General Chat about the 2008 TT Tribute weekend

[fazerphil]

Had a couple of great nights. Met and chatted to some nice people. Shame I missed the ride out due to lack of exhaust but then the road to Abergavenny can be a bit boring if you do it every week 

Questions?
1 Who was it that fell in a fridge?
2 Who was it that went the wrong way down a motorway slip road?
3 Who still has his toy elephant?
4 Who did the fastest wheely/ speed on the M48?
5 Whose head is smaller than Jame Toselands?

[robcopp]

Just got back myself, thout it would be a good idea to go cross country, but didnt know the bastards had closed the main rd from bath to sailsbury so it took slightly longer than expected to get home

It was absolutly fantastic to meet you all and a really big thanks to all who organised everything

Cant wait to meet everyone again, although I'm prob not going to do Silverstone in July I might ride up and cheer on those who are riding

Hope to see you all again soon.

Cheers again guys.

Rob

[Bridge46]

A great weekend!!

Well I only just got there in  time for the rideout. Not been on the ride roads on a bike before, totally different and higher speeds to in a van that I usually use on those roads. Nearly lost it on a couple of corners but luckily didn`t.

 In all the times I`ve been to the Aber bus station I`ve never seen so many bikes there it was a great sight.  [Mind you Monday mornings is not biking time of the week]

The rideback was good with an unexpected [to me] stop at Chepstow. Good to see P3tchy have some fun with a Porsche and only got into 3rd gear.  Damo got lost again and I think wanted to stop again by going into the Magor services instead of just doing a Uee on the roundabout. Easliey done.

Another promtu stop at the Gordaino services waiting for waiting for the lost to arrive only to find they were 2 stops ahead!!

The next stop was to visit TT`s resting place and in the middle of the silence with head down a very abt solo bike went screaming up the near dual carriageway.

At was for me great to finally get to the roundabout at Avonmouth having lived in the area and have had plenty of oppertunity to go before. At the roundabout the was a good lineup and burntout that must look good on video.

Then finally on the rat run back to the campsite.   Where I finally got chance to put the tent up before going to the pub for tea and a pint or 2.

Even after buying Yellow 46 ticket I  thought I had a chance of winning something in the raffle.  Well I won a DVD not what I expected but Least I got something, but not the ticket.  I must admit the where a couple of people the seemed to be collecting prizes all the time.  LOL.  That`s how it goes.


It was great too meet everyone old and new,  what a great bunch of peeps we have here.


Thanks for Katch, Lorraine and Damo (Sour) and UNOME for organising a great weekend.



 

[bubbles]

i had a fricken awesome weekend   ....met some completely wicked people and my journeys went without a hitch which unfortunately wasnt the case for everyone but no injuries so its all good.
the rideout was fantastic, really enjoyed it and although i didnt have my own bike and i was gagging to be riding myself i think if i hadn't have been pillion i would have missed some of the gorgeous scenery that i got to watch go racing by, also the weather stayed brilliant for the majority of the ride which was really nice and i wasn't expecting.
i met alot of people and from reading a few posts i think i even missed at few that i didnt realise were there / who they were but i think a good time was had by all.
i ended up trying to catch up on some sleep before getting up at 3am to drive home to get back for the bsb today so sadly didnt get to say goodbye to anyone before going as you were all tucked up in bed when i got up again   so i hope everyone got back ok and it was really fantastic to meet you all...have been home about 30mins from the bsb at snetterton which was also brilliant and the perfect end to a awesome weekend    
thanks to everyone who was involved in the organising and arranging of rideouts / camping / food, its very much appreciated  

[Pebbles]

Just got back myself, thout it would be a good idea to go cross country, but didnt know the bastards had closed the main rd from bath to sailsbury so it took slightly longer than expected to get home

er yes it did take just a bit longer     


Had a great time everyone. Thanks to Katch lolli Damo for all the organising  What an impressive list of prizes for the raffle, and I actually won something which never happens 
Thanks to Damo and Em in particular for putting me up on friday evening. (Sorry I doidn't get to say goodbye to you both properly- hope today has been a good one.    )

Shame me and Scoobs got lost, we missed the burnouts etc for a second year running    but we do now know that part of the M4 very well. Who knows, we might even make it for the next one. 

Nice to see you all again and as has been said, meet some new people too. 

[orangestorm]

another top weekend had  fantastic people cracking rideout 
thanks to all who organised a great weekend 

gary

[Blackadder]

Thanks all for a great weekend, nice to see some of the old  SBF faithful again , and some new faces . Having a look though my camera, some good pics, gonna have a bit of fun posting them eh Rotax!!! 
Rideout was great , but for me (dunno if anyone else thought this) the best part of the rideout, at the cemetry, when we stood there, the sound of a bike in the distance giving it some wellie!! 

Ride on Mike...

[mizzdep]

Thanks to everyone that organised this weekend  , had a wonderful time, can't wait to do it again.

It would seem there were people at this, that I never got chance to meet, so hopefully will say hello next time.
 
Only thing i didn't like about this was waking up at 5 in the morning as the tent had turned in to a sauna....... how hot can a tent get!!

Sorry if i ignored anyone this morning.... i think i may still have been a little bit drunk.

Thanks again everyone for a weekend to remember 

[peterzx6r]

another great weekend with some familiar faces and some new ones.

sorry if I didn't get to meet everyone, looking through this there were more there than I had realised.

rideout itself was fun and as already said, it was a very poignant moment at the church when the sound of that bike was the only think to be heard through the silence.

thanks to everyone involved with the organising, and to CF for the weather. 

[R6Yam]

Questions?
2 Who was it that went the wrong way down a motorway slip road?

 

in my defense i was a little flustered as a Sky transit van had just tried to kill me and Gaz by u-turning in front us at 60mph on a country lane 

thanks to Gaz for risking life and limb to turn my bike around while i stood shaking and swearing into my helmet 

[dave748bp]

sorry to hear that r6yam sounds 

isn'y gaz a lovely little guy 

[R6Yam]

he is the best 

its the only time my bike has looked so big 







sorry Gaz opportunity not to be missed 

[Bridge46]

Glad to see your still in one peice

Nice one GAZ

[zandebar]

Thanx to organiser & every one else, had a fab sat afternoon, cheers , shame I could not stay for the drinking on the sat night, next time I think I might come down to pub after the ride out .


Cannot wait for the next one & have no pillion next time.


Paul...

[VTRDAN]

Well i got back about 3.30 ish all ok unloaded the gear and went to bed only just got up now would like to say a big thank you to everyone for making it a great weekend, to katch,lolli.unome and damo.
Great ride out seeing damo on the m/way wheeling past doc @70mph the camping was fun kerm doing is van surfing late at night. like others have said it was a very poignant moment at the church when the sound of that bike was the only think to be heard think mike would of loved that i bet he had a big grin on his face. well thanks again to evreyone and im sorry if i didnt get to meet some of you all oh shìt CF for showing me his knee walking and turning his arm 360 its not natural mate. looking forward to blackadders pics NOT.