Southport

andyberg wrote: Bird wrote: andyberg wrote: Bird wrote: ell, I didn't see you but I did shake two guys hands who were on RSVs, neither were called Andy  One seemed happy to see me, one not so much lol. I parked at front of the park nr road for about 1/2 hour ,had a wonder round...Is yours the Touno with MIVV pipes, had agood look at that...Not overly keen on Southport, prefer Rivvy n Devils etc Yeah, that's mine  looked good...dunno how to post a pic here of mine tonight?

Jim27 wrote: Lol I was the guy in the bright yellow hoody on the *ahem* "rough around the edges" Mille lol. Like I said, put her back together as a project. Clocked your bike as soon as I parked up as I've ogled your MIVV Suonos on here before lol so recognised it straight away (which is why I knew who you were - NOT because I'm a stalker! ). Was meeting a few friends at Southport but had to get to the Scotch for 7:30, hence made tracks PDQ when I realised we were almost gonna be late. Looked around to say cheerio as I was putting my lid on but couldn't see you.

It's the .net forum, not the .co.uk

From what people have said who've mistakenly signed up to the .co.uk forum it's a good place to discuss the finer points of train spotting and the handling characteristics of a 1960's Enfield bikes etc. but definitely not the social biker hub that they'd hoped it to be

If I'm being morbidly honest the main reason I went for a bright coloured hoody is that if you're wearing black leathers and come off the bike and find yourself lying on a black road it's too easy to blend in visually, with a car/van/wagon driver only realising you're lying there when they suddenly wonder why they've just driven over a sleeping policeman whilst looking at the mangled wreck of a bike at the side of the road... Same logic applies to people just not seeing you in other instances too though. My other half was showing me the same hi-viz material is available but in t-shirts too, so will probably get a similar oversized t-shirt for summer :)

There was definitely no BBQ going on at the Scotch last night, which is daft if you ask me because people rode out, ended at the Scotch and had a burger/sausage etc. and stayed there until 10pm+ (meaning lots of trade for the pub). The brewery shafted the previous landlady (Paula) just recently and installed a new landlord, who's ditched the BBQ (they used to let the local scout group run the BBQ and keep the proceeds as a donation to keep them running, with the pub making its own money on the drinks). It's daft because people jump on their bikes straight after work without having any tea. They get to the Scotch, have one drink then go on somewhere else for food about 8-8:30pm, meaning the pub loses loads of business from 8pm until close, where previously they were serving non-stop until gone 10pm+. Ah well...

I did see a chap at the carousel with a blue anodised walking stick so am guessing that might be the ZZR1400 chap you mentioned? We used to have a member on NWB who was ex-forces and had lost his left arm and lower leg in Iraq, who rode an adapted R1. It was mint - he had a hook on a prosthetic arm and fitted some sort of gimbal on his left clip-on so just snapped his hook into that and locked it on place lol. His riding was better than an awful lot of other members so full credit to the lad!

Jim27 wrote: It's the .net forum, not the .co.uk From what people have said who've mistakenly signed up to the .co.uk forum it's a good place to discuss the finer points of train spotting and the handling characteristics of a 1960's Enfield bikes etc. but definitely not the social biker hub that they'd hoped it to be If I'm being morbidly honest the main reason I went for a bright coloured hoody is that if you're wearing black leathers and come off the bike and find yourself lying on a black road it's too easy to blend in visually, with a car/van/wagon driver only realising you're lying there when they suddenly wonder why they've just driven over a sleeping policeman whilst looking at the mangled wreck of a bike at the side of the road... Same logic applies to people just not seeing you in other instances too though. My other half was showing me the same hi-viz material is available but in t-shirts too, so will probably get a similar oversized t-shirt for summer :) There was definitely no BBQ going on at the Scotch last night, which is daft if you ask me because people rode out, ended at the Scotch and had a burger/sausage etc. and stayed there until 10pm+ (meaning lots of trade for the pub). The brewery shafted the previous landlady (Paula) just recently and installed a new landlord, who's ditched the BBQ (they used to let the local scout group run the BBQ and keep the proceeds as a donation to keep them running, with the pub making its own money on the drinks). It's daft because people jump on their bikes straight after work without having any tea. They get to the Scotch, have one drink then go on somewhere else for food about 8-8:30pm, meaning the pub loses loads of business from 8pm until close, where previously they were serving non-stop until gone 10pm+. Ah well... I did see a chap at the carousel with a blue anodised walking stick so am guessing that might be the ZZR1400 chap you mentioned? We used to have a member on NWB who was ex-forces and had lost his left arm and lower leg in Iraq, who rode an adapted R1. It was mint - he had a hook on a prosthetic arm and fitted some sort of gimbal on his left clip-on so just snapped his hook into that and locked it on place lol. His riding was better than an awful lot of other members so full credit to the lad!

Give us a shout when ya bikes fixed Daz and we'll all go up ?,just taxed mine so we are rearing to go,quiet pipe is still on though 

Not tonight but planning on a visit next week.

Will do John.

Dazzer wrote: Southport this Wednesday anyone?

just checked weather and it looks sunny

Unless it's pissing down I'm up for it. Maybe on the Green Meanie though!

I'll go even if its raining i'll just ride even slower

hate the stuff

so do i but i think it does your riding some good lol but hate cleaning the bike after