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Well hello again y'all. As usual, not a lot happening here so thought I'd kick things off for this year seeing as the riding seasons about to start :-)
This weekend I shall have a free pass and as such shall be doing at least 400 miles around the beautiful Wales (weather permitting).
I have no current plan but will be thinking one up during the week to post on this thread should anyone wish to join me.
Enough about me. What are you lot doing (riding wise) this year?
Edit: North Wales Ride April 26th details - http://dragonbikers.co.uk/index.php/topic,3998.0.html
Jayneflakes
03-03-15, 12:26 PM
Sounds good, I would just like to ride my bike a little more this year and have the warm weather needed to do so. If there was one thing that I would do given the the chance, it would be ship my bike off somewhere tropical and ride in a nice climate on dry roads that never see frost.
Enjoy your weekend and keep it shiny side up. D:
Cheers Jane. One of my aims this year is to get down to bike night and meet you lot ��
I keep my eyes peeled in here for ride outs. I'm not as free as I used to be (kids etc) but I'll be sure to join in when possible. A few WBN's are a minimum for me this year but I plan to get over the bridge if/when the chance comes up.
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squirrel_hunter
03-03-15, 08:19 PM
Keep me posted with ride details, not always going to be able to make them though. This weekend for instance will be a little problem as I haven't ridden my SV for months, just been on the Grom. So that's not the best thing to take over the bridge for a 400 mile ride. Or at least not yet...
So that's not the best thing to take over the bridge for a 400 mile ride. Or at least not yet...
You're not gonna turbo it are you Steve?
Haha, I've followed your Grom adventures from afar and it sounds like a really fun bike.
Will keep you all posted. There are quite a few rides coming up (weather permitting of course). E.g. about 15 or so bikes are heading up to the Ponderosa Cafe in Mid/North Wales on Sunday 26th April. Its a bit of an annual fixture so the bikers from the North and the South meet there for a bit of a get together on the day.
We always take the scenic route, so we're talking various mountains, valleys and of course the National Park. So keep an eye out for that one. It'll be a long old day mind...
RJohnny
03-03-15, 09:51 PM
I'm sure I'll be fitting in a few WBN rides at some stage, will no doubt have a blast out to Chew Valley and Cheddar Gorge when the weather gets more stable (more for the sake of my friend who has recently upgraded to a z800).
That aside I'll be making a journey down to Appledore in a few months for a holiday break, should be interesting as first long distance ride on my own :D
squirrel_hunter
03-03-15, 11:23 PM
Turbo is going a little to far. Nitrous on the the hand...
bikeramy
15-03-15, 07:31 PM
Keep me posted, I'm up for it ride outs whether permitting, the wrist is pretty poor in the cold :(
Grant66
21-03-15, 05:28 PM
Anyone out tomorrow?
Sorry. Going to Wembley to watch Bristol City!
Grant66
21-03-15, 05:38 PM
Shame, only saw City play once. They lost... 2-5 :)
Going over to Wales, meeting up with Ronnie. Details to be ironed out...
Aw man! Any other week...
I'm confident for tomorrow, should be a good day out. Enjoy the ride mate and I'll catch up with you guys next time :)
*Edit. Bristol city 2-0 winners :D
Grant66
23-03-15, 12:45 PM
You all missed a really good day with near perfect biking conditions.
Newtown loop, t'was good to be back in the saddle. :)
Glad it was a good ride mate. Hopefully I'll be free for the next one.
pencil shavings
13-04-15, 07:49 AM
Hi guys, anyone about from Swansea area?
No but there'll be a ride going up the A470 to North Wales on Sunday 26th. About 20 bikes. You're more than welcome to join us from Swansea. I'll be on my SV.
Grant66
13-04-15, 11:00 AM
Ronnie, did you get tickets for the semi final on Sunday?
pencil shavings
13-04-15, 01:14 PM
No but there'll be a ride going up the A470 to North Wales on Sunday 26th. About 20 bikes. You're more than welcome to join us from Swansea. I'll be on my SV.
thanks! sounds good!
what's the level/attitude of the group?
Ronnie, did you get tickets for the semi final on Sunday?
NO chance mate! To be fair, I didn't even try. Assumed it will be sold out and expensive but I will be watching it on Telly. I suppose you now have a free Sunday to play! :smt077
thanks! sounds good!
what's the level/attitude of the group?
They have a great attitude! ;)
Its all good. Mixed group including women riders and pillions. The key is the drop off system. A guy up front with the directions is quick but controlled. The tail end charlie will sweep up everything in between but is rather slooow. So everyone between TEC and lead can ride at their own pace, with a few of the quicker riders marking the route along the way.
One or two stops for fuel, coffee and cake are scheduled. Before a big meet and lunch at the Ponderosa cafe, where some North Walean bikers are due to descend.
Some are joining us from your way so will probably meet us at crossgates and will then be peeling off back home on the way back.
Grant66
13-04-15, 03:52 PM
NO chance mate! To be fair, I didn't even try. Assumed it will be sold out and expensive but I will be watching it on Telly. I suppose you now have a free Sunday to play! :smt077
Apparently they were cheaper than Anfield tickets.
I do have a free Sunday :)
You don't want to stay in, you want to go ride around the Welsh countryside.
I do :-)
But I'll have my lady with me :-(
I've tried to persuade her to come on the back but she's having none of it at the minute. I'm dying to get out, but I'll have to see what she says (can't believe I've become one of those guys...)
Grant66
13-04-15, 04:03 PM
Sad, so very sad :)
Good news is I'm also free for the 24th
Sad indeed, I know.
24th or the 26th? The Big rideout is on Sunday 26th. If you didn't want to go all the way, you could join me & some others from Cardiff to meet up with the rest on the way to Crossgates and then find your way back.
I'll be going all the way, but don't expect we'll be coming back until 5ish so it might be a pretty long day for you if you did go all the way. Its gonna be a big one for sure though :-)
Grant66
13-04-15, 04:57 PM
Or the 26th lol
Can always improvise an alternative more direct route back if needs be.
Or the 26th lol
Can always improvise an alternative more direct route back if needs be.
Yeah, that's it. Should be a good day out.
pencil shavings
14-04-15, 03:24 PM
They have a great attitude! ;)
Its all good. Mixed group including women riders and pillions. The key is the drop off system. A guy up front with the directions is quick but controlled. The tail end charlie will sweep up everything in between but is rather slooow. So everyone between TEC and lead can ride at their own pace, with a few of the quicker riders marking the route along the way.
One or two stops for fuel, coffee and cake are scheduled. Before a big meet and lunch at the Ponderosa cafe, where some North Walean bikers are due to descend.
Some are joining us from your way so will probably meet us at crossgates and will then be peeling off back home on the way back.
Sounds fun! I might have the girl on the back so sounds really good!
pencil shavings
21-04-15, 08:28 AM
ended up going down to the gower which was good. :)
hope you had a fun ride!
ended up going down to the gower which was good. :)
hope you had a fun ride!
It's this weekend.
pencil shavings
21-04-15, 09:57 AM
ohhhh, fail. haha
Cool, see you at the weekend (if its dry, I don't like rideouts in the wet lol)
Im going for a couple of passes across the black mountains tomorrow after work if anyone fancies it?
Grant66
22-04-15, 10:06 AM
@Ronnie:
Where are we meeting & what time?
@Ronnie:
Where are we meeting & what time?
Its an early start mate. Can you get to the Mcdonalds for 8.30? If not, we can meet a little later and play catch up with the group :-D They're meeting at Brecon @ 9am.
Grant66
22-04-15, 10:54 AM
Yeh, that's not a problem. That's breakfast sorted then...
Although I'm waiting to hear back about a bike I may need to go buy. I currently have Plan R or B (plan B does put me at the wrong end of the country on Sunday, but would be able to do the return trip)
Ok mate, no worries. Just let me know either way :-)
Grant, here are the route and time details including all the meeting points along the way - http://dragonbikers.co.uk/index.php/topic,3998.0.html
Grant66
24-04-15, 06:12 AM
Running with plan R. Although the R is looking like rain :(
Grant66
27-04-15, 09:54 PM
Good day out. Weather over the bridge surprisingly good.
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Cymraeg_Atodeg
27-04-15, 10:10 PM
I'll plan to join the next one with Stu
BernardBikerchick
13-07-15, 09:11 AM
any more ride outs planned ?
I'm going to try and arrange a SW / Wales rideout in August, probably through the Forest toward Abergavenny way and then across to Mid Wales. Will post details in a bit.
7755matt
13-07-15, 09:57 AM
Awesome
I'm going to try and arrange a SW / Wales rideout in August, probably through the Forest toward Abergavenny way and then across to Mid Wales. Will post details in a bit.
I'll be up for some of that
I'll be up for some of that
+1
Cymraeg_Atodeg
13-07-15, 01:07 PM
I'll be sure to drag ToN and Grant along.
I'd happily go TEC again, always funny following people around some corners
Pop yourselves over the border to Wiltshire for the AR next weekend. Some cracking roads on your way and the Route Daddyjob has lined up should make for an entertaining ride once you get there too.
Grant66
17-07-15, 10:06 AM
I'm going to try and arrange a SW / Wales rideout in August, probably through the Forest toward Abergavenny way and then across to Mid Wales. Will post details in a bit.
Which date you thinking?
Hello mate. I'm thinking weekends 8/9 or 15/16th - Will decide on the best day of the four closer to the time. Provisional route:
Cheltenham, Westbury-on-severn, Llanfoist, Brecon (Upper Chappel - Lower Chappel), Hundred House, Crossgates, Newtown.
About 100 miles or so of fast, twisty roads.
If coming back with me, it'll be something like --> Kinghton, Leominster, Malvern, Gloucester.
Pick ups along the way wherever convenient. Stops are probably Aber, Crossgates, Newtown, Leominster.
Just pop those stops into Google Maps to get the picture. Nothing fixed in stone so open to suggestions... the usual rules apply re drop off system etc.
It'll be a fairly sedate ride as I'll be on the SV ;-)
15th and 16th is GM so weekend before would be better for me, if I'm not working that is.
I've seen you on that SV and it's nothing like sedate!
Haha! I've seen your trackday pics, you hardly hang about :-D
I'm actually moving to Cheltenham shortly. So I'll be missing Wales :-(
However, I'm reassured that it's not very far away, and Google Maps confirms this :-)
I am though arranging a Cotswolds / Cirencester rideout, having already made friends with a local fellow SV rider, Panigale rider & a CBR1000 rider. So I'll post details in due course. Probably end of July ish.
Grant66
22-07-15, 06:52 PM
Can't do the 7th/8th :(
15th 16th is good though.
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She's finally got you pinned down then?
Some nice roads around Gloucestershire, just watch for nails on the road!
Grant66
13-08-15, 07:57 AM
Any update? Or did it already happen?
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She's finally got you pinned down then?
Haha! Yes, and my riding is suffering!
To all: Time is my enemy at the minute, apologies. Likely to be September now and will post details in due course.
Cymraeg_Atodeg
17-08-15, 06:52 AM
Haha! Yes, and my riding is suffering!
To all: Time is my enemy at the minute, apologies. Likely to be September now and will post details in due course.
Runny, I've seen you ride, I doubt it can "suffer" :smt064
I'll hopefully be in a new gaff soon, so, be up for a ride ending in South East Wales
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