Who's all going on the Borders Rideout Sun 13th August then?

[independentphoto]

Like the title says, it'd be nice to get an idea of numbers and experience (if you'd like to comment) etc..................

............cue smutty comments if nothing else.

By the way, the forecast (from a certain radio gardening show) looks like being dry.

Garry :wink:

[Kilted Ginger]

:D Definately be going (barring acts of god) Might try and organise meeting up with you and Q for the ride down to hamilton, unfortunately my leathers wont match, is that a problem :wink:

[auldyin]

yip i will be there but as long as you dont laugh at my stablizers

slow group for me .

[STRAMASHER]

Sounds good. Nice part of the country........ and even better roads. St Marys Loch?

Do Glasgow/ west coast folk want to meet at Hein Gericke? I have no idea where meeting point is! :roll: :)

cheers

Andy

[Quedos]

:D Definately be going (barring acts of god) Might try and organise meeting up with you and Q for the ride down to hamilton, unfortunately my leathers wont match, is that a problem :wink:

Well I'm not sure. I'm surprised G didn't put on a sad b****** option for me and him.
Meet up no hassle probably little chef again around 9.30ish! but i'm female and have no concept of time so will need to check with garry :smurfin:

[Tiger 55]

Working I'm afraid :(

Be at the next one or perish in the attempt!

Of course, I'll see most of you out with the Essex Lounge wont I...

[northwind]

Assuming nothing falls off between now and then, I'll be there. A fairly big assume, it's rattling like a ******* this morning :)

[colinbal4]

Made my excuses in the original post, but just for clarity, sorry Guys, I won't make it. Have a great run!

[auldyin]

northwind if you are going we can meet and go through not to fast mind?

[Exi]

See you on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

hopefully be there provided i can get someone to have the kids or one at least :lol:

[jimmy4237]

I'll be there but maybe on the anti-social lout of a bike that's called a SV Thou with race pipes. Hear it before you see it :lol: :lol: But I'll need to get the old man to fit a new rear tyre on it first. The current rear tyres totally shot......
A 1 litre 2000 mile tyre eater :!:

Bring on the dry weather.

[stuartyboy]

Hopefully be there depending on the quality of my hangover after the Kinross show on Sat.

[independentphoto]

OK Folks..........This just keeps getting better- Read on.

I decided to go on the "if you don't ask, you don't get" principle and sent the following eMail to the Dumfries & Galloway tourism people last night (Sunday) to forward for me. I then found the council website and sent it direct myself.....

Hello.

I wondered if you could be so kind to pass my comments onto the best people to action the following comments, perhaps the council roads department or "Amey" highways perhaps. Anyway, I'm sure you will know better than an outsider such as myself.

A group of Scottish motorcyclists are planning to do a days tour throughout the borders on Sunday 13th August which will include the A708 from Moffat to Selkirk. I notice, from your front page that it is reputed to be "the best in Britain". A few of us made the journey along the road a week ago and raised some concerns that in some areas, loose chippings on bitumen had been applied (perhaps a reasonable time ago) and had quite worrying quantites of gravel littering the surface in some bends. Perhaps you appreciate that whilst in a car or 4x4 vehicle, such conditions pose little real danger other than windscreen damage, a motorcycle losing grip on a loose surface whilst turning however, is quite likely to encounter noticeable difficulty. Nobody wishes to think of a days tour in such a beautiful area being ruined by a friend having an accident.

We are all responsible adults who wish to enjoy a leisurely outing punctuated by a tea & cake etc and watch out for each other constantly, but perhaps the chances of an unfortunate accident could be lessened by a road sweeper or similar removing loose gravel a day or so before. I do of course realise that this may not be possible, but like most motorcyclists, I fail to understand how such "loose chip" surfaces can be considered safe to all road users until the vast majority of material is either embeded or swept away.

Respectfully yours,

Mr INDEPENDENTPHOTO (changed!)

Upon returning from work today (Monday), I had this one in my Inbox.......

Dear Mr INDEPENDENTPHOTO (changed!)
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the proposed motorcycle tour on the 13 August 2006 taking in the above route. Our surface dressing operations on some of our roads are fairly recently completed and some sections may still require some additional sweeping . I will endeavour to have these sections swept prior to the event and I trust that you will all enjoy your whistlestop trip through the region.

Regards

Mike Fawkes
Principal Roads Services Officer(Annandale& Eskdale)
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Combined Services
Harthill
Glasgow Road
Lockerbie
DG11 2SE

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So there you go folks.... it might just be that we get a cracking road in cracking nick, on a cracking day for a cracking rideout. CRACKING! :lol:

Cheers,

Garry 8)

[northwind]

northwind if you are going we can meet and go through not to fast mind?

har... I've deluded someone else into thinking I'm fast :) I shall be competing for last place throughout, you're welcome to join me.

[Blue Flame]

Sorry I've been away in Corfu so just catching up. I should be there on Sunday. :)

[Kilted Ginger]

OK Folks..........This just keeps getting better- Read on.

I decided to go on the "if you don't ask, you don't get" principle and sent the following eMail to the Dumfries & Galloway tourism people last night (Sunday) to forward for me. I then found the council website and sent it direct myself.....

EDIT, read above[/i]

So there you go folks.... it might just be that we get a cracking road in cracking nick, on a cracking day for a cracking rideout. CRACKING! :lol:

Cheers,

Garry 8)

:winner: :thumbsup: Well done garry, brilliant.

Oh has Abby told you where we will be stopping, eating, fueling etc, as like the rest of us you@ll be doing what you are told :wink:

[northwind]

So there you go folks.... it might just be that we get a cracking road in cracking nick, on a cracking day for a cracking rideout. CRACKING! :lol:


Unbelievable! Good work!

[Beaniebike]

Hey - good on you! Take a well deserved pat on the back!

[stuartyboy]

So there you go folks.... it might just be that we get a cracking road in cracking nick, on a cracking day for a cracking rideout. CRACKING! :lol:


Well done Garry.

Can you work your magic on Perth & Kinross Council? Roads littered here with chips this last week.

[Sheila]

northwind if you are going we can meet and go through not to fast mind?

har... I've deluded someone else into thinking I'm fast :) I shall be competing for last place throughout, you're welcome to join me.

Hi.. I'd like to go for my first ride out with ya all on Sunday but I'm still running bike in and still getting to know my way round the roads here in Scotland, not to mention out of practice!!!! :oops: :oops: :oops: Would it be too much to ask to tag along also?.. Or do ya think maybe I should wait till after my first service?..

[stuartyboy]

Or do ya think maybe I should wait till after my first service?..

Go for it. 8) 8) 8)

How many miles you done so far? I think it will be about 150 round trip for the rideout.

Dont go over 1000 miles before the 1st service or your lose your warranty. You'll need to keep about 60 miles in reserve to take your bike back to cupar for your service.

[independentphoto]

Hi.. I'd like to go for my first ride out with ya all on Sunday but I'm still running bike in and still getting to know my way round the roads here in Scotland, not to mention out of practice!!!! :oops: :oops: :oops: Would it be too much to ask to tag along also?.. Or do ya think maybe I should wait till after my first service?..

Don't worry about that - it's exactly the position that I was in a year ago. Everyone took great interest in my line of thin red tape over the tacho to remind me not to over rev.

You'll be fine with us lot - we'll look after you. Carelesschucca might watch your rear though as opposed to your bike - just ask Beaniebike! :lol:

Garry 8)

[northwind]

When i came on my first SV Ecosse ride I'd literally done 150 miles on the SV (about 10000 in the year before on teh 125, but that didn't really count) and did 300 that day :) You'd be more than welcome. But seriously, ride at your own pace. Get the route down before and carry a map so that at worst you can make your own way, there's nothing more dangerous than someone trying to keep up on a rideout. I should know. It's common sense, but all too easy to lose it on a rideout.

I guarantee you, every single person on the ride would rather wait for a fellow forum member, than help pick your bike up :)

[Sheila]

Cheers everyone.. I'm really lookin forward to it, and yeh don't worry I won't do anything too stupid!.. Too chicken! :roll: Its been more than 4 years (before I left Oz)since I've owned a bike and whilst you never forget, you do get rusty! I'll definitely be studying the route and have map at hand too! :D

Done about 120 mile so far and booked in for service 1 Sep.. Not sure if too early or not!!

[goof]

I hope to be making it too, assuming I can get a replacement part in time.

I'll be in teh n00ber group :smt116

[northwind]

You'll have it ;) At worst, you can leave the bike parked somewhere accessible on saturday and I'll fire by and swap it. have faith, young Bikedropper.

[MattTheLoony]

When i came on my first SV Ecosse ride I'd literally done 150 miles on the SV (about 10000 in the year before on teh 125, but that didn't really count) and did 300 that day :) You'd be more than welcome. But seriously, ride at your own pace. Get the route down before and carry a map so that at worst you can make your own way, there's nothing more dangerous than someone trying to keep up on a rideout. I should know. It's common sense, but all too easy to lose it on a rideout.

I guarantee you, every single person on the ride would rather wait for a fellow forum member, than help pick your bike up :)

My first ride out was the day after I collected the bike with a grand total of about 20 miles under my belt and I managed to keep up easily.

[jim@55]

northy is coming over to mine on sat (he;ll have to now ive posted this)to fix my throttle tube on my bike ,so all going well ill b there but wont really know till later put me down as a definite maybe garry ,i know where it is so i may just arrive on sun ,cheers all :wink:

[northwind]

i know where it is so i may just arrive on sun

You'll be pretty lost if you arrive on the sun... ba-doom.

[goof]

But seriously, ride at your own pace. Get the route down before and carry a map so that at worst you can make your own way, there's nothing more dangerous than someone trying to keep up on a rideout. I should know. It's common sense, but all too easy to lose it on a rideout.



Wise words from the Northster - even with people telling me that, on the last ride out I still tried to keep up with the scary fast boys at the start. I knew I was being silly though so eventually backed off and waited for the group behind me.

[Quedos]

RIght you lot, weathers ok and forecast ain't bad either - no excuses.
This could be my only and only organised rideout!!

We're up and outta here as soon as.

Today Matthew i'll be riding................
















You'll see when you get there! :wink:

[goof]

Any weegies meeting at HG? If so when!?

As usual, the site typically goes down the night before the rideout :roll:

[Anonymous]

couldnt get a sitter but hope you all had a good day. going to put con into afterschool care on wednesday and go for a nice day out on the bike.

[northwind]

Sorry for missing it folks, I didn't have any of the route details saved so with the forum down last night, i went out and got a bit more ****ed than I planned to. I'm just up :roll:

[Cronos]

Sorry folks, but between 8 of us we managed to polish off 18 bottles of wine as well as putting a huge dent in my beer and vodka collection. :shock:

I was having difficulty standing up this morning, so getting on a motorcycle was out of the question.

Hope you all had a great time.

[Blue Flame]

Ahah the old 'I was hungover' excuse is surfacing its head again I see !! :wink:

Northy. Garry had posted the meet point onto SVRIDER.COM when the site went down so that's your excuse busted :lol:

Whatever happened to abstinence. Tut Tut I don't know.

Anyways twas a good day (14 bikes showed up) and we found a replacement for Northy for the day in that true SV Ecosse tradition of somebody binning a bike. Don't know the exact details but I'm sure somebody will come along in a minute with the correct story.

EDIT. OOPS Just noticed the details on the 'I'm a d*ck' thread.

[northwind]

Never thought of that... I could've probably hunted down the details with phone calls etc but that's all a lot of work when the alternative is "Go to bar. Get beer. Consume" ;)

[auldyin]

never made it either dew to server being change what a time to change a night before a ride yet again SORRY i will be there when the next one is going ahead

[Sheila]

Just thought I'd say a big THANX to everyone for putting up with my inconsistent riding.. (I needs more practice :oops: ), and for being so welcoming! I had a brilliant day and hope to come along again next time. Awesome views and awesome bikes... nothin else like it! CHEERS. :D

[stuartyboy]

Ahah the old 'I was hungover' excuse is surfacing its head again I see !! :wink:

Whatever happened to abstinence. Tut Tut I don't know.

Anyways twas a good day (14 bikes showed up) and we found a replacement for Northy for the day in that true SV Ecosse tradition of somebody binning a bike. Don't know the exact details but I'm sure somebody will come along in a minute with the correct story.



I have a witness for my hangover. Met sheila in Kinross yesterday who can vouch for me being pished. Kinross show is mandatory in my neck of the woods and after a whole day on the lash, I was in no state to walk let alone ride.

Not too sure this "tradition" is gonna inspire me much. :(

Where abouts in Fife are you Blue Flame?

[suicidesam]

Just a quicky to say thanx to all and that I had a great day out for my first big run on the SV :D
Got some photo's from the stops.. post them up in the pics section soon.

[Sheila]

I have a witness for my hangover.

Yes its true, he was blootered!! :drunken: Definitely in no fit state to ride.. ..
Yes I mean his motorbike.. :lol: :lol:

[northwind]

Anyways twas a good day (14 bikes showed up) and we found a replacement for Northy for the day in that true SV Ecosse tradition of somebody binning a bike.

Oi, that only happened once. And then another once. And that other time.

[independentphoto]

Thanks to all for the good company today. The weather treated us well and the roads were good. Somehow I don't think the council managed to get a sweeper along the 708 before us, but never mind.

Nice to see Dave throwing that big Marauder around too, even if he did throw it into my rear tyre at the junction at Biggar :shock: . Thanks for helping me back up again though..... you too Goof :drink:

Garry 8)

[Blue Flame]

Where abouts in Fife are you Blue Flame?

Just a couple of junctions down from you in Kelty.

[goof]

Nice to see Dave throwing that big Marauder around too, even if he did throw it into my rear tyre at the junction at Biggar :shock: . Thanks for helping me back up again though..... you too Goof :drink:


Heh, no worries - to be honest I felt he was riding a little close behind me just before that so I wasn't totally surprised when it happened! I just thought "oh boy, this isn't going to be SV club's day". No harm done at least though :lol:

[Kilted Ginger]

:D , Great day, Good roads (apart from the freshly "chipped" ones) good weather, good company.
Unfortunate about matts' "off" but on the plus he was able to ride home, could have been much worse. "Any landing you walk away from is a good landing" :wink: Hope your arm etc is ok after a couple of days rest.

Garry, if you had longer legs you wouldnt have needed goofs help to get your bike back up :wink:

Sheila, glad you enjoyed it, hope to see you again, by then your bike might actually have some dirt on it :P

Abby, hope the backs feeling better and did you get that sheeps insurance details or did it flee the scene :wink:

Jimmy, you need to learn to play nice with prepubescents in their daddys subarus :lol:

Anyone fancy hiring some canoes and going back to visit that compassionate old guy that came out to offer help at the "off" :twisted:

Once again thanx for a great day, hope to see you all at the next one

[Exi]

Great roads, great ride, bring on the next rideout!

[stuartyboy]

:D , Great day, Good roads (apart from the freshly "chipped" ones) good weather, good company.
Unfortunate about matts' "off" but on the plus he was able to ride home, could have been much worse. "Any landing you walk away from is a good landing" :wink: Hope your arm etc is ok after a couple of days rest.

Garry, if you had longer legs you wouldnt have needed goofs help to get your bike back up :wink:

Sheila, glad you enjoyed it, hope to see you again, by then your bike might actually have some dirt on it :P

Abby, hope the backs feeling better and did you get that sheeps insurance details or did it flee the scene :wink:

Jimmy, you need to learn to play nice with prepubescents in their daddys subarus :lol:

Anyone fancy hiring some canoes and going back to visit that compassionate old guy that came out to offer help at the "off" :twisted:

Once again thanx for a great day, hope to see you all at the next one

The more replies that are added to this thread the more I'm glad I had a hangover.

Insurance details, canoes, subarus, rear tyres bumps... :?

How feckin many offs, bumps and near misses were there???

[northwind]

Does sound like an interseting day out...

[independentphoto]

Does sound like an interseting day out...

You'd have loved it sir! Check out SVrider the next time a server fails before a rideout!!

Garry :lol:

[Quedos]

:D , Great day, Good roads (apart from the freshly "chipped" ones) good weather, good company.
Unfortunate about matts' "off" but on the plus he was able to ride home, could have been much worse. "Any landing you walk away from is a good landing" :wink: Hope your arm etc is ok after a couple of days rest.

Garry, if you had longer legs you wouldnt have needed goofs help to get your bike back up :wink:

Sheila, glad you enjoyed it, hope to see you again, by then your bike might actually have some dirt on it :P

Abby, hope the backs feeling better and did you get that sheeps insurance details or did it flee the scene :wink:

Jimmy, you need to learn to play nice with prepubescents in their daddys subarus :lol:

Anyone fancy hiring some canoes and going back to visit that compassionate old guy that came out to offer help at the "off" :twisted:

Once again thanx for a great day, hope to see you all at the next one

The more replies that are added to this thread the more I'm glad I had a hangover.

Insurance details, canoes, subarus, rear tyres bumps... :?

How feckin many offs, bumps and near misses were there???

Mines wasn't that bad I decided i wanted to be a sheep and tried to join them at very slow speed (15mph). Target fixation is a true phenomononononon (or what ever!)

[goof]

The more replies that are added to this thread the more I'm glad I had a hangover.

Insurance details, canoes, subarus, rear tyres bumps... :?

How feckin many offs, bumps and near misses were there???

Oh yeah, forgot about dodging sheep on the twisty mountain sides too :shock:

Someone in front of me almost hit one of the buggers!

[suicidesam]

Oh yeah, forgot about dodging sheep on the twisty mountain sides too :shock:

Someone in front of me almost hit one of the buggers!

That would have been me then :shock: :evil:
Very glad i did not have the vox on my radio switched on or Gary would have got an earfull of not nice words :lol:

Might get it for dinner the next time i'm down that way!

[STRAMASHER]

Yup, another good run out. I find you always know you have had a proper run by how fast you collapse onto the slouch couch when getting home.

I fell asleep on the floor :? :D

Cheers , Gary and Abe for all the ground work.

Where are you going to top,no cops, no traffic (the odd disinterested jaywalking sheep granted), stunning scenery and every mix of road going? :? :)


Andy

[stuartyboy]

Mines wasn't that bad I decided i wanted to be a sheep and tried to join them at very slow speed (15mph). Target fixation is a true phenomononononon (or what ever!)

They do say that SV's sound like sewing machines - were you trying to join them into a huge big sheepy cardy :wink:

Someone in front of me almost hit one of the buggers!

This is getting worse (or better :? ) by the hour.

[goof]

Yup, another good run out. I find you always know you have had a proper run by how fast you collapse onto the slouch couch when getting home.



The sad thing was, I was following Andy back to Glasgow and having to ride my tits off to keep up, whilst he casually glides round corners like he's out on a quiet country amble! I need more practice without a doubt.

[northwind]

Get practicing goof... "Oh, my rear tyre must have been losing pressure, it felt a bit squirmy" :)

[goof]

I never mentioned my rear tyre :^o
It's holding pressure ok actually, despite being down to 8psi the day before. Nope, I'll be first to admit it's lack of experience.

[suicidesam]

They do say that SV's sound like sewing machines - were you trying to join them into a huge big sheepy cardy :wink:

.... I'd love to see a sewing machine that sounds like my SV :-k :roll: :mrgreen:

[Tiger 55]

Christ, it sounds like the Wacky Races! Wish I'd been there and thinking about it now throwing a sicky in my first week would have set a nice low standard for me to live up to...

I'm planning on making up for it by joining the Essex Lounge for at least one of their weekend days. Who's up for that? And are we having our own rideout in September?

By the way Matty, my wife waited 2 weeks before she went to the doctor after a fall. Big mistake. Huge. Your broken arm will be busy fixing itself, but it might not do a very good job... The reason you feel better is because you are rock hard, like all bikers, but a little medical attention goes a long way mate. And get some phone pics of the nurses.

[stuartyboy]

They do say that SV's sound like sewing machines - were you trying to join them into a huge big sheepy cardy :wink:

.... I'd love to see a sewing machine that sounds like my SV :-k :roll: :mrgreen:

Do you not mean you'd love to hear one :wink:

...mean't to say "some SVs" :D

Saw a curvy Copper in Callander last night and it definitely sounded like said sewing m/c

eagerly waiting for my fuel can so I can annoy the feck out of the neighbours :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Anonymous]

ill hopefully be at the essex boy rideout, depends on sitters whether it will be sat or sun

[splund]

Hi there, sorry i didn't make it. I too was hungover. And to prove it i have a thick from the other half, especialy for the mess i made, the stuff i said and the general state of disrepair about my whole person. Not only did I pee her off, she says i scared the cat and upset her friends too.

So, all in all, me and my mate had a good night :lol:

Anyway sounds like a more eventful ride out, pitty i missed it. Hopefully i'll get along to the next one.

Any pics been posted yet?

[Anonymous]

Hi there, sorry i didn't make it. I too was hungover. And to prove it i have a thick from the other half, especialy for the mess i made, the stuff i said and the general state of disrepair about my whole person. Not only did I pee her off, she says i scared the cat and upset her friends too.

So, all in all, me and my mate had a good night :lol:

Anyway sounds like a more eventful ride out, pitty i missed it. Hopefully i'll get along to the next one.

Any pics been posted yet?

think your pics will be more entertaining :lol:

and what exactly do you have that is thick courtesay of your other half - had to ask :lol:

[splund]

Oops... meant to say "thick ear".

Dreard to think what was going through your mind Nutty! :lol:

[splund]

What on earth is wrong with me "Dreard". Should have been "Dread" :oops:

Clearly I'm still under the influence!!!! :P

[suicidesam]

Any pics been posted yet?

See here... http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=43221

Not many there, think some of the group took some pics with camera phone's.. might get some added on. :)

[Anonymous]

Oops... meant to say "thick ear".

Dreard to think what was going through your mind Nutty! :lol:


trust me you dont want to know :lol: