Are we gonna have a rideout this year or what???

[rusty76]

Great roads, great weather, great afternoon, company....err, great!

Sorry didn't say goodbye Dave, didn't realise you were splitting at Uppingham

But my clutch is definitely pooped, boo

[ravingdavis]

I've just got back home, took a slight detour and enjoyed some good roads.

Was cracking to see you all again :)

[speedplay]

Just got in and will be uploading the pictures later.
Was great to see you guys, meet new faces and old grumpy ones too.
Glad Pete and lissa made it to long itch although, it does mean they are lurking and watching...;)

[Specialone]

I got home at six after caning the mway on the way home.

Good to see everyone today, even you dave ;)

Suprisingly I really enjoyed today, thought I was gonna be left behind but kept up reasonably well, even enjoyed being TEC :)

Absolutely boloxed now though, my shoulders are proper killing me now :( worth it though.

Thanks all :smt080

[ravingdavis]

Good to see everyone today, even you dave ;)

Suprisingly I really enjoyed today, thought I was gonna be left behind but kept up reasonably well, even enjoyed being TEC :)



I was surprised at how unusually competent you were today actually. Still could have kept up on the 125 though.

Good to see you too mate.

[-Ralph-]

Now sitting in the garden with beer and peanuts.

What a great day, really started to get to know my bike as well.

Good to see everyone, thanks all!

[Specialone]

Some pics...


http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx225/specialone0055/85d4a23d.jpg


http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx225/specialone0055/e14a1704.jpg


Colin decided to not fill up in Melton like everyone else so this is him riding back to a garage while we waited ;)

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx225/specialone0055/4a08ca3d.jpg


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[Mr Speirs]

Sat at home in my PJ's watching formula 1 qualifying waiting for my dinner to cook :)

Had a corking day today!! Really enjoyed myself, couldn't keep off my bike.
Got to grips with it today, very very good ride. Thanks all. Hope you enjoyed the roads? Davies you really did miss the best part of the ride.

Was also a great surprise to see me old friends pete n lissa. Was the start of a great day!!

Well looking forward to silverstone now!!

Choo Choo

[ravingdavis]

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/davidfletchercc/IMAG0163.jpg

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Those pimp white boots make the shot.

[speedplay]

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/photo-6.jpg

Go on, Laugh it up....

[-Ralph-]

See how that Yellow Daytona really stands out in a crowd! :D

[L3nny]

Got back to Warwick about 6.30 after deciding to take the scenic route, had to rush around to get to work ontime.

Had a great day trying to keep up with Frankengixxer

Now got a night of failover testing to look forward too, woo hoo.

Nice to finally meet you lot. John, you can make it up to me next time :D

[Specialone]

Hope your night shift don't go too bad mate, I couldn't think of anything worse now tbh, I'll be asleep in an hour no doubt.

[-Ralph-]

You'll all be pleased to know that I'm currently reading the manual for the new Tom Tom Rider!

[rusty76]

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/photo-6.jpg

Go on, Laugh it up....

Uh, huh, huh, huh huh, huh

You've never looked butcher

[Mr Speirs]

You'll all be pleased to know that I'm currently reading the manual for the new Tom Tom Rider!

We'd be more pleased if you threw it away!!
I've never seen someone program a 3 mile route that they just rode before :)

[-Ralph-]

We'd be more pleased if you threw it away!!
I've never seen someone program a 3 mile route that they just rode before :)

You were going quick today then! You managed to ride the route I programmed to that petrol station (yes the one the rest of us hadn't ridden past and didn't know existed), pass it, and back onto the route the rest of us rode, without anyone knowing you had even gone! ;)

[Mr Speirs]

224 Miles for me today. Proper day me thinks!!

[Specialone]

224 Miles for me today. Proper day me thinks!!

About 260 for me I think, possibly a bit more.

[ravingdavis]

I did just over 320 today.

Enjoyed every mile.

[speedplay]

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/bikers%20meets/Long%20Itch%20rideout/IMGP0821.jpg

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Lissa looked pleased to see mr speirs.....

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Lissas new leathers:-

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[Mr Speirs]

Raving Davies looks like he in doing his bike doggy style whilst pulling it's hair and posing for a porn pic.

Dirty boy.

[-Ralph-]

I need a haircut!

[Mr Speirs]

I too need a haircut

[L3nny]

Contrary to my facial expressions I did enjoy myself

[speedplay]

I need a haircut!

Doesnt matter if you cut it, you will still be a ginger on a yellow bike...:rolleyes:

[speedplay]

I still love the fact that at an sv650 meet we had :- 3 triumph. 2 gsxr, 1 ducati, 1 fireblade 1 tuono an mr2 and absolutely zero sv!

[-Ralph-]

Do non members count? If so we had a Viffer too.

[Specialone]

What ducati ???
John didn't come on the rideout ;)

[-Ralph-]

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/bikers%20meets/Long%20Itch%20rideout/IMGP0827.jpg

Check out the colour match between Chris' wheels and Rob's Daytona! :lol:

YOU'VE BEEN TANGO'ED!

[Binky]

Man! Just got back from work to find that i could have been the one and only SV. Really jealous looking at these photos. :(

[L3nny]

Spiers. I forgot to ask. Did you ever catch that Desmo on the way the Market Harborough?? I tied keeping up with you two for all of 2 minutes till I decided it probably wasn't a great idea.

[Specialone]

That duke came flying past us after I let him past, I was gonna play and let him try keeping up with me, but I got bored and let him through.

Edit, forgot to add a ;) at the end of my post.

[Mr Speirs]

Ha, yeah I did. When I saw he caught up it was like a red rag to a bull.
He pulled off about 5 miles down the road. He was quick in a straight line but a tad slow round corners.

[Specialone]

Even the duke couldn't out do frankengixxer lol

Good work :)

[Mr Speirs]

It was good fun going after one. He didn't look behind him for the entire time but when he did when he turned off I think he was a bit suprised I was right behind him.

[-Ralph-]

I saw the way he way riding in my mirrors, pulled over, and waved him through. Lenny and I were not hanging around, and he had obviously caught up with us from behind, so I knew he was travelling quicker than us and was going to be all over my tail until he got through.

I am getting too old and sensible! ;-)

[-Ralph-]

Lenny, I was ****ing myself when you missed that bend and shot straight on down a country lane!

I hadn't seen Spiers go round that bend, but I'd made the assumption that's where we were going and was just setting up for the corner, then when you didn't tip in for it... EH?!

Why is Lenny going straight on? Are we going that way? Nope, Lenny is braking and there's Speirs down there. Why is Lenny going that way? OK, I've delayed tip in that long, I'm not going round that bend now either, ABORT FOLLOW LENNY! Realise what just happened and burst out laughing! :lol: Almost all the riders behind did the same thing.

What happened? Did you just not see the bend, or did you just decide you weren't going to make it?

[Mr Speirs]

He was just riding quick in a straight line. Around 125 most of the time.

[-Ralph-]

I was too close on his tail TBH, we were basically tipping into the bends a split second apart. I didn't give myself enough time to think. Had I been a hundred ft behind, not 20-30 ft, I had have just sailed round the bend laughing at Lenny.

[-Ralph-]

I have a bad habit of planning the road ahead, but ignoring the rider immediately in front and just accepting them as a moving black spot in my vision, and just planning around them, so my brain almost blocks out the fact there are there because I'm not looking at them, I'm looking past them, they are just a bike shaped object moving across my field of vision, and I end up too close.

If someone is slower than me I realise it and back off because they are holding me up, if someone is quicker than me it doesn't matter, it's only when I'm on exactly the same pace as somebody else, like Lenny and I were yesterday, that you end up almost with two bikes operating as a single unit. So, sorry if I crowded you Lenny.

[Specialone]

Luckily, I was a bit behind with rob I think so watched all this unfold lol, very first thoughts was somebody had binned it :(, didn't see chris and guessed something like that happened :)

I had a certain three figure limit in my head yesterday that I didnt exceed under any circumstance, even on straights, I was a good boy :)

[G]

I had a certain three figure limit in my head yesterday that I didnt exceed under any circumstance, even on straights, I was a good boy :)

112?















KPH

And I bet I know the corner, speirs amd I have gone straight on at least once... and it was after over taking a line of cars, they saw us do it then we had to overtake them again.

[Binky]

Whose FrankenGixer? Member on here?

[-Ralph-]

I had a certain three figure limit in my head yesterday that I didnt exceed under any circumstance, even on straights, I was a good boy :)

Me neither :---)

Actually, the sat nav isn't easy to read when the speeds pick up, so with the speedo not working, I have no idea what my top speed was. I only looked at my speed through towns and villages.

You enjoyed your run through the wider twisties from my fuel stop to Melton Mowbray, I was watching you in my mirrors!

Whose FrankenGixer? Member on here?

It the nickname for Chris' new Gixxer. It's such a pretty beast, it's been compared to Frankenstein.

[-Ralph-]

And I bet I know the corner, speirs amd I have gone straight on at least once... and it was after over taking a line of cars, they saw us do it then we had to overtake them again.

The way it is laid out, it's very easy just to think the road goes straight on, and not realise there's a corner there until you've missed it.

[ravingdavis]

Whose FrankenGixer? Member on here?

Spears' new Gixxer

[L3nny]

I was looking in my mirrors wondering if Ralph had made the previous bend ok cause it was a bit of a tricky one. At the same time I was accelerating hard in second. By the time I realised I was supposed to be going right I was going too fast so had to go straight on to slow down. To be honest at some points in the day ı was riding a bit close to my limits and concentrating soley on catching chris rather than riding for myself, thankfully that was the worst that happened.

After that ı relaxed a bit and was actually just as quick anyway.

[-Ralph-]

Let's swap places next time then and you can chase me instead of Spiers, we are more evenly matched in terms of pace and you'll be more comfortable. On my SV I'd have been sat on Spiers tail, but then I was pushing that bike to it's limits and crashed it three times, once was ice and pretty unavoidable, but twice it was entirely my own fault, a highside and a lowside as the result of pushing too hard in a corner.

I decided that yesterdays pace was is quickest as I ever want to ride from now on, and that will only be on occasion when having a play on rideouts and so on, not every time I get on the bike. Leaving some margin for error and not doing corners as fast as I possibly can.

I couldn't have gone much faster yesterday anyway, because yesterday was my first day starting to gel with the Daytona.

There were also a lot of corners yesterday, especially on the road that goes from Market Harborough to Melton Mowbray (where that idiot on the Ducati came past), where the hedges were quite thick and high, so you were kind of riding with tunnel vision, and I was thinking "I'm happy, bikes happy, could go faster", but I don't dare twist the throttle more because I can't see far enough. If there was a broken down car or a 15mph tractor just round the bend, you'd be screwed. A lot of blind summits that have you backing off the speed yesterday too, 'cos you just don't know what you might find on the other side.

[Specialone]

Me neither :---)

Actually, the sat nav isn't easy to read when the speeds pick up, so with the speedo not working, I have no idea what my top speed was. I only looked at my speed through towns and villages.

You enjoyed your run through the wider twisties from my fuel stop to Melton Mowbray, I was watching you in my mirrors!



I enjoyed most of it Col tbh, even the tighter corners when i was behind you guys, no one really pulled away from me, except chris I didn't see him :)
I got more confident as day got on so I relaxed a bit.

Good day :)

[Mr Speirs]

I was too close on his tail TBH, we were basically tipping into the bends a split second apart. I didn't give myself enough time to think. Had I been a hundred ft behind, not 20-30 ft, I had have just sailed round the bend laughing at Lenny.

Ah no I was still talking about that Desmo.

**** knows what happened with Lenny. I now realised where you mean, theres that 90 left which looks like it could go striaght on and then the 90 right that looks like it should go straight on. Lucky you did it on the right :)

I do the same Phil, a tend to hover at a three figure speed even on straights, I prefer to try n be quicker round corners. Occasionally I'll stray over, especially when a Desmo gives it some in front of me.

[Binky]

It the nickname for Chris' new Gixxer. It's such a pretty beast, it's been compared to Frankenstein.

Thought it was Thomas the Tank Engine with the lovely little headlight up front? ;)

[Mr Speirs]

Don't you start taking the ****!! I won't let you have a go!! :)

Everyone agreed after seeing it in the flesh that it was by far the prettiest bike there.

[Specialone]

Eh ???
My sprint is obviously the best looking bike, Binky mate, your not in the best position to criticise someone elses bike on looks ;)

Chris, it goes well but there's no denying, it's a moose :)

[Mr Speirs]

You're a moose

[rusty76]

Are you a man or a moose?

I quite liked the Franken-moose (in mad max stylee way). But what's with the indicators? You'd be better off with a fairy light. Oh, and I think you're down to one brake light bulb

[Specialone]

You're a moose

Good retort :rolleyes:
Didn't say I didn't like it btw, when finances allow, I want a road going track bike as well, haven't told wifey yet :)

[Mr Speirs]

Are you a man or a moose?

I quite liked the Franken-moose (in mad max stylee way). But what's with the indicators? You'd be better off with a fairy light. Oh, and I think you're down to one brake light bulb

How many brake lights do I need? ;)

[Binky]

Check out the colour match between Chris' wheels and Rob's Daytona! :lol:

YOU'VE BEEN TANGO'ED!

http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/speedplay/bikers%20meets/Long%20Itch%20rideout/IMGP0837.jpg

;)

[-Ralph-]

Tell you what! Binky's in a 'pot calling the kettle black' kind of mood today is he not? ;-)

I won't be ginger for much longer anyway, I'm rapidly turning silver!

[Specialone]

Lol :)

[Dicky Ticker]

The only person I know who needs a Tom-Tom to show him the way to his mouth.
He recons it saves him from stabbing his face with the fork;)

[speedplay]

The only person I know who needs a Tom-Tom to show him the way to his mouth.
He recons it saves him from stabbing his face with the fork;)

Lmao.

I was at the long itch this morning for 9am for a bike safe day.
They were still recovering from colins breakfast order.

[L3nny]

Here was where the incident took place

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I took the previous bend a lot faster than i was comfortable with but just about made it around. Thought Ralph was going to struggle as he was right on my tail so checked my mirrors to see if he made it. Then before I knew it I was going in the wrong direction.

I have never ridden that fast for that long before, I normally ride to about 70% of my comfort zone but Saturday I was at 90% most of the time. Still it's good fun to test yourself now and again. :D

[-Ralph-]

I didn't have any particular problem with the corner before, although I was right on your tail (which I apologise for) like I said earlier, I tend to ignore the bike in front and plan the road in front of it.

I seem to remember being a long time quite hard on the brakes because the limit point stayed still for an awful long time on approach, so I knew it was probably near enough 90 degrees. I tend to stay on the brakes until the limit point starts moving, then off the brakes onto a slightly positive throttle just as or before I tip in.

The next corner the problem wasn't the corner, I was set up and ready for that, it was the confusion and suddenly having to figure out which way we were supposed to be going, then make up my mind about where to go.

[rusty76]

Haha, don't know I'm laughing, I was only about 6 inch off of running into the back of Ralph. The resulting trumpet/tuono combo would have rivalled frankengixxer in the looks department.

Must do it again sometime.

Choo choo

[Specialone]

Rus, I did see you shaking your head, assume it was your clutch slipping ?

[rusty76]

Rus, I did see you shaking your head, assume it was your clutch slipping ?

yep, was getting on my nerves. Under any hard acceleration it would slip. I'll try to bleed and adjust it this week. Hope that sorts it as I could do without shelling out

[-Ralph-]

Haha, don't know I'm laughing, I was only about 6 inch off of running into the back of Ralph. The resulting trumpet/tuono combo would have rivalled frankengixxer in the looks department

Did I pull up hard did I? My head was too busy worrying about where to go so the bike was being ridden on autopilot. I know I didn't actually go up the lane, but stopped and pulled up sideways at the give way line. I was aware of other riders coming in behind me and going up the lane, but didn't realise you were that close.

That's twice this year I've nearly been wiped out by the rider behind me, Phil narrowly missed me about January/February time ('cos I spotted a right turn into a green lane so I hauled the anchors on from 60mph to go investigate :oops: oops!) he shot past my left at about 30mph with his rear tyre locked up and his bike practically sideways, as I turned right. That really wouldn't have been pretty!

[Specialone]

Did I pull up hard did I? My head was too busy worrying about where to go so the bike was being ridden on autopilot. I know I didn't actually go up the lane, but stopped and pulled up sideways at the give way line. I was aware of other riders coming in behind me and going up the lane, but didn't realise you were that close.

That's twice this year I've nearly been wiped out by the rider behind me, Phil narrowly missed me about January/February time ('cos I spotted a right turn into a green lane so I hauled the anchors on from 60mph to go investigate :oops: oops!) he shot past my left at about 30mph with his rear tyre locked up and his bike practically sideways, as I turned right. That really wouldn't have been pretty!
Yeah you do throw out the anchors sometimes a bit heavy, ive learnt not to get too close to you lol ;)

[-Ralph-]

Yeah you do throw out the anchors sometimes a bit heavy, ive learnt not to get too close to you lol ;)

Yeah, I'm bad for realising I'm about to miss my turn, and pulling up hard to make it round, whereas a lot riders would just accept they'd missed it and go turn around further up the road.

I think a read of this thread tells us all that we need to space it out a bit more in future. Anyone reading it will jump to conclusions and think we're a bunch of hooligans/idiots, which actually isn't the case.

[L3nny]

Anyone reading it will jump to conclusions and think we're a bunch of hooligans/idiots, which actually isn't the case.

:-dd

[Binky]

I think a read of this thread tells us all that we need to space it out a bit more in future. Anyone reading it will jump to conclusions and think we're a bunch of hooligans/idiots, which actually isn't the case.

:-dd

I look forward to seeing your "hooligan-ness" sometime soon Lenny. :smt101

[L3nny]

Haha, you might be a bit disappointed Binky.

[G]

It's easy to follow the person infront closely at speed if you ride with them enough to know their capabilities/what they are going to do. 8) There is people I would sit 2m or 3m back from at silly speeds and be happy they were not about to do anything silly. I've even said to them in the past am I following to closely and they've said they do the same.

Doesn't make you a hooligan :P

[Dicky Ticker]

A point I have noticed when in group rides is if you leave a good space somebody will fill it-------my reason for not riding in groups with strangers.

[Binky]

It's easy to follow the person infront closely at speed if you ride with them enough to know their capabilities/what they are going to do. 8) There people I would sit 2 or 3m back from at silly speeds and be happy they were not about to do anything silly. I've even said to them in the past am I following to closely and they've said they do the same.

Doesn't make you a hooligan :P

I miss you chasing me down G, only to get my head in gear and just go a little bit quicker. ;) Can't wait for my deadlines to be out of the way and come out for a few rides.

A point I have noticed when in group rides is if you leave a good space somebody will fill it-------my reason for not riding in groups with strangers.

Surely you'd end up not riding with anyone new then. Missing out if you ask me. Small annoyance yes, but i love riding with new people...

[Mr Speirs]

I miss you chasing me down G, only to get my head in gear and just go a little bit quicker. ;) Can't wait for my deadlines to be out of the way and come out for a few rides.


You need to hurry up with your deadlines!! Us three were an awesome combination on the roads.

[Icanopit]

The terminology is "Two wheel envirmental DRAFTING" :thumleft:

[G]

You need to hurry up with your deadlines!! Us three were an awesome combination on the roads.

Ha I rode the road from the campsite to the Via Gelia crossroads the other day and questioned just how the feck did we kept riding it so fast on the Peaks Ride

[-Ralph-]

You need to hurry up with your deadlines!! Us three were an awesome combination on the roads.

Anyone reading it will jump to conclusions and think we're a bunch of hooligans/idiots, which actually isn't the case.

I take it back.

;)

[loonytoon]

Anyone out around birmingham this weekend? weather is looking dry an warm possibly cloudy.
cheers
Ben