riding from southampton to manchester on a 125.

[planet rider]

hi all me and mossey are riding to manchester next thursday on are 125's which is guna be lots of fun. have any of you guys got any tips so we get there in one piece. lol iam on a 2stroke and hes on a 4. so iam going to have to spend sh t loads on petrol. oh and we gota use all the A roads and we only got cbts. ive ridden to kent before on my bike which was fun but when i got off my bike i had dead legs so this time iam going to be stopping more often.
we are going to be leaving early moring so there wont be much around on the roads.

cheers
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[Zoffo]

Take a video camera. Thelam and Louise look out
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[lilredmachine]

Is mossey on a Hyosung comet?
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Many years ago I rode from Liverpool down to Winchester on a 125 (derestriction Honda MBX125, as a learner so no motorways). Not a problem. Stopped at a friends near Banbury for most of the afternoon mucking round on his farm (trying to get 30mph out of a CB50). Not a problem really.

Also used to ride from Nottingham down to Winchester and back most weekends on a 125 using A and B roads when I first moved up to the Midlands.

All the best

Keith
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[tintin]

Good luck, wear some comfy padded pants!
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[ginguar]

The furthest I have gone is about 180 miles on a 125. The only thing I would recommend is as you have planned, take plenty of rest breaks. Don't push yourself too hard, see it as fun rather than a mission to get there as quickly as you can. How long do you think it will take you? It took me 6 hours to get 180 miles but then I did stop for a meal on the way.

[Yeti]

remember to stock up everything before you go give the bikes a good service because they will need it doing that distance!

Take a flask of hot coffee. You'll epreciate when you start to get a bit chilly!

just take regular breaks and you'll be fine!

good luck! and enjoy it!

The good thing about taking A and B roads is there will be lots of twisttys lots more fun than monotonus motorway riding
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[chris___]

Sounds like its gonna be a fun trip! I've trying to talk my girlfriend into letting me ride the 120 miles from nottingham to norwich on my rxs100 can anyone give me some advice on how to make sure i get there!!

chris
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[planet rider]

hi all thanks for the replys

MarkR1 nice link however id get bored on a train its bad enough when i go to london on one let alone manchester. biking up there will be more fun

lilredmachine yep he will be on riding his Hyosung comet so heel make it with no probs.

Zoffo cant affored a video cam so unless mossey has one i think thats out.

Kickstart kool it just going to be the first long trip on my bike but iam sure we will make it.

tintin i think we will have too.

ginguar. well we have started to plan it we got directions off the aa route planner so we are going to go via that. ive got a set of radios that we are guna use so we can chat to each other and incase we llose each other lol. we do intend to stop every so often i cant be bothered to get there as quick as we can as i dont wana rag my bike too much. iam not sure how long it will take us its says it wll take 5hours 9 mins to get to the part were going to. but they will eather be reduced or somthing will go over that.

Yeti. yeah i intend to check every thing on my bike the day before and take the 10.12.13 spanners with me just in case and a few allen keys.

as for the coffee i dont think we will have any were to keep it as ive only got a small bag iam taking. i hope to enjoy it .

acer it wont take us that long lol. we will prob get there for 7am maybe

chris_biker it should be fun iam sure your g.f will let you in the end

ps if any 1 is in manchester and wants to meet up we will be up for it.
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[zxr400baby]

thursday the 28th?

[planet rider]

yep thats when were leaving.28th.
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[Blink]

That's one hell of a journey on a 125. Make sure you stay over somewhere nice the night you get there. You'll deserve it.

Hope to god they don't go pop!Best of luck to you both.
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[Yeti]

i dont wana sound like a nagging mother but make sure you take some kind of drink with you because you will get very de-hydraited if you dont wwhich = lack of concentration

and lack of concentration on a bike = very big bill aswell as the possobility of a legnthy stay in hospital!
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[Stu_666]

[quote="cagiva gezzer]There are things called service stations. Amazing places, you can buy petrol as well so you don't have to carry 30L in one go. [/quote]

Should'nt that have read 'Amazing prices'

[chris___]

[/quote]

What do you mean " I've trying to talk my girlfriend into letting me ride the 120 miles from nottingham to norwich". FFS man stand up for yourself [/quote]

hahaha. Dont you worry mate, I am doing. Shes just worried that the bike will fuck up on the way or I'll fall off bless her.
So what do you think the chances of me making it are?
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[moosey]

hi lads ive just had my bike serviced so i should be fine, i hope it will be a good weekend

[planet rider]

well we didnt got thismoring because moosey wanted to work. so were going tomorrow morining. 3am so will will prob get there for wen the shops open. are there any decent places to visit in manchester atall? and any 1 know ov any cheap places to stay.

daza
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