Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Events/Meetings/Rideouts => Topic started by: timbo on June 07, 2019, 11:00:19 AM
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Apparently RE have a bit of a show on at the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch for six weeks from 1st of June. It is the launch of a new model of the trials bullet :)
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Update. Me and Pete (Crazyfrog), are going to meet up at Bromsgrove Railway Station at 10am on Thursday 13th June. Plan is to visit the RE display, sirte of the old factory, then proceed to the National Motor Museum at Gaydon for the day. Anyone else interested and available ?
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It looks like I should be able to get along.
Trevor
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Sadly I'm working or I would have come along to see the new trials bike. I think Johnny Brittain's bikes were some of the prettiest trials bikes of the era, however I think RE have done a poor job at a 'replica'. Sure they have the frame colour right and the tank looks good but they should have got rid of the casquette to make the front look lighter. Also from the pictures I've seen the front wheel looks to be a 19inch rather than 21.
As my school reports always said 'must try harder'.
Ian
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Hi Tim, I've just spoken to Martin and we should be able to join you, what time are you leaving your house?...as it's on the way for us.
Dave.
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Excellent Dave. I missed a call from Mart earlier. Im planning on leaving at 9am. Bromsgrove about an hour from me. Lets meet at the Riders Cafe, Quatt, a couple of miles outside Bridgnorth on the Kidderminster Road, for a cuppa if its open :)
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Sounds good...I know the cafe.
Dave.
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Excellent, turning into a real TC day out!
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Weather not great this week, but it looks like it may be ok for Thursday. Dave and Mart are keen to go to the National Motorcycle Museum after Redditch, rather than Gayden. I'm easy either way, as I want to visit both at some stage anyway ;)
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Yeah, I'm easy too. Been to the National Motorcycle Museum quite a few times before but it's always worth another visit...
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Trip cancelled due to adverse weather, and the fact that we are all big girls blouses ;D
What about next Monday instead?
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Count me in.
Trevor
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Is it same time same place, different day?...9am on Monday at Quatt?
Dave.
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That is the plan Dave. The cafe is open for breakfast from 8am, so we will have a spot of breakfast at 9, and then leave there about 9.30. Then on to Bromsgrove for before 10.30 at the railway station. Then Redditch, then probably NMM for 12 noon at the latest :)
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Sounds good...it finally stopped raining this morning, although I did get out cycling Wednesday evening without getting wet....wonderful.
Dave.
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Thanks for a great day out everyone. The day went really quickly and even the weather was kind to us. Hope you are feeling better now Trev and hope everybody got home safe and sound. :)
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Yes, it was a great day out, although getting from where I live to Bromsgrove in the Monday morning rush hour was a bit challenging.
I thought the display in Redditch was good, and the trip round the NMM was very good.
Feeling ok now. I think I was just tired and dehydrated. Didn't get much sleep Sunday night. Doddering old fart!
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Hi all, I too had a challenging ride to meet up with Tim and Martyn at Quatt...the Monday morning traffic was horrendous between Chester and Shrewsbury and people in cars and trucks don't like being overtaken....great to be on two wheels though.
The display at Redditch was surprisingly good, but the new RE Bullet trials looked a bit lardy and at 193kg is far too heavy.
The original at the NMM was 137kg (without lights)...progress eh?
220mile round trip for me on my old DR800.
Must meet up again sometime.
Dave.
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Thoroughly enjoyed the day out, and thank you Pete, for navigating us round some of your local B roads, and thus avoiding dual carriageways and motorways.
I don't think any of us knew what to expect in Redditch, but I was pleasantly surprised. Basically it was a pop up display in a shop unit in the shopping centre. However, it was very well done, with a mixture of old iconic models, and their current range of bikes, including the rather sexy V twin 838cc prototype, which I reckon will go into production. And I agree with Dave that the new trials styled Bullet was rather lardy!
I think we all found the NMM a bit overwhelming. There is just too much stuff to see and everything is almost better than new condition. In future my plan is to just pick one make, and just concentrate on viewing them, and nothing else. Interesting to see Johnnie Brittain's original trials Bullet, and be able to compare the obvious styling similarities with the new one.
Me and Pete then called into Hitchcocks for a nosey, as there are always some interesting bikes to look at, and we weren't dissappointed. We finished the day off with a thirst quenching pint in the Hollubush at Alcester, and i got home for just after 7pm.
During the day we also had a chat about future days out to interesting place in the greater midlands area, and came up with a list of about 40 in a matter of minutes! Preffered day will be Mondays or Fridays, so watch this space ;)