The trip started with my riding buddy Micky b arriving at mine on fri at 5.45am Yeah wtf i thought..
Obviously being retired now he's got fook all to do apart from get up early..
With the daunting thought of diversions & road closures around the A43 due to the f1 circus in town we eventually set of at 6.30 m27 A34
This is where it all starts to go wrong, just as we approach sutton scotney we meet up with 2 lanes of solid traffic, a quick run up the middle and we find road closure signs and diversions toward the a303 not a problem we thought until we realised it sent us completely the opposite direction. Iam running a standard tank and need fuel at 50mls in. Woooowa panic set's in where is the nxt fuel stop before we get back on track.. With this in mind i draw us to a halt and quick decision we head back for the a34 and a fuel stop near sutton scotney.
A quick ring to my missus revealed the cause was a rolled over car northbound. She up dated us on the route we need was the a303 for basingstoke m3 an m25 which also avoided the f1 circus..
Great so off we go nxt fuel stop fleet services.
Troubles for mick again & this time it was his neglence when refitting the reed block and forgetting a vital countersunk screw alowing air to be draw in causing mega week mixture and eratic running,once we plugged the hole with & m6 bolt all seemed good to go..
We made great time and hooked up on the a1 around midday heres a couple at fuel stops along there.
Nxt stop was chiggys as we couldnt get in the van till 3pm.
Once we eventually found his new emporioum we were greeted with a great cuppa an chat, 2 spark plugs and a reed plate manifold later we headed off to the beachcomber caravan park where our shared digs with mark (start me up) & vickie (It's all about me) were already waiting..
Mark doing a quick clensing after their run over from essex
Heres a few of our neighbours ( Cant help myself when its an S1)
Once in the van and changed, we were subject to several stretching excersises from vic.
Not to be outdone this was my foreign look.. Rather fetching i thought
With the scoots cleaned and ready for saturdays custom show Mark decides self clensing to be in order, while micky struts round in his hotpants
All Together at the end of the day we head off to relax for the evening, a few beers and some quality toons at the do.
Sat morning and vickies Boot camp excersises
Breakfast done and we head off to the parts fair which was excellent. Ur's truly snapped up a Origonal S1/2 front mudguard for £45 with no splits.
Chopper anyone
Hardcore campers had a damp night
Yep my s1 fetish strikes again, spotted this close to the custom area
After a quick look round the decision was made to head down town. Heres a few pics on route..
Oooooooooh Lush
I just had to get this
Shame the seats up
Micky points out the area on donna robinsons side panel where she had a close call with a Tank on the euro
Sue & Doms euro steeds
Snap !!!
Theres more
Not sure what the plastic magnetic darts were all about ??
Who likes a black chopper
Further down town i spotted these places.. Nice old skool signwriting
Need Tea so in we go
Saw this on the wall
Now watered we carryon towards town, heres some more on there way in/out
At rest
Nothing to see here
Should never be behind Bars
Down by the pier i caught these victims
1very trick Quad
I see no point in doing this conversion.
But i would give loadsa money for one of these bags or someone who could reproduce one for me
Tools out
Back at the van and Guess whos all smiles..
With the sat arrival of Rich and his riding buddy chris it was time to nosh. Thanks micky great spread.
Then some more bootcamp excersises
After all that mark crashes out.
Now i dont quite know whats going on here.. So rich spill the beans
Just 1 last pic on the way back home sun this drew into a fuel stop at northampton
A big thanks to Mark & Vickie for sharing there digs with us and putting up with the trumping..
Micky for being a great riding companion and cooking
Rich O & chris for drinking our beer, eating our food, and not donating towards it... Got ya
See you all at shipston
. As for the pic' with Vicki, well I think she was trying to send me into anaphalactic (spelling ?) shock by forcing peanuts on to me, lol. It was a truly great weekend with top mates. Mark needs to brush up on his footwork and I need to improve my stamina though.
