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Club House => Events/Meetings/Rideouts => Topic started by: Silverfox on July 05, 2021, 03:55:23 PM
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Ok - I have made contact with Mortons regard a club stand and im confident we will get one -soooooooooo who's up for it????
Usual rules apply - free weekend pass including camping if you show a bike - ideally arrive Friday afternoon (Saturday morning pre 9:00 at the very latest) you cant take your bike off the stand until 16:30 (ish) on the Sunday.
Refreshments provided for both days on the stand - possibly have pub food on the Saturday night!!!
I have asked for the balcony stand which can accommodate approx 8 bikes???? we can squeeze more on but it might get a bit congested - 6-8 I think would be ideal.
Currently there's 1 bike that's mine! Don't all rush at once............
Gareth
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Yes, yes, yes..... barring any covid rules that may change. Please count me in
Cheers, Michael
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Yes, yes, yes..... barring any covid rules that may change. Please count me in
Cheers, Michael
Yeah yeah yeah said the Beatles.....
I hope you'll put up with me for another weekend 🤔😁.
I'm sure I can find a bike or two somewhere in my garage that would be suitable. Would be lovely to see some "New Faces" ( no not Derek Hobson!!), But count me in please barring any sort of disaster.
Ian 👍
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right, yes, im in, i'll bring the harris matchless, itll be the first time ive ever brought a shiney bike. i may have to ask ian for advice on what polish bottles to bring........... ;)
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Fantastic news John - i know GC is keen to see the Matchless.
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5 bikes confirmed - keep them coming!
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Currently there's 1 bike that's mine! Don't all rush at once............
Gareth
Ok Gareth, in what form is your bike likely to be in when it makes a second appearance at Stafford ....it was a real conversation piece last weekend 🙄
Ian
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Ok Gareth, in what form is your bike likely to be in when it makes a second appearance at Stafford ....it was a real conversation piece last weekend 🙄
Ian
Please tell more, go on spill the beans 😉
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Ok Gareth, in what form is your bike likely to be in when it makes a second appearance at Stafford ....it was a real conversation piece last weekend 🙄
Ian
Please tell more, go on spill the beans 😉
Now that would be telling 😂😂😂😂
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Oh, you tease, never mind. I’m a man with patience (as you can probably tell with the tracker build🤣🤣🤣) I can wait until October 😉
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5 bikes confirmed - keep them coming!
up to 6 bikes now so 2-3 more would be great- if there are more interested parties then i'll not show my bike!!
Cheers
Gareth
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WOH.... steady on there tiger. You’ve GOT to show your bike, I didn’t manage to see it the other week. I did consider doing a covid test scheme that I’d dreamt up, then I thought the better of it and simply stayed at home and self isolated. 🤦???🤦???
Hence the reason I didn’t get, what was clearly the joy of seeing your bike Gareth. From memory the last time I saw it, it looked ok to me, so come on fill me in as to why it was such a talking point 🤷???
Cheers, Michael
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WOH.... steady on there tiger. You’ve GOT to show your bike, I didn’t manage to see it the other week. I did consider doing a covid test scheme that I’d dreamt up, then I thought the better of it and simply stayed at home and self isolated. 🤦???🤦???
Hence the reason I didn’t get, what was clearly the joy of seeing your bike Gareth. From memory the last time I saw it, it looked ok to me, so come on fill me in as to why it was such a talking point 🤷???
Cheers, Michael
A lot has happened since you last saw my bike- I have sold all my bikes apart from a Honda C90 which i will be restoring over the winter - I invested the money into an MG Midget! Never had a classic car before so thought we'd have a dabble - Liz loves it so its something we can both enjoy. I will however look to get another bike maybe next year, it will be something that i really want - so i just need time to decide what that might be!!
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A lot has happened since you last saw my bike- I have sold all my bikes apart from a Honda C90 which i will be restoring over the winter - I invested the money into an MG Midget! Never had a classic car before so thought we'd have a dabble - Liz loves it so its something we can both enjoy. I will however look to get another bike maybe next year, it will be something that i really want - so i just need time to decide what that might be!!
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Ahhh.... I see, great choice of classic car I must say. Apart from a completely “roofless” original mini, complete with an Arden 8 port head (which I WILL build one day😉) the midget is the car I’d also choose, closely followed by a frog eyed sprite. Plus a C90 is DEFO cool as. If you’re ever thinking of parting with it please give me first shout on it Gareth 🤞😉.
Look forward to seeing the “thumpette “ in October.
Cheers, Michael
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This is the look I'm hoping we will see in October ...🙄
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Is that a "Fa**y pad"? :-X The colour is Lurverly! 8)
Good health and don't overheat, Bill
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Too soon Ian, maybe next year!
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Yes please Gareth,
I would love to come in October but will only be a boring XBR (I mean it, it will probably be the one I still haven't finished building) but it might be the one I had last time. I quite understand if you want something more interesting and will give way with grace (no idea who grace is though) if so.
I'd really like to build something interesting but very much doubt if I will have the time before October and I would definitely not be coming if I bought something more interesting before then! I dread to think what "she who must be obeyed's" reaction would be if I came home with another bike.
Thanks again for all the organising Gareth.
Cheers,
Richard.
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Thanks for your continued support, more than happy with whatever you want to bring. I'll add you to the list.
Hanks
Gareth
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We now have 7 bikes confirmed still looking for a couple more if anyone is interested.
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I have today received confirmation that we have a club stand for the show in October - we have 7 confirmed but could accommodate 2-3 more bikes if anyone else is interested.
Gareth
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Possibly Gareth, but the Mrs has pencilled in a short holiday sometime in early October, and due to her work commitments, I have to fit in with when she can get the time off. I'll let you know...
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Be good if you could make it. I only need a few days notice to get the ticket out to you.
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Wooohoooo, another show 😁. Can't wait. Hope there aren't many punters he he. It was lovely at the last one. At least we could move around pretty freely but I imagine Morton's will be selling as many tickets as possible to overflowing. Just look after yourselves boys and girls!
Michael.....are we going to see the flat tracker🙄?
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Wooohoooo, another show 😁. Can't wait.
Michael.....are we going to see the flat tracker🙄?
Yes indeedy you are Ian, I’ve got it built up to the point where it looks like a bike. Got the newly painted tank back the other week, a much better job this time round. Looks like I asked for it to look like. It’s not running and there’s no brakes (so I’ll defo need hand pushing it up and taking down the big ramp to the stand) I’ve not finished the exhaust yet but have again got it looking half decent for the show. Looking forward to the show and catching up with everyone..oh and obviously talking BOOCKS 😉👍...
cheers, Michael
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gareth, if you are needing other bikes, i can fetch another in the van, one of the bsas or perhaps even my tuned 75mph honda step thru? it will fit in with the matchless spacewise so if you need it, let me know. how are you sending tickets out? do you want my address? im away to scotland this weekend for a week but will be back the following week, im planning to run down to stafford on friday morning if only so i can have the experience of not being on the last minute rushing up to beat the closing doors on friday evening for a change!
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and heres an uncharacteristic dilemma for me, im having to go out tomorrow and buy some polish for the matchless, ive never bought polish before, its quite a new sensation, i dont think ive ever taken an even remotely shiney bike to stafford before, and the matchess is certainly shinier than anything else ive loaded into my van for the show. ive even dug out the long sonce forgotten half tube of autosol and polished the front mudguard! i think i must be sick or something.....
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and heres an uncharacteristic dilemma for me, im having to go out tomorrow and buy some polish for the matchless, ive never bought polish before, its quite a new sensation, i dont think ive ever taken an even remotely shiney bike to stafford before, and the matchess is certainly shinier than anything else ive loaded into my van for the show. ive even dug out the long sonce forgotten half tube of autosol and polished the front mudguard! i think i must be sick or something.....
Ha ha ha... brilliant. It’s show fever taking hold John 😉
Ps.. the tuned step thru sounds cool 👍
Cheers, Michael
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Dangerous stuff that Autosol! Next, you'll be buying a mop attachment for your drill...😎🤪??
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ive already got a rotary buffer but i use it for polishing the bottom of the canoe......
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gareth, if you are needing other bikes, i can fetch another in the van, one of the bsas or perhaps even my tuned 75mph honda step thru? it will fit in with the matchless spacewise so if you need it, let me know. how are you sending tickets out? do you want my address? im away to scotland this weekend for a week but will be back the following week, im planning to run down to stafford on friday morning if only so i can have the experience of not being on the last minute rushing up to beat the closing doors on friday evening for a change!
That would be good of you could bring another bike - entirely up to you - i do like the sound of 75mph step thru!!!!
Can you PM your address and i will send them out, when they arrive.
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Well that’s almost a unanimous vote John. Well two of us at least like the sound of you bringing the tuned step through 😉...
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Get there early enough on Friday and you can take it up the bypass! (Not a euphemism)
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you can take it up the bypass! (Not a euphemism)
🤣🤣... ooo eerr, more tea vicar.
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Can everyone who will be showing a bike on the stand at Stafford provide me with their vehicle details - apologies for the short notice, but Mortons require the info by 27th and im going away this weekend!!!!
Cheers
Gareth
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Evening Gareth.. I’ll be bringing the XBR tracker, matte red tank with black stripe, matte black seat, no reg plate on at the moment. If you require the frame number just let me know and I’ll forward it on to you asap.
Cheers, Michael
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I have booked a table for up to 8 of us at the www.knotandploughpubstafford.co.uk on the Saturday night at 6:30 if anyone is interested.
G
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I have booked a table for up to 8 of us at the www.knotandploughpubstafford.co.uk on the Saturday night at 6:30 if anyone is interested.
G
yes, sounds like a plan. i shall have a selection of ales in the cooler in the van alongside a range of rums from across the globe for your perusal on friday eve!!
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Can everyone who will be showing a bike on the stand at Stafford provide me with their vehicle details - apologies for the short notice, but Mortons require the info by 27th and im going away this weekend!!!!
Cheers
Gareth
hi gareth, im bringing a 95 honda innova 125 thats been mildly tuned....(150cc big valves high lift cam big bore exhaust and accelerator pump carb,)
and 1987 harris matchless g80 500cc thats believed to be the earliest harris matchless in the world, being the second one ever built (the first one went to the usa and has disappeared) it was delivered from harris to the commanding officer of the royal signals corps white helmets motorcycle display team, and has been partly restored and is undergoing further improvement work.
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I have booked a table for up to 8 of us at the www.knotandploughpubstafford.co.uk on the Saturday night at 6:30 if anyone is interested.
G
Yes I’d love to join you if there’s room... thanks 👍
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The Harris sounds interesting John, look forward to seeing that
Cheers, Michael
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Hello Gareth
I will be bringing my XBR but not sure which one yet. Do you need any more details?
Also, I would like to join the Saturday night trip to the pub please.
Many thanks for organising this again.
Cheers
Richard
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Gareth,
Usual Yamaha SRX-4
Ian
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The Harris sounds interesting John, look forward to seeing that
Cheers, Michael
Me too. Shame we won't be able to hear it.
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The Harris sounds interesting John, look forward to seeing that
Cheers, Michael
Me too. Shame we won't be able to hear it.
its a pretty muted duff duff sound tbh. remember these were a production bike so needed to get through the same c+u regs as any production bike, so proper lights, reflectors, silencer, all the stuff that you need to make a production run rather than a one off. so its a big stock exhaust made aparently by lafranconi?? and its more like the sound of a stock xbr than a thundering classic brit single.
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Mortons are dispatching the tickets today so should be with me Wednesday - i will get them out asap.
Gareth
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Thanks once again for sorting
Ian 👍
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Ditto that. Thanks for sorting it all out Gareth 👍
Cheers Michael
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So far so good!!!! :o
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We still have space for 1 or 2 more bikes if anyone is interested.
Gareth
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Guys - never been inside the Bonhams Hall for the auction, so me and GC have decided to purchase a programme which will get us entry - happy to let anyone else use it if they want a nosey!
Gareth
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Guys - never been inside the Bonhams Hall for the auction, so me and GC have decided to purchase a programme which will get us entry - happy to let anyone else use it if they want a nosey!
Gareth
Might be a bit of an eye opener Gareth. I will probablytake you up on the option. Will gladly share costs
Ian
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I can't make it for the weekend I'm afraid but hope to get up and say hi at some point during the weekend. 🤞
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It would be good if you can make it - the coffee will b on!
Gareth
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Yes.. hopefully you can make it Saturday or Sunday Pete. 🤞🤞
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Saturday will be my first visit to the show.
Do traders operate on a cash basis or card?
I’m thinking I need to bring both as hoping to pick up some Cb250rs bits.
Cheers chaps,
Kev
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Saturday will be my first visit to the show.
Do traders operate on a cash basis or card?
I’m thinking I need to bring both as hoping to pick up some Cb250rs bits.
Cheers chaps,
Kev
Hi Kev, depends on whom you are dealing with. The bigger traders normally accept cards/cash, but in July, cards were the order of the day. The smaller one man bands are usually cash only. I'm sure you will get a lot of the bits you will be looking for. Hope you are going to pop onto the Thumperclub stand and introduce yourself. There will be a warm welcome and a hot cup of coffee waiting for you
Cheers Ian 👍
PS Hope to see you at some point over the weekend Pete!
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and quite often theres a cash machine on site somewhere. iirc it was a mobile unit in a van last time parked near the entrance gate.
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Guys - never been inside the Bonhams Hall for the auction, so me and GC have decided to purchase a programme which will get us entry - happy to let anyone else use it if they want a nosey!
Gareth
That would be really interesting. I would love a look. I know the catalogue is expensive so I will be happy to contribute..
Cheers
Richard
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Saturday will be my first visit to the show.
Do traders operate on a cash basis or card?
I’m thinking I need to bring both as hoping to pick up some Cb250rs bits.
Cheers chaps,
Kev
Hi Kev, depends on whom you are dealing with. The bigger traders normally accept cards/cash, but in July, cards were the order of the day. The smaller one man bands are usually cash only. I'm sure you will get a lot of the bits you will be looking for. Hope you are going to pop onto the Thumperclub stand and introduce yourself. There will be a warm welcome and a hot cup of coffee waiting for you
Cheers Ian 👍
PS Hope to see you at some point over the weekend Pete!
Ian,
Thanks for that.
Look forward to hopefully meeting up on Saturday then.
Cheers,
Kev
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Richard - always looking for people to chip in!!! Im quite excited at seeing what's on offer!
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guys - can you ping me a message when you've received your vehicle pass.
Cheers
Gareth
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Not long home (5:45pm) after another brilliant weekend at Stafford. Thanks once again to Graham and Gareth especially but thanks also to everyone else who donated their machines to use on the stand for the weekend. Nice to see Michael again and yes the flat tracker exists 😉.
Cheers Ian 👍🏍?👍
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Yes, same here. Just got back after as Ian says a brilliant weekend, great to catch up with everyone and a massive thanks to both Gareth and Graham for all their, organising, hard work and hospitality. Top stuff, thanks chaps. Err, what d’ya mean the tracker project exists, not only does it exist but it also has the worlds first gravity defying front mudguard 😁😉.
Looking forward to next year.
Ps.. best of luck to Richard with the trident 🤞
Cheers, Michael
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Thank you Gareth and Graham from me too.
Especially as you supplied me with the full glamping experience! Sorry again that I was so involved with talking to my long lost friend, Fred, that I left you two to break camp and didn't help.
It was a very enjoyable weekend and you even organised the weather for a good ride home. Strangely I was riding for over 60 miles, from the A50, with another bike. He would pass me then a few miles later I'd pass him. The odd thing was that he was as thorough at observing speed limits as I am so we were never more than a few hundred yard apart. Eventually he pulled into a layby after Lincoln, so I stopped to find out where he was from. He was Max and had been at the show with the Bandit club and lives in Skegness! I will be contacting him.
All in all an odd but very enjoyable weekend.
Thank you as well, Gareth, for the lovely breakfasts and supply of food and Graham for the continuous supply of coffee and tea.
I will do more next show, I promise!
Anyone fancy the winter show? Camping in February! That would be fun for us softies who haven't done the Elephant!
Thanks also to Michael, Ian,John and Steve for the amazing banter and interesting bikes.
Cheers chaps
Richard
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When everyone has had a chance to draw breath, any chance of a few pics? Pics of gravity-defying mudguards especially welcomed?😁
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I'd just like to thank Ian, Michael, Steve, John, Richard and GC for a cracking weekend at Stafford - as always lots of visitors to the stand and a step closer to what appears to be normality. I will of course look to book for next year so keep the 1st/2nd weekend of October free. One of the highlights for me was the gravity defying mudguard - confused a lot of people and embarrassed some!!!!
If anyone has any interest in the other Shows then let me know - of course we can't do it without the loyal members who show their bikes, however we are always looking for new additions.
Take care all and look forward to catching up at the next show, wherever that may be!
Gareth
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A few photos, sorry for delay
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A couple more, hope the files arent too big.
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Thanks for the pics, Ian 👍 I always wondered what the TC stand looked like.
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Yes thanks for popping the photos up Ian. I notice that the first one must have been taken before the “worlds first gravity defying mudguard “ made it’s appearance 🤣🤣😁
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Dear All
Just had a notification from the covid app that I have had close contact on the 10th and need to get a PCR test. Did anyone else get a notification?
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Morning Richard. No I’ve not been “pinged” not yet at least. Hopefully your test comes back negative. I assume you’ve had both your jabs
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Thank you, just been for test.
I guess it wasn't on the stand then. My worry is that it might be my long lost friend Fred who I suspect may be vulnerable. Fingers crossed it isn't.
Cheers
Richard.
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I know its a long way off but just seeing if there's any appetite for 2022 shows at Stafford
Stafford Classic Bike Shows
23-24 APR 2022
15-16 OCT 2022
Thoughts on them both please????
Gareth
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I'm up for both please. Might even persuade my boy Sam to get his Velo somewhere near ready. Need an engine first though.
Thanks Gareth.
Richard
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Ah but Richard, surely by then you’ll be riding something with two pots to many. A trident 😉🤞
Yes Gareth I’ll defo be up for the April one, so long as my darling wife doesn’t whisk me away as a surprise for my which is April 19th😉.
Hopefully have the tracker moved on a touch more too, exhaust finished and tidied up. Oh and the “worlds first gravity defying mudguard “ might have brackets by then. Unless I can figure out a way to actually make “the worlds first gravity defying mudguard” 🤣🤣🤦???.
Then come the October show I might have the XBR engined rs250 on it’s way.
Cheers, Michael
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One thing I can certainly say, Michael, is that I will always have at least one XBR on the road. The only downside if I get the trident is I will have to do that before I do my poor copy of your tracker.
Cheers,
Richard.
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I would like to be considered for either or both shows Gareth. You never know I may even have a different thumper by then for one of the shows.
Ian
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Looking forward to them already 👍
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Me too.
Just had the result of my PCR test which was negative.
Cheers
Richard
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Me too.
Just had the result of my PCR test which was negative.
Cheers
Richard
Great news Richard.... onwards and upwards now then. You’ve got a trident to track down and secure 👍🤞
Cheers, Michael
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Thanks Michael. Yes, I've emailed Fred but not had a reply yet. It did sound like he keeps himself insanely busy though, and he is quite a bit older than me.
Cheers
Richard
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Morton's have booked us in for the April show at Stafford, i will start a new thread later and I'm hoping for plenty of interest.
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Good news Gareth, hopefully count me in. Especially as we might be able to rub shoulders with someone famous on the stand. We’ll be able to say, “yeah we knew him BEFORE he became famous” 😁😉
Cheers, Michael