OcUK Motorbike Meet 2012 *Interest and ideas*

[kidloco]

Any northern monkeys going to this. Don't fancy 2 hours sat on the M6.

 

[Greenboi]

Any northern monkeys going to this. Don't fancy 2 hours sat on the M6.

Me and the Mrs will be going from Southport / liverpool if you fancy meeting up before heading there?

No idea of any other route, so was just gonna go on the M6 tbh

 

[Benihana]

I'll be going up from Buckinghamshire and more than happy to have people tag along, and tag along myself.

Where abouts in Bucks would you be going from? My sense of direction is woeful, so would be glad to half the responsibility

 

[dangermouse425]

How about Saturday 24th / Sunday 25th March - 11.30ish at a Hinckley location?

That would give us guys riding up from Reading enough time to get there - we would need to meet at 9.15ish I would guess.

Weather dependent of course

Works for me.

 

[4T5]

Longshoot Hotel
Watling Street,
Nuneaton
CV11 6JH

Everybody check this place out on Google maps.
The Longshoot Hotel is on the corner of the A5 & the A47. You just have to get to the A5 & then know which direction to head.
Everybody have a look at it on Google maps then post back whether you think you would find it easily.

 

[Fireskull]

I have accelerating my bike search since reading this thread should have something new by the end of Feb at latest I hope!

And yes Dureth Anglesey at some point this year, even if its not a group TD

 

[edd1e]

Longshoot Hotel
Watling Street,
Nuneaton
CV11 6JH

Everybody check this place out on Google maps.
The Longshoot Hotel is on the corner of the A5 & the A47. You just have to get to the A5 & then know which direction to head.
Everybody have a look at it on Google maps then post back whether you think you would find it easily.

That looks like a good easy to find place to me. It's about 110miles from Reading... I may have to stop half way as my arse tends to be dead after a max 45 minutes of riding!

Does anyone who is meeting at Reading happen to have a bike GPS or think they will not get lost without one? because I will 100% get lost without a GPS ha.

I have accelerating my bike search since reading this thread should have something new by the end of Feb at latest I hope!

What are you after?

 

[agnes]

I will try and direct. I am not bad with remembering routes. Might not be the most fun route up but won't be doing motorways thats for sure

110 miles is not to bad, we will stop off half way for a 20 mins smoke/coffee break.

EDIT: looking at it, the first half (A4074) is what I do everytime I go for a weekend ride, so yep, I will lead the Reading convoy

 

[Danm54]

will be doing m1/a5

Cool, can meet you at the truck stop on the a5 then, just off the m1.

Longshoot is good, you can't miss the place!

 

[Dureth]

I've got a GPS on my bike so could lead the way for any coming up from Hampshire via Reading.

Just noticed agnes offering to lead the way, carry on!

 

[agnes]

I've got a GPS on my bike so could lead the way for any coming up from Hampshire via Reading.

Just noticed agnes offering to lead the way, carry on!

Well, if you have GPS then it makes more sense for you to lead, just don't fancy sitting on the motorways on the way up

So if your satnav can avoid motorways then you lead

 

[edd1e]

yeah, if we could find a route with minimal motorway mileage that would be epic!

 

[PU7E]

It's about 80m of mostly A road from here

I'll be heading from Cambridgeshire if anyone else is heading from here?

 

[dsb]

Shall we set a meeting place in Reading then? Only know the oracle and the stadium.

 

[edd1e]

We agreed one a couple of pages back mate. "bikers Island". Should be a good turn out there

 

[growse]

Coming from east herts over here. A1/A14?

 

[arctine]

Is no one coming from or through the west mids?

I don't want to do a relatively long motorway journey alone and am hoping someone with decent road knowledge can take me a better route than the m54

 

[Dureth]

Ok so it looks like the Southern contingent is meeting at bikers island in Reading then heading up the A4074 towards Oxford then on to Nuneaton.

I think we should aim to be in Reading for 9am looking to leave by 9:30am.

 

[agnes]

Yep, it's either bikers isle or by the stadium and grab a McDonalds, thinking about it, this might be better due to 1) it being right next to J11 of the M4 2) it's on the A33 3) larger carpark with McDonalds.

Here are screen prints of both locations:

This is the bikers isle, not that big, but at the end is the bacon sanie place hehe.

This is where we will need to meet up due to the size of the group me thinks.

 

[dangermouse425]

Bikers Island or the Carpark off J11/M4 is good for me.

I'll be attending with my Triumph Bonneville, and I'll bring along a mate (who also has a Bonneville) if non-OCUKers are welcome?