Adventure Bike Festival July 2020

[JohnnyBoxer]

Next years tickets on sale already with an early bird discount to £49


Build it..............................and they will come



This year's Festival was fantastic



2020's Festival will be better

 

[g00ner]

Can I have a go on your Tenere if I turn up?

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Can I have a go on your Tenere if I turn up?

Sure, it should be nicely run by then, following a Spring delivery..................or Yamaha will lend you one of theirs

 

[snelly]

Next years tickets on sale already with an early bird discount to £49


Build it..............................and they will come



This year's Festival was fantastic



2020's Festival will be better

Chris from Bristol was sporting an epic top lip; and a very cool C90; the camp site looked well organised; and there were loads of smiley faces. Looked like a good do.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Chris from Bristol was sporting an epic top lip; and a very cool C90; the camp site looked well organised; and there were loads of smiley faces. Looked like a good do.

It was epic, never been before...............but well worth it

 

[er-minio]

Friend of mine went. Invited me for this year's. I didn't go as I'd much rather travel/have a trackday/get stuck with the bike on some greenlanes (because I'm shit offroad, not because said greenlane was difficult ).
Not my cup of tea to be honest. People have different tastes.
I was under the impression that stuff like this (like Garmish) means being in a relatively closed compound being sold stuff left and right? I might be wrong?

 

[Rusty]

NOW that does look good ...

 

[Rusty]

Ps ... weekend ticket purchased ... I,m going

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Friend of mine went. Invited me for this year's. I didn't go as I'd much rather travel/have a trackday/get stuck with the bike on some greenlanes (because I'm shit offroad, not because said greenlane was difficult ).
Not my cup of tea to be honest. People have different tastes.
I was under the impression that stuff like this (like Garmish) means being in a relatively closed compound being sold stuff left and right? I might be wrong?

Not like that at all
Very chilled and relaxed & friendly
Loads to do or just have a ride around Cotswolds on yer Tod
We ate at the splendid Mill Inn every night

 

[er-minio]

Good to know, thanks!

 

[Deleted account 200123001]

I was there volunteering with the Trf leading rideouts. Totally bombed out all 3 days hardly saw anything of the show until around lunch time on Sunday.

Lots of people trying Greenlaning on big bikes for the first time.

A very well organised show. I expect they will learn the security lessons for next year.

It's definitely not a sales show...

I'm led to believe though that one of the manufacturers was being "selective" on who got test rides unless the sales guys thought there was a sale to be had. Sad if that was the case but unsurprising.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I'm led to believe though that one of the manufacturers was being "selective" on who got test rides unless the sales guys thought there was a sale to be had. Sad if that was the case but unsurprising.

Which one, I rode the Tenere 700, the Yam WR450F and the 1260 Ducati Multi and didn't find that to be the case

Couldn't get near Honda as they brought too few bikes, D'oh and I wanted to ride the CRF450L to compare against the WR450

 

[sanqhar]

Turned up, camped, talked to people, looked at variety of bikes, drank beer, wandered around, went to Gaydon car museum and around, drank nice tea and coffee (never even unpacked my stove), bought meals, after a 3am leak couldn’t find the tent (next time will put a light on top), did I mention drank beer and talked to people.
Altogether a great weekend.

Tom

 

[Deleted account 200123001]

Which one, I rode the Tenere 700, the Yam WR450F and the 1260 Ducati Multi and didn't find that to be the case

It was neither yam or ducati. Take a guess who'd be that arrogant.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

It was neither yam or ducati. Take a guess who'd be that arrogant.

Must be BM

 

[UturnTony]

That's it, i'm in for 2020. Just booked my early Bird ticket

 

[Rugged Path]

Seems different from your traditional usual £10 - 12 rally, with 50 - 100 rallyists attending.
But at £49 even for an early bird ticket seems bloated to the extreme. Hopefully this will not become the norm.

A friend went this year and did say it was great. He came back with a plastic bag full of freebies.
Hobnobbing with the elitist adventurists on their new GSA’s or KTM’s plastered with the latest Touratech accessory.

May be I’m too old fashioned or just old but come November, riding to the 30th ‘Pissed as a Parrot’ rally near Buxton on my 1150GSA. Eighty limit and £8 entry fee.
My summer and winter hack .


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[JohnnyBoxer]

Seems different from your traditional usual £10 - 12 rally, with 50 - 100 rallyists attending.

But at £49 even for an early bird ticket seems bloated to the extreme. Hopefully this will not become the norm.


A friend went this year and did say it was great. He came back with a plastic bag full of freebies.
Hobnobbing with the elitist adventurists on their new GSA’s or KTM’s plastered with the latest Touratech accessory.

May be I’m too old fashioned or just old but come November, riding to the 30th ‘Pissed as a Parrot’ rally near Buxton on my 1150GSA. Eighty limit and £8 entry fee.
My summer and winter hack .


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But it's not a Rally, it's a Festival - hence the title Adventure Bike Rider Festival - with 2500 people attending

I don't see many Bike manufacturers trekking across Europe in an Artic Truck full of demo bikes, attending the Dragon Rally or somesuch in a boggy field in North Wales in February

 

[Arsey]

But it's not a Rally, it's a Festival - hence the title Adventure Bike Rider Festival - with 2500 people attending

I don't see many Bike manufacturers trekking across Europe in an Artic Truck full of demo bikes, attending the Dragon Rally or somesuch in a boggy field in North Wales in February

Which band are headlining then ?

 

[Rugged Path]

But it's not a Rally, it's a Festival - hence the title Adventure Bike Rider Festival - with 2500 people attending

I don't see many Bike manufacturers trekking across Europe in an Artic Truck full of demo bikes, attending the Dragon Rally or somesuch in a boggy field in North Wales in February

Sod it, gone and bought a ticket . May have to bring my own weekend supplies after paying so much.
Got a year to get in to the adventure mode.


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