1000bikes for 500 MIles

[DrFarkoff]

Big Run again this Sunday Early start from Bangor

QVMCC has been asked to assist with the Marshalling in Leg 1

But the organisers still need bikes to make up the numbers

Anyone free for a quick jaunt? Any part can be done no requirement to do the whole run

http://www.1000bikes500miles.com/

The Route - Bangor to Balbriggan


bangor
balbriggan
carrick-on-shannon
ballybofey
ballymoney
bangor

Bangor to Newry
StartCoffee/Tea will be available from 7am – other festivities available throughout the day.
Bangor – McKee Clock start time 8am
Quay Street
High Street – B20
Bingham Street
Mills Street
Hamilton Road
Main Street – A2

Abby Street – A2
Belfast road – A2
Bangor Road – A2
Holywood Road – A2
Belfast Road – A2
Sydenham bypass – A2
Belfast
Cross Harbor M3
M2 J1A
Great Georges Street – A2
West Link - A12
Motorway M1 – Lisburn
Lisburn A1- M1-J7 turn off
A101 – M1- M1- J8

Hillsbourgh - A1 (Dublin)
Bandbridge – A1 (Dublin)
Halfway Road – A1
Dromore Road – A1
Bypass – A1
Newry Road – A1
Dublin Road – A1
Newry bypass
Dublin Road A1


Newry to Balbriggan
Dundalk - M1
Dundalk Road South - M1
M1 – E1
Toll Bridge after Drogheda “1 euro for bikes”
M1 – E1
Turn off at J6 – head for Naul Skierries R122

At the roundabout first left
Naul Road
Chapel Street – turn right to head into town
Drogheda Street - head through town to
Dublin Street – 102 miles – 3 hours approx 11 am
St Paul’s church on left & Texaco garage on right (fill up at Texaco Garage) the on to car park facing church for a rest break for maximum of 30 minutes drinks & food.

 

[Thunder]

Up for the first leg at least subject to whether my youngest is staying on Saturday night, will let you know.

Air Ambulance is a worthy cause to support

 

[DrFarkoff]

Nice one Roger, Anyone else even considering? Or is this sort of thing Below you all?

I realise that you all need time for families etc but Crikey this is an occasion to raise a few quid, ride yer bike and be part of something big. You don;t need to do the whole thing you could Bangor to Balbriggan and be back home for lunchtime?

There are plenty of views but no replies?

Air Ambulance, I pray you guys never need it but it would be handy if it was there wouldn't it? It is 100% charity funded the government I am led to believe don't pay anything for it!

Or Perhaps you don't like me or don't like the Quay Vipers? Or are fed up with charity things.

My feeling is it's local and it may well do us motorcyclists a bit of good and maybe save a few lives so it's worth supporting!

You can't see the kids faces in my other thread about the Childrens Hospice but again there weren't that many replies, The Kids faces and voices are what made it for me and If Poor Tom hadn't been killed it would have been a perfect day for a lot of folks. Post 10 and 11 in this thread

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Jay
I'm still off the bike and the doc won't let me ride just yet..... otherwise I would have signed up!

Spoke to one of the guys who helped out at the Hospice run...... he echoed your sentiments about the kids and what it meant to them.

 

[JimmyC]

Hi Jaythro
Any idea when or roughly what time the run will be coming thro my neck of the woods???/
Am working Sunday but would take some time out to hook up somewhere if only to give a bit of support for a worthy cause......................

 

[JimmyC]

I found the route Jaythro.............hopefully will be able to hook up somewhere.......................

 

[Melanie Cheeks]

Best of luck with this one , hope you get a decent turn out and raise some money for a great cause

 

[DrFarkoff]

I found the route Jaythro.............hopefully will be able to hook up somewhere.......................

Noodles I pm'd ya my number

If ya send me a text I'll text ya back what time they'll hit the Border going North and you can work it out from there

 

[JimmyC]

Noodles I pm'd ya my number

If ya send me a text I'll text ya back what time they'll hit the Border going North and you can work it out from there

Thanks Jaythro...
Hooked up with them in Sligo and ran with them till they got to Derry....I headed for home then.....
Some pictures from the petrol stop in Ballybofey.........
Just how the girls in the petrol station worked out who got what, and how much, I will never know..................

 

[JimmyC]

More Pictures

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[DrFarkoff]

thanks for showing
noodles there were a hell of a lot of GS's surely some of them wander thru here

Thanks to all that showed up whether thru here or not your presence was appreciated and helped to raise some good funds for a worthwhile cause

Noodles I've pinched your photos and cross posted them in the vipers forum
If that annoys you in any way just say and I'll have them pulled off(pardon the lack of headers, etc,etc but the main server has crapped out on us)

Thanks again One and All I'll post up the totals and the photo links when I have them
Thunder Nice to se a basic out when it was pouring out of the heavens your company was appreciated anyone else Sorry but I may have missed you amongst the sea of faces

 

[JimmyC]

Noodles I've pinched your photos and cross posted them in the vipers forum

No probs about the photos Jaythro.................

enjoyed the run although coming through Barnesmore Gap it was chucking it down..............

Good oul turn out......

 

[DrFarkoff]

I was talking to Tucker earlier he reckons the rain just followed them around all day!

 

[Thunder]

Did seem to be a bit moist at times but a good turn out for a worthy cause

Few pics from the start in Bangor

First off the meeter and greeter

 

[DrFarkoff]

On UTV I player type thingy

Linky

Anyone know how to extract the video from 1:27 through to 2:45

Scary Lookin bloke that fella in piccy one Thunder Do ya know Him? Seriously though I was just directing traffic flow on the day and had no other input except my marshalling credit for setting it up has to go to the run organisers. A bit more forward planning on the marshalling scene may have been required but it went off alright on the day!

The run followed our 2 Garda escorts past the turn into Balbriggan that were there to escort us trough the tolls instead of turning off.

I think a lot of us found the RV point more by luck than good planningeek As I was saying Perhaps next years effort will be better organised?

 

[JimmyC]

Good pictures there Thunder........................
Think I saw that Italian plated Guzzi around Donegal Town a few Sundays..........think the Italian dude who rides it is over working in Enniskillen.......................

 

[DrFarkoff]

Quay Vipers pictures now posted here

http://www.quayvipersmcc.com/photogallery_pages/2009/1000bikes09.asp

The other club that was involved was the ancestors but I haven;t gone looking to see if they had ve any photos up

 

[NI Phil]

Greeted with a smile

<a href="http://s204.photobucket.com/albums/bb215/PhilGSA/?action=view&current=183.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb215/PhilGSA/183.jpg" border="0" alt="Smiley Jaythro"></a>

 

[TDC Rab]

bangor

unhand that woman sir shes spoken for lol cool wee pic there jay is it one of mine by chance