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shedbrewed - Member
I'd be keen to tag along. Just North of Newport. If you read Bike magazine, October issue has a bit on a Welsh road. I guided the author that day. There are some beautiful bits of road and scenery near me. I can put a rough route together if people want it?
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I'd have enjoyed a meet up on my Blackbird, but I'm doing a trackday at Oulton Park on the Saturday. Have fun folks 8)
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Not jealous not jealous 
Let's have a Northern one next Spring, eh?
Love the Guzzi, a friend of mine has one (the 4V) and it looks ace, goes well, too. Bit of an odd riding position, though.
Good plan!
Do you want to provide the route, once we get there? I suppose we'd need a campsite etc.
Right now it seems we should have a bimble on the welsh Borders, meeting somewhere nr Brizzole?
Seems reasonable. I think I can make that date, will have to check though 🙂
I'm OK for a good 200 miles between fuel stops. Fairing and Ohlins bounce keeps me comfy... 😉
I rode back from Iona on jan 3rd one year on my bmw when it was well below freezing and I used to ride a motorbike the whole year round - paint in in a grease / solvent mix in october and wash it in march
Been there, done that, all year round commute, have chosen not to do so again.
I can do around hour and a half between stops.... Bike a bit more. Not sure about that after a night in a tent though!!! B&B maybe 😉
it'll be in the spring OG08
no frost, and warm(ish) night, so the arthritis would be kept at bay 😉
I'll get on it then, presuming we're meeting at Magor Services just off M4?
Duration?
Distance?
Lunch/tea/ice cream stops?
Sat or Sun?
Could be up for this, what the date?
"martinxyz - Member
I see Gilo is flashing his tuono again. Im hoping with winter coming up hell be one of those folk that sells it off at a reduced rate ;O) "
Lol - no chance mate - this one's a keeper (well, for the next couple of years until shiny bike lust strikes again...)
"Obviously we will need mirror smooth hard top for the Tuono, and many petrol stations "
Nope, I have replaced the pos standard shock with an Ohlins, and had the suspension set up properly, so bumpy B roads are fine! Petrol stations however - yes. 80 miles til the light comes on if thrashed.
Sounds interesting - can I add my Guzzi Centauro into the mix?
My little red scooter
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The more the merrier ( if that's how you spell it).
Looking likely to be 29th October, that's a Saturday.
Shedbrewed: I'll leave the details up to you, but remember a few of us will be doing a couple of hours before we meet and then to get home again, so it's more of a social than a marathon. If the blackstuff is as good as I hope, then we can go again in the summer, to do more, for longer.
I think Saturday is best as less nutters in cages going back to London in the evening.
PP we could do the Shrewsbury twisty bits on the way back...
Pst lunch on Friday bump 🙂
Nice one for suggesting this Andy.
Gilo are you happy to plan the route?
I may be underbiked for this on a Transalp in the company of Triumphs and Italian exotica but I'm sure it will be fun
AndyRT - Member
Shedbrewed: I'll leave the details up to you, but remember a few of us will be doing a couple of hours before we meet and then to get home again, so it's more of a social than a marathon. If the blackstuff is as good as I hope, then we can go again in the summer, to do more, for longer.
No problems. I'll google map it and then people can have their own copy too. It will be more of a scenic quality route than a head down thrash route. Incorporating tea, petrol and ice cream stops.
MKCHRIS, don't sweat bike choice I'll either be on my Tenere or old Speed Triple.
old Speed Triple.
Is that a Mk1 Raspberry Riple? With a single headlight and 2 exhausts? Is it all black? If so, bring it! I luuuuurve those! 😀
Spring in the North... sounds good to me!
PeterPoddy - Member
Is that a Mk1 Raspberry Riple? With a single headlight and 2 exhausts? Is it all black? If so, bring it! I luuuuurve those!
Yes, but wearing the top half of a Daytona fairing with a light blanked off in an endurance stylee, and a few other tweaks and fettles.
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you're bunch of wimp, I offer you THE col (well to start with :twisted:) And you want to puttle around a straight road in a forest... ARFFFFFF youth of today...
you putting down the gauntlet?
1400 miles in a day?
lol
Ahhhhrgh! You've ruined it 🙁
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Come the spring Juan I would love to.....
MKCHRIS - Member
Nice one for suggesting this Andy.
Gilo are you happy to plan the route?
Yep - more than happy. It'll obviously depend on who comes and where they are coming from / need to get back to.
I strongly suggest we meet at Aust services (next to old Severn Bridge) as we can then ride the Chepstow - Usk Rd which I LOVE, nice tight and twisty B road (a motorcycling equivalent of great technical singletrack :D). We can head into Aber for a cuppa at the bus station (local bike meeting point), then head off to ride some of South Wales' finest tarmac. Can't wait
Presonnal record so far.
Leaving grasse 6h15 on the morning, meeting with françois and conan at 7H00 pont de la manda with full tanks. Meeting Michel and his wife at jausier after riding le col de la bonette restefond. Then from jausier going to briançon through le col de Vars and le col de l'isoar. Deciding it's too early to have lunch in briançon so up to le col du lautaret, then obvioulsy col du galibier et col du télégraph, down to St jean la maurienne, filling up the tanks of the dukes, and hop toward le col de la croix de fer, lunch en route, then col de la croix de fer, col du glandon and down to allemont. From allemont we're heading up to bourg d'oizans back to le col du lautaret, down to briançon and again col de l'isoar and col de vars, jausier, barcelonette and St martin d'entraune through le col de la couillole. Dinner at St martin and back to le pont de la manda through les gorges du daluis. Finally motorway through too grasse..
Well i still keep on looking around for Tuonos,Gilo. Theres a 2007 model in blue/white not too far from me in Elgin.. had a look but i dont think hes into trading my bike for it.Private prices look attractive compared to his £5200-ish for 11k. Maybe in a year or so. Cant wait to try them as i havent been on one yet.
martinxyz - if you want a full-fat sportsbike but with high bars and (relative) comfort then you'd love a Tuono. They really are the sportsbike for the ermmmm older gent with joints less supple than they once were.....
Today's fun involved Bristol - Chepstow - Usk - Aber - Brecon - Upper Chapel - Builth Wells - Crossgates (for fry-up) - Newtown (and back, it's that good)- Talgarth - Aber - Usk - Chepstow - Bristol.
Amazen................ 😀
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why not ride some proper roads?
If you missed the last race of the british superbikes season today - try not to find out the result & watch it - I'm not normally one for waving my arms around in my own living room but man that was good 🙂
Can I suggest that Shedbrewed and aka_Gilo get together, so we get just one route?
I like the idea of going up to the old bridge, I've not been over that since I was a very young teenager
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Can I suggest that Shedbrewed and aka_Gilo get together, so we get just one route?
Good idea - I'm sure between us we can come up with something that everyone will enjoy.
Burger - no e-mail in shedbrewed's profile
Shedbrewed - if you want to drop me an e-mail I'm at gileyd <at> hotmail <dot> com
Cheers
Might have been up for this but I'm out of the country. Next time see if I can make it.
bump in search of getting our two intrepid trail blazers working together so we can start getting excited upon our route 😀
Also, do we want to start planning who is coming from where, and meeting on the way?
PeterPoddy and Mrs Poddy and I come from Hampshire, so presumably could meet on the way?
Could try to make the trip over to the west(ish)country less of a square off rear tyre session and more of a fun filled run?
Anyone else from the Saaarth coming?
Guys, it looks like I might be spoken for that weekend. Either way have a look at [url= http://g.co/maps/y3rud ]this route[/url] and see what you think. Some clichéd bits are in there like the A466, but there's ice cream at Tintern abbey...The Rockfield road out of Monmouth to Abergavenny is a nice one, in Aber there's the bus station for tea and wee, out of Aber head through Crickhowell and then take a right on the A479 Talgarth road. A nice set of bends, but watch yourself on some of them. I deposited my Ten into a hedge here. After Talgarth loop back on yourselves towards Llangors lake and down to the A40 at Bwlch where there is a wicked long left as you leave the 30 limit. Don't ramp it up too much though as you will be taking a right, though it appears to be straight on) off one of the bends towards Llangynidr. This road will take you down and across a beautiful narrow bridge and then up and out of Llangynidr where you briefly rejoin the B4558. Keep an eye out for the sign for Beaufort off to your right, and swing up there into possibly my favourite road of the route. As you climb up Mynydd Llangattwg the road opens up and you get great vistas, but watch out as there are sheep, and also delicious well surfaced hairpins. Several places to pull in off the road for admiring the view, or taking a leak. Back on and take the left towards Llangattock. This is a fast piece of road, for those that think they've got balls. Blind rises and bumpy surfaces will have you questioning if you want to wind the throttle all the way back. I'll leave that choice to you...
After coming down into Llangattock and cresting the canal bridge, hang a right by the traffic lights and head to Gilwern on the A4077. Enjoy the gloom under the trees and swear at the nanny state double whites. At the roundabout with the A465, head to Govilon and then once through Govilon take a right towards Blaenavon. The road climbs and the surface is not the best in places, but it rewards commitment. Again once up top there are places to stop and take a breather and drink in the views.
As you come back down into Blaenavon you pass the old Ironworks site with it's forboding furnace buildings, and the restored cottages that were used in the BBC's Coalhouse series. If you like hot chocolate, take a left at the traffic lights and visit Choc's Away on Broad Street for a delicious hot choc and cupcake. Otherwise straight on and towards Varteg. After passing under the restored railway bridge the road swings left, over a cattle grid and then opens up. Like the earlier section to Llangattock, this is a quick bit, but with blind bends. I love charging along here at the ton, fighting the wind as it blows through the valley.
Slowing for the 30 there's a few bends and then a chippy on the right if needed.
This part is probably the slowest and dullest, head down into Abersychan, hang a right to Pontypool, down onto the A472, then a bit of the A4042. Take a left into New Inn, a right up Jerusalem Lane at the yellow old folks home, then at the crest, right to Llandegveth reservoir. A few cheeky bends and then down to the dam. Across the dam and hairpin right takes you back up the hill. Stay straight through Coed y Paen and keep going straight on, including through the strange bend junction, until you come to a Tee Junction. Take a left to Usk. At the bridge by the petrol station take a right. Pass through Usk and then before the A40 take a left to Chepstow. Stay on this road all the way to the Racecourse garage, where a right will take you back out of Chepstow to the M48.
Enjoy.
PeterPoddy and Mrs Poddy and I come from Hampshire, so presumably could meet on the way?
Yes, good idea. You're in Winchester IIRC?
We could come your way, then up toward Salisbury/Bath way I guess, but that is adding a chunk to what is already a 330-360 mile day for us....
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Is that a very big man or a very tiny bike?
big bloke on a big bike!!! Buell didn't sell too many of them cos you needed to be over 6ft to get your leg over one!
Shall we have a roll call?
Me + Mrs PP (Ducati ST3s) Farnborough, Hants
Andy RT (Ducati MS) Winchester, Hants
AKAGilo (Touono) Brizzle
MKChris (Transalp) "Far end of M4"
oldGrump08 (bike?) Northants
Superfi (bike?) ???
Dickyboy (bike?) ???
Shedbrewed - Probably not 🙁
Any more?
Copy the list and add yourself to it, then repost 🙂
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Anyboy got any more than 2 cylinders? 😉
Cheers Peter,I'm a definate.
I may try and check out the route Shedbrewed has given us over the next couple of weekends if the weather is nice...
Chris