cg 125 in Carlisle - Return to Hornsea

[geekmong]

Hi all, I lent my son who lives in Carlisle my old W reg cg 125, to ride through summer for work till he starts uni again in September. I put it in a rented transit in March and drove the 170 miles which cost me the best part of £120, and I had to do it in 12 hours to get the van back.

However the time is approaching for me to pick the bike back up and I can't decide how to return the beast for my winter commute.To save cash I thought I am either going to go up on the train and slowly ride back at 50 mph stopping every hour for a fag coffee etc. Otherwise I might go up in my old 03 plate celica, drop the forks, drain the fuel/oil , take off the foot pegs and jam it in the back with the seats down. Both will cost about the same and my time is free.
I will ensure the cg has fresh oil, adjust chain, tyre pressure etc,if I decide to ride I am quite competent with the spanners.
I will go with the majority, unless there are other suggestions, so please let me know what you think.

[Itchy]

This:

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=199226

GSXR in a Renault Clio.

A CG125? piece of cake.
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[Spudly]

Ride it home. Take a camera, enjoy the day.
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[thomp1983]

id make a weekend of it, ride it over to newcastle then follow the coast roads back stopping as you like

[Dave70]

Another vote here for riding it.

Just wait for a nice sunny day and make the most of it.

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[Northern Monkey]

4 1/2 hrs via Alston and the North York Moors. Sounds like a jolly day out. Making a weekend of it is huge overkill, its only 6 hrs at 125 speeds

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Carlisle,+Cumbria,+UK/Hornsea,+East+Riding+of+Yorkshire,+UK/@54.5946761,-2.0113278,8z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m15!1m1!1s0x487ce1df3eee6b0f:0x5c0a43b6ba15682d!2m2!1d-2.932931!2d54.892473!3m4!1m2!1d-2.2408101!2d54.7669995!3s0x487db4b46d8b83a3:0x412c8b842b9f2e49!3m4!1m2!1d-0.545443!2d54.389266!3s0x487f3dcac5dab3a9:0x1290a228387dd375!1m5!1m1!1s0x4878a554fb8082d5:0x69cb1c67e24ea245!2m2!1d-0.173953!2d53.9104!3e0
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Fisty: after polishing the tank with the glistenng beads of sweat from my full hot scrotum, I filled the headrace bearings with 10cc of my manmilk

[mudcow007]

plus if you ride it you will save a fortune, it will only use about £2.86 of petrol anyway

saving you £117

[Mudshark]

yup another vote for ride it back, try and pick a decent day weather wise
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[woo]

ride and do that google map route it looks fab!

buy some helmet speakers and listen to music it will make it even better
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[dodsi]

Wayhay my home town gets a mention, good olde northallerton!

amazing roads, around there actually miss them a lot, nearly as much as Sean Combs misses the notorious BIG.

[Northern Monkey]

You can stop at the bongo in Northallerton for a pint and a fight
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Fisty: after polishing the tank with the glistenng beads of sweat from my full hot scrotum, I filled the headrace bearings with 10cc of my manmilk

[geekmong]

well thats it, the decision has been made , I will ride back, and take pics. I shall use the map provided on here. Thanks to you all.

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