AR2013 Chat Thread

[DJ123]

just a quick shout in a quiet corner of the org... thanks to the lads who are organising this - know simon reasonably well and met adam spank at AR12 - top guys who are doing a great job so far :) can't wait

Cheers, it's all coming along nicely!

In all fairness paul me and si are probably doing the least at the moment, daddyjobs been ceaselessly pouring over maps for god knows how long tweaking route after route to try to get the best roads in and thunderace has also done a lot of stuff that will no doubt turn out to be extremely useful for something or other.

Indeed we have, everything going well.

Cheers Paul, we are certainly trying to provide a good weekend for all!:)

+1, we're aiming for great but we'll take good!

[Thunderace]

OK I'll admit Great is the aim!:cheers::cheers::cheers:

EDIT: Shall I make room for Das Boot so Jammy can try again? Also any others brave enough could give it a go!;) :drink: :puker:

[Paul the 6th]

And Job! Met job before so thank you & ace as well mate massive thanks so far. Make sure you guys come to claim your beer from me on the weekend :)

[Tomor]

Wouldn't bother with the boot, wouldn't be finished before the ride in the morning ;)

[Thunderace]

And Job! Met job before so thank you & ace as well mate massive thanks so far. Make sure you guys come to claim your beer from me on the weekend :)

Will do cheers!:D

Wouldn't bother with the boot, wouldn't be finished before the ride in the morning ;)

Yeah he does take his time!;)

[DJ123]

Just shy of 8 weeks to go now!!!! I'm aiming to post a couple of photos a week to 'reveal' snippets of the AR up until the event, and hopefully nudge a few more into attendance!
This weeks photos are a sneaky look at the route;

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/focus550/P1030999_zpsaeaa2b39.jpg

http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/focus550/P1040003_zps7e38925c.jpg

[metalhead19]

Roads look good, My folks live just up the road from the camp location so I have a good idea of the area. Should be a great weekend!

[Fallout]

That looks like the 150mph knee down Death Road ... or was it the 30mph Buttercup Lane? I always forget.

[Paul the 6th]

you guys need to do a promotional video :)

[Spank86]

you guys need to do a promotional video :)

We did one but its been impounded under the obscenities act.

I knew we shouldn't have let wideboy write the script.

[Fallout]

you guys need to do a promotional video :)

Why don't you pop down next weekend chap and film one for us?

[chris8886]

Why don't you pop down next weekend chap and film one for us?

that sounds like a plan to me. i'd even try n get over to come "help" ya! lol

[Fallout]

Chris, if you got involved it'd probably become a snuff movie.

[Paul the 6th]

Worse still a smurf movie. This weekend I'm working til late on Friday, Saturday in Whitby with me dad, Sunday working at the YO1 festival (rudimental & aluna George get in!) and then Monday is the only day for a long while where I can do chores and chill before a big stretch of hectic work.... I'll give you a shout a about free weekends coming up before AR see if you fancy it :)

[Littlepeahead]

I'm going to the site today on my way to lunch at the Thomas Lord pub.

[Fallout]

Worse still a smurf movie. This weekend I'm working til late on Friday, Saturday in Whitby with me dad, Sunday working at the YO1 festival (rudimental & aluna George get in!) and then Monday is the only day for a long while where I can do chores and chill before a big stretch of hectic work.... I'll give you a shout a about free weekends coming up before AR see if you fancy it :)

Done deal son.

I'm going to the site today on my way to lunch at the Thomas Lord pub.

Don't cause trouble. I'm about to head out for the day and might be in the area. I'll be watching out for poor defenceless men being photographed topless.

[Littlepeahead]

Ooo look. A pole dancing competition arena.

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=982&pictureid=6837

[NTECUK]

Ooo look. A pole dancing competition arena.

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=982&pictureid=6837
You seamlses Voluentry work for AR entertainment is allway apprecheated LPH

[Spank86]

I'd win.

As long as it was only based on technical ability.

[chris8886]

Chris, if you got involved it'd probably become a snuff movie.

middle finger smilie! :P

[Littlepeahead]

Did some roads today that I expect are on the route. Though perhaps not the one as we left Winchester that was about 6ft wide and mostly gravel, mud and potholes. Great on a GS and KTM, would be horrible on anything without semi knobblies on like an SV.

[Paul the 6th]

YEAH BABY ;)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6891401329_25da7b9808_z.jpg

[orose]

If that's the rideout, I'll stay and keep a barstool warm for later :p

[Spank86]

Did some roads today that I expect are on the route. Though perhaps not the one as we left Winchester that was about 6ft wide and mostly gravel, mud and potholes. Great on a GS and KTM, would be horrible on anything without semi knobblies on like an SV.

Which direction were you going from winchester there?

[Spank86]

If that's the rideout, I'll stay and keep a barstool warm for later :p

Don't worry, there's none of that.

We're not promising every road will be swept and immaculately surfaced it we're certainly not off reading, keeping a close eye on job to make sure he doesn't indulge his predilection for fording streams, don't you worry.

[Littlepeahead]

I think it was Winchester towards Romsey on to Lyndhurst. Might have been a road off a dual carriageway towards Ridge.

[Fallout]

I suspect the only bit of the AR route you traversed was the walking from the West Meon pub back to your car. At the crossroads you would've headed north west to Winchester, which although is a great road, it aint the AR route. We chose not to include it because of the lack of jumps.

[dirtydog]

which although is a great road, it aint the AR route. We chose not to include it because of the lack of jumps.

Shhhhhh! You're giving out too many secrets about the AR route you fool :nomore:

[Spank86]

I think it was Winchester towards Romsey on to Lyndhurst. Might have been a road off a dual carriageway towards Ridge.

I know the one, through Hursley.

Not the best road at this time of year (or rather the time of year our weather should have been happening in) but not too bad in the summer.

The AR
Will be more, roughly, in the region of the South Downs.

Which is quite a big old area.

[Fallout]

Shhhhhh! You're giving out too many secrets about the AR route you fool :nomore:

Dude, I have to let people know there will be some jumps involved, otherwise the motocrossers wouldn't come!

Big air, homeboys. Big bad air. :thumbsup:

[Paul the 6th]

airborne division checking in. :thumbsup:

[Sid Squid]

6ft wide and mostly gravel, mud and potholes.
You called?

Sounds perfect - get some more of those and you'll have a route worth riding.

:thumright:

PS. GS? KTM? WTF are you on about? Everyone knows they're rubbish. The ideal bike on roads like that is a 1998 ZX6-R.

[DJ123]

Agreed, you don't need those for off roading. A road bike does it just as well, i've done partial off roading on the SV and a few fords. It is the kind of stuff that makes a rideout much more interesting!

[Wideboy]

have we decided on a that fuel stop yet before the lap of the m25?

[DJ123]

have we decided on a that fuel stop yet before the lap of the m25?
depends on if we have decided on clockwise or anti clockwise

[Paul the 6th]

South mimms services ftw!

[DJ123]

South mimms services ftw!

no, no, no. Cobham FTW! check out the facilities

General: Children's Play Area, Picnic Area, Quicksilver (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Quicksilver), Regus (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Regus) Business Lounge, Showers, WiFi (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/WiFi)
Restaurants: KFC (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/KFC), McDonald's (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/McDonald%27s), Starbucks (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Starbucks), Eat In (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Eat_In), Greggs (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Greggs), Papa John's Pizza (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Papa_John%27s_Pizza), El Mexicana (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/El_Mexicana), MooDog Treateries (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/MooDog_Treateries), Chozen Noodle, Dessert Station, Sorriso Cafe (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Sorriso_Cafe)
Shops: WHSmith (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/WHSmith) (with Costa Express (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Costa#Costa_Express) Krispy Kreme (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Krispy_Kreme)), M&S Simply Food (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Marks_and_Spencer_Simply_Food)
Fuel: Shell (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Shell) (with: Deli2go (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Shell#Deli2go) Coach toilet drop Costa Express (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Costa#Costa_Express) Autogas (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Autogas) LPG)
Motel: Days Inn (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Days_Inn)

[Littlepeahead]

We did bimble about on the south downs first. Not through choice. Stu just kept misreading the sat nav.

[Fallout]

In all seriousness, the first version of the route was about 50% off road. No more than a foot of useable Tarmac available at any one time. We've now reduced that to 45% so we're not completely taking the ****.

[Sid Squid]

In all seriousness, the first version of the route was about 50% off road. No more than a foot of useable Tarmac available at any one time. We've now reduced that to 45% so we're not completely taking the ****.
You're going in the wrong direction! Gravel, mud and standing water improve a rideout route immeasurably.

[Wideboy]

no, no, no. Cobham FTW! check out the facilities

General: Children's Play Area, Picnic Area, Quicksilver (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Quicksilver), Regus (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Regus) Business Lounge, Showers, WiFi (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/WiFi)
Restaurants: KFC (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/KFC), McDonald's (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/McDonald%27s), Starbucks (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Starbucks), Eat In (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Eat_In), Greggs (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Greggs), Papa John's Pizza (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Papa_John%27s_Pizza), El Mexicana (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/El_Mexicana), MooDog Treateries (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/MooDog_Treateries), Chozen Noodle, Dessert Station, Sorriso Cafe (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Sorriso_Cafe)
Shops: WHSmith (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/WHSmith) (with Costa Express (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Costa#Costa_Express) Krispy Kreme (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Krispy_Kreme)), M&S Simply Food (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Marks_and_Spencer_Simply_Food)
Fuel: Shell (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Shell) (with: Deli2go (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Shell#Deli2go) Coach toilet drop Costa Express (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Costa#Costa_Express) Autogas (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Autogas) LPG)
Motel: Days Inn (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Days_Inn)

Dang none of my cards can compete. I could evolve though but I need to trade my redbull mini shot card for a gingsters pasty card?

[Littlepeahead]

You're going in the wrong direction! Gravel, mud and standing water improve a rideout route immeasurably.

We need some decent potholes to see how many exhausts we can make fall off.

[Paul the 6th]

no, no, no. Cobham FTW! check out the facilities

General: Children's Play Area, Picnic Area, Quicksilver (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Quicksilver), Regus (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Regus) Business Lounge, Showers, WiFi (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/WiFi)
Restaurants: KFC (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/KFC), McDonald's (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/McDonald%27s), Starbucks (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Starbucks), Eat In (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Eat_In), Greggs (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Greggs), Papa John's Pizza (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Papa_John%27s_Pizza), El Mexicana (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/El_Mexicana), MooDog Treateries (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/MooDog_Treateries), Chozen Noodle, Dessert Station, Sorriso Cafe (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Sorriso_Cafe)
Shops: WHSmith (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/WHSmith) (with Costa Express (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Costa#Costa_Express) Krispy Kreme (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Krispy_Kreme)), M&S Simply Food (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Marks_and_Spencer_Simply_Food)
Fuel: Shell (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Shell) (with: Deli2go (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Shell#Deli2go) Coach toilet drop Costa Express (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Costa#Costa_Express) Autogas (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Autogas) LPG)
Motel: Days Inn (http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Days_Inn)

Starbucks frap PENG!

[Fallout]

You're going in the wrong direction! Gravel, mud and standing water improve a rideout route immeasurably.

I'm sure the newbies would love a bit of that. There's nout like attending your first big group ride, feeling the pressure and then stonking into a hairpin with a road surface made entirely from twigs. :D

[Littlepeahead]

Today I said I'd switch off the sat nav and use my sense of direction (Mr LPH doesn't have one) and managed to located the south's longest bit of newly surfaced loose topped twisty road with a few random donkeys grazing on the side of the road round blind bends. While wearing the most uncomfortable pants.

[Spank86]

That sounds like the new forest all right. I hope they move out of the way quicker for bikes than they do vans.

[Mark_h]

Today I said I'd switch off the sat nav and use my sense of direction (Mr LPH doesn't have one) and managed to located the south's longest bit of newly surfaced loose topped twisty road with a few random donkeys grazing on the side of the road round blind bends. While wearing the most uncomfortable pants.

How do you know the Donkeys were uncomfortable in their pants?

[Criggers]

Y U no make custom shirts like last year? http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/02/te8e7u7u.jpg

[Spank86]

Y U no make custom shirts like last year? http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/02/te8e7u7u.jpg
Because we've nominated you to organise it and you haven't done anything yet.


Weren't you at the meeting?

[Criggers]

Meeting? I have not heard of this meeting you speak of

[Wideboy]

We can provide loin clothes with spanks face on them but the down side to this is he has to break his court order by being within 2 metres of people to ensure and tailored fit.

[Spank86]

Meeting? I have not heard of this meeting you speak of
We must have left you off the email list, Wondered why you weren't there.

Oh well, get organising.



In all seriousness though this was billed as a back to basics AR, none of the people who have organised clothing in previous years wanted to touch it with a barge pole and none of us in the GM wanted clothes ourselves (all our meetings are neked you see) nor did we fancy the hassle of sorting them for others at whatever extortionate price we could get them for. If someone else wants to step up to the plate however I can almost guarantee none of us would be offended.

[Criggers]

Oh right I see, It was only curiosity. Never mind, looks like ill just have to take a page out of the GM's book

[Spank86]

It's a fair question and we did look into it for a bit but the consensus among us was we weren't really interested ourselves and yours is the first question I've seen on the subject so we'd come to the conclusion it wasn't vital. Not sure how many people wanted them last year, didn't see that many.

[Criggers]

True, oh well it's more about the knee downs and then the knees up afterwards than the accessories

[Paul the 6th]

the clothing from my side: despite the t-shirts being around £14 (some think this seems relatively pricey for a simple t-shirt) the amount of time going back and forth finalising the design, the amount of time production takes and usually during a busy period of my main line of work etc. it's just not viable. I've never really tried to do the AR clothing as a massive money making scheme 'cos it's for the 'Org - but at the same time the bills do still need paying and events work really has to take priority.

That and standing at a heatpress for 8 hours over 2-3 days is one of the most soul destroying experiences lol. As far as I know cbay is still about and doing his stuff.

[Criggers]

Well it was just a question as I haven't seen much about it this year, and to be fair heat pressing always make me think it's a form of work out

[Spank86]

the clothing from my side: despite the t-shirts being around £14 (some think this seems relatively pricey for a simple t-shirt)...
Thanks Paul, I hoped you'd chip in but didn't want to name you.

Personally I don't think £14 is expensive for a T-shirt if it's decent quality but it is quite a bit to shell out for something you probably wouldn't wear that much after an event (or at least I wouldn't). In my mind Primark and the like have made such things look less and less worthwhile even if the primark stuff is cheap rubbish that doesn't last.

I'll say again that we're arranging this as a fun event at a low cost but if others (like Cbay) would like to arrange something as a little add on none of us would have an issue(I haven't asked the guys this but I can't see why any would).

[Paul the 6th]

yeah that's exactly it Spank - the shirts are usually gildan or fruit of the loom, which everyone knows are mass produced blank shirts designed specifically for customising a lot of the time - cost comes in the time taken to create the artwork, CAD cut it into flex, weed out the waste material from the flex and then press the flex onto the garment - each garment has a unique username front and back usually, so it's not as simple as just pulling a shirt out of a box and pressing it over 20 seconds, you have to check the against the size, colour, username and any other special requests for that particular garment - then repeat for the next 50-70 garments.

Then packing each shirt, labelling everything up, delivering, paypal take their fee for handling the payment, the website order pages take time to set up so that people can order etc. it's a massive operation which takes many hours - and then there's not a particularly appropriate margin to account for all the hours making everything come together............

and then someone pm's you the day before AR saying they forgot to order theirs and "is there any chance?" lol.

Yeah if cBay or any other orgers want to organise their own stuff then it's up to the AR:GM crew to give it the thumbs up or whatever :)

Excited for the AR though guys! Can't wait.

[Paul the 6th]

has anyone asked about showers yet btw? :)

[Spank86]

has anyone asked about showers yet btw? :)

not yet.

If you mean rain showers, there won't be any...

If you mean shower facilities, there wont be any...

Not at the pub anyway, you could have a basic wash in the toilet facilities in the pub as long as you don't stroll down there in only a towel but that's about it.

[jambo]

Can I just take the time to say, I really like the back to basics approach.

So far the majority of the arguments seem to have been about who's picking up the bar tab, degrees of nakedness, and whether the route contains enough gravel to keep everyone happy.

In short the things that matter.

I think through the best of intentions the last few years people have felt pressured into organising more and more add-on facilities. It's nice to just know I can put my name down, rock up at the correct field with a tent and say hello and not worry that I'll not have noticed all the effort everyone's gone to.

Thank you for your efforts so far, me and Mrs Jambo are looking forward to it :)

I'm pretty sure I have a couple of T-shirts with my name on in case I get lost...

Jambo

[Littlepeahead]

I know, why don't we all bring our t-shirts from previous ARs and swap between ourselves thus totally confusing everyone on who is who. That way I might also end up wearing one that isn't ridiculously tight across the bosom as PT6's idea of skinny fit and mine seem to differ.

[DJ123]

Am i reading this right, nearly 2 pages of useful information?!?!?! Thanks for the support and good words. We hope it exceeds expectations!

[Fallout]

Regarding the t-shirts, don't forget that photoshop imbeciles of the GM have been responsible for the logo designs and pressing them onto even a £50 designer t-shirt would instantly render them worthless. Walking around wearing them after the event would absolutely guarantee remarks of utter distain from small children who, upon comparing the design to their play school finger paintings, would find them embarrassingly inadequate at best, and probably an affront to their fragile minds.

Basically I wouldn't buy an AR t-shirt normally, and I definitely wouldn't buy one designed by our artistically impaired cretins.

[Paul the 6th]

What is the design for this years AR? :)

[Fallout]

See DaddyJob and Tomors avatars for an idea.

[DJ123]

Mine is a cut n'shut job like your shed Fallout. Thunderace is more of a clear cut design

[Fallout]

They're all shocking, just like the Shed. When I saw them I saw no hope in improving them with feedback so said nothing. Kind of like if someone is about to cook you bolognaise and the first thing they do is take a dump in the frying pan, you're not going to eat it no matter how they tweak the recipe.

[DJ123]

well if it was a Vgan bolognaise you would have to. dump is the main ingredient.

[Spank86]

I've been too busy to devote time to an avatar, also the current ones are (I think) shamelessly stolen from other places so we probably shouldn't use them as an official one but my biggest problem would be coming up with the initial idea.

[The Idle Biker]

I cant remember is it poisonous to eat your own dump or someone elses, I'm sure one's ok in small amounts?
I think Bear Gryls recommends it, or was it Ray Mears?

[Spank86]

Neither is innately poisonous it's just that eating your own would be pointless since it comprises the stuff your body already decided it didn't need.

[Fallout]

I heard poo was made from something like 50% bacteria. Doesn't sound like good eating to me!

[DJ123]

So what about youghurt, actimel and all that then?

[Spank86]

I heard poo was made from something like 50% bacteria. Doesn't sound like good eating to me!

Intestinal bacteria mostly.


So what about youghurt, actimel and all that then?
Dead bacteria mostly, too much sugar.

[Littlepeahead]

What about Stilton?

Last year I got told off for my A. R. S. E. 12 avatar. Whereas GMAR sounds like a holiday for dyslexic grannies.

[Spank86]

Well we did invite you, didn't want you to feel out of place.

[Littlepeahead]

My spelling is fine I'm just number dyslexic. So I'll be arriving on 12 June 2031.

[Spank86]

What can I say, we know riding, and I reckon job knows how to Plan a route but none of us work in PR or graphic design.

[Fallout]

So, when is the AR again? You know I'm rubbish with dates (of all three kinds).

[Mark_h]

It was last weekend. Everyone kept asking where you were but we had a great time. LPH brought breast shaped cakes with her.

[Spank86]

Sounds infinitely preferable to cake shaped breasts.

[Fallout]

How about shaped breast cakes? Where do they fit in your order of preference?

[Spank86]

I generally prefer the three things as separate entities, breasts, cake and cutting shapes (not necessarily in that order) sounds like a good night to me.

[Wideboy]

So I'm interested, but tell me, how much is this wonderful event going to cost me?

[The Idle Biker]

Are we gonna have T-Shirts huh huh?

[Wideboy]

Shut up

[The Idle Biker]

:smt022

[Littlepeahead]

Having ridden some of the route today I particularly enjoyed visiting the equestrian centre and that really narrow long but very gravelly bit with the farmer waving at us. All panniered up and with that much loose surface stuff I was having my Road of Bones Charley Boorman moment.

[Fallout]

And for anyone who make take the above seriously, Job was just having an off day and taking us down wrong turns. All horse and gravel shananigans will not feature on the official route! :)

[Littlepeahead]

When does anyone take me seriously?

[DJ123]

Having ridden some of the route today I particularly enjoyed visiting the equestrian centre and that really narrow long but very gravelly bit with the farmer waving at us. All panniered up and with that much loose surface stuff I was having my Road of Bones Charley Boorman moment.

And for anyone who make take the above seriously, Job was just having an off day and taking us down wrong turns. All horse and gravel shananigans will not feature on the official route! :)

When does anyone take me seriously?

All made for a good run and adventures! We got there in the end and saw some lovely scenery.

[Littlepeahead]

And had some nice cheese. Simon seemed to enjoy munching some sausage too.

[DJ123]

He did, i'm sure he was testing his gag reflex at one point trying to impress the barman

[chris8886]

And had some nice cheese. Simon seemed to enjoy munching some sausage too.

He did, i'm sure he was testing his gag reflex at one point trying to impress the barman

nothing new there then! ;)

[lordra]

Hey guys! New here. What's this thread about then? I looked at a few pages but couldn't find a date, time or location ?? I'd like to join in! :)

[DJ123]

Hey guys! New here. What's this thread about then? I looked at a few pages but couldn't find a date, time or location ?? I'd like to join in! :)

Hi Lordra, here is a link to the information thread http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=189022

it should tell you everything you need to know about the weekend. Any questions ask away!

[Littlepeahead]

He's read a few pages and still wants to join in? Now that's the attitude we like. Think he could rustle up a few t-shirts?

[DJ123]

Only if the t shirts are a size too small and are used in the jelly wrestling pool