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JamesMio
03-02-14, 11:47 AM
Posted this in Soho but figured you guys might be able to help too:

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=2932491

Cheers!

JM
Winder
03-02-14, 01:14 PM
Like the majority of people i'm mega busy with work and a host of other rubbish BUT that means that i like to make the most of any time off that i get. Personally if the prize was 2 nights or more stay at a B&B near good biking roads then i would travel almost anywhere in the uk and make a long trip out of it but ONLY if i could select the dates. If the prize was on a fixed date it would be difficult to arrange work around and i might only be able to do it if it was very local (150 miles maximum).
Hope that helps
JamesMio
03-02-14, 01:37 PM
It sure does dude, thanks.

Nearly all of the prizes we put out are on an open voucher deal, i.e. you arrange the dates with the venue to suit you both (*subject to availability and all that).

So in theory, you wouldn't be too worried about bagging something in say, Wales or Scotland?
Winder
03-02-14, 01:51 PM
Yes, personally I would travel to Scotland. It's not really all that far. And Wales is only up the road
Grant66
03-02-14, 03:25 PM
I'm going to the London show and I'm coming from Bristol.
Anywhere south of Birmingham would be acceptable distance imo.
JamesMio
03-02-14, 03:29 PM
I'm going to the London show and I'm coming from Bristol.
Anywhere south of Birmingham would be acceptable distance imo.

Cool - thanks Grant!
Tomor
03-02-14, 05:21 PM
I would travel around 200 miles. That can get you a decent distance away to make it worth it, and doesn't take very long.
DJ123
03-02-14, 07:05 PM
For a single night away, 150 miles is an ok distance. For 2 nights I'd go to 250 mile distance.
The Idle Biker
03-02-14, 08:23 PM
I would only travel about 150 miles on a sunny day to a Hotel where the beer is cheap and there is a nice spa.

That's not a pi$$ take either.
Winder
04-02-14, 02:18 PM
150 miles Laurie, you would need the cage and the trailer set up for that one mate
Spank86
04-02-14, 06:00 PM
The beauty about living in the south of England is the further you go in almost any direction the better the roads get so there's a benefit no matter where you go.
SvNewbie
04-02-14, 06:36 PM
150 miles Laurie, you would need the cage and the trailer set up for that one mate

And his chauffeur to do the driving.
JamesMio
05-02-14, 06:58 PM
And his chauffeur to do the driving.

I was gonna say, 150 miles - that'd take all day in-between nose-bleed stops, surely?!!

;)
The Idle Biker
05-02-14, 10:49 PM
Slightly seriously....;) my point was "how far" depends on the standard of accommodation. Somewhere nice to Winder is a caravan with an empty septic tank, whereas I'm more Downtown Abbey than down turn in circumstances.