AR14 Convoy East Cost

[Bibio]

Kaiv, taking the road from Barnard Castle to Hexham that late in your journey is not a good idea. you will be tired/fatigued and those roads are not for the faint hearted at the best of times. my advice would be to take the A68 and take it easy.

my experience with long journeys (i do 300+ every sunday on small twisty roads) is that the closer you get to your end destination the more you want to push on and this is where mistakes happen. however if your a seasoned long journey rider then bash on

maybe not the best route but the one that google maps throws up for me in ipswich is A14 & A1M,and even with the current road conditions its showing,rightly or not 5 hours 16min plus stops,and 320 miles for me from ipswich,in theory if i leave mine at 7am i could be at Demesne Farm Campsite by 1pm,dont really want to be in the seat till late evening,but apart from being very boring the A1/M cant be that bad on a bike,can it!!!

[kaivalagi]

Fair enough Paul, just throwing options out there...we stick with the more direct route via the A1, filter through some traffic, and have a moderately tywisties bit that weas posted before, maps link

So it's meet at Morrisons Wisbech (Point C) for 10am with a 10:30 departure, and we'll be at point D McD's for midday for others to meet up if they want to, leaving there at 12:30ish

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[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by Bibio

Kaiv, taking the road from Barnard Castle to Hexham that late in your journey is not a good idea. you will be tired/fatigued and those roads are not for the faint hearted at the best of times. my advice would be to take the A68 and take it easy.

my experience with long journeys (i do 300+ every sunday on small twisty roads) is that the closer you get to your end destination the more you want to push on and this is where mistakes happen. however if your a seasoned long journey rider then bash on

Fair point!

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[NTECUK]

Ok that's settled. We're stick with this who has got the widest bike in the front.
The KTM might be the tool of choice for the small gaps?

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by NTECUK

Ok that's settled. We're stick with this who has got the widest bike in the front.
The KTM might be the tool of choice for the small gaps?

That's what I'm thinking, although if I bring the KTM I would likely put the panniers on so it would still be the wisest....the Rocket can filter, it's still all about the width of the handlebars which makes it easier than the KTM with panniers wider than the bars, as I've found out before now

I'm gonna ring the insurers in the next few days to find out how much they want to sting me for putting more annual mileage on my policy....as I have no means to barter I would imagine they'll try and put their commission back onto the damn thing again....we'll see. Next time around I'll put more mileage on the damn thing and take a smaller hit upfront!

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Bibio

My experience with long journeys (i do 300+ every sunday on small twisty roads) is that the closer you get to your end destination the more you want to push on and this is where mistakes happen. however if your a seasoned long journey rider then bash on

I'll happily do 300 miles in a day for fun but these are mostly roads I've been on before, I've never done 350 miles on back roads only that I have no idea about...I will no doubt get my fill of back roads from the AR route and from going home via Manchester and the Peak District...not back to work until the Wednesday so I figure taking a scenic route home via family

@Matt, take a look at the latest map (post 83 above), point D for midday, but it's nearer Sheffield at a McD's

[NTECUK]

Panniers. Your bringing what!!!
Hair dryer. Hair straighteners,Evening suite lol

[Bibio]

i'm more of a 'bike... wallet... lets go...' kinda guy.

[NTECUK]

Admit I have my gear going via 4 wheels. But I guess I could still pack light as we did it in the 80's.