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[vespa]

How was it?

[banger san]

Originally Posted by vespa

How was it?

Great fun, weather perfect, bloody hard work and feeling a bit stiff today

[bally71]

Totally awesome day

bit too many B roads for my liking but other than that couldn't fault it for a good time

Forgotten how much I loved the muddy stuff ...

Watching Andy B slowly destroy his bike over the day was the icing on the cake .. until he got lost .. and that was the hundreds and thousands and the cherry

oh and crowbarring the KTM 450 off matt .. and finding out that the "beast" was actually the most user friendly bike there .. and it had heated grips too ... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

oh .. and riding through puddles to soak people .. makes me **** my pants

here's to having daft crashes and falling off without hurting yourself and smashing your bike to bits .. and fixing stuff with the heel of your boot

and a very big hurrah to Miles for organising the whole thing

I'm hoping we make it an annual event


hows about this for next year ....
http://www.redtread.com/lads_long_weekend.html

[mat2hew]

I can't wait to do it again, Don't think the Mrs would let me go to Spain without her though.

I did quietly chuckle to myself when he said sometimes groups of freinds try racing each other and that's when accidents happen.. so don't race!

Would you expect US not to race?

[mat2hew]

I have learned that 450's are better than 250s and KTMs are better than Honda's.

That is just from a me riding point of veiw, I don't know of care about reliability or running costs or anything like that.

I didn't try the 'girls bike' because Badger wouldn't get off it.

[milesaway]

Originally Posted by mat2hew

I have learned that 450's are better than 250s and KTMs are better than Honda's.

That is just from a me riding point of veiw, I don't know of care about reliability or running costs or anything like that.

I didn't try the 'girls bike' because Badger wouldn't get off it.

Reliability good and running costs much less on honda xr like mine and worth looking at- air cooled + less stressed engine- less power but heaps of torque- totally adequate most for kinds of non serious stuff- avoid full mx version of honda crf- expensive top end rebuilds a certainty

[milesaway]

Thanks to all who came along and made it great fun weekend- didn't mean to soak anyone in huge puddles or start andy's day of diving on the ground before breakfast was even over (honest)

Glad everyone enjoyed it and great the weather was on our side
Think just about everyone fell off at some point and no one hurt themselves (much) and got a feel for it by the end of the day
Be happy to do it again anytime it's not frozen or snowing

Thanks for welcoming nicki into the fold- she had a really good day and kept the pace impressively I reckon

Look foreward to seeing any pics and scott's vid- shame i didnt have a helmet cam too coz had cracking view of three comedy falls from andy

[Si1208]

It sounds like you all had a blast ! I wish I had saved some leave... but hey ho!

For what it's worth, I did a 5-day tour with Redtread Spain, and it was brilliant. They cater for all levels - even total noobs like I was at the time. I gather there has been a change of management since then, so I don't know how that has gone, but the location and the terrain are excellent

[badgerpilot]

Originally Posted by mat2hew

I didn't try the 'girls bike' because Badger wouldn't get off it.

Nobody wanted her first thing did they??

I got kind of attached to her by lunchtime so all you 250 an 400 never enjoyed the thrills of clutch slip any time you got near full revs!
2nd or 3rd gear was all you needed until you wanted to go fast or up a hill.

[Bimjob]

Well I've succumbed. Just bought a crf250. Went for a quick 10 minute blast this morning down my local green lane and bumped into a nutter and great bloke called ginge who proceeded to take me out hooning around mud plugging at ridiculous speeds. I didn't get home for hours and got a bit of stick off the mrs as she thought or maybe hoped I was dead in a ditch somewhere. Anyway I only crashed twice which is quite good by Blomfields standards! I think that Welshpool trip has given me a great winter hobby. I haven't laughed so much in ages but Im not sure I will be able to walk tomorrow!, :-)