25th 'Moto Clube Faro' rally - July 2006 - Faro, Portugal

[R4nger]

Reuben wishes to have a real life meeting to discuss the trip around Feburary/March time. Ovbiously we are far apart. Babyyams is very far up north and so is Nath so if everyone sort of went half way up the UK then they would not have to travel so far. Maybe at a motorway services.

[Nath]

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

Anything past Watford is north to us southeners.
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[R4nger]

Northern scum. We southerners are posh folk.

[Klause]

Indeed, chip chip.

I've decided im going to do it on my monster, 4000 miles you say ??
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[numark1]

I seem to have been bullied into this by R4nger. Could be a possibility just depends on the dates as i have a trip to Ibiza around that time.

If i bring back enough stuff from thailand in may or i can pester my parents then i may have a new bike to do it on. Otherwise it will be the ZZR.

I went to Portugal last summer and is wicked over there. They have loads of bikes and stuff.

[R4nger]

Video of Moto Clube Faro. This link is NOT WORK SAFE.

https://www.ineedwebspace.co.uk/bsh.wmv

[Barney]

Hey, the info in this post is really useful, I would love to do this trip! Im in huge debt as im a student at the moment, but if this sort of thing happens every year, count me in in 2007!
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[yambabe]

Well dunno about you lot but Miss Wimp 2006 has just booked her flights so if you make it I'll see you there!
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[R4nger]

Still saving for the ferry tickets. I am can't book them because I don't have the money and I am scared that they will be gone by the end of Janurary when I get paid because the dates are within the summer holidays

[Nath]

I shan't be booking my ferry tickets till a couple of weeks before I'm ready to leave. I'm starting to save up the money now - Should be going onto night shifts before the end of the year, putting aside £150 a week not including any overtime or second jobs
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[yambabe]

/edit : deleted due to late night posting without checking facts first, sorry guys
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[Mik_RX125]

How is everyones planning going? I've checked everything out and so far have found that the costs will be around £700-£800. That's including pretty much everything. But obviously I'll be taking a reserve just in case.

I have a code for P&O Ferries which gets you return tickets for Dover - Calais from £30. I know if you book it know it's only £55 return anyway on a bike, but still it's a saving. The code is 61418, and is from the Winter issue of What Bike?

I went to the Faro Rally last year and it was an absolute blast. Cheap, strong beer, 1.20 euro a pint, more bikes than you could shake a stick at, and the same goes for all the strippers, not that you'd want to shake a stick at them

There is a small village/resort about 2 miles from the camp site, with regular busses, and loads of space for parking up your bike. You get plenty of loonies doing all manners of stunts on the roads, but that just ends up being your entertainment as you relax with a beer on the sea front.

If you need one point of advise, then take the highest UV rated sun protection you can find. I used factor 30 this summer, and ended up in hospital being treated for sun burn, and blisters which came up all over my back, shoulders, neck and chest. I still have the scars, but I have learnt my lesson. Don't let the sun ruin a good holiday.

I have posted a few of my holiday snaps on https://www.125ccsportsbikes.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=14952. Just as a warning, not all the pictures are work safe, but the top pictures are fine.

Mik
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[R4nger]

Me and Klause's ferry is now booked

No going back now!

:edit

Going out on the 12th, returning on the 29th ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao and back again. 36 hour sailing time.

[Nath]

I am definitely still in. I have sitting in my bank account the sum of £1000, which is just under a third of what I'm looking to save up for my trip this summer. Even if something terrible should happen foiling my plans of a three month European tour, I already have enough cash safely banked to go just to Faro

This summer is going to be a memorable one, I can feel it
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[Mik_RX125]

I got quite a bit of money today, compensation from a accident a couple of years ago, which is going towards Faro. Just had to take a large chunk of it away to pay for my bike, then restrictors, insurance, but still have around £800 left, plus money I save between now and then.

Can't wait to set off. You never know, we might even bump into each other on the way, or there. If we post pictures of our bikes just before we go then it'll make spotting each other easier

Mik
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[yambabe]

Bugger that Mik, I shall be collecting mobile numbers before you all go so when you get there all hot & dusty & dry from the journey I will be waiting with a nice cold drink!

Well, so we can at least arrange to meet up for a couple of beers at some point anyway!
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[R4nger]

I got £0

Ferry costs alot. I have bought alot aswell and fixed my bike up.

Bought my insurance, breakdown cover, travel insurance, luggage and lots of other bits and bobs.

Also Mik, I dought spotting people just by there bikes Mobiles would be better but babyams.... don't call, text please because I don't own a goldmine

[Mik_RX125]

[Nath]

If we are all arriving at Faro on the same day, it might be a good idea to meet out of town first and then enter the rally site together. It'll probably be a bit difficult to locate each other in a city crammed with bikes.

Perhaps a meet up would be a good idea, come springtime (did we mention March before? It'll probably still be too cold I reckon).


Babyyam, will you be going to the Rat+Survival show in May? My cb550 rat project is now looking fairly motorcycle-shaped and I'm now pretty sure it'll run okay, so I should be taking it to the show. The debate is whether I use it for Europe. If it runs well after putting about 500 miles on it, I think I'll probably be daring and go for it. If not then I'll have to come up with a new plan. Some would say that I'm a bit barmy either way
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[yambabe]

We may well be doing the Rat & Survival this year, yes. It usually clashes with Speedfreaks at Santa Pod but Speedfreaks isn't on this year so R&S is looking like a distinct possibility.

Apparently my bike is scruffy enough to qualify....... .... must clean it at some point this century I reckon!
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[R4nger]

[Mik_RX125]

[quacker_boy]

anyone wanna take an 18 yr old guy pillion? preferably someone who rides fast and is a female and if not then i don't have much choice do i?
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[timhearn]

Gutted! Just looked at the dates and I fly out on holiday to Faro on the 24th, the day after it finishes!
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