Tour of the Lake District - 4th/5th/6th August

[John C]

[Black Knight]

So did you finally get laid Spackie?
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Where does a turn end? 'Where you can do anything with the gas you want to, where you are brave again, where your attention is free from the turn, where you are sure you can do it better next time; that's the end' - Keith Code.

[John C]

Finished on 105 points.

[loply]

Did you send me a deposit Sparkie?

If not, you might want to ring the Ambleside Youth Hostel and try and book a room.

Drop me a PM if you need details.
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[John C]

[Black Knight]

Apologies to all but i'm going to be bowing out of this one. Just got too much on at the moment to be giving up a weekend.

Loply, don't know if Spacky has spoken to you yet but I've organised for him to use my existing booking for himself to save the cancellation.

Have a good time.

Rick.
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Where does a turn end? 'Where you can do anything with the gas you want to, where you are brave again, where your attention is free from the turn, where you are sure you can do it better next time; that's the end' - Keith Code.

[extreme3d]

You can't pull out.. you just can't... I say so!

[John C]

email sent to loply

[stinkwheel]

[loply]

Sparkie, what address did you email me on? Didn't receive anything...

Can everybody please post or PM to confirm they're able to make a 12pm, thats 12-noon, rendezvous time in Ambleside (TBC).

Also if everybody wants to PM me their mobile number, and add mine ( Rich) in case it's needed.
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[extreme3d]

[John C]

[loply]

Ahh, sparkie, I can't check that email any more. Can you PM me using the Forums internal PM system instead?
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[loply]

It's somewhere near here mate:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=LA22+0EU&ie=UTF8&ll=54.419373,-2.961781&spn=1.431943,5.075684&om=1

Not sure exactly where as the map is a bit poor, but we'll find it I'm sure.
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[John C]

Just to confirm how many will there be - Is it just us five now?

Loply - Extreme 3D - Me - Colin1 - Villers

[colin1]

I can no longer come, as I have managed to break my bike. If anyone extra wants to go, they can have my place that i booked.
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colin1 is officially faster than god

[stinkwheel]

[extreme3d]

We must take a detour to climb hardknott if that photo is anything to go by:

[John C]

[extreme3d]

[Dave_ZedDragen]

Its a shame ive only seen this now or i would have altered plans and come down this week but ive just got back from the lake district from this weekend past.

I agree with stinkwheel

I definately recommend wrynose and hardknott pass as its a very good riding challenge. There isnt much chance of pegs down through the corners . Single narrow track road carving through the valley/moor with tight tight steep steep downward and upward short hairpins. It started off just as a sheep trail as far as i have been told.

There is a campsite on the other end of harknott pass from Ambleside that i would recommend: https://www.fishergroundcampsite.co.uk/ pubs within walking distance, campfires and open to bikers

I also recommend a run up along Ulswater which is a nice road, then from Penrith going along the A686 to have a coffee at the famous hartside cafe: https://www.hartside.com/hartside.html

Have fun
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Dave_ZedDragen - (2005)Z1000

https://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt306/zeddragen/zeddragensig-1.jpg

[John C]

Since there aren't any detailed plans, it looks like we're just going to make this up as we go along.

Can someone bring a map? - I would but don't have a tank bag for the Thunderace yet.

[loply]

I'll bring a map and whatnot, and we'll decide where to go but obviouslly the famous mountain passes will be on the destination list.
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[Villers]

Got some V bad news Been struck down with a virus thats going round work which basically gives you the shits real effing bad for about 7-8 days. Friday is definately off. Saturday Im not sure as it depends on the studies carried out on friday. Can't believe this, I could always wear pampers under the one piece
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RS125 > CBR6 > SV650S > ZX636R > GSX1300RZ Hayabusa > 06 RSVR Mille > SV1000S > Street Triple 765 RS

[extreme3d]