Ace Cafe this Sunday

might make a trip, but what happens there? Apart from us all standing around looking at other bikes? There aren't even any nice roads to get to it!
 
I've no idea what happens there, I've not been before, but I am prepared to give it a try, and judging by the wealth of responses, few here are bothering.
 
Thanks for the link. Steph Jeavons is one ballsy lady. What an adventure!

I've not been to the Ace Cafe before so I guess from the M25, due south down the A10 then west along the North Circular. Easy to find?
 
Paul Rochdale said:
I've no idea what happens there, I've not been before, but I am prepared to give it a try, and judging by the wealth of responses, few here are bothering.
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That's because you've posted in the "Off road events" section - and the Event is called "Overland day". :D

There's a thread elsewhere with a few who are going.
 
Paul Rochdale said:
I've not been to the Ace Cafe before so I guess from the M25, due south down the A10 then west along the North Circular. Easy to find?
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You could do, but I wouldnt, the A10 round to the the ACE on the NCR is a PIA, and I mean a massive PIA, to start with its about the only none dual carrigway section of the NCR left and therefore a choke point, then you have the junction of the NCR and the A1, thats wonderful at the weekends ;-)

M25 to South Mimss J23 (m25/A1), head down the A1 2nd exit at Stirling Corner, A1 to Apex Corner 1st Exit, A1 to Mill Hill 2nd exit, follow A1 to five ways corner (at junction there is overpass/elevated roadway) 2nd exit under elevated road and follow A41 over all traffic lights (3 sets I think) when you get to flyover take exit slip before the flyover (Brent Cross), 3 exit and onto NCR straight over flyover at Staples corner and keep straight on untill you go past Ikea, then through the underpass at the A404 Harrow road, take the slip as you go under the railway viaduct, come off the NCR and the Ace is on your right.
Say hello when you get there.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sadd...FZd0EgMdx8P7_w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=m&z=11
 
Steptoe said:
That's because you've posted in the "Off road events" section - and the Event is called "Overland day". :D

There's a thread elsewhere with a few who are going.
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Neil

I spent a while going up and down the headings and could find nothing which suited a one day adventure riding event. Therefore I stuck the thread somewhere. Don't people just click on 'Newest Posts' or whatever anyway? I do.
 
bowser said:
You could do, but I wouldnt, the A10 round to the the ACE on the NCR is a PIA, and I mean a massive PIA, to start with its about the only none dual carrigway section of the NCR left and therefore a choke point, then you have the junction of the NCR and the A1, thats wonderful at the weekends ;-)

M25 to South Mimss J23 (m25/A1), head down the A1 2nd exit at Stirling Corner, A1 to Apex Corner 1st Exit, A1 to Mill Hill 2nd exit, follow A1 to five ways corner (at junction there is overpass/elevated roadway) 2nd exit under elevated road and follow A41 over all traffic lights (3 sets I think) when you get to flyover take exit slip before the flyover (Brent Cross), 3 exit and onto NCR straight over flyover at Staples corner and keep straight on untill you go past Ikea, then through the underpass at the A404 Harrow road, take the slip as you go under the railway viaduct, come off the NCR and the Ace is on your right.
Say hello when you get there.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sadd...FZd0EgMdx8P7_w&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&t=m&z=11
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Thanks and very helpful. I'll never remember that so I'll stick a piece of paper on the petrol tank. I will say 'hello' but look for the very shiny red & white GS-PD ;-)
 
Well that wasn't too bad. Got as far as Mill Hill then pulled over to turn the instruction sheet over. Then a GS rider passed me by so I caught him up to see if he was going to the Ace Cafe, and he was, but wasn't sure of the route. His GPS had been playing up and was giving him false information. Anyway I decided to follow him - and almost certainly did a 'wrong' at Five Ways Corner. Fifteen minutes later he pulled over and said he was convinced we were on the North Circular but heading east instead of west. Turned around and eventually found the Ace Cafe.

Absolutely heaving with hundreds of bikes there. The cafe resembled a busy works canteen with queues and nowhere to sit, as people munched on Sunday roasts. There were a few awnings outside selling bike transportation, the Overland magazine and motorcycle clothing ("The jackets are reduced by £150 from £900 to £750". Jeez!) Lovely stuff that Klim clothing is, thats a heck of a lot of money.

Steph Jeavons was starting her solo round-the-world trip - a brave lady - but I didn't see her.

Got chatting to a number of GD-PD owners, and the subject of lifting the bike onto it's centre stand came up. In fact this must be the first bike I've ever owned which I cannot for the life of me hoist onto her centre stand in the usual way. The only way I can manage it is to put my LEFT foot on the centre stand, and using the pannier rack, pull BACKWARDS. With panniers on, I shall just rely on the side stand. I'm sure the CoG isn't right as I could easily manage with the Pan, which was 100 lbs heavier.

Well after buying three more adventure books, I'd seen enough. Not a bad event but very crowded so not my sort of thing. I probably would bother again.

I've said it before and it's probably worth repeating, but filtering has become the way of life for riders on all civilised countries other than the USA, but the behaviour of some riders frequently makes me wince. It's this 'filter at every opportunity' which baffles me. I only filter if the traffic has come to a halt, there is sufficient room and is the only way to make progress. Minutes after leaving the Ace Cafe a couple on a bike filtered to the front of a queue at some traffic lights. A couple of minutes later I could see smoke/steam/smoke up ahead as the traffic had again come to a halt. I rode up to the front so see the couple now on the pavement and with numerous drivers taking care of them. Another bloody statistic. Minutes later I pulled up at a red traffic light, a large car pulling up to my right. As the lights turned green, he pulled right across my bows missing my front wheel by inches as the dark gentleman pulled onto a garage forecourt. Bloody London, you need eyes in the back of your head here.

Oil is now dripping a bit more from the final drive. I must investigate that. Tickover now down to 1100rpm which is far too low, must tweak that.
 
So there you go it was an adventure for you after all :D

Luckily I have a draw-full of rusty nails to hammer into my eyeballs so I took my bike and headed south and east which is far better than over-priced breakfasts in a works canteen whilst someone tries to 'sell' me a RTW adventure for real or by proxy :thumby:
 
Paul Rochdale said:
Well that wasn't too bad. Got as far as Mill Hill then pulled over to turn the instruction sheet over. Then a GS rider passed me by so I caught him up to see if he was going to the Ace Cafe, and he was, but wasn't sure of the route. His GPS had been playing up and was giving him false information. Anyway I decided to follow him - and almost certainly did a 'wrong' at Five Ways Corner. Fifteen minutes later he pulled over and said he was convinced we were on the North Circular but heading east instead of west. Turned around and eventually found the Ace Cafe.

Absolutely heaving with hundreds of bikes there. The cafe resembled a busy works canteen with queues and nowhere to sit, as people munched on Sunday roasts. There were a few awnings outside selling bike transportation, the Overland magazine and motorcycle clothing ("The jackets are reduced by £150 from £900 to £750". Jeez!) Lovely stuff that Klim clothing is, thats a heck of a lot of money.

Steph Jeavons was starting her solo round-the-world trip - a brave lady - but I didn't see her.

Got chatting to a number of GD-PD owners, and the subject of lifting the bike onto it's centre stand came up. In fact this must be the first bike I've ever owned which I cannot for the life of me hoist onto her centre stand in the usual way. The only way I can manage it is to put my LEFT foot on the centre stand, and using the pannier rack, pull BACKWARDS. With panniers on, I shall just rely on the side stand. I'm sure the CoG isn't right as I could easily manage with the Pan, which was 100 lbs heavier.

Well after buying three more adventure books, I'd seen enough. Not a bad event but very crowded so not my sort of thing. I probably would bother again.

I've said it before and it's probably worth repeating, but filtering has become the way of life for riders on all civilised countries other than the USA, but the behaviour of some riders frequently makes me wince. It's this 'filter at every opportunity' which baffles me. I only filter if the traffic has come to a halt, there is sufficient room and is the only way to make progress. Minutes after leaving the Ace Cafe a couple on a bike filtered to the front of a queue at some traffic lights. A couple of minutes later I could see smoke/steam/smoke up ahead as the traffic had again come to a halt. I rode up to the front so see the couple now on the pavement and with numerous drivers taking care of them. Another bloody statistic. Minutes later I pulled up at a red traffic light, a large car pulling up to my right. As the lights turned green, he pulled right across my bows missing my front wheel by inches as the dark gentleman pulled onto a garage forecourt. Bloody London, you need eyes in the back of your head here.

Oil is now dripping a bit more from the final drive. I must investigate that. Tickover now down to 1100rpm which is far too low, must tweak that.
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Sounds a nightmare...................best avoided that Lundahn:D
 
Paul Rochdale said:
Well that wasn't too bad. Got as far as Mill Hill then pulled over to turn the instruction sheet over. Then a GS rider passed me by so I caught him up to see if he was going to the Ace Cafe, and he was, but wasn't sure of the route. His GPS had been playing up and was giving him false information. Anyway I decided to follow him - and almost certainly did a 'wrong' at Five Ways Corner. Fifteen minutes later he pulled over and said he was convinced we were on the North Circular but heading east instead of west. Turned around and eventually found the Ace Cafe.

Absolutely heaving with hundreds of bikes there. The cafe resembled a busy works canteen with queues and nowhere to sit, as people munched on Sunday roasts. There were a few awnings outside selling bike transportation, the Overland magazine and motorcycle clothing ("The jackets are reduced by £150 from £900 to £750". Jeez!) Lovely stuff that Klim clothing is, thats a heck of a lot of money.

Steph Jeavons was starting her solo round-the-world trip - a brave lady - but I didn't see her.

Got chatting to a number of GD-PD owners, and the subject of lifting the bike onto it's centre stand came up. In fact this must be the first bike I've ever owned which I cannot for the life of me hoist onto her centre stand in the usual way. The only way I can manage it is to put my LEFT foot on the centre stand, and using the pannier rack, pull BACKWARDS. With panniers on, I shall just rely on the side stand. I'm sure the CoG isn't right as I could easily manage with the Pan, which was 100 lbs heavier.

Well after buying three more adventure books, I'd seen enough. Not a bad event but very crowded so not my sort of thing. I probably would bother again.

I've said it before and it's probably worth repeating, but filtering has become the way of life for riders on all civilised countries other than the USA, but the behaviour of some riders frequently makes me wince. It's this 'filter at every opportunity' which baffles me. I only filter if the traffic has come to a halt, there is sufficient room and is the only way to make progress. Minutes after leaving the Ace Cafe a couple on a bike filtered to the front of a queue at some traffic lights. A couple of minutes later I could see smoke/steam/smoke up ahead as the traffic had again come to a halt. I rode up to the front so see the couple now on the pavement and with numerous drivers taking care of them. Another bloody statistic. Minutes later I pulled up at a red traffic light, a large car pulling up to my right. As the lights turned green, he pulled right across my bows missing my front wheel by inches as the dark gentleman pulled onto a garage forecourt. Bloody London, you need eyes in the back of your head here.

Oil is now dripping a bit more from the final drive. I must investigate that. Tickover now down to 1100rpm which is far too low, must tweak that.
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Sounds like an interesting day.:eek

I'm glad I couldn't make it.:beerjug::D
 
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