650 run 11th october?

[Deleted Member Mtn]

did i hear a little dakar rider in princetown tell me theres a 650 run from derbyshire on 11th october.

cant find anything on the site about it..... or is it a secret?

 

[Kate H]

No secret Marion, its on the F650 website, but I've copied it below. Hope to see you there.
Kate.

Saturday 11th October
Nice mixture of A, B, C, D, E and for those that want Z roads!

First gear walking pace through to three figure speeds!
No mud but a couple of stretches of gravel tracks - perfect 650 conditions.
For those who want to "play" there are a number of 'there and back' trails off the route.

With the added bonus of stunning scenery (weather permitting), although the roads get a bit twisty to enjoy it

Meet at The Little Chef the south end of Disley on the A6 (near New Mills). Petrol station there also. How does 10 am sound?

Let me know if you can make it.

 

[Spout]

Sorry,
I forgot to post here (thinking you all used Trevors site).

Originally intended as a mix of trails (gravel tracks) and tarmac, but will probably be 100% tarmac. So Scarvers welcome aswell.

GS twins welcome (if they read this post!)

10.00am seems to be the decided start time, on Saturday 11th Oct. Meet at The Little Chef the south end of Disley on the A6 (near New Mills). Petrol station there also.

Keep yer fingers crossed for decent weather! See you there....

Paul W

 

[Deleted Member Mtn]

trying to change my shift so that i can come over.
bike permitting (in wednesday for 6000 service and a poss warranty problem)

think i might pass on the gravel tracks, i alway end up on my bum

hopefully see you there

 

[beacon]

paul I,ll be there on a GS twin you alrady know that Andys coming, The forcast is looking good. we dont get many Saturday runs so itll be good.

 

[Deleted Member Mtn]

11th october run

Hope to see you there.
Kate.

sorry.... cant make tomorrow, new warranty console refuses to give me a speedo unless you believe the bike can do 120mph down oakham high street and clock is acting as a second rev counter
so i dont have a legal bike until tuesday... hopefully

hope i can come to the next one

can you let me have trevors website address

thanks

 

[Sid]

Oooh Matron! - We did have fun.

Here's a sample :

 

[Sid]

Oh - and it all happens at www.bmwf650.co.uk

 

[Deleted Member Mtn]

Oooh Matron! - We did have fun.

i wont send you a photo of what i was doing on saturday, but lets just say i was earning money.

made me jealous and more determined to make the next rideout... speedo or not

glad you had a great day, thanks for the website

 

[Jim-Adv]

Our run

On the 11th Myself (650 Dakar), Jon (650 Dakar), Bob (650GS), John (1150 GS) and Steve (VFR) rode from Ypres to Armhem, we went over on the tunnel on Friday night and stayed in Ypres, went to Arnhem on Saturday and then back via Antwerp and the Belgian coast on Sunday. Some great sites, good meals, good company and a great ride.

In all about 750 miles over a weekend, dont let anyone tell you, you cant do distance on a 650. This comes after 3000 miles to Morocco and back earlier this year.

What a great bike.

 

[Sid]

Jim - sounds like a great run. How was the chunnel with the bike?

As for distance, both me & Reggie did over 500 miles this weekend on Spout's Peak District ride-out on Saturday and BMW's Lake District run on the Sunday - "full bore" all the way.

((Although quite a lot of distance was covered without contact with the seat [and both wheels off the ground, as well!!]))

We also proved 650s go through deep water better than the 1150's (waiting for Reggie's pictures to prove that one!)

 

[Jim-Adv]

The tunnel was fine

Booking for five of us was a pain in the arse as you cant book as a group so had to do each of us individually! even by ringing direct and speaking to a person rather than a machine!

Also watch it that they dont try and sell you a variable rather than a fixed ticket, theres about £15 diff and you get the variable by default. Of course with the fixed ticket you cant change the times so we did have to wait 2 1/2 hrs in calais before we came back.

It turned out that the tunnel was cheaper than the ferry, the run across is pretty smooth so theres no need to tie the bikes down and it only takes 1/2 hr, we left UK at 6:30 Friday evening and were in Ypres by 9:30 (CET).

It was a joy to ride over there, it really shows you how easy travel can be when drivers pay attention as well.

 

[Deleted Member Mtn]

Re: Our run

dont let anyone tell you, you cant do distance on a 650.

/B]

900 miles to assen via harlingen (500 in a day)
the sports bikes riders who went had back and wrist pain (not me!!)
750 miles over the weekend to princetown and back.
and my bum was no number than anybody elses (although i do have personal padding)

my bike does everything i want it to (apart fom make the tea)