hump (?), but MissYC clinging onto YC for dear life! You two ladies on pillion need a bravery medal!

That is quite possibly one of the best compliments I've had in a while :-D

However one flaw. "Clinging on for dear life" would imply I was not enjoying it and desperate to get off, which couldn't be further from the truth, that road was amazing, YC and me couldn't stop grinning like a right pair of idiots the rest of the day :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[petevtwin650]

Ahh, happy happy memories Ralph. :D

I'm still not sure if I'd have preferred to be on my old SV on that road though. The YC's showed how it could be done 2 up. It was hard work trying to get anywhere near the front runners, but what fun.

Roll on the hazy crazy days of summer. [-o<

[dizzyblonde]

Right lets get this straight. If anyone cleans my bike, I will find a big patch of mud, spin the back wheel up and splatter anything within range. I don't care whose bike gets splattered so all you clean freaks best keep each other under control!

yeah but what you seem to forget is that you have that giant snowplough on the back so you'll only succeed in covering the back of your reg plate.........you need a tail tidy for that one to do it proper like... ;)

[orose]

Don't give him any ideas, ferchrisstsake... He'll be off with your drainpipes and cackling down the road before you know he's read it.

[petevtwin650]

yeah but what you seem to forget is that you have that giant snowplough on the back so you'll only succeed in covering the back of your reg plate.........you need a tail tidy for that one to do it proper like... ;)

What YC forgets DB is that our bikes will more than likely be filthy after all those miles anyway and a bucket of water and a sponge will bring it back to like new, whereas, if, by some fickle finger of fate, YC's bike should suddenly sprout another clean patch, it'll will take another 100 years of leaving it in a peat bog to get the same patina. :D

[dizzyblonde]

Don't give him any ideas, ferchrisstsake... He'll be off with your drainpipes and cackling down the road before you know he's read it.

I've just realised which shiny SV has a nice tail plume when driven through rain cause theres no snow plough on the back.......:smt115 perhaps if I ride in front of him his bike can get a jet wash:smt040

[yorkie_chris]

But that would mean you have to get in front of me, and stay there. Good luck with that.

[dizzyblonde]

who said anything about being on the move?

[-Ralph-]

That is quite possibly one of the best compliments I've had in a while :-D

However one flaw. "Clinging on for dear life" would imply I was not enjoying it and desperate to get off, which couldn't be further from the truth, that road was amazing, YC and me couldn't stop grinning like a right pair of idiots the rest of the day :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

OK, it was definately clear you were loving it, so lets change it to

"Grinning on for dear life" :D

[Jinxy43]

I just want everyone to know that unlike the last time we were together, I will try even harder not to be last..













But Bimbling is what I do, so well..

[missyburd]

OK, it was definately clear you were loving it, so lets change it to

"Grinning on for dear life" :D

MUCH better :smt040

[Dicky Ticker]

As the poll is now closed has "The Management" :) [H&P]decided where and when or are we still in negotiation/planning stages?

DO I GET BLUDGEONED WITH A RUBBER CHICKEN FOR ASKING

[Jdubya]

As the poll is now closed has "The Management" :) [H&P]decided where and when or are we still in negotiation/planning stages?

DO I GET BLUDGEONED WITH A RUBBER CHICKEN FOR ASKING


Dunno...still waiting:rolleyes::confused:

[suicidesam]

DO I GET BLUDGEONED WITH A RUBBER HAGGIS FOR ASKING

Bit more like it... mind what side of the Border yer posting in :mrgreen:

[Lissa]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/tumbleweed.gif

[dizzyblonde]

lol Lissa has gone rather quiet hasn't it!

[scooby2102]

psssst........

[northwind]

ok folks, here's the current situation. Not a lot of progress just now, which is entirely my fault- I can't quite get my head around planning for a summer riding trip while it's snowing, and time is slipping by me a bit. And I'll be honest, there's a lot of stuff I'd sooner be doing than riding bikes just now, which doesn't help motivation. But I will say, this doesn't jeopardise the event in the slightest, there's a rock solid plan B in place which is the only reason I'm prepared to still be messing around with major parts of the plan just now.

You can be probably 19/20ths sure that it'll be the 27th and the 28th. I have days off booked then myself for this, and that's when most people voted. That last 1/20th is the killer, since as soon as it's totally set in stone some of the interesting options go out the window. But, barring disasters that's when it's going to be. I'm very aware that people need to make plans and I don't want to leave this much longer.

But, it'd be incredibly cheeky of me to make this call, since I've not really spoken to any of the others and I can't exactly say right now, "This is where and when it'll be, by my divine commandment" today then tomorrow say "Oh, by the way guys I need someone to run the barbeque and lots of people to ride the route and time it and I need 2 ride leaders and..." So, I need to do some checking with people first. I think I know where we are, but loads of other people had suggestions last year which would have made it better.

But, provisionally the plan for this year is evolution not revolution, which means there'll be a lot of similiarities in route and in format, since that part worked well. I don't think that's presumptious of me to say so, all of the likely campsites are in the same general area and it's a great route. I said this as a joke last year but in all seriousness, we can just reverse the route and let everyone have a go the other way round, and I don't think anyone will object? So, this is plan B, and it's already good enough that it could be plan A.

So, bear with me just a little longer please!

[Kilted Ginger]

Northy, don't let these southern softies:smt064harass or bully you, just take your time. Let me know if theres anything i can do to help.

[MR UKI (1)]

A reverse of last years route would be most excellent Northwind, I could ride that route for the rest of my days and be most happy :-D

[northwind]

So could I :mrgreen: The only reason it ran the direction it did last year is because that's the way I always do it but it's just as good the other way. Maybe better, riding up to glencoe is more dramatic.

OK, captain disorganised needs to get his thinking cap on this weekend...

[MR UKI (1)]

So could I :mrgreen: The only reason it ran the direction it did last year is because that's the way I always do it but it's just as good the other way. Maybe better, riding up to glencoe is more dramatic.

OK, captain disorganised needs to get his thinking cap on this weekend...

There's no rush Northy, as long as it is the 27th/28th cos I managed to get the Friday off :) (No pressure though :smt040)

[dizzyblonde]

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/dancing/smiley.gif sounds fine to me doing the run the other way:cheers:

[Tiger 55]

I find if you ride the other way you don't really appreciate Rannoch Moor. Unless you've got really good mirrors...

[MR UKI (1)]

I find if you ride the other way you don't really appreciate Rannoch Moor. Unless you've got really good mirrors...

I'd do it the same way again :)

[yorkie_chris]

Can we have that lake loop again please :-D :-D :-D

[vannus]

didnt know we had lakes up here

[Tiger 55]

didnt know we had lakes up here
For the benefit of the Hibernian contingent, we've got loads - Lake of Menteith, Pressmennan Lake, Lake Louise etc :)

Mr YC is of course asking about Loch Leven, which is technically a fjord anyway, and the loop thereof. The answer is a resounding yes!

[vannus]

Whats in a name its still a loch as it is scottish. You can name it what you want it will always be a loch (Loch Innis MoCholmaig).Most others are not natural bodies of water but are still lochs despite the names.

[yorkie_chris]

I just want to pagger the throttle on my scabside 750 and see if it wheelies better than SV... no need to get technical about it!

[TEC]

.... riding up to glencoe is more dramatic...
And would mean that if I play this year I wont have to wait ages there for you to arrive, could hang about the Green Welly ;)

[yorkie_chris]

So you can $hit us all up somewhere else? Nice one lol.

[TEC]

So you can $hit us all up somewhere else? Nice one lol.
Now that wouldn't have happened if you had shown up at the right place and time ;)

[yorkie_chris]

Blame diesel boy :-P

[ethariel]

FMr YC is of course asking about Kinlochleven, which is technically a fjord anyway, and the loop thereof. The answer is a resounding yes!

And dont forget the only redeeming feature of Kinlochleven - the icefactor :)

[Luckypants]

And dont forget the only redeeming feature of Kinlochleven - the icefactor :)

No there is another, the River Leven is an awesome paddle. :cool:

[TEC]

Blame diesel boy :-P
Ya know thats one thing he cannot be blamed for, my original location was at the Glencoe pass, the good twisty bit, just got bored after over an hour waiting :(

[yorkie_chris]

Ya know thats one thing he cannot be blamed for, my original location was at the Glencoe pass, the good twisty bit, just got bored after over an hour waiting :(

If it wasn't actually his fault, then you are just complicating matters. Blame him anyway! :-P