View Full Version : Going round again Southern Wales 1st Oct
Anonymous
11-07-05, 09:13 AM
Whilst we were slumming it over crab ploughmans near Chesil, Fizz suggested we should have a re-run of the rather wet rideout in sunny conditions.
Could this be arranged?
:D
fizzwheel
11-07-05, 09:18 AM
Again, Again, Again 8)
Without the rain though if possible :lol:
I'm game :D
Can't do much about the weatherm though - you takes "Pot Luck" with that :roll:
Can i come please [-o<
No!!
Only joking......... course you can!!!
Can i come please [-o<
No!!
Only joking......... course you can!!!
I dont know if i want to now!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only joking......... course i want to!!!
Can I propose that we make it for early September, the weather then is usually a little more predictable than August, more of us are likely to be available after the school hols and there will be less tourists.
I would also like to make some minor changes to the route, missing out Monmouth Town centre for one.
I'll post up a new route soon for discussion.
As promised here is the revised route for discussion
Map of Proposed Route (.pdf) (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twoponds/sv650/Welsh%20Way%20Round.pdf)
also a date 1st October 2005 and a time 11.00am depart Aust (Severn View).
Thanks Jabba for hosting.
Anonymous
13-07-05, 12:38 PM
1st October :shock:
1st October :shock:
On a personal note I won't take on more than one full day ride-out in any one month. I'm doing IAM observed rides as well, that's about one evening a week.
Don't forget Fizz's extravagansza, that takes care of August for me.
Jabba is committed during September, Hornet I know, but I don't think it's fair to exclude him if it can be avoided.
fizzwheel
13-07-05, 01:54 PM
I will have to the check my on call rota and the forecast :lol:
Should be up for this though
Jabba is being committed during September..........
:shock:
Just for the record, whilst I'd like to come on the rideout, please don't organise things around me.
Anonymous
13-07-05, 03:24 PM
1st October :shock:
On a personal note I won't take on more than one full day ride-out in any one month. I'm doing IAM observed rides as well, that's about one evening a week.
Don't forget Fizz's extravagansza, that takes care of August for me.
Jabba is committed during September, Hornet I know, but I don't think it's fair to exclude him if it can be avoided.
But but but......ok then, Im just keen :D
Looks like 01/10/05 is OK with me :D
Professor
23-07-05, 09:49 AM
Looks like 01/10/05 is OK with me :D
OK with me as well. I start teaching on 03/10/05 so I should be back
from my holiday by then.
tee jey
07-08-05, 04:38 PM
Would love to join this ride however I'm busy that weekend - my other hobby :oops:.
Have fun and enjoy the views
if you can see it trough the mist!!
Baldyman
13-08-05, 09:24 PM
Date now in my diary........... along with a note to self two weeks beforehand, to buy a one piece rainsuit :wink:
Date now in my diary........... along with a note to self two weeks beforehand, to buy a one piece rainsuit :wink:
Nah - it'll be warm and sunny now that I have waterproof kit :lol:
Ah a chance to meet Jabba! shant miss this, hopefully I can make it!
WelshWop
18-08-05, 10:27 PM
The date should be ok for me too.
Ill be there :D
I would like to come too if the you are all willing to put up with someone who's never ridden in a group before? :oops:
fizzwheel
19-08-05, 08:14 AM
I would like to come too if the you are all willing to put up with someone who's never ridden in a group before? :oops:
More than welcome, we dont ride fast on a rideout so you'll be fine, just make sure you have enough space to feel comfortable and ride at your own pace and dont worry we wont hoon off into the distance we'll make sure we wait for you
I would like to come too if the you are all willing to put up with someone who's never ridden in a group before? :oops:
More than welcome, we dont ride fast on a rideout so you'll be fine, just make sure you have enough space to feel comfortable and ride at your own pace and dont worry we wont hoon off into the distance we'll make sure we wait for you
What he said.............
We'll be offended if you don't come :lol:
Ah a chance to meet Jabba!
That's an expensive way to achieve major disappointment.
I'll be there assuming that I have something with two wheels to ride on.
Flippin' young drivers (http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=28566) :cry:
Would you mind if I tagged along as well?? - I have only just brought my SV and still getting to grips with it.... your route looks fantastic a bit further than I have been before though. :?
fizzwheel
23-08-05, 07:52 AM
Would you mind if I tagged along as well?? - I have only just brought my SV and still getting to grips with it.... your route looks fantastic a bit further than I have been before though. :?
Nope not at all more the merrier, we dont ride fast and if you are worried about anything at all just ask
Whereabouts are you from ?
I'm in bristol at the moment filton avenue.. but soon to move to clifton (unfortunately this means giving up my lovely garage and parking it on the street!!)
Hey Anna, welcome to the site and congrats on getting your SV. More the merrier is the usual phrase, so def. pop along and as Fizz said earlier we dont ride fast or stupid on these rideouts so you'll be alright :D
fizzwheel
23-08-05, 08:03 AM
I'm in bristol at the moment filton avenue.. but soon to move to clifton (unfortunately this means giving up my lovely garage and parking it on the street!!)
Ah righto, last time we did this a few of us met up at the Morrisons Filling station at Cribbs causeway and then went across to meet the others
Keep your eyes peeled for details
Carsick
23-08-05, 08:41 AM
we dont ride fast or stupid on these rideouts so you'll be alright :D
Huh? Really? So it's just me then? :wink:
Huh? Really? So it's just me then? :wink:
I seem to remeber that the last one wasn't far enough for you so you added about 25 miles of your own wheile we were in the pub :lol:
Carsick
23-08-05, 10:20 AM
Huh? Really? So it's just me then? :wink:
I seem to remeber that the last one wasn't far enough for you so you added about 25 miles of your own wheile we were in the pub :lol:
Yup, and I'm still proud of the time I got back from Brecon in, especially considering the roadworks.
I dont think I will be adding any more miles to the planned trip it already looks quite long enough considering the furthest I have ridden is Exeter and back!! (- or is that just me being whoosey??)
Carsick
23-08-05, 12:41 PM
I dont think I will be adding any more miles to the planned trip it already looks quite long enough considering the furthest I have ridden is Exeter and back!! (- or is that just me being whoosey??)
If you're a newish rider then shorter distances don't make you a wuss.
I make the trip from Lymington-Teignmouth most weekends. Did it there and back in one evening last month.
diamond
23-08-05, 12:43 PM
I dont think I will be adding any more miles to the planned trip it already looks quite long enough considering the furthest I have ridden is Exeter and back!! (- or is that just me being whoosey??)
If you're a newish rider then shorter distances don't make you a wuss.
I make the trip from Lymington-Teignmouth most weekends. Did it there and back in one evening last month.
But your hardcore :wink:
Us mere mortals can't do that sort of thing :D
I dont think I will be adding any more miles to the planned trip it already looks quite long enough considering the furthest I have ridden is Exeter and back!! (- or is that just me being whoosey??)
If you're a newish rider then shorter distances don't make you a wuss.
I make the trip from Lymington-Teignmouth most weekends. Did it there and back in one evening last month.
But your clinially insane :wink:
Us mere mortals can't do that sort of thing :D
*nods*
Carsick
23-08-05, 12:50 PM
Heh, I maybe insane, but I seem to remember you're putting miles on your new bike quite quickly.
diamond
23-08-05, 12:57 PM
Heh, I maybe insane, but I seem to remember you're putting miles on your new bike quite quickly.
Moi :-dd
...the problem with longer trips out is that it starts to hurt my wrists after a while and the motorway tends to become more than a little boring!! :?
diamond
23-08-05, 01:14 PM
...the problem with longer trips out is that it starts to hurt my wrists after a while and the motorway tends to become more than a little boring!! :?
I had that when i changed from a naked to a faired sv, my wrists killed but i'm used to it now and never have a problem. As for the Motorways i'm in the minority and i love them i don't do corners i do straight line speed :twisted:
...the problem with longer trips out is that it starts to hurt my wrists after a while and the motorway tends to become more than a little boring!! :?
That could be a sign your gripping the handles too tightly and supporting too much weight on your wrists, try using your legs and torso to hold your weight and also grip the bars less, should help with it somewhat.
Anna,
There will be very little motorway for you and some lovely scenery once we get above the cloud-line :wink:
Don't worry about the speeds as the others are right, it tends to be more of a fairly sedate procession that anything else.
It's worth coming just to see the locals "admiring" Baldyman's lid :lol:
fizzwheel
23-08-05, 02:24 PM
Heh, I maybe insane, but I seem to remember you're putting miles on your new bike quite quickly.
Moi :-dd
Quickly being the right way to describe e.d.s riding
well I'll look forward to it then... meeting up at morrisons petrol station sounds good as well.. (dont want to get lost before I get to the rest of you!!) :wink: .....
so who takes the pic's then??
Can I tag along as well ?!?
Haven't been on a big ride for a while.
Was going to join the Devon ride but couldn't make it in the end :(
Would like to make this one though, if that is OK with people concerned. :lol:
Absolutly Iceman, more the merrier is the moto here, it will be a good day out for all the family! well ok maybe not the whole family but still good :D
Dont think we have an official photographer Anna but feel free to take any pics preferbly when not riding :P
Zombie Jesus
23-08-05, 06:07 PM
I'll be there again if it's dry :thumbsup:
ooo may i come...providing everything goes to plan...i.e. no one punts me off the bike and i dont crash it and have time and money...
im sure the footy team can find some other crazy guy to kill attackers at left back for the day...well they are gonna have to.
Andy
Professor
24-08-05, 04:24 PM
Dont think we have an official photographer
but many of us act as unofficial photographers. Here are a few photos
from the first rideout: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masdv/photos/rideout5/rideout5.html
It is amazing how our rideouts always fall on the wettest days of the year!
just from that link professor i feel like i know you better than some of my tutors and lecturers at bath spa...amazing what you can find out from one link :p ... hope to see you at the rideout
andy
Baldyman
25-08-05, 05:44 PM
It's worth coming just to see the locals "admiring" Baldyman's lid :lol:
They were just letting me know that I'm their No 1 idol :D
I was made to feel very welcome in Wales, what with the wonderful weather an all :roll:
What's the chances of more than 50% making the finish point this time :wink:
Hey bad news on the bike (bit back to front wasn't it?..............honey coloured car drawn to a............ (bad joke, sorry) :oops:
It's worth coming just to see the locals "admiring" Baldyman's lid :lol:
They were just letting me know that I'm their No 1 idol :D
I was made to feel very welcome in Wales, what with the wonderful weather an all :roll:
What's the chances of more than 50% making the finish point this time :wink:
Hey bad news on the bike (bit back to front wasn't it?..............honey coloured car drawn to a............ (bad joke, sorry) :oops:
You've seen the pod racing on Star Wars, where could he have got the idea of hostiles taking the odd pot shot? They are all waiting for YOU, Baldyman.
I'm sure we can all stay together this time around, if there are more than ten of us, we can use the drop off system, less then it's the one in the mirror option.
Ceri don't hoon off and stop a Jabba lookalike :D
Ceri don't hoon off and stop a Jabba lookalike :D
I find it disconcerting to think that there might be someone else who looks like me :lol:
fizzwheel
26-08-05, 03:43 PM
It's worth coming just to see the locals "admiring" Baldyman's lid :lol:
They were just letting me know that I'm their No 1 idol :D
I was made to feel very welcome in Wales, what with the wonderful weather an all :roll:
What's the chances of more than 50% making the finish point this time :wink:
Hey bad news on the bike (bit back to front wasn't it?..............honey coloured car drawn to a............ (bad joke, sorry) :oops:
:lol:
You've seen the pod racing on Star Wars, where could he have got the idea of hostiles taking the odd pot shot? They are all waiting for YOU, Baldyman.
I'm sure we can all stay together this time around, if there are more than ten of us, we can use the drop off system, less then it's the one in the mirror option.
Ceri don't hoon off and stop a Jabba lookalike :D
If we are going to use the drop off then I reckon we should make sure we all know we are going to do it !!!!
Hope to ride this one again if the weather is better this time,but saying that i said i would only come last time if it wasnt raining! :?
Baldyman
26-08-05, 06:51 PM
Well I refuse to act as a marker for ANY drop offs that would leave me unprotected in any of those banjo playing hill villages :shock:
I'd fear for the safety of my helmet (steady at the back :roll: ) as I know my fans would want a piece of me "Georges" along with more delicate parts of my anatomy :shock:
http://www.thebikereview.com/iup/get8.asp?ID=1113[/img]
Anonymous
27-08-05, 06:44 PM
I'm back and so just catching up last few days but can't say how depressing it feels that this event is now only just around the corner...i.e. where did the summer go.
But on the upside it will be a good meet and surely it won't rain again (some of you may know where I have been and also seen the somewhat inclement weather down central europe way :roll: :cry: ).
I was looking for some little english flags to go on the side of my lid before I went off, but I shall resume the hunt during september in the hope that I may be hailed as Baldyman's 'number two'
:lol:
Professor
27-08-05, 06:59 PM
I'm back and so just catching up last few days but can't say how depressing it feels that this event is now only just around the corner...i.e. where did the summer go.
But on the upside it will be a good meet and surely it won't rain again (some of you may know where I have been and also seen the somewhat inclement weather down central europe way :roll: :cry: ).
I was looking for some little english flags to go on the side of my lid before I went off, but I shall resume the hunt during september in the hope that I may be hailed as Baldyman's 'number two'
:lol:
Glad you are back in one piece. Hope you will post a detailed account
of your trip in the Photos section.
lemmings999
27-08-05, 07:47 PM
would it be okay if i met you somewhere and did part of the ride as i wont be fully used to the bike and it may not be fully run in
would it be okay if i met you somewhere and did part of the ride as i wont be fully used to the bike and it may not be fully run in
Sure join/leave us wherever you like, just let us know where and when to meet you? you know the route.
tinpants
27-08-05, 10:23 PM
Hi all. Just checked my duty list and it shows me to be on days that day. Hmmm, methinks a spot of leave is called for here :twisted: Hope to join you all at Aust on the day but may meet up somewhere else on the route, ie somewhere in the Forest, Redbrook or Chepstow praps? I'll let you know closer to the date.
If we are going to use the drop off then I reckon we should make sure we all know we are going to do it !!!!
Good point - do on the day!
fizzwheel wrote:
If we are going to use the drop off then I reckon we should make sure we all know we are going to do it !!!!
Good point - do on the day!
For us newbies here, what exactly do you mean by "the drop off"? :?
For us newbies here, what exactly do you mean by "the drop off"? :?
It's a system where one of the lead riders stops at a junction to indicate the rout for the following riders before joining the rear of the group. Works well with larger numbers of rider, like on the Annual Rideout.
Takes the pressure off those who don't know the roads/route and those acting as markers have a bit of fun working their way back the front.
Daresay the Mogs and I will will be two of the markers but a couple more might be needed. This assumes that I have a bike to ride :wink:
WelshWop
30-08-05, 11:50 AM
Doesnt look like ill be able to make it. I wont be riding for the foreseeable future as ive lost the use of my left arm, due to my off :cry:
Fingers crossed ill get a chance to come another time.
not you as well! i smashed my bike ( pride and joy ) coming back from wales two sundays ago 2 miles outside Chepstow. Bike in Fowlups being assesed for repair or write off, i think write off. :(
i shouldn"t have been chasing a ducati 999 at the time anyway no damage done just pride amongst a few mates who thought it was hilarious me missing the bend and careering across the wrong carriageway and losing control a falling in the middle of the road . :oops:
it was a shame really as we had a really good day, we did about 130 miles over brecon beacons and about abergavenny.
sorry i can"t make it on Oct 1st probs still bikeless,anyway you boys be carefull especially towards the end of the ride when your tired! :shock:
Here are full details of "The Drop Off System" (http://www.gwent-advanced-motorists.org/bikes/drop_off_sys.htm) taken from the IAM.
Professor
31-08-05, 10:57 AM
WelshWop and johnd, I am very sorry to hear of your offs. :(
Wish you both a speedy recovery.
Anonymous
31-08-05, 07:39 PM
Oi Johnd..........................doh #-o
Oi Anna......... what kind of SV have you got (a bit behind)? You'll see me around the Clifton area on my GS when its not raining or in a grey Seat Ibiza with an orange advrider sticker on the back window (dont live there but there a lot and work nearby) waving at motorcyslists :shock: :lol:. Give us a wave if you see me :D
Hey Prof, will post some pics when I can face doing a ride report :roll: :lol:
Dr Rich - I have a blue SV (dont know what you guys mean by pointy/curvy yet to tell you which one I have!!) but see other thread "bad week" about current story on the bike as it looks like I may not get it back in time for the ride out!! :?
Dr Rich - I have a blue SV (dont know what you guys mean by pointy/curvy yet to tell you which one I have!!) but see other thread "bad week" about current story on the bike as it looks like I may not get it back in time for the ride out!! :?
Take a look here
http://www.sv650.org/sv_rideout2005/IMG_3469_t.JPG
The nearest silver and the yellow bikes are pointy the blue's are curvy.
Dr Rich - I have a blue SV (dont know what you guys mean by pointy/curvy yet to tell you which one I have!!) but see other thread "bad week" about current story on the bike as it looks like I may not get it back in time for the ride out!! :?
http://www.moto-station.com/uploads/342_normal.jpg
Pointy
http://www.lightningpass.com/jkcm/included/SV650%20Suzi.jpg
Curvy
or even better >>http://www.yzf600r.com/jpgs2/Gogunbaba2.JPG
superfuzzwill
01-09-05, 11:26 PM
possibly.
Baldyman
04-09-05, 07:12 PM
RIGHT!!
Just picked up some one piece waterproofs for me and the lad at the Fowlers bash today for a tenner each.
Saw a few blue curvies and a K5 parked up, anyone from on here?
So we are ready for any amount of "Welsh sun" :)
ijeffery
07-09-05, 09:38 AM
I may be up for this as well. Haven't been active on here for a while, I also had an off which really ****ed me off - low speed slide due to car mongs in front of me causing me to lose front end.
Anyway, I have had to replace gear selector, lhs indicator and mirror. Haven't had a chance to fix the fairing yet - crack to lhs fairing. Bike fairing looks a bit of a mess, but no damage was mechanical.
Sorry Rich Curtis - the bike was absolutely mint when I bought it off you!!
I think I will be there - the route last time I thought was great, weather was not :)
I also had an off which really p*ssed me off - low speed slide due to car mongs in front of me causing me to lose front end.
Welcome to the club fella :cry:
Heartbreaking, isn't it...........
I'll see you there if mine's back from the menders in time :roll:
okay .. my curvy :lol: is back from the place ill bikes go to get better....... although not 100% right I'm now definitively up for this!! :lol:
Anonymous
08-09-05, 07:38 AM
Having just found out that there's a chance I could escape for a long weekend that weekend before term starts I'm an unsure at the moment. However, assuming I am here I shall do a meet at Morrison's filling station as usual for the hapless Bristol and west posse.
morrisons by cribbs causeway yes? i have never seen it thats all
cheers
andy
fizzwheel
08-09-05, 10:16 AM
morrisons by cribbs causeway yes? i have never seen it thats all
cheers
andy
Yep thats the one, if you come off the M5 at J17 and follow signs from Cribbs causeway its right by the 2nd set of traffic lights, ( I think ) you cant miss it
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