LOFO All day breakfast tour - (Take 2) 17th May

[midden]

Count me out, got car booked in for MOT tomorrow plus got work. 

[Kosmic Kartman]

There's a few classic go karts this year in the display area including one of Senna's old karts that I'm looking forward to seeing. He used to use the same engines as I ran, DAP T70 rotary valve with piston porting. My media passes turned up last week so now I'm counting the sleeps. As you say there are a quite few classic bikes being run in the display area as well. last year there were also a few GP bikes.

Apart from the Formula E race being staged in Battersea Park in June this year this is the only other competitive motorsport in London. If you've not been before see about going. Plenty for the kids to see and do as well.

[HarryHornby]

Anymore for anymore - roll up roll up for The Only Way Is Essex (via an all day brekkie and an ice cream).


Meeting 0900/0915 at the entrance to Thurrock Services for a 0930 mini depart to Saffron Walden, meeting in the carpark of Tescos, Saffron at 11.00 am for the Grand Depart


Any more takers......?

[mtread]

Google tells me there's a Tesco Superstore and a Tesco Extra in SW. I'm presuming it's the big one :-)

[Kosmic Kartman]

Head for the superstore. Radwinter Road CB10 2JP. Unless otherwise advised.

[red98]

Morning foccers......got to work this morning so not sure if ill make it, leaving work in cricklade ay 8.45 ish, should be home , high wycombe by10.15ish, then its a good hour to SW......what iam thinking of doing is riding the route the other way round and meeting you lot half way round.that is of course if you riding the route as it is in "britains best biking roads"....hope to see you all later, later...lf not have a good day, weather looks great this morning    :thumbup

[dazza]

Just walked through the door after a long night shift.
If I'm honest,  I think it would be foolish to put myself and others at risk through lack of sleep.
Have a good one Foccer's, don't forget the pics and ride safe.

[HarryHornby]

:thumbup  right decision Dazza, There will be other times    See you soon

[red98]

Only just got in  :\...best laid plans and all that......not worth me getting thd bike out now, will catch up with you lot another time, parhaps the margate meltdown next weekend  :thumbup........have a great day foccers and dont forget the piccies...

[Kosmic Kartman]

Good day had by all. Only a few scary moments. One when I got distracted by route sign, ended up on a pile of gravel and had to bail out of the corner. I managed to get round it in the end but ended up on the wrong side of the road. Happens to the best of us.

Second. I had to bail out early from the ride as my key fob started playing up and wouldn't disarm the alarm. Ho hum.

Whoever wrote the route from MCN... Your fired! What a load of bollox. "Straight on at cross roads and follow lane" It's a fuckin T juction. What lane? That's not the only error in the right up.

Anyway some sics from today.

2015-05-17 11.08.00 by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

2015-05-17 13.17.00 by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

2015-05-17 12.47.24 by Adrian Barnard. Trackart, on Flickr

[HarryHornby]

Back home, safe and sound.  260 miles today.


Thank you so much to Cosmic for leading today, I'll bin the Britain's best ride books, I don't think anyone has actually ridden or driven them, the directions were poor!


Only 4 of us made it in the end, but we had a great time and actually rode for longer than we ate! 


Pics to follow.


I had a nice Fazer sandwich on the way home, McLaren F1, ME, Lambo, Ferrari, Ferrari.  We had a little play down the M2.  I say we... they had a play I tried to keep up and join in 


Pics to follow.

[noggythenog]

Sounds like a good effort........whres the pics...???

[Estuarybiker]

Well done everyone!  Pleased it was good weather today as well.  Will try to get along to the next one

[Red Ceri]

Wasn't all bad, some good roads and good company, did around 200 miles in total and out for over 7 hours.


Looking forward to the next one




Forgot to thank HH for his persistence in getting the ride arranged, def deserved his cream tea at Finchingfield

[mtread]

Yep great day out, and good company, really enjoyed it. Two thous and two 600s, a good combination. Kosmic you missed some good cakes at Finchingfield. Had one scary moment myself when I overtook a car on a back road into Castle Hedingham and a lunatic on a KTM overtook me at the same time. Well it is summer .....

[Kosmic Kartman]

Shame about the cakes. I'd have loved to have stayed but didn't want to risk turning the bike off and not being able to turn it on again, as happened when I got home. Dohhh. The key fob seems fuct. Looks like the momentary micro switch is not returning to the out position. Had go and get the other key fob to disarm the alarm and start the bike. I nearly had to push the bike into the garage
:eek

I definitely made the right call to bail out. Still, I had a nice cold beer when I got in and thought about all the loose chippings in the road that nearly cost me two offs in one day.

[HarryHornby]

Sorry, I forgot about the pics, only a couple but here they are:





[size=2.65em]Regulation LOFO numberplates... LOFOs are GO!!!  [/size][size=1.45em]Lofo 3 and Lofo 4 ready to go.[/size]


ooooops, we went a bit posh with the "all day breakfast theme"  The quaintest biker "cafe I've even been to.

[Dead Eye]

Look at all you posh southerners with your cream tea and scones