Ride saturday ???

[Specialone]

Anyone up for a bimble Saturday ? Weathers looking decent and supposed to be best day of the weekend.

[danf1234]

Would do if I wasn't at work lol!

[Mr Speirs]

Working...again.

[Specialone]

Working...again.

You wanna stop that malarky :rolleyes:

[christian1000]

Alas I plan to be in the garage fitting new suspension :D

[Specialone]

Alas I plan to be in the garage fitting new suspension :D

Do it Sunday :p

[metalhead19]

Il try and make it. Got few things I need to sort out before i can confirm

[Specialone]

Like a new kettle???

[metalhead19]

Had almost forgotten about the kettle. Yes amongst other things.....:smt019

[loonytoon]

grrr everyone always wants to ride on a saturday im always working.
Anyone fancy sunday ?

[Dave20046]

in the peak district you say?

[Specialone]

in the peak district you say?

Depends how far you wanna come down :)

[christian1000]

Do it Sunday :p

Can't I'm afraid, as I am garageless I have booked an appointment at a mates house. On the plus side his garage comes with an awesome supply of tools and refills of coffee and biscuits.

Oh and also Sunday is the backup day for when something goes wrong on Saturday, but hopefully I won't be needing it [-o<

:smt064: How about a ride on Sunday then I can test out the new sus :riding:

[Dave20046]

Not very :(
workin saturday morning so would only be about late morning/afternoon. Let me know if you fancy coming up somewhere near here!

[Icanopit]

Going down to Silverstone WSB qualifying, looks like a good weekend ???

[Specialone]

Not very :(
workin saturday morning so would only be about late morning/afternoon. Let me know if you fancy coming up somewhere near here!

Lazy git :)
If all else fails I suppose I could head upto to Matlock for you to buy me a brew ;)

[Dave20046]

lemme know :) , just remembered though It'll be a busy morning so probably more likely afternoon, don't wanna screw up your day

[metalhead19]

I will know by tomorrow if i can do any form of ride

[metalhead19]

Correction.....I can do a ride, just not in the morning.

[rusty76]

I know we're busy on Sunday but will check for Saturday

[rusty76]

I can do Saturday morning. How about meeting for a fry-up, then a bimble? I'd have to leave for home about midday

[metalhead19]

Ah, im house-bound saturday morning waiting for a delivery. Free in the afternoon though :D

[Specialone]

Tbh, chaps, an afternoon ish ride suits me better, i need to be home by 5 ish though.

[rusty76]

boo hoo :-(

[metalhead19]

Works for me :D

[Specialone]

boo hoo :-(

You don't stay out long anyway cos your mrs gives you a slap if you're out for more than 2 hours ;)
Us proper bikers spend hours and hours out :)

[rusty76]

You don't stay out long anyway cos your mrs gives you a slap if you're out for more than 2 hours ;)
Us proper bikers spend hours and hours out :)

boo hoo hoo :-(

[Specialone]

boo hoo hoo :-(

Don't cry my shiny headed friend, there will be other rides soon :)

[Dave20046]

cheers guys!
Thanks for trecking up my way too!

[metalhead19]

Cheers for a good ride. Was a laugh. That road would be so much better though without the Average Speed cameras.

[Dave20046]

damn right! It's just a constant worry even though you know they're useless.

[metalhead19]

Yeh, does spoil the road abit.

[Specialone]

You can see why it was the worst road for accidents though can't you, some of them tight corners have crash written all over them.

I just haven't got the confidence to take them the speeds you guys were doing, far too much out of my lazy comfort zone.

Thanks for the ride though, somewhere different and them fish and chips were amazing :)

[Dave20046]

You can see why it was the worst road for accidents though can't you, some of them tight corners have crash written all over them.

I just haven't got the confidence to take them the speeds you guys were doing, far too much out of my lazy comfort zone.

Thanks for the ride though, somewhere different and them fish and chips were amazing :)

In fairness they're just tight bends it's not like they're unpredictable. Atleast you can see far enough to tell it's safe to do a speed of your choosing if you choose wrong then fair enough, I find it safer then a lot of tree/bush lined blind corners a lot of bikers chuck themselves round.

mmm chips

[Specialone]

I think it's the Armco right next to the road with no margin for error that's intimidating and the drop behind it lol

I never know what speed to go tbh, I go round lots of corners and come out thinking I could've gone 20mph quicker easy then, but when I try going quicker I sometimes get round a corner and wish I'd took it slower as it felt too much.

On a track it probably wouldn't bother me at all, it's all in my head maybe :(

[christian1000]

Where you get to? Cat and fiddle by the sounds of it

[Specialone]

Where you get to? Cat and fiddle by the sounds of it

Yep, my first time :p

[christian1000]

Yep, my first time :p

Awesome! What you make of it? I need to go back at some point, only ever been along it with a pillion onboard. Oh and it's a good job I didn't leave the suspension fitting till today, took me some of Friday afternoon and alll of yesterday.

Much improved now though :)

[Dave20046]

I think it's the Armco right next to the road with no margin for error that's intimidating and the drop behind it lol

I never know what speed to go tbh, I go round lots of corners and come out thinking I could've gone 20mph quicker easy then, but when I try going quicker I sometimes get round a corner and wish I'd took it slower as it felt too much.

On a track it probably wouldn't bother me at all, it's all in my head maybe :(

Touché. Got to admit it I did have to force myself not to focus on the almost certain death on one of them. Think it was the first tight right hander after the pub, just confronted with an armco,massive drop and disappearing road.

Everyone gets 'could have done that faster' thought coming out of a bend but it's much better to think that than the other way!

Surprised of the lack of police presence in general yesterday, we were going to all the obvious places. Me and g went past one scamera van but that was it .

[Specialone]

Awesome! What you make of it? I need to go back at some point, only ever been along it with a pillion onboard. Oh and it's a good job I didn't leave the suspension fitting till today, took me some of Friday afternoon and alll of yesterday.

Much improved now though :)

Tbh, I prefer faster flowing bends without average speed cameras, they take too much concentration for me to get in the flow, as dave said, it's really easy to focus on the wrong thing which is a bad thing to do.

I think if I rode it a few times I'd get more comfortable with it, I had a little play in my car with a BMW x5 on my first trip there a couple of years and that was a right laugh :)

Me and Dan had a bit of a suicidal BMW driver attempting to follow us on way home, we had to show him what real speed / acceleration was :p

[metalhead19]

Me and Dan had a bit of a suicidal BMW driver attempting to follow us on way home, we had to show him what real speed / acceleration was :p

That guy was abit of a ****. He did seem to give up trying to under-take/overtake us in the end though....and settle into following us on and off the same bit of road as we got abit directionally challenged :rolleyes:

[Specialone]

That guy was abit of a ****. He did seem to give up trying to under-take/overtake us in the end though....and settle into following us on and off the same bit of road as we got abit directionally challenged :rolleyes:

Yeah sorry about that dude, I was really pi55ed with myself for doing that but in my defence the stupid sign did say services straight on then changed to right.

Was a bit concerning when you said he'd followed us even on our detour.

[Binky]

Lame ass's. Wish i could have made this now. Where else did you do in the Peaks?

[metalhead19]

Yeah sorry about that dude, I was really pi55ed with myself for doing that but in my defence the stupid sign did say services straight on then changed to right.

Was a bit concerning when you said he'd followed us even on our detour.

Haha, yeh signs were abit daft. We made it fine there eventually.
Yeh, was watching him in my mirrors for ages. He kept over taking the same cars as us, took the same exits, and even followed us off onto the roundabout and then back on again when we went straight over. Think we lost him when we did that U turn on the roundabout.

[Specialone]

Lame ass's. Wish i could have made this now. Where else did you do in the Peaks?

That was it really mate, we never got to Matlock until 2pm, had fish and chippies then went for a little bimble, 200 mile round trip :)
I had to be home for 5ish but got in a 5.55pm :smt104

[Binky]

That was it really mate, we never got to Matlock until 2pm, had fish and chippies then went for a little bible, 200 mile round trip :)
I had to be home for 5ish but got in a 5.55pm :smt104

I hate religion during ride outs anyway. Glad i missed it now.

[Specialone]

I hate religion during ride outs anyway. Glad i missed it now.

Ha ha, I edited before you posted so there :smt019

[Binky]

Ha ha, I edited before you posted so there :smt019

You're still a moron.

[Specialone]

Touché

Have you took a funny pill at lunchtime? You're not normally this amusing ;)

[Binky]

Touché

Have you took a funny pill at lunchtime? You're not normally this amusing ;)

I'm always this amusing. It just appears that this lunch you are, unknowingly, understanding the superior intellect on display here. Have you taken a funny pill? :smt104

[Specialone]

Nope :)

You may be funny looking all the time but you're certainly not verbally amusing this often, so what's changed???

Anyway, stop derailing my thread :(

[Binky]

The rides already happened. No one cares anymore...

[Specialone]

The rides already happened. No one cares anymore...

In fairness nobody cared before or during it either, that's the norm with my rides.

[christian1000]

I cared (a little) you just picked the wrong day..

[Shellywoozle]

Oi, you should text me as I don't read org much. Tut tut and I went out alone ;(