Overland and Adventure bike Show at the Ace Cafe
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I'll be on the Stahlkoffer stand trying to flog a couple of tours so pop round and buy me a coffee........
IIRC it's your round.
Seriously though, looking forward to seeing you again.
I'll be on the Stahlkoffer stand trying to flog a couple of tours so pop round and buy me a coffee........
I'll try and pop down and say what a nice chap you are
It's actually a bunch of tossa's that don't really like/get on with one another...tis just being polite...
That's the main reason why I'm not going. And I don't want to mingle with this bunch of benders in public.
Tossers....not benders....
I'll be on the Stahlkoffer stand trying to flog a couple of tours so pop round and buy me a coffee........
If they're making a decent cappu, then yes I will
Absolutely fella, be good to meet you
Ooh....new friends....sounds like e-harmony!!!
Ooh....new friends....sounds like e-harmony!!!
Good job you're going with your boyfriend then !!
Good job you're going with your boyfriend then !!
Ah....but he's not going, so I'll have to settle with.....
Touché
Christopher as a new friend.....
Ah....but he's not going, so I'll have to settle with.....
Christopher as a new friend.....
Sorry but I only have eyes for Nutty
Right guys ...... See you in the morning at about 9.30!
Wasstheslowestbikegoing? Will a XC with lowered gearing keep up..
That'll be Giles .......
Well, I arrived just after 9am and the car park was already nearly full, I squeezed into one of the last spaces.Some nice, dare I say proper
bikes as well as the fully blinged up ones - also both types of riders, those happy just to talk and those who have to be heard talking & ticking boxes "I'm going down through A, via B to C & then D - you really must go to D".Just walking around looking at the various bikes gave me a few hints, tips and ideas to make trips easier.
Chris/Bilco finally arrived as I was about to leave, so he didn't get his cuppa - the queue was out the door from about 9:30
when I finally left it was rammed and bikes were parked over the road on the grasss, as I rode back out on the A40 I saw loads coming in.
Whatever your attitude to the Ace/Overland day, I'd say it was a massive success -I haven't seen that many people there this early in the year for a long time
Austin was there in his trademark boiler suit as well as a host of other writers (Sam Manicom, Graham Field etc). Spent a good few minutes talking with Chris Scot - his book was the inspiration and reason for me going off to Morocco all those years ago (I made a point of saying so and thanking him - altho I think my old copy's WELL out of date now
) - before being asked to be quiet as the BMF were doing an interview on camera (well sod off somewhere quiet then, it's the car park where all the stands and people are FFS 
). Nice down to earth guy.Didn't see Nick Sanders there
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It was good to meet you all and put some faces to names. Just for Keith who felt my previous avatar didn't resemble me at all - here's another that doesn't.
Ah.....so that's you!!!
Same sentiment too....great to meet a few forum members, and a good day on the bikes (with the exception of the north circular which is pure shite!!
)
Yes it was fun.
It's a shame Nutjob couldn't make it !!
It's a shame Nutjob couldn't make it !!
Poor Cato is just no match for that 950 .....
I enjoyed that thrap back across country, it's been a while since I've ridden like that.
Your 1190 goes like a stabbed rat. I had to give my poor old 950 a bit of a cuddle when I got back!!
Ha ha .... your 950 goes pretty well .....
Yeah she doesn't do too bad for an old'n! I really looking forward to a pair of new tyres if I'm honest.
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