Some piccies....at last
.....so, I went to the ace on my own
....but I did bump into fazer390
..and I have to say he dos'nt look a day older than 350
.....good to see you jason, its been a while....got to the ace at 9ish, planning on having some breakie and leaving before the rush, got hussled into the car park and blocked in right outside the place, great position if your leaving with everyone else
.....so a change of plan, I'll ride with the mob
.........pulled up beside an old boy on a 600 boxeye so had to have a chat and point him in the direction of FOC-U..so we might have a new member, shame he has a blue one though.....bacon sarnie and 2 cups of rosie lee..keep up, iam in london remember....and its soon 10.30 and time to leave....the noise on start up is fantastic, a few scooters running on castrol R sets the scene for the day...and we're off...........
not a fantastic route but riding in such a large group is always going to give you a buzz.......down the north circular to hanger lane and west onto the A40 past the iconic hoover building and onto the M40,filter onto the M25 heading south, still bunched up with a restricted speed of 50/60 mph....down to the M23...lots of people stopping on the slipway hard shoulder to watch the rest of the group ride by....not the best of places to stop the speed is down to 20 mph as we merge into one lane, a few sports bike riders have stopped for a stretch
....iam on the thou , have a chuckle to myself , carry on and open it up onto the M23 soon hitting the limit, bikes are getting spaced out now and theres less traffic, iam able to hold 70 mph with comfort riding along side harleys, triumphs and a very tidy 1975 Z900, with rider grinning from ear to ear.....off the M23 and onto the A23 getting busy again now bikes nose to tail...onto the sea front and iam able to grab one of the few remaing spaces, its now 12.30...2hrs to ride 80ish miles on mostly motorways on a one litre bike
.....ddid I enjoy it....course I foccin did
so...iam on brighto sea front......time for fishes and chippies....and then a walk up and down the prom looking at the bikes, something for everyone fron brit cafe racers, classic japs, sportsbikes, harleys, trikes and scooters.....the one I remember the most has to be the lambretta with a yam 350 ypve motor shoehorned in...the orange one in the piccies.....
a great day and ive still got the ride home
....theres no way iam touching a motorway on the way back, its time to have some fun...up onto the costal road heading west , A259 takes me too shoreham and I see a sign for shoreham fort.got to take a look at that...worth stopping, the fort looks great and was manned by the home guard, took me back to watching dads army when I was a small boy...this was real life though, those guys made a real difference , cheers boys
.....standind on top of the fort and looking east I get a great view of brighton with the fading sun picking it out in the distance, last piccie....I few quiet thoughts to what it must have been like for all those brave men and women and its time to go....well worth stopping if your down that way....
turn onto the A283 and across the south downs taking in storrington, pulborough, petworth and onto midhurst.right onto the A286 to fernhurst, A287 through churt, millbridge and onto farnham, a quick blast on the A331 takes me too camberley..A30 too bagshot, A332 too bracknel and onto local roads I used as a spotty teen on my suzuki gt 250 X7....used castrol R in that like the scooters at the ace........all of a sudden iam back in 1981, astride my brand new x7, on roads I know well and have hardly changed in the 30 odd years...ive not been this happy for a long long time.....left.right over a blind sumit down to the switch back, knock it down a couple of gears making a horrendous noise back wheel bouncing around the twin rear shocks struggling to keep things under control.......iam soon back in high wycombe, going through marlow, my home town town all those years ago, pausing in the high street where we would meet for the "sunday thrash" X7's...X5s...Z250s...CB250rs...wet dreams....and the odd RD.......wonder where they all are now.....
well thats the brighton burn up...and Iam well and truly hooked....a fantastic day, well organized by bikers for bikers....a big thank you to THE ACE CAFE and all involved....see you next year
Topic: lofo`s sept ride / meet (Read 5011 times)
