Author Topic: LOFOs August 2nd ride out. (Read 40458 times)

Dead Eye · « **Reply #150 on:** 02 August 2015, 07:52:50 am »

It's bright and early here in North Herts and the roads are dry. I'm heading out to the start point now so I'll see you all in Oxford

noggythenog · « **Reply #151 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:29:08 am »

Quote from: red98 on 02 August 2015, 07:06:25 am

morning foccers...weather forcast for today is good .....a suggestion,theres a petrol station at our start point,might be good if we all fill up at the same time,180 ish miles so the 600`s might just do that on a tank full,a brimmed thou will struggle,an ivanised thou will have to stop,a gen two thou....well its a gen two

see you later foccers

130 miles and im empty

will get 150 if I don't come out of 6th gear though

see yas shortly, fine day indeed

stevie-g1968 · « **Reply #152 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:33:15 am »

God you lot are keen

ive only just got up....see you all in a bit

Exupnut · « **Reply #153 on:** 02 August 2015, 12:07:40 pm »

Hope u all met up ok and have a great ride......and no crashes ......oh u won't Christo ain't goin hehe

fazer390 · « **Reply #154 on:** 02 August 2015, 06:50:23 pm »

If I hadn't been given free tickets to the BSB at Thruxton I would definitely joined you guys... And then if by a stroke of luck, on the way home with my pillion, around Upavon I passed you lot coming the other way...

A great day all round on 2 wheels. Hope you all had a great and safe day and hope to join you on your next run...

Punkstig · « **Reply #155 on:** 02 August 2015, 07:21:07 pm »

Many thanks Mr Crisp, fantastic roads and good company, great to meet the Welsh focers!

And relax!

stevie-g1968 · « **Reply #156 on:** 02 August 2015, 07:22:26 pm »

Well that was a cracking day out

sorry I had to bob off at stonehenge.. had a table booked for 6pm

lit the blue touch paper and warp 10.5 and was home at 5.15pm... just back from the pub... gonna fall asleep with my glass of wine.... or two...

home everyone has got home ok... noggys gonna be late I guess.. til next time, cheers guys.

Dead Eye · « **Reply #157 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:10:01 pm »

I've just got back in - someone crashed on the A34 so I had 10 miles of filtering past all the queueing traffic... and then got stuck behind someone else filtering at 5mph

Had to fill up with fuel again as the thou was certainly very thirsty today :P

But, after that I cracked open the throttle and had a good ride back home. Ended up being out for 12 hours today and covered 345 miles all in... including my detour to the chippy which was fecking closed!

Quote from: fazer390 on 02 August 2015, 06:50:23 pm

If I hadn't been given free tickets to the BSB at Thruxton I would definitely joined you guys... And then if by a stroke of luck, on the way home with my pillion, around Upavon I passed you lot coming the other way...
A great day all round on 2 wheels. Hope you all had a great and safe day and hope to join you on your next run...

Ahah! It was you we spotted then :P We did see a Silver thou two up go by... I think I nodded but I didn't realise it was a Fazer at the time so forgot the salute

red98 · « **Reply #158 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:34:21 pm »

Thats me home, a mere 280 miles, a walk in the park

...thanks to nick for planning and leading an excellent day, will be trying the charlbury TT soon

.....a golden foc-u star for noggy, now officially a LOFO who doesn't live in london....another one

off to kentucky now....

Grayo · « **Reply #159 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:36:04 pm »

A great day out, thanks Nick. Great company and great roads. Nice to put some faces to names. I also had a nightmare journey home. Two bikers died on the Brecon Beacons in two seperate incidents so roads over there were closed. Lorry overturned on main road to Cardiff Airport so that road was closed too. I know of a lovely twisty country lane that bypasses all of that so I'll go that way............So did every foccin' Sunday driver in their 4x4's that are too big for them to drive and don't know what passing places are for. Oh well, got home eventually. Hope to catch up with you all again soon.

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #160 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:40:03 pm »

Really enjoyed planning this and leading it today guys, thanks for attending and making it work

Weather was excellent, not too much traffic (just a couple of short snarled up bits), so given the school holidays are in full swing, I thought we got pretty lucky.

Extra brownie points to Noggy and Grayo for making it all the way from Wales - you couldn't really call it a LOFOs ride, as we had people from all over the place. Hope you all enjoyed it and get home safe.

Morning meeting:

red98 · « **Reply #161 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:56:10 pm »

WTF.....

red98 · « **Reply #162 on:** 02 August 2015, 09:00:33 pm »

old fazer fans mix with young fazer fans

....oh . and noggys pillion..

stevie-g1968 · « **Reply #163 on:** 02 August 2015, 09:27:42 pm »

Yep paul, nicks charlbury tt is slightly different to mine... so in gonna factor that one in too... just look out for the blue flash ....

slimwilly · « **Reply #164 on:** 02 August 2015, 10:46:51 pm »

Well I got back home fine,,with a kebab,

Thanks Nick for a great effort , great day,

I went with Noggy until Ross on wye,,when it started raining,,haha ,yes rain,, scooted back to Hereford and home,,dry all the way,,oh and five miles from Gloucester towards Ross,,,hell, what a road,real twisty,not forgiving at all,,rocks and trees but fantastic,,you got to try it.

noggythenog · « **Reply #165 on:** 02 August 2015, 11:00:53 pm »

Great couple of days thanks.

Cheers Nick for the hospitality and herding the sheep.

Thanks everyone else for the warm welcome.

Got in at 2245hrs...total since yesterday morning is 590 miles.

Enjoyed some nice roads with slim on the way home, i stopped just passed merthyr to get a McD and change over my visor. Road in the dark from there until carmarthen where i filled up.

Then the heavens opened up all the way from Carmarthen to Haverfordwest....30 miles of getting drenched and being unable to see foc all.....after all that heat today.......dont come to pembrokeshire....it's shit.

Here's the effect it has had on me.

Red Ceri · « **Reply #166 on:** 02 August 2015, 11:06:07 pm »

Another cracking good day out, cheers Nick for organising it, went to my sisters at Chinnor had a curry waiting for me

just got home 360 miles in total.

dazza · « **Reply #167 on:** 02 August 2015, 11:31:06 pm »

Got in just before 9. 492 miles covered in all. Brilliant couple of days. Thanks for a great route Nick, thanks for your hospitality Punkstig. Good to meet the Nogster, good to see all the usual suspects. Had a blinding ride home, felt like I had the A272 all to myself, rode the complete length of it and continued on the A roads all the way to the M2, I'm all twistied out.
Midden, you missed a cake vending machine, you would have loved it

slimwilly · « **Reply #168 on:** 03 August 2015, 06:57:47 am »

Noggy is a rain god !!!!!

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #169 on:** 03 August 2015, 10:53:36 am »

THE FALLOUT

Quote from: slimwilly on 03 August 2015, 06:57:47 am

Noggy is a rain god !!!!!

Soggy Noggy!

I'm going to christen this ride 'The Foccers Tourettes Tour'.

Quote from: red98 on 02 August 2015, 08:56:10 pm

WTF.....

That's slimwilly showing his fashion tourettes

Punkstig fixes Noggy's brake light, which was permanently on:

...which apparently gave red98 a case of tourettes whilst following him:

"Wanker!"...."Wanker!"...."Wanker!"

noggythenog · « **Reply #170 on:** 03 August 2015, 11:36:44 am »

Where is Cecil????

red98 · « **Reply #171 on:** 03 August 2015, 01:03:55 pm »

Foccin gen 2 owners..........

......throw in a few "foc's" and a couple of "shit"s aswell

dont mean it nog, nice meeting you...still say you should of kept the "nog fighter "

Grayo · « **Reply #172 on:** 03 August 2015, 01:16:06 pm »

Just been out to wash the collection of dead wildlife off the bike and I've got a feckin' puncture.

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #173 on:** 03 August 2015, 01:49:36 pm »

Quote from: Grayo on 03 August 2015, 01:16:06 pm

Just been out to wash the collection of dead wildlife off the bike and I've got a feckin' puncture.

I hope you read the small print before coming on this ride Grayo:

Article 3752g, Part 37: All punctures, breakdowns and general disappointment shall be the individual attendee's own responsibility

Grayo · « **Reply #174 on:** 03 August 2015, 06:31:19 pm »

I'm pretty sure that Sub Section 1a to Part 37 stated that "Any costs incurred from said punctures, breakdowns and general disappointments, shall be fully reimbursable by the organiser."