OcUK Motorbike Meet 2012 *Interest and ideas*

[4T5]

Agnes
I thought about this yesterday & think we need to set a nightmare weather get out clause.
Once we are within a week we can check the forecast & shift the weekend if we have to.

Love the way this thread has snowballed.

 

[agnes]

Fully agree mate, I am sure closer to the time it will be easier to judge when will be best and like you said, no harm planning for a alternate weekend if the weather is pants.

no one is going to enjoy a 300 mile day trip on a bike in miserable weather.

 

[edd1e]

agreed, it will be no fun in the rain / freezing cold.

Hopefully by end of march the clocks will be going back and weather will be at least be over 10 degrees.

 

[kidloco]

I might be up for this, will have to see nearer the time.

No motorways though, ideal for a run over the cat n fiddle, buxton, matlock, etc

Good call on the route, far better then the M6

Count me in as long as its not peeing it down.

 

[4T5]

I'll be up early on the day to give a Local weather report & the forecasts should be fairly accurate closer the time, I'm sure we'll get an idea whether it's on or not a couple of days in advance.

 

[Greenboi]

Good call on the route, far better then the M6

Count me in as long as its not peeing it down.

Got any ideas where us lot can meet?

 

[kidloco]

Got any ideas where us lot can meet?

How about one of the services on the way to the Cat & Fiddle. Either Lymm, or further down at Knutsford.

 

[Greenboi]

How about one of the services on the way to the Cat & Fiddle. Either Lymm, or further down at Knutsford.

Sounds good to me

Edit: Maybe meet at Lymm and then head down the A537?

 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

I was going to suggest meeting at the petrol station just off junction 19 of the M6, nip through knutsford onto the A537 to Mac.

Lymm is also good, down the A50 to pick up the A537.

I've plotted an initial route, will try and give it a dry run and tweak it a little before March.

Initial route plan


Alternative to include Matlock

 

[Greenboi]

Looks good as long as we can have some breaks xD

Google's saying 4.1hrs for the first route, 3.9hrs for the second route, so not much time difference in them at all. (Thats from southport btw!)

 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

The Google times are a little conservative .

I'll have a run out in a few weeks time and check out the B roads on the first route, should have a more accurate idea of journey times.

Will only travel at a pace everyone is happy with on the day, will need to be an early start at the meeting point too to arrive in Hinckley on time. Should be a laugh though.

 

[Greenboi]

Yeah im really looking forward to it

 

[hillbilly2]

I should be up for this,coming up from Gatwick.Will have to throw some rent on the KTM

 

[MonkeykingZX]

Hopefully will be able to come all depends on work really.

Put me down anyway- MonkeykingZX/Aaron, CBR600, Cambridge

 

[PU7E]

Hopefully will be able to come all depends on work really.

Put me down anyway- MonkeykingZX/Aaron, CBR600, Cambridge

I'm just down the road from Cambridge if you want to meet up then head to Hinkley?

 

[MonkeykingZX]

I'm just down the road from Cambridge if you want to meet up then head to Hinkley?

If I can come then that sounds like a plan, would mean not having to rely on my own rubbish sense of direction lol

Do we have a vague notion of a date yet?

 

[kidloco]

I was going to suggest meeting at the petrol station just off junction 19 of the M6, nip through knutsford onto the A537 to Mac.

Lymm is also good, down the A50 to pick up the A537.

I've plotted an initial route, will try and give it a dry run and tweak it a little before March.

Initial route plan


Alternative to include Matlock

Yeh, lymm services to knutsford is a nice little blast as well. Seems like youve got it all planned then

 

[bakes0310]

We got are little biker gang going If 4T5 has a cruiser, he's bound to get his hands on leather jackets and tassles

 

[MADMAN69UK]

I was going to suggest meeting at the petrol station just off junction 19 of the M6, nip through knutsford onto the A537 to Mac.

Lymm is also good, down the A50 to pick up the A537.

I've plotted an initial route, will try and give it a dry run and tweak it a little before March.

Initial route plan


Alternative to include Matlock

If you did pass through Matlock I would probably meet yous there

 

[kidloco]

I like the sound of the 24/25th March.

This still the planned date?

If so it works for me, have my lad every other weekend and this falls on a free weekend