The Jade Mongoose

No not you Matt yours was unfortunate. The timing of this one was Brilliant I'm sure BB will come clean

 

No idea what you are on about mate?

I must admit when you went over Matt i couldn't see you or the bike at first as you was so deep in the grass! Luckily it was just the indicator!

(diversion worked?

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. Indicator now fixed, phew!

Including "Sidestand Lee" but thats another story.

Was an excellent day, a mere 200 miles for me. Really enjoyed it!

I'll be coming. Will meet at devils at 10.

Decided to do a run down the trough of Bowland..

Starts from Kirkby Lonsdale (Devils Bridge) to Clitheroe, Horton in ribblesdale, and Ribblesdale Viaduct, back to Devils for Tea and medals...

Tally ho, pip pip and Bernard's your uncle!

so will end up doing the highest pass, highest pub and highest cafe... in England.

It's nice to have a goal.

Yesterday (Wednesday) it wasn't looking good, now it says sunny intervals for saturday and sunday.

I'm up for this. Will meet at Devils.

wrynose and hardnott suck huge dong!!!!!l

They are twisty. And bumpy, with sheer drops and death stalking you at every turn. But other than that, they're ok.

Sorry, one of my rules - STRICTLY NO CAMPING

Pansy!

Ow.

Oh, and what were we gonna change Frankie's subtitle thing to, techno? "I'm lost", or "I get lost a lot", i can't quite remember!

Shame you're not coming matey. Although you'll feel better when we get rain'd upon!

*Please don't rain, please don't rain, please please please*

I'm usually off every other thursday (workload dependant) so will keep it in mind if a nice thursday rears it's head anytime!

Just checked on bbc weather and they reckon the weekend is gonna be sunny both here and in the 'boro.

Yee-haa, great balls of fire!

See you next time for 'Mists and Legends 3 - The Search for Worse Weather'!

Good ride-out, although it wasn't supposed to rain!

Nice to meet a few new people too.

Take care, it's a little foggy this morning round here, but it should soon clear to leave a nice day. See you at 10!

Haha, yeah!

I've ticked brekky and evening meal - for 2 please

Also, I eat more regularly than a ferret on a treadmill, so if anyone is going and isn't really a breakfast person, can I have yours too?

Steve - will be good to see you again!

Just checked the weather and it's gonna be shite. Ok, not really, just didn't wanna jinx it!

And Si....

due to changes with whos coming etc, i've decided to narrow down the meeting points.

0900 - Shell Garage opposite Strawberry Pub (Barrow)

1000 - layby off J36, M6 (Hideaway Cafe)

1030 - Devils Bridge

1100 - Morrisons Kendal to meet with Matt & Louise

1200 - CA10 3PW The Greyhound, Main Street, Shap - (Wiggleit).

What are we doing for the other hour and a half after we've ridden from J36 to Shap in half an hour?!?!?

May I suggest a slight revision?

1000 - J36 Layby (Hideaway Cafe)

1001 - Order full english breakfast

1015 - Consume full english breakfast

1030 - Sit around talking about how good the full english breakfast was and drink lots of tea

1130 - Set off to Shap

1200 - Get to Shap

Sound good?

Planning a ride out on Sunday the 4th July. The initial idea is to take in some nice scenic roads up to or around Newcastle, have lunch then come back. Simples!

Route (provisional):

Meet somewhere near/in Kendal, possibly the petrol station on A6 Shap Road, heading north to Carlisle on A6.

Take A69 to Newcastle, have lunch.

Heading back along the A69 but turning off to Alston, then over Harside top, down into Penrith, then probably to Devils then home.

Google maps reckons about 2 1/2 hours to newcastle, so I was thinking a meet up about 10am, to be in newcastle for lunch. Ish.

Anyone interested, post below!

Bugger

Just been for a ride to Carlisle for the 500 mile service on my new bike ('59 Suzuki GSX650F), and a nice ride back through the sunny Lake District. All I can say is now that I have free reign over the full rev range, I am very impressed by the bike and now that I've had it for 2 months I can honestly say i'm glad I bought it. The torque is fantastic, it will pull from under 2k rpm in 6th gear without struggling, and it is very smooth, comfy and is still doing 200 miles to a tank. I know there are plenty more powerful bikes out there, but this feels like a big step up from the bandit 6 in terms of power and handling, and I enjoyed every minute of the ride today, even going over Shap, which is possibly the worlds most boring and sh*te covered road!

Bring on summer now, got lots of riding to be doing!!!

Might be tempted by this but won't know until nearer the time. Room for an FZS1000?

Of course matey!

whereas something has come up and I might have to give this a miss!

Bummer We've booked the sunshine n'all.