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Thunderace
30-10-12, 07:52 PM
Hello fellow Anglians!
As you may be aware I have been one of more active GM members, helping to revive that little corner of the forum and turn it into the most active!;)
Well I'm leaving the Army in the next few weeks and returning to Norfolk, so advanced warning! Be prepared to put some serious miles on your bikes!
None of this "that's too far to ride to a meet" nonsense! I will ride anywhere, so meets and rideouts will, I repeat WILL be becoming more regular and larger!
A couple of hundred miles on a weekend is good for the soul, and it's well known that I would crawl through broken glass to get to a meet, so riding a few miles solo shouldn't be a drama for the rest of you!;)
So brace yourselves!:twisted:
I will be organising rides as soon as I hit the ground in Norfolk!:smt115
Keep it shiny side up, Nathan.:smt040
maviczap
30-10-12, 08:22 PM
Look forward to meetin ya
BigBaddad
30-10-12, 09:43 PM
I'd better buy a new bike then......or borrow my big bruvs 1098.
Thunderace
30-10-12, 09:44 PM
We'll need to sort the riders from the posters and see who's where, then work out the most central point for meets (or the closest place to the one who whines the most)!;)
Thunderace
30-10-12, 09:45 PM
I'd better buy a new bike then......or borrow my big bruvs 1098.
Do it! Get yourself another! You'll be needing it!;)
Where will you be moving to?
Redlodge is about as central as it gets for us mortal EAR members (all 5 of us) and unless we get together before Christmas in Southwold the next ride will probably be the March Meet Run. It would be good to get some social miles on the bike.
kellyjo
31-10-12, 09:25 AM
Welcome to the EAR Thunderace!!
Im not at all adverse to hundreds of miles in a weekend (even though they are getting slower and slower!!) so if you can arrange childcare and someone to cover me at work then count me in ;-)
Welcome back to Norfolk :)
With an expanding family I have plenty of things to keep me away from biking but I will try and do better next year...!
Thunderace
31-10-12, 09:30 PM
Welcome back to Norfolk :)
I will try and do better next year...!
Good man that's the spirit!:cheers:
Welcome to the EAR Thunderace!!
Im not at all adverse to hundreds of miles in a weekend so if you can arrange childcare and someone to cover me at work then count me in ;-)
Good stuff! A damn good ride is good for the soul!
BTW I have kids and a job so no excuses there!;)
Where will you be moving to?
Redlodge is about as central as it gets for us mortal EAR members (all 5 of us) and unless we get together before Christmas in Southwold the next ride will probably be the March Meet Run. It would be good to get some social miles on the bike.
Social miles is what it's all about! Your bike is a toy not a tool! Save commuting for the cage!;)
Southwold sounds like a plan, although I don't have exact dates for when I'll be back yet but should be before christmas.
I will be moving to the Thetford area, anyone close by?
Cheers for the warm welcome folks!:smt040
Cool.
Close for the EAR is anything you can get to within a day, so yes, several are near. And Snetterton is just up the road :) EAR track day?
And my cage is a V8 Landrover so the bike wins almost every time to save the wallet.
Thunderace
31-10-12, 11:18 PM
HAHA! I feel your pain, I've got a V6 mondeo st220 and it drinks fuel!
Track day sounds good, I smell a springtime plan forming!;)
I live in Wymondham so am probably closest :-)
Thunderace
01-11-12, 09:13 AM
This Red Lodge of which you speak, is it the pub of the same name as the village it's in between Mildenhall and Newmarket?
Its the transport cafe next door to it we are referring to - but yes you are in the right place :)
Sir Trev
01-11-12, 01:27 PM
Stopped at the Red Lodge transport Caff in 1982 on the way from Norwich to the Status Quo XX tour at the NEC. As the place is now bypassed by the A11 I didn't realise it was still going. Got to be better than The World Famous (sic) Comfort Cafe which was truly aweful on the one time we stopped there.
Thunderace
01-11-12, 06:10 PM
Its the transport cafe next door to it we are referring to - but yes you are in the right place :)
Cool if memory serves, I think I can remember the way there.
kaivalagi
01-11-12, 06:52 PM
I'll do my very best to join any ride outs where I can.
I'm currently commuting, when weather permits, from Norwich to the Birmingham area and back 2 - 3 times a month, so wandering over to Red Lodge or similar is a non issue.
btw, which part of the army are/were you in? Quite a few of my Fijian friends are army based
Thunderace
01-11-12, 07:51 PM
I'll do my very best to join any ride outs where I can.
,which part of the army are/were you in? Quite a few of my Fijian friends are army based
Good man!
I was/am about to leave the Signals, but don't be fooled I'm no IT guru I'm a radio op.
If im not working , I'll pop over from Ipswich .
Thunderace
01-11-12, 10:05 PM
If im not working , I'll pop over from Ipswich .
That's what I like to hear!:smt040
Not fair to make some do the long rides all the time, seems like we are gonna have to rotate meet venues due to the EAR covering such a large area!
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