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Smiler wrote:

gazkwak wrote:smiler i'm up for doing a run from somerset and having a play on the way maybe we could head towards yeovil and pick up the yeovil mob as well

yep, good idea Gaz!

thought you'd be up for this

deej wrote:no point following age you'll never keep up

JohnBob wrote:

Smiler wrote:

gazkwak wrote:smiler i'm up for doing a run from somerset and having a play on the way maybe we could head towards yeovil and pick up the yeovil mob as well

yep, good idea Gaz!

thought you'd be up for this

I'm back on the road again so i'll be ready for this, and if you'll have me i'll hook up with the Yeovil brady bunch.

jason wrote:

deej wrote:sounds like a good idea,we did a simailir ride earlier in the year with a few from the gixer junies site,met up in plymouth and then rode to padstow for lunch,wasnt a friendy ride though
6 of us left st a,there was afew plymouth lads (jay n jason),some from exeter way (age) would have been more but k7dave n colin dropped out and then some lads came from torquay way. the meeting point was gt's as jaspers had roadworks,the idea worked well and was a good day out

you can only do that with small numbers though, similar bikes and people who have been riding for a long time which is why rides like that tend to just happen rather than being overly organised and promoted, once you get big numbers and varying ability then like billinom8s points out you have to moderate the speed (or the only thing that is sure is that lots of people will be riding over their head and at least 1 of them will crash).

like a few others here I wouldnt ride in a big group nor would I ride on anything that adhered to keeping even remotely close to the limit once you hit the lanes. That white circle with the black line through it means "start having fun now". I dont see the point in getting a bike out to ride in a procession at the speed limit - id rather take the car ,more comfy and a cd player.

If you organise the main ride to your eat spot and just make the eat spot and expected time of arrival known then the bikes that would never ride in a large organised group or would prefer to ride "unmoderated" can head there in a small pack(s) under there own steam and we can still all end up at the same place at the same time.

My main point would be dont do that thing of making the meet up timing such that people have to get on their bikes at stupid oclock in the morning, its cold, the roads are damp even on dry days, you really do have to ride slowly unless you want to end up on your ass. its just all round pointless and much worse than that it messes up your saturday night because it means you cant be drinking yourself into a stupor the night before.

Fragmities wrote:Surely everyone could ride within the speed limits for one day that still leaves 364 days for those who want to ride like hooligans

GSXRsi wrote:

deej wrote:no point following age you'll never keep up

I will give it a good go mate, anyway it will prob be his 1st and last outing for 2009 if 2008 was anything to go by.

Are you bringing your ZX7 Deej or you in for an upgrade by then

GSXRsi wrote:

deej wrote:no point following age you'll never keep up

I will give it a good go mate, anyway it will prob be his 1st and last outing for 2009 if 2008 was anything to go by.

billinom8s wrote:ok this sems to be getting out of hand already.

all i am trying to do is get members from the site together, hw fast you get there and what route you take is up to you, please don't have a go at another member if they want to go fast like wise don't have a go if they want to go slower, its all in the taking part. when it comes down to it we all want to get there and back in one piece with a smile on our faces now don't we.

doesn't matter if there is 1, 2,3 or 20 in the group, so long as you all make it thats all that matters.

if the person organising the run up in your area wants to run it at a certain pace and you dont like it, i am sure there will be others willing to join your group/route.

we could end up with 10 or 15 different rides being run on that day - so long as they all meet at the same destination

i know there are alot of fast riders on here that positively cringe at the thought of a 'legal' paced outing same as i know there are alot of riders on here that will [censored] their pants or simply not turn up at the prospect of a faster ride, so we have to cater for all.

i have a feeling i will be sorting 2 rides from exeter.

talk/pm amongst the people in your area who are interested in going, find out what kind of pace they would like and go from there - but please play nice

billinom8s wrote:i would have done but when you post something people expect smut, sexual innuendo and homosexual content. Not possible useful info. Thanks tho