You all look the same in my mirrors.wat about an old fart on a r1150r
Rideout : 25th October - Yorks Moors back roads.
- Thread starter AdamA
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Monkey Man
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Hmm.. I wonder if Adam A will be taking his panniers with him on this ride to help carry his ego?? LOL. Only joking 
Generally when leading a ride everyone tends to be in my mirrors. It's kinda the idea.Hmm.. I wonder if Adam A will be taking his panniers with him on this ride to help carry his ego?? LOL. Only joking
Monkey Man
Guest
Relax Adam.. I was joking.. I'm sure everyone going will have great time with u leading..
Relax Adam.. I was joking.. I'm sure everyone going will have great time with u leading..
Indeed you were, by deliberately misinterpreting what was written. I was simply making sure there was no misunderstanding for others.
+1 for the ride out
Richie
Richie
Chris G
Registered user
May be free for this, be nice to ride on tarmac for a change
Just to remind everyone the clocks go back the night before. Don't forget or you will have a bit of a wait when you get there.
Anyone else fancy it? Forecast looks ok.
Oggyr80
Guest
hope it's ok if I tag along, its my first time greenlaning, but I'll do my own thing if I'm holding you up.
All on road chap. I will make it clear when they are on green lanes (coming soon) to save anymoments for anyone.
look forward to seeing you, through the rain
Anyone else fancy it? Forecast looks ok.
look forward to seeing you, through the rain
What a bunch of cnuts the Met Office are. Between me posting at 18:00 last night and now the forecast has gone from no rain at all in eastern yorks to pishing it down. Forecast my arse. Any fool can stick their head out of the office window and see what it's doing NOW.
Oh well wet roads it is.
don't feel too bad just a little stiffness approaching ! but we can all suffer from that?
the bike ran ok
Sorry to hear about your off, but glad your ok.
the roads were really slippery, i think we all had warnings on some of the bends and for me some of the straights
Thanks for organising Adam and Lisa
hope the next one has better weatherNice to meet you all
Richie
Many thanks Adam and Lisa for organising it
6 hardcore GS'ers (including Adam & Lisa) stuck it out till just about the end
It was wet...............very wet................. but good fun
My tyres stuck like the proverbial to a blanket and the Kalahari GS was superb
One ride I really enjoyed and did some new roads and re-visited some old ones
6 hardcore GS'ers (including Adam & Lisa) stuck it out till just about the end
It was wet...............very wet................. but good fun
My tyres stuck like the proverbial to a blanket and the Kalahari GS was superb
One ride I really enjoyed and did some new roads and re-visited some old ones
Glad you are ok Stan.
Hope everyone else had fun.
At least one of us made it all the way to the end.
The conditions were a bit shitty in places but they were also very easy to read, the leaves and polished patches being obvious places to avoid/slow for.
I only got the traction control to activate once (the only "warning" I had) today (dicking around over the top somewhere - I had it turned off most of the time so I could get the front up over crests) so it can't have been that bad.
Harsh throttle and brakes is only gonna end in tears and won't get you there any faster anyhow...
Smooth is slide free, and ultimately faster anyhow....
It's not a race tho guys, just take it steady on the obviously shitty bits. There's no need to be getting slides, and certainly no need to lay your coat down (whilst still wearing it) in a gentleman like manner in front of the lady at the back.
Marking junctions...
No names no pack drill, so don't go apologising, just please get it right next time.
It makes the day run much smoother, and also means I don't spend the last shreds of daylight riding around in circles trying to locate everyone as they spread across the Yorks countryside because the route isn't getting marked.
It's really quite simple:
When the route turns, 2nd bike on the road (i.e. the bike directly behind the leader) STOPS in sight of the junction approach and indicates the direction of travel to the bikes behind.
The marker stays until ALL the bikes on the ride have passed (not one, or half of the bikes) except the nominated rear maker who they can move off in front of if safe to do so.
Like I say, I don't want apologies, just please get it right next time.
I hope everyone made it home safe and sound.
Hope everyone else had fun.
At least one of us made it all the way to the end.
The conditions were a bit shitty in places but they were also very easy to read, the leaves and polished patches being obvious places to avoid/slow for.
I only got the traction control to activate once (the only "warning" I had) today (dicking around over the top somewhere - I had it turned off most of the time so I could get the front up over crests
) so it can't have been that bad. Harsh throttle and brakes is only gonna end in tears and won't get you there any faster anyhow...
Smooth is slide free, and ultimately faster anyhow....
It's not a race tho guys, just take it steady on the obviously shitty bits. There's no need to be getting slides, and certainly no need to lay your coat down (whilst still wearing it) in a gentleman like manner in front of the lady at the back.
Marking junctions...
No names no pack drill, so don't go apologising, just please get it right next time.
It makes the day run much smoother, and also means I don't spend the last shreds of daylight riding around in circles trying to locate everyone as they spread across the Yorks countryside because the route isn't getting marked.
It's really quite simple:
When the route turns, 2nd bike on the road (i.e. the bike directly behind the leader) STOPS in sight of the junction approach and indicates the direction of travel to the bikes behind.
The marker stays until ALL the bikes on the ride have passed (not one, or half of the bikes) except the nominated rear maker who they can move off in front of if safe to do so.
Like I say, I don't want apologies, just please get it right next time.
I hope everyone made it home safe and sound.
Don El Eee
Registered user
Adam - any chance of posting the Garmin route file please.
Cheers
Tim
Cheers
Tim
Aye, no worries.
Don El Eee
Registered user
Thanks for that.
Tim
Tim
