View Full Version : Never Mind the Porlocks - Ride Out, 31st March 2007
Ahh, I've killed Photobucket...
Thanks to everyone for a great ride today. It was really good to put faces to names and meet some of you all!
Viper, are you hungry again yet? I've never seen anybody eat a burger that big before. Kinda made me think of an anaconda trying to swallow a hippo...:D Mind you, I cant talk. I had one too! Yummy! :cool:
mac99 (aka David Bailey) has already given the full report, so here's just my photo's for your delectation...
Invading Dunster...
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t165/philhusbands/IMG_2606.jpg
My pride & joy at Dunster. Hairy bikers mulling route in background...:p
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t165/philhusbands/IMG_2608.jpg
More hairiness. Look at Viper! He's thinking about that burger waiting for him at Woolacombe... :D
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t165/philhusbands/IMG_2609.jpg
Woolacombe invasion.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t165/philhusbands/IMG_2610.jpg
Thanks again everyone. Sorry that I couldn't join you on the ride back. Had to get back home for Fatherly duties 'n all that. Dan and I had fun tearing up the A377 though! :twisted: Looking forward to seeing you again very soon!
Oh, and Jamie, I'm well glad your OK fella. Get back on the road again soon! I hope your trip home went OK, albeit on more than two wheels...:rolleyes: Like we said at the time, just rotten luck. One of those daft spills that could happen to any of us. Damn bloody mushed pheasant!
caz650s
31-03-07, 08:48 PM
Hi Jamie ? Hope you are not feeling too sore ! don't feel bad about your off it could have been any one of us...poxy pheasant ! Hope you got recovered home ok and get your bike sorted out without any probs.Thanks to all those who put so much effort in organising the ride apart from Jamies spill it was a great day out !
well that was a fun and eventful day out. Hope you are ok Jamie and not to sore in the morning.
It was really good to put some more faces to names today.
I would like to thank MOGS, JABBA and MAC99 for their hard work in leading and TEC ing today, its much appreciated.
As for the Burger, its was all Jabba promised it would be bloody lovely and huge.
Fizz, thanks for the company to and from tiverton.
PS, we must go to that little chef again, Lolly anybody????:-D
Looks like you guys had a good day, and the pics are brill:)
:( Sorry to hear about your off Jharris (or should I say Pheasant Hunter), the fact that you've got back ok and can still post means you've been very lucky, it could have been a lot worse. Hope your aches and pains subside quickly and you get your bike back on the road.
Bloody road-kill nowadays, just got no respect:smt011
BTW what have you lot done with hovi5? 10:20pm and still no post:eek:
Nice pic's there guys n gals, glad it stayed dryish for your little escapade.
Sorry to hear of your off jharris, main thing is your in one piece.
Would've loved to have come along to this rideout :(
Hopefully in the not too distant future i will attend a few [-o<
Aint that gixxer a common bike...;)
fizzwheel
31-03-07, 09:21 PM
Fizz, thanks for the company to and from tiverton.
Likewise :cool:
PS, we must go to that little chef again, Lolly anybody????:-D
:smt044
Shhuttt Uuuppppppp
Zombie Jesus
31-03-07, 09:52 PM
Excellent day out, thanks to everyone involved in organising it and I hope to see pheasant hunter/jharris back on two wheels soon.
squirrel_hunter
31-03-07, 11:07 PM
Jamie, you didn't feck the day up. These things happen, I've done it before. Just glad to know your ok.
With regards to my exhaust: It fell of again on the A420 playing with an R1 that couldn't take corners and later on following Beenz. As annoying as it was I can tell you a SV sound fantastic on full chat with no can :twisted: . Thanks goes out to those with tools for those without, I must remedy this.
As always it was good to see some old faces (not always org related) and some new. Thanks to those who organized and participated.
I look forward to the return trip to the Little Chef later in the year...
Jamie, don't worry mate, the important thing is that you are OK. I hope you get the bike back on the road soon. It was good to meet you. Take it easy for a few days.
Otherwise it was a good days riding with plenty of fun over the A39 with Fizz and I trying to keep up with Jabba and his sneezing.
Sorry Hovis for that rather quick overtake on that left hander, I thought everyone was going just that little bit quicker than they were when I cought you up. :oops:
An SV in down pipes sounds a treat SH :D
Pix to post later.
Thankd Mogs and Jabba for organising a fantastic day. Thanks everyone else for making it a good one.
The start at Tiverton, ready to roll.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock1.jpg
Dunster, before we heard about Jamie
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock2.jpg
These yella things get everywhere ;) An Org banner per chance?
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock3.jpg
Baldyman worries about the alarm
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock4.jpg
Viper and Hovis pondern the worlds troubles
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock5.jpg
Someone tell Mogs that the High Vis stuff should be on the outside ;)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock6.jpg
The 'popular' choice of transport (not common :p )
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock7.jpg
Hi guys,
Thanks for the text jamie......I'll email you a link to all of the photos below :thumbsup:
I didn't take many photos, mainly coz I didn't want snot all over my camera :( Those I did take are below :(
This is the path that Jamie's bike took :( My beautiful Hornet and that popular, sorry - make that "common" - yellow curvy are showing which way it should have gone:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twoponds/sv650/Devon2/bike1.jpg
Nooooo.............. the best looking bike - make that "best looking SV" - there after the off :(
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twoponds/sv650/Devon2/bike2.jpg
Here's the bike taking a cheeky little pose in a sort of Princess Diana stylee. At least the bike is still alive an will ride again:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twoponds/sv650/Devon2/bike3.jpg
Trophy feather for the photo album. The bike is now called Hiawatha:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twoponds/sv650/Devon2/bike4.jpg
And finally, the cause of all the trouble. Jamie's going to be yet another bloke on here complaining of "bird trouble". Fizz and I did condsider BBQing it or taking it back to the Red Barn and asking them to turn it into a burger for Viper:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twoponds/sv650/Devon2/bird.jpg
pheasant_hunter
01-04-07, 08:31 AM
Looks fine from this angle
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7162/bike1ut9.jpg
Pitty about the others :(
I think the following will be on the shopping list (well the insurance company's list) - upper and lower fairing, headlight assembly (unless the lenses are changeable separately, screen, indicator, crashbungs (well done R&B - not a mark on the engine or brake lever) and the frame that mounts the nose assembly is bent.
Apart from that...
http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bike1ut9.jpg
That really sucks about the off mate, looks like you got away ok though and bet those crash bungs helped a bit. These things happen as they say, more than enough people on the forum to help you if you want it fixing up the bike.
Pics look good though, loads of SV's and GSXR's so two thumbs up in my books :D Glad ya had a good time.
As Fizz said earlier, the Little Chef at Tiverton is a "must do" on any trip to the area.
Faultlessly quick service with more than a hint of "League of Gentlemen" and "Little Britain" - absolutely hilarious...... the waiters running comedy-style between the kitchen and the customers and their ingratiating, hand-wringing style will be the stuff of legend for long time :lol:
We're planning to do the run again in September, only this time in reverse. I propose we have breakfast at the Little Chef, grab a burger somewhere on route and the go back to the Little Chef for tea :D
caz650s
01-04-07, 12:27 PM
My wife is concerned that for no apparent reason i have been gigiling to myself today...anyone present at the little chef (you had to be there) will understand !! :D
fizzwheel
01-04-07, 01:45 PM
As Fizz said earlier, the Little Chef at Tiverton is a "must do" on any trip to the area.
Faultlessly quick service with more than a hint of "League of Gentlemen" and "Little Britain" - absolutely hilarious...... the waiters running comedy-style between the kitchen and the customers and their ingratiating, hand-wringing style will be the stuff of legend for long time :lol:
If I might add a little something to the mix, also perhaps an air of "Perry" from Harry Enfields "Kevin and Perry" sketches, I wandered if at some point he might have uttered the imortal line "Yes Mrs Paterson"
We're planning to do the run again in September, only this time in reverse. I propose we have breakfast at the Little Chef, grab a burger somewhere on route and the go back to the Little Chef for tea :D
I'm surprised you havent suggested staying in the little chef all day ;)
Someobdy really needs to get hold of Matt Lucas and send him down to the that Little Chef, it would be hilarious. He could rename the place slightly such as "Small Cook"
Baldyman
01-04-07, 02:40 PM
Just to say thanks to Moggs for arranging the ride, what some fantastic views, especially Minehead to Woolacombe and the twisties were everything I had hoped for :D
The section from Woolacombe to Tiverton was playful! thanks Beenz ;)
Jamie,
Hope your hip isn't too painful and like others have said, you were lucky to walk away from it, 'cos that kerb could have done some serious damage to you as well :( But thanks for clearing the pheasant off the riding line for me as we were next in line, it could just as easily been Joy and I coming off :shock:
Was the Little Chef incident on the way home? looks like we missed some fun.
Looked like a great rideout. Sorry to hear about the plucking pheasant causing an off.
Someobdy really needs to get hold of Matt Lucasand send him down to the that Little Chef, it would be hilarious. He could rename the place slightly such as "Small Cook"
Good idea! He could wear the same shirt as he did on AR06. Sorry Marshall!
pheasant_hunter
01-04-07, 03:31 PM
But thanks for clearing the pheasant off the riding line for me as we were next in line, it could just as easily been Joy and I coming off :shock:
Thanks to you both for being so quick to check I was ok, Gill can sure get off your bike fast! IMHO having me down as a single rider is better than a rider and pillion on the deck.
thanks again
Jamie
Was the Little Chef incident on the way home? looks like we missed some fun.
You missed out!
It was the one at our start/finish point. The waiters were the highlight of the day, but the clincher for me was the free lollipops as we left.
Jamie, I glad you ok, hope the damage to yourself heals quick, and the bike can be sorted back to its full glory.
You certainly didn't mess up, the main talking point in Dunster was "It could have been me". If there's a "best" for an off then a group ride is the time, plenty of people around that know what to do. See you next time.
Thanks everyone, it's the company that make a good day out.
You missed out!
It was the one at our start/finish point. The waiters were the highlight of the day, but the clincher for me was the free lollipops as we left.
Havent laughed like that in a while. Gonna take the whole family up next weekend, the kids will love it:smt045 . Entertainment whilst having diner, you cant beat it
caz650s
02-04-07, 05:53 PM
heres a few pics of the rideout.
Ready for the off...
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31.jpg
This is where the infamous pheasant had placed itself right on the riding line.......(well Jamies anyway !!)
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-1.jpg
and poor Jamies front tyre hit it and let go and if that was not bad enough there was a nice patch of gravel !!...oh and a kerbstone !!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-2.jpg
Note the lack of feathers where the tyre skidded....
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-10.jpg
Oh no Jamies pride and joy...
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-3.jpg
OUCH !!!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-4.jpg
Some Gixers enjoyed a day out !! (Beenz & Fizwheels I believe )
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-6.jpg
Squirrel Hunters Mean Machine with the exhaust back on where it belongs after some roadside repairs..fell off again later I hear !!!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-5.jpg
You would'nt believe it I just met a girl in there i used to know.....He actually had!!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-7.jpg
Time for BIG burger break in sunny(ish) Woolacombe
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-8.jpg
Was it something I said thinks Ben !!!! maybe the waiter will still love me !!!! only joking Ben & thanks for the info on getting these pics from my camera to here ! it only took me about four hours !!!!
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k300/caz650s/SV650rideout31-9.jpg
The start at Tiverton, ready to roll.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock1.jpg
These yella things get everywhere ;) An Org banner per chance?
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/Beenzpix/Porlock3.jpg
hello............ i just got in:smt030 the best to piccys of the day IMO
my pc went tits up sat night & still not fixed:( ... great day out.
i think we will have to phone the little chef to make sure manwell is working IF WE GO AGAIN
thanx for the earplugs fizz, i think there are better than the £16 DIY ones i got
fizzwheel
03-04-07, 02:08 PM
thanx for the earplugs fizz, i think there are better than the £16 DIY ones i got
No probs, I'm surprised they are better than your DIY ones though.
No probs, I'm surprised they are better than your DIY ones though.
THEY FEEL BETTER ANYWAY:notworthy: weather they are actuly better or not?
looks like you lot had a fantastic day out!!!..
still gutted i couldnt make it but lovely pics everyone!
Ready for the off...
An unfortunate choice of words.............. :lol:
looks like you lot had a fantastic day out!!!..
We did :D
still gutted i couldnt make it but lovely pics everyone!
:grouphug:
caz650s
04-04-07, 07:53 PM
An unfortunate choice of words.............. :lol:
Sorry I did not mean it like that !!!
pheasant_hunter
05-04-07, 07:59 AM
Sorry I did not mean it like that !!!
:oops:
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