Good Friday - Trip to the Isle Of Wight

P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

Well, due to it being a bank holiday weekend and as usual I had no plans, I decided to see if anyone was up for a ride to the Isle of Wight.
Ended up going with MrJoolz and J.M. both of which I'm sure will update this thread soon!

J.M. and myself felt it was probably better him getting here on Thursday as he is from near Leicester, so set him up for the night.

On Friday, out of bed and downstairs for 8am, met MrJoolz and headed off towards Portsmouth.
After the M25 and pulling onto the A3, we decided we had to pull over as it was damn cold.

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Grabbed a few quick drinks and then went on our way (after 15 minutes warming hands on exhausts Laughing

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Got to Portsmouth docks about 10.45, we were due on the 11am, but waited it out till the 11.30 sailing as nature was calling.

Once on the boat, we went upstairs to relax for the 40 minute journey Mr. Green

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Once we arrived, we headed off from Ryde to Cowes...where we visited many times, thanks iPhone. Wink

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Needed to fill up after the journey, so we headed off from Cowes to find a garage...after realising we were missing someone.
J.M's GS500 decided it didn't want to carry on and would rather sit there and not turn on. Laughing

Turned around, found J.M. and after he had fixed the bike we were ready to head off and catch up with MrJoolz.

Petrol seems quite expensive in the north parts of the IoW..

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From there we headed off towards Totland, many nice roads through there!
Branching off, we headed down "The Avenue" towards a T junction for Alum Bay or Ventnor, we chose the latter.

Good choice as the view was amazing on top of the hill.

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On the way to Ventnor through some really nice winding roads, we stopped at Blackgang Chine for a few minutes to clear the bugs from the visors!

Once we got to Ventnor, we saw that the parking standards were somewhere close to those of Stevie Wonder, and had to be a bit experimental!
Worth the ride though.. just for the following photos.

Some crazy ass waterfall :

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A road I really regret not trying to go down.

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The place where all my gym efforts would be wasted Mr. Green

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The lunch that would make the Bandit cry on the way home from excess weight gain!

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Couldn't quite finish it, but I did also have a bacon sandwich!

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After the food we headed along towards Shanklin and then up towards Ryde as time was getting on a bit.

Back on the ferry, we parked up next to another bike, stuck the steering locks on and went to chill.

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Totally knackered at that point, realising there was another 103 miles to go, we rested and were rudely disturbed saying we had unfortunately arrived back in Portsmouth.

Rolling of the ferry we rejoined all the motorways again and headed for home.

Thats pretty much it from me, but I must say a big thanks to MrJoolz and J.M. for the great day out, was real fun and really enjoyed it, both sound guys.

Biggest thanks go to Pete. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to go...he loaned me the Bandit and to be honest, I enjoyed every minute!

swampy · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Karma :

Looks like a fun day out Very Happy

. Should have popped in for a cup of tea on the Pompey side chap... Always welcome round here (only 5 mins from the A3)
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Irn-Bru · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Karma :

Looks like fun Thumbs Up

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EXC-Rider · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jun 2011 Karma :

isle of wight has some good roads go there alot i have family there but never taken a bike i plan to this summer
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Louise · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 May 2006 Karma :

Love the IOW for its roads.... Should go more considering its just over the water Thumbs Up

kawakid · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

How much does the ferry cost?
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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

J.M. · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Karma :

Cheers for the ride out mate, and putting me up for a couple of nights Very Happy

My bike's had quite an eventful few days... phone charger breaking... bike cutting out on the Thursday morning before leaving to meet paddy... running out of fuel on the M2... being bump started at 8am... breaking down in a car park... hopefully that's all over now

I've been laughing slightly at the fact that other than the lunch and the ferry, all my photos seem to be of bikes!

This was the 11am ferry that we were supposed to be catching. Paddy left booking his ticket too late though and he got booked on to the noon ferry. Turns out though, if you're on a bike, you just board whatever ferry you feel like and they just slot you on. We all took the 11:30 one in the end.
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I got a couple of nice shots from on the ferry itself:
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Once we got to the isle of wight, we just went riding. We ended up in this car park that Paddy mentioned. We stopped, took a few photos of the bikes and what was around us and started looking on MrJoolz's iPhone for somewhere to grab some fuel. We went past somewhere earlier (where we decided to fill up in the end), but wanted to avoid that place because of the price. The flats at the edge of the car park were amazing as well. Wouldn't mind one myself!

We set off for fuel and a matter of minutes later we ended up in the exact same car park, entering though a different entrance. We all pulled up, laughing, and joking that it was going to be like one of those horror films where you can't escape. MrJoolz mentioned about it would be good if we could mount the phone to the bikes, so we knew where we were going. "Great!", I thought; I had just finished setting up a phone holder/charger on my bike. I popped off the seat and got the case out. In the end we just decided that we could learn the route and did that. I put the phone case away and we all hopped back on the bikes. MrJoolz and Paddy fired up their engines, did their life savers and off they went. I flicked my ignition to on... nothing. Off. On. Off. On. Nothing, no lights, no ignition, the bike was dead.

I popped off the seat again and started trying to look what was wrong. My initial thought was the main fuse; but that was fine. I then had the great idea of checking if the Cyclone worked, the alarm armed and disarmed, even the remote start was working. At that point I knew exactly what the problem was, Paddy also arrived at about this point. My shoddy soldering on the ignition wires had broken. It was also the reason for the bike cutting out on the Thursday. Luckily I had brought a load of electrical bits and bobs and a knife with me, so I soon had a bodge fix done and all taped up for safety. After that, me and Paddy raced off to go and find MrJoolz, who was waiting for us at the petrol station.

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After filling up, the day was full of riding. Me and Paddy had managed a chocolate bar each thus far, after waking up too late for any breakfast. We didn't really care at this point though, the roads were great. There's only 1 police car on the island as well! Wink

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At least the photo of leaving the isle of white looks a bit miserable - makes me feel a little bit better about having to leave it Sad

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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

Cool - nice pics.

Nice to see the old Bandit getting used for more than the daily trudge..
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good Very Happy

swampy · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Karma :

Pete, it has to be said, you are something of a hero...
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Mrjoolz · Brolly Dolly Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Karma :

lol
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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

I hate photos... always makes you look either mental or like you touch kids.

Good photos though Thumbs Up

Mrjoolz · Brolly Dolly Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Karma :

iphone camera isnt too bad actually. You standing next to the bikes with your black visor down, looking menacing. lol
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cb1rocket · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Karma :

I did the IOW with a friend and yes its great place to run around on a small island!

Bet you all bombed it down Military road! Laughing

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cb1rocket · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Karma :

Would loved to have joined you guys, considering IoW from Brighton is nothing Sad

Next time you go, go to the Skullglass Inn, nice oversized meals in Ventor Very Happy

Mrjoolz · Brolly Dolly Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Karma :

Ventor was blinding. I think all the chippy's and bars etc, were in that location. The only thing we could find before that were tree's to P*ss behind. Smile

Wicked day out. Thank guys

Looking forward now to the May Day run !!! bring it on ! Surprised

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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

Mrjoolz · Brolly Dolly Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Karma :

you'll have your bike sorted by then wont you Mr P ?

Can you borrow one again ?

Else I'll give you a lift !
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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

Wont be able to fix and MOT in that short time, no Sad

pinkyfloyd · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Karma :

But Paddy you gotta come you wanted a go on my tractor.
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