sat 10th nov

[hovis]

cant be many more nice days left...... can there,

anywho, weather is looking good for this sat, so who will be out

time & route TBA

anyone got a route planned?

[Welsh_Wizard]

Will likely give this one a miss - got plans to see my mates new nippa.

[Draper]

but you were likely to give last weeks a miss...

:thumright:

[hovis]

Will likely give this one a miss - got plans .

you always say that.......... & turn up at the last minute:smt064

just make the most of it b4 the snow, & your bike must be run in now:smt026

[Draper]

and some more arm twisting reasons that i cant think of!

[Welsh_Wizard]

This is very true - bike is run in and is having it's 600-mile service on Friday.

I have absolutely promised my mate that i would see him and his kid on Saturday and as he works in the big smoke, I have no chance of doing it on Sunday instead.

Definitely count me out for this one..

[hovis]

stuff..

see you saturday, then:smt045

[Draper]

also if this goes ahead, then i think we should have some good photos of it, only the wizards one from last weekend... would like to have a few gooduns to show my non-bike friends (which is essentially most people) what is good for them!

(sadly i don't own a digicam :( )

[hovis]

i forgot my camera last sat........... i normally have it

[Ollie_07]

Ill probs be out, like hovis said, cant be much more good weather left now! :(

As for photos, i always have my phone on me, its got a 5mb pixel camera, so just give me a shout Draper, and you can do some cheesy model catalogues poses!! :D

[Biker_Billy]

Damn...would love to come, but just can't manage it this weekend...

Have fun!

[_Stretchie_]

Alright, I'll be back Friday night, need to get a new rear on mine on Saturday and I'm out Saturday night near Weston...

Hovi5.. WHat are you thinking of?

[Draper]

haha ollie, sounds like a plan, i clearly have what it takes to be a model, i just choose not to follow that as my career... :)

those mid riding photos are pretty tasty too, i always wondered how they're done. Like did hovis just get someone to stand and take a photo as he passed?

[blue curvy jester]

May have filnally joined you all this weekend esp if the van at storey arms could have been added

but have to go to drapers home town the democratic republic of Wolves wher all the yam yams come from in the cage.

anyone got a decent route that doesnt involve the M4/M5 or M50

[hovis]

Hovi5.. WHat are you thinking of?
llandovery?

this is the saturday



those mid riding photos are pretty tasty too, i always wondered how they're done. Like did hovis just get someone to stand and take a photo as he passed? when you go on a bigger ride out. the leader will shoot off and get you all as you aproch him, i will take one of you saturday if you like

May have filnally joined you all this weekend esp if the van at storey arms could have been added

yup.......... its part of the route

[Draper]

ahh yeah hovis, i might take you up on that one, no worries if we dont get chance

and mr. jester, why the avoidance of the motorways? the route is dead simple using M4 to coldra, A449, A40, M50 and M5 at J2 then down Birmingham New Road

afraid i dont really know anyother route. Spose you could follow A449 all the way? as far as i know that should pass through wuster, kiddy, then onto wolves?

P.s. a good move, to wolves that is, cant beat abit of that :cool:

[Ollie_07]

when you go on a bigger ride out. the leader will shoot off and get you all as you aproch him, i will take one of you saturday if you like



And me too if ya get chance!!:cool:

[hovis]

ok............. i will be head phototaker,

fee to be aranged

[Draper]

as if a nice red curvy in a photograph wasn't enough already ;)

[blue curvy jester]

and mr. jester, why the avoidance of the motorways? the route is dead simple using M4 to coldra, A449, A40, M50 and M5 at J2 then down Birmingham New Road


P.s. a good move, to wolves that is, cant beat abit of that :cool:

cos that route is boring as f@@k even in a cage

going up through brecon/leominster/bridgnorth

any recomendations on good bars ( else i'll have to go to the gifford mosh pit):smt062

[Draper]

you are a good man mr jester! the Giff is one of my spiritual homes, bloody class there with DJ John Silver on a friday night, haven't been there is a long time actually

Right for a saturday it's not the best, i like my thursday pound pint vars then oceana. But perhaps the civic for blastoff? the canal club has shut its rock night or whatever it was they had i think, unless they reopened. Little civic aint bad for a reasonably priced drink, and i like the selection of songs the dj will play on request (beatles, stranglers, stones, that sorta biz)

And yeah the motorway route is boring, it's a piece of **** (cept coldra, dont like hundreds crash there annually?) But it gets you there in 2hrs.. but brecon and bridgnorth does sound appetising

:rave:

[hovis]

sooooo...........

who is up for it

me:smt039

[Ollie_07]

Me dependant on route! :)

According to BBC most places round here are going to be ok, but brecon sort of way is showers most of the day! :(.....

[hovis]

Me dependant on route! :) where do you fancy?
According to BBC most places round here are going to be ok, but brecon sort of way is showers most of the day! it will be ok

:smt039

[Ollie_07]

:smt039

Not bothered really, as long as we dont get trapped in the rain!

I wish i shared your confidence in the british weather!;)

[hovis]

Not bothered really, as long as we dont get trapped in the rain!

I wish i shared your confidence in the british weather!;)

i bit of the wet stuff wont kill you..................... unless its a lot of the wet stuff, like a swimming pool, and you cant swim or a glass of water with poison in it;)

[hovis]

please post if you are coming (or not)

[DoubleD]

What about coming up to the Lakes (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=98185) with an over night stay?

[Welsh_Wizard]

I am categorically NOT coming.

Restringing my banjo and undertaking some exploratory work on my piccolo.

[hovis]

What about coming up to the Lakes (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=98185) with an over night stay?

i did see that.......... if the weather was a bit nicer, & i wes not working sunday................ maybe:(

[_Stretchie_]

Restringing my banjo

You've snapped your banjo??
:smt082

[Draper]

right, count me in boyos

are you with me?! *insert triumphant-heroic voice here*

[Zombie Jesus]

I've got some work to do tomorrowso I'll give it a miss

[hovis]

the gritters are out...................:(

[Draper]

so whats happening then?

[Draper]

looks like theres only three of us up for it atm... :smt064

[Ollie_07]

play it by ear then by the look of it?! :(

Im gonna pop to pub, wont drink much though, then watch the boxing on sky sports, will check what the weather is like and decide in the morning then eh?

Ill quickly check this thread tomorrow morn..... although if weather is **** and there is only 3 of us anyway, u might as well go look for a bike Hovis... let me know either way! :)

[Draper]

so if hovis does go off in search of a new motor, want to go for a little stint anyway ollie? weather providing and all

i think i'll be going out, even if alone, get abit of a riding done before it gets proper cold and wet

PM'd you my number mate, and i'll give it to hovis just incase

[Draper]

oh i forgot i PM'd hovis with it last weekend

maybe seeyou tomorrow then

[Draper]

well there doesn't seem to be much activity here so i'm not sure what to do. I'd hate to get up at 8 and find that noone is going out...

but yes balls to it, i will alarm for 8, check here, tiddle around if nothing, then if it gets too late depending on tiredness i shall possibly head back to bed

i will be going out anyway i have decided, on the route we did last sat if no-one is coming

over and out

[hovis]

i dont think i will be out?

[Draper]

ahh right-o hovis, not to worry

if ollie fancies a stint then he can drop me a text or something

in that case not such an early start then, and i can try improve my cornering skills from shocking to very bad :p

[hovis]

but i might?

im not sure

i will post in the morning

[hovis]

but i might?

im not sure

i will post in the morning


if i have not posted b4 9.30 i wont be out

:smt102

[Draper]

alright chief

No worries if you cant make it, its all good :smt023

[Ollie_07]

Morning all,

Well its nice and dry round here, although most of the sky is ****ty black cloud!

Very windy but at least it aint raining!!

Whats it like where you lot live, roads and weather?

According to BBC weather, its mainly 'sunny intervals' today, thats for cwmbran,abergavenny, monmouth, chepstow, caldicot....

mmmmm, decisions decisions!!

[Welsh_Wizard]

what you guys end up doing ?? I had a little pootle back and forth my friends houses' so managed to get about 50miles in. Nice weather actually. Just started to spit with rain as I pulled out of my parents house on the way home. Bargain.

[Draper]

ended up meeting with ollie in newport then off through chepstow and monmouth and around there. not too sure of the exact route lol

was a nice run though, a few leaves on the floor, but apart from that it was a good run

oh yeah ended up in abergavenny, then off back home, good few bikes there and some what i think were westfields, pretty cool. nice one to ollie for showing me some more good roads

[Ollie_07]

No problem fella! was good to get out again! :)

Mr Wiz, we went on the old A48 from Coldra in Newport to Chepstow, then out through tintern along the wye valley out to monmouth, then monmouth to raglan, onto aber all via some nice twisties! :)

[hovis]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

went tho sw superbikes to test the new blade, and it was in the workshop

[Welsh_Wizard]

how very quaint.. and there was me spending my saturday hooking up electrical items, ferrying myself up and down newport rd doing the sociable thing and finally meeting up with the missus for a quick bite to eat down the bay. I need to get my priorities sorted...

ps.) Bike has finally had it's post-sale service so she's offically 'run in'. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[Welsh_Wizard]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

went tho sw superbikes to test the new blade, and it was in the workshop

wot.. a brand spanking new blade ???? :confused:

[hovis]

:smt035wot.. a brand spanking new blade ???? :confused:

2003:smt035

[Welsh_Wizard]

Boris ???

[hovis]

Boris ???

what?

[Welsh_Wizard]

whats happening to Boris.. part x ??

[hovis]

whats happening to Boris.. part x ??

maybe? or i may sell him closer to the summer?

[Draper]

you keeping your old blade?

i'll give you a fiver for it! (which is not mocking the bike, but sadly couldnt afford much more)

but i think it sounds like a fair deal? :D

[Draper]

only just saw this page, for some reason thought the grrr post from hovis was the last one

[hovis]

maybe? or i may sell him closer to the summer?

you keeping your old blade?

:D

please read post properly


i might just fill my garage up with bikes:smt035