A bike ride (of the motor variety)
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azekeilI've been threatening to do this for a while. In conjunction with my good friend Sarah, I've been organising a bike ride for anyone who wants to come along. So here it is! Sunday the 8th September in Reading. The plan is to meet at Sarah's house then either sample her cooking or depending on numbers find a non-smokey pub to have a bite to eat before going for our ride :) Suggested meeting time is midday to give us all time to arrive and a decent stretch of the afternoon to ride in.
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dylan gets his Honda VFR750 MOT'd and monoshock replaced he should be able to make it, possibly with a pillion (florence90?).. I'll be turning up of course on my bike with kissycat1000 as my pillion. My old friend who cryx knows, who might soon be getting a journal might also turn up on his bike, no known pillion as yet. I'm also hoping that my friend Rose from London might be able to make it on her Yamaha Diversion 900, possibly with her boyfriend Matt. And of course Sarah will be riding her BMW 1050RT (I think it is) with her husband Tony as pillion :)
It'll be a blast! More detailed plans when numbers firm up :)
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dylan gets his Honda VFR750 MOT'd and monoshock replaced he should be able to make it, possibly with a pillion (florence90?).. I'll be turning up of course on my bike with kissycat1000 as my pillion. My old friend who cryx knows, who might soon be getting a journal might also turn up on his bike, no known pillion as yet. I'm also hoping that my friend Rose from London might be able to make it on her Yamaha Diversion 900, possibly with her boyfriend Matt. And of course Sarah will be riding her BMW 1050RT (I think it is) with her husband Tony as pillion :)It'll be a blast! More detailed plans when numbers firm up :)
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Date: 2002-07-17 08:56 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:20 am (UTC)But what the heck - I haven't ridden a bike for about 3 months so I could do with the "blast" as you say!
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:27 am (UTC)So I'm sure you could easily get away with the 600 to save yourself a bit of dosh! I'm sure you'd be welcome to come and stay at
Hiring locally to you sounds the best idea to me - you could always ask
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-17 09:32 am (UTC)It seems bike hire is quite rare from my investigations - I think I'll call talking pages!
I dunno about taking someone else pillion on a sports bike - I never liked it as it meant I had to behave - well only for their safety of course! I worry that if I come off I may hurt the passenger so tend to be overly careful when carrying a passenger! But I doubt Nicki would get a full weekend pass for this anyway! If she does - she can help with the hire cost! :0)
I've found somewhere in London that hires the right bike for me. Is it a trek to get from Chelt to London? On the train in leathers!?
The hire starts on a Friday morning and lasts until Monday evening but I s'pose I could drop it off on Monday morning! Thing is they don't do one day hires so I'll be stuck with the millstone of the bike unless I find somewhere here that hires the bike out!
I'll keep looking!
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Date: 2002-07-17 10:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:01 am (UTC)Count me in - and hang the expense!
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-17 09:09 am (UTC)I will have to drive down and pick up the bike from somewhere in London though - unless I can find anywhere local! I will keep looking!
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:49 am (UTC)I'm struggling to find anywhere near here that hires bikes! London seems the best bet - or Brighton - of all places!
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Date: 2002-07-17 09:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-17 10:14 am (UTC)I can only find one place in London that hires them though! Is Chelt far from Brighton? I could always catch a train there and ride back up!
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Date: 2002-07-17 10:03 am (UTC)I've never taken one. I'd be dead nervous if I did, and if I was actually insured to take one!
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Date: 2002-07-17 10:50 am (UTC)And, what should I change to make sure I'm a better one?
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Date: 2002-07-17 11:04 am (UTC)The only thing I'd change is that you hold me around the waist, which is lovely but can be tiring on my arms. On longer distances, when I'm on a motorway for example, it would be preferable for you to hold on differently - perhaps just hold onto my hips?
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Date: 2002-07-17 02:00 pm (UTC)(improves the aerodynamics and less weight to carry)
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Date: 2002-07-17 01:27 pm (UTC)Actually it's just got me thinking.. Saturday would be a better day to have the ride because then the further afield people like you and
I'll keep everyone posted.
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Date: 2002-07-18 02:44 pm (UTC)*makes mental note not to pillion with