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Done my first mayday run to Hastings yesterday...
Sunday was spent giving the SV its summer clean, all gunk and oil and nasty stuff cleaned and removed from under the bike (round the stand etc), chain clean, paint polished (whats left :oops: ), engine cleaned, framework metal polished, wheels metal polished etc... (well, about 5 hours) :wink: I knew it was meant to rain yesterday but it needed a proper decent clean badly....
So woke up at 8am monday, looked outside, clouds clouds and rain. Poo.. So we suited up and took a nice little ride down through the lanes to Locksbottom. Parked up for a little while (at which point the sun decided to come out) and decide to leave. I was parked on an uphill and lost balance when the missis jumped on and I went to pull away, doh, could not let myself drop it in front of all these people. A mear headbutt from the women on back and some straining kept the bike upright :oops:
So we headed down at a nice leisurly pace. I've done it before as a pillion, but never noticed HOW many people come out just to watch the bikes, groups of kids, teenagers, and adults parked all the way down the roads, covering every bridge, it was mad.
We stopped off every so often as we found we were catching the rain up, but eventually we made it to Hastings. Not a cloud in the sky, thousands and thousands of bikes. Lovley day.
Then took a nice chilled ride all the way home up the A21 then through Tonbridge and up to Brands Hatch.
All in all, superb day, looking forward to next years one...
PS.. Good points, didn't see one accident or biker pulled over all day!!! :)
Got a couple of pictures, will upload them later this week.
Essay Over :lol: :lol:
Cloggsy
02-05-06, 08:51 AM
Worked :roll:
sharriso74
02-05-06, 08:54 AM
Got very very very drunk
timwilky
02-05-06, 09:21 AM
Morning spent sleeping off the excess of alcohol consumed on Sunday, then had to cut up and dump old garage door. Had a lucky escape with the angle grinder. I pulled it out of the socket stretching the cable, so put it down and went and plugged it back in.
Doh I had forgot to turn the bloody thing off, as it fell off the wall I left it on and landed about 3" from my hand as I was bent down trying to pull the plug back out. :oops:
Biker Biggles
02-05-06, 09:21 AM
Worked +1
the_runt69
02-05-06, 09:21 AM
Did a night shift, came home drowned, slept, went back for another night shift.
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Saturday:
Went out for a what was meant to be a half hour blast for two hours.
Stopped in a BPS Langar for a cuppa and sausage sarney. Talking to one of the skydivers about bikes (he had an old Guzzi). Watched some skydivers land, still have no desire to hurl myself out of an aeroplane again.
Gave the cage a good clean inside and out.
Drank some beer.
Sunday:
Good ride out to Mallory across the backroads.
Good racing too, shame did not get the second minitwins and sidecar race in as time ran out (no racing after 6pm on sunday at Mallory) because 3 or 4 races where stopped because of accidents.
Good ride home across backroads.
Drank some beer.
Monday:
Farted about all day trying to mend an old inspection lamp.
Had the company of a stunned parrot :shock: in the garden as the silly bugger flew straight into the side of the house. Gave him some peanuts and some water and he stayed in the garden for a couple of hour while he recovered from his crash. :D
Drank some beer
went into Winchester, did a bit of culture and a bit of shopping. late afternoon early evening rustled up my second BBQ of the weekend
i likes bb's 8)
Cloggsy
02-05-06, 09:27 AM
i likes big boobies 8)
I hear you, but whats that got to do with May Day :?:
i likes big boobies 8)
I hear you, but whats that got to do with May Day :?:
i just felt i needed to share it with you all 8)
Watched BSB and ate pizza :D
Stormspiel
02-05-06, 10:03 AM
Played in the Andy Bennett Memorial trophy final (RL) and whupped the other team 36 - 8. Smallest kid on the pitch and they had to replace their centre twice because i got them both carried off with big hits :twisted: Then went out and got bladdered :lol: :lol:
Finished a small website for friends of my sis....
... and this morning I got the list of changes thru... You WOT????
Can you make this blue bit bigger?
But it's exactly the same size as it was in the mock that you signed off.
Can you add a calendar that we can update to show latest bookings?
Well, that wasn't even mentioned in the 'just a few pages with some pictures' brief... You willing to pay a lot more?
Argh!!!
A May Day well spent. Should've been out on my bike.
Now I remember why I avoid freelance work... :roll:
Cloggsy
02-05-06, 10:21 AM
Now I remember why I avoid freelance work... :roll:
... and working for friends (I expect :?:) :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now I remember why I avoid freelance work... :roll:
... and working for friends (I expect :?:) :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: Funny how the simplest people who know jack about websites suddenly turn into design gurus...
Cloggsy
02-05-06, 10:29 AM
Now I remember why I avoid freelance work... :roll:
... and working for friends (I expect :?:) :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: Funny how the simplest people who know jack about websites suddenly turn into design gurus...
Indeed :roll:
busasean
02-05-06, 10:38 AM
Got woken at 01.30 by my upset girlfriend to say the police were here as her 1969 morris minor had been stolen and rammed into some bollards by kids. i went to the storage place at 0900 and it was wrecked. really ruined our weekend! spent alot of time and effort on the car in the 6 years on owning it just for some little ******* to destroy it. when the police have finished with him i'm going to really hurt him!
northwind
02-05-06, 10:58 AM
I didn't get in till about 5am, in theory we were going to climb a mouintain and wash our faces in the morning dew :roll: Instead we drank quite a lot. Much more spiritual.
Then I went to Ikea.
Last Action Pimp
02-05-06, 11:45 AM
did the may day aswell!
saw 3 or 4 bikes pulled over
and a woman in my group decided to throw her r6 down the road! (stupid b!tch!) and i saw a nasty accident with a bandit and a 206
Anonymous
02-05-06, 12:22 PM
Friday night - out in town with work colleagues first, then with friends. Got home 2am. Spent £70
Saturday Afternoon - started as a coffee with friends, ended in another night out, started drinking at 3pm, got home 3am. Spent £110
Sunday night - out in Manchester Canal Street with friends sunday night, got the 2am train back to York, got into york at 4.30, back home by 5am. Something to eat, another pint of lager, then to bed at 6am Monday Morning.
Woke up at 1pm Monday feeling like i was at deaths door.
Slept remainder of the day. Spent £150 (inc train)
Canal Street was fantastic! 8)
:drink: :rave:
Total drinking time: 31.5 hours
Total Spent on Drink: £311 (£19 was on train making £330 all in)
Average Cost per hour drinking: £9.87 per hour
Approximately 4.29 pints per hour.
Approximately 133 pints drunk.
Approximately 256 calories per pint (stella - lager of choice :wink: )
Approximate calorific value of beer consumed 34048Kcal :shock:
Sorry, im bored.
I was on a free day out at Oulton Park courtesy of Dunlop and Sharples Tyres in Bolton - HAPPY DAYS!! :mrgreen:
Saturday had a lovely ride out to Stratford (upon Avon).
Sunday went to the local rowing regatta then to the Sailing Club, which I've now decided to join - anyone got a dinghy for sale??
So my future sundays are going to be bike in the morning and sailing in the afternoon - bliss!
Monday - BSB - Excellent!
Nutty x
Monday - BSB - Excellent!
Nutty x
If Id have known you were there Nutty I'd have come over and said hello
ArtyLady
02-05-06, 12:52 PM
sulked as I do every weekend :(
did the may day aswell!
saw 3 or 4 bikes pulled over
and a woman in my group decided to throw her r6 down the road! (stupid b!tch!) and i saw a nasty accident with a bandit and a 206
I know her, well, don't "know" her but she uses one of the local car sites i go on..
Did you see it, gossip gossip....... (red jacket etc?)
I had my leaving night out :shock: and then i moved south :shock: :shock: and yesterday went to a BBQ at Matts :D :D
I was also on the mayday run
and a woman in my group decided to throw her r6 down the road! (stupid b!tch!)
was that just down the hill from locksbottom? you and your mates had just pulled out of a petrol station - me (silver sv) and a buddy on his triumph let you out.
if we're talking about the same incident she was lucky the car coming up the hill was not going any quicker.
More info, what happened???
Cheers :)
This one?
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/maydayrun06/IMG_0123.jpg
This one?
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/maydayrun06/IMG_0123.jpg
erm........not sure daimo to be honest, there was something garish going on somewhere, either a very dayglo yellow/orange bits on the bike or on the kit. i left before catching sight of the victim, so no idea if that's her or not. twas deffo a girlie though.
it all happened a bit fast, looked as if it was a grabbing too much front brake on a damp road/white line kind of thing. probably 20 mph, bike spun across the other carriage way, rider also went for a mini slide. car coming up the hill did well to avoid her, braked and swerved on to the kerb. it could have been a whole load worse if.....
we stopped for a minute or two, loads of guys n girls went to help. she was in a group with a couple of SVs, a bmw GS1200 type thing and some others.
fairly undramatic, it was obviously going to spoil someone's day out but there you go.
medwaysv
02-05-06, 03:03 PM
woke up 7.30 looked out the window and got the 'ump at the weather..listend to weather report was told it was gonna dry up so waited untill this happend.
met mate at oakdene cafe and had a nice steady ride to hastings.wandered around for a while then mates wife and my g/f said about riding to rye.
when we got there had a luverly fish n' chip supper at the kettle of fish
then a nice steady cruise home....mayday over for another year
good day out tho :) :)
In relation to the r6 girlie who trashed it.... why exactly was she a 'stupid b*tch'?
Was she behaving foolishly or something?
:evil: Fed up! Spent Friday afternoon/Saturday morning,cleaning and polishing my bike,Checked the weather forecast.......Cr*p!!!
So decided to go out Sunday night in Westerham,Got a bit.....tipsy to say the least,(as had it in my mind weather rubbish,clean bike...I don't think so)
Woke up with wobbly head,looked out the window at 7am,Wet and horrible......went back to sleep.
Woke up again with un-wobbly head,looked out the window......Sun!!!
DOH!!!!! By this time it was 11ish.
Saint Matt
02-05-06, 05:58 PM
Went outlton park for bsb, ran out of petrol, lost everyone. **** day and waste of £45
This one?
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/maydayrun06/IMG_0123.jpg
See the Girl in the background!!??
I know her!! She lives in the same street as me!!!
How wierd!!!!!
Katie,are you a member of this site?
Dave, Melody Road.
tigersaw
02-05-06, 06:34 PM
Worked #3
You worked at No.3 Melody road!? Or am I missing something here!? :?
:drink: Slept off the effects of a 'pear'cider session in Halifax witherspoons!Then did some plastering in house!!Had to keep my wife sweet :lol: Had my two wheeled fun Sun a.m and a coffee at the Fish inn,Littleborough.Anybody been there?Hanging all over the back of a 750gixer(03)and 1000gixer(05)on my standard curvy with half worn BT020,s!!!!Do not think they were happy :twisted: Why do people buy bikes that are too fast for them :?:
To Whitty,
What is Pear cider like? Never heard of it,sounds tasty!!!
Its cider made with pears instead of apples,really easy to drink(trust me!)as its not as sickly as normal cider.Cant remember brand name but it ends'burg'and witherspoons sell it in half litre bottles.mmmmmmmmmm :wink:
wyrdness
02-05-06, 08:48 PM
Its cider made with pears instead of apples,really easy to drink(trust me!)as its not as sickly as normal cider.Cant remember brand name but it ends'burg'and witherspoons sell it in half litre bottles.mmmmmmmmmm :wink:
They do a swedish one, which is really just an alcopop. It's not even remotely related to cider and tastes of pear drops. Ikea sell it cheaply in cans. I'll drink it occasionally, if I'm in the right mood for it.
:D I'm off to a Witherspoons Friday Night,to try it! Sounds good!!!!!!!
:? Dunno Wyrdness,I am only an amateur :D It is only 4.5% but did my usual trick of no dinner before going out.Tried reversing the effects by blowing 8 quid in KFC but alas it did not work :oops: Ended up playing cards for money at about 1AM after telling my mates about my recent hol to vegas!!!!
tigersaw
02-05-06, 11:11 PM
You worked at No.3 Melody road!? Or am I missing something here!? :?
Ed said earlier in thread he worked +2, so since I worked too I made it #3.
Sorry to confuse you.
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