OcUK Motorbike Meet 2012 Interest and ideas

4T5 · 18 Jan 2012 at 11:15

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. :cool:

agnes · 18 Jan 2012 at 12:35

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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 13:38

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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 13:43

Foghorn Leghorn said:
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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 13:46

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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 13:51

kidloco said:
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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 14:49

Greenboi said:
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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 16:00

kidloco said:
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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 17:39

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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 18:14

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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 18:40

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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 18:51

Yeah im really looking forward to it

hillbilly2 · 18 Jan 2012 at 19:17

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

MonkeykingZX · 18 Jan 2012 at 20:27

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

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

PU7E · 18 Jan 2012 at 23:02

MonkeykingZX said:
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 · 18 Jan 2012 at 23:30

PU7E said:
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 · 19 Jan 2012 at 00:22

Foghorn Leghorn said:
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 · 19 Jan 2012 at 10:52

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 · 19 Jan 2012 at 11:43

Foghorn Leghorn said:
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 · 19 Jan 2012 at 11:48

agnes said:
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 :cool:

OcUK Motorbike Meet 2012 *Interest and ideas*

OcUK Motorbike Meet 2012 Interest and ideas