Gumball 3000, May 14th Trafalger Sqr

[Reevo8]

Is anybody going down to watch the opening ceremony, and look at the supercars this year?

I know I am, My father and I will be there on an 03 R1, and an uber loud CBR400rr NC29.

Jon B may be coming along too. There will be numerous exotic cars, one of the confirmed is a 05 Merc SLR, and large amounts of ferraris, Lambo's and Porsches.

The flag will drop at 6pm, and I may be tempted to give chase for a couple of hours .

as I said the start place is trafalger square, and there should be a small parade heading there around mid day. They raqcers/ralliers will be arriving at the Hilton Trafalger the night before for a party. And as some of the guys are fairly nuts, I am sure you could race them on litre sportsbikes just for the comparison, and they would give it there all.
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[Reevo8]

Mods, please move, my small brain failed to read general bike chat at the top of the forum page.
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[Git]

Oh yes, I'm there, passenger in dodge viper

[tokarev]

Well, thats only 10 minutes of travel for me on the bike, so i may attend depending on my exams. If i do then im the Rossi rep NSR.

But where will you park the bike? It will probably be well packed out.

[JonB]

I'm going. Yarrrrr.
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[feef]

Where's the best place to go, when, what time, parking etc...
I 'd love to go, and maybe go on the bike down from Cambridge... but I doubt I'll get into trafalgar sq..

Any "locals" got any suggestions,recommendations?

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[Korn]

It's a mate's birthday that day so a few of us are going down to watch this then out for a bit of a pissup in town. I'm not the one organising so don't know any of the details though...
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[Reevo8]

[JonB]

If there are quite a few of us perhaps we can meet somewhere before London and go in together.
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[The Tot]

Parking, trafalgar square???? You must be having a laugh - if you want to park- the STRAND - i.e. in front of bush house/temple has got fook loads of bike parking spaces there and it's never at 100% capacity during work days anyway. I might be up for it as i'm pretty much local. I know there's a few bike parks near Picadilly ends or near the National Art/Portrait galleries but that's too near to the action.

I'll probably tag along with my uber practical city tool (XR! ) Jon- you'll pass your test by then won't you? I can possibly meet up along the M25 somewhere?
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[Reevo8]

Titz, we could save you the hassle, As my dad know London like the back of his hand, and he will be guiding us. Could meet you there though!

I will probably dissapear off with me dad, and look at all of the cars and take pictures of every type of supercar that there is there!
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[Ste]

Sounds good, will probably go.

[JonB]

Yeah Titz I know fuck all about London mate. I just know I gotta go on the M3 to get there.

So yeah, once I am past the M25 junction i'm fooked.
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[The Tot]

Lol - you'd be surprised as to how many stands are occupied even on a weekend. Try parking your bike within a 500m radius from trafalgar square -always been a problem for me whenever i pop down to leicester square/china town/covent garden or Denmark Street after a razz and shop in Camden on a saturday afternoon.
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[tokarev]

Ahhh well then Titz you should have a look at the central london motorcycle parking map i posted in the South East forum.

Saturday is just as crowded if not more crowded in Central London than a normal working day, its nearing tourist season and then you get all the damn shoppers.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Sounds pretty cool I might have a look.

[tokarev]

...So is anyone going to go to this?

[Reevo8]

I am, I am gonna be meeting my dad there, and then going to watch the Fulham game, then back up to waterloo place( between piccadilly and Pall Mall) for the start at 18:00
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[katana]

Sounds cool and I really fancy this so details of a meeting point would be nice.

[katana]

Just been sent this by email.

Hey Gumball fans,

So this is the BIG month, the seventh annual 'Gumball 3000' Rally sets off from
Waterloo Place (between Picadilly Circus and Pall Mall) in London on Saturday
14th!

Stars include: Jackass and Dukes of Hazard film star Johnny Knoxville,
Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay, Supermodels Caprice and Jodie Kidd, Pulp Fiction and Kill
Bill’s legendary director Quentin Tarantino with film star Daryl
Hannah, Bez from 'The Happy Mondays' and DC Shoes skateboard legend Rob Dyrdek
all driving everything from Ferrari Enzo’s, Pagani Zonda’s, Lamborghini’s,
Porsche GT’s, to old Aston Martin’s, Rolls Royce’s,
Bio-Diesel Hybrid's and even the General Lee!

On Friday 13th May the Global Film Premiere of the Gumball film '6 Days in May'
will take place in Central London, followed by a private party with exclusive
performances by Jamiroquai, the Cuban Brothers, Kym Mazelle,
Tyler James, Sammy Jo (Scissor Sisters Tour DJ) and Aphletik - The film is of
last years Gumball and has all the action from the streets of Paris to the
desert of Morocco! The film is being released on DVD by Sony Pictures
next week on Monday 9th May and is available at www.gumball3000.com and all
leading stores (Virgin, HMV, Woolworths)

The following day all 120 of the worlds most amazing cars, notorious celebrities
and eccentric characters will set off from Waterloo Place in Central London,
where British F1 driver Jenson Button will waive the start flag
before they’re off on an amazing 3000 mile route through Prague, Vienna,
Budapest, Dubrovnik, Sicily, and Rome, crossing the finishing line on the
evening of Friday 20th in Monte Carlo's Casino Square!

If you want to come along to cheer the cars in along the way, and get autographs
and photos of your favourite Gumballers here are the main check-points:

Friday 13th
19:00 - 21:00 - The Gumball 3000 Film Premiere of '6 Days in May' - come along
to see the stars arrive on the red carpet and see some amazing cars on display!
Location: Bloomsbury Square, London WC1


Saturday 14th
11:00 - 18:00 - Cars will be on display all day on Waterloo Place (between
Picadilly Circus and Pall Mall) and on Trafalgar Square!
18:00 - Jenson Button will waive the start flag at 6PM!!!!!!!! (Waterloo Place)
23:00 - 02:00 - Cars arrive to a checkpoint in Belgium at the Chateau D'Acoz,
located near Acoz not far from Brussels


Sunday 15th
09:00 - All day - Cars will be arriving at the Hotel Carlo IV in the Centre of
Prague


Monday 16th
10:00 - 13:00 - Cars arrive into Vienna (Austria) - Checkpoint - Location:
Hofburg Imperial Palace, Josefplatz
14:00 - 18:00 - Cars arrive at the Hungaroring F1 Circuit Checkpoint, Budapest
(Hungary) - come and see everyone racing around the F1 circuit!
18:00 - 20:00 - Cars will arrive at the Kempinski Corvinus Hotel in the centre
of Budapest!


Tuesday 17th
14:00 - 16:00 - Cars arrive at a Checkpoint at the National Park KRKA (near
Sibenik), Croatia
17:00 - 21:00 - Cars will arrive into Dubrovnik's Old Town centre (Croatia)


Wednesday 18th
13:00 - All Day - Cars arrive into Taormina (Sicily) - Cars go on display all
day in the Town Centre!


Thurdsay 19th
18:00 - 22:00 - Cars arrive into Rome (Italy) - and park at the Hotel Boscolo
Exedra in Piazza Della Republica


Friday 20th
14:00 - 17:00 - Cars arrive at a Checkpoint in Firenze (Italy) - Piazza
Michelangelo, La Loggia
18:00 - 22:00 - Cars will cross the finish line in Monaco's Casino Square!


"This is just nuts" Johnny Knoxville

For further information, contact the Gumball HQ on 00 44 20 7229 5865 / or
Mission-Media on 00 44 20 7838 0101 and for up-to-date news, interviews and
photos go to www.gumball3000.com

By the way we've saved 2 places for last minute entrants - so if you've got a
cool car and are up for experiencing the Gumball first hand contact the Gumball
HQ before the end of the week!

I hope to see you on the grid!

Enjoy!

Maximillion

[Reevo8]

That is the email where I got all of the information from. www.gumball3000.com has now got a starting grid up, which includes 2 carrera GT's, 2 SLR's, 2Enzos, 2 GT40's and tons of others. It is in the flash bit, when you click on the rev counter. I cant do this as 56k takes too long on the flash site!
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[.....]

So who's going?

I am

Heading up there this arvo with a mate

[Reevo8]

Benn, and returned. In short I fucking loved it.

Beautiful cars everywhere! 2CV's to Pagani's were on the rally!

Saw: 1 X Pagani Zonda
1 X Porsche CarreraGT
1 X Ferrari Enzo
2 X Mercedes SLR
1 X Ferrari F40
1 X Ultima GTR

Also saw Jodie Kidd, Caprice and Darryl Hannah. The rally was awesome, loads of expensive cars entered the rally, and loads more turned up to pose. I really enjoyed it and if I wasnt on 56k dial up I would post some piccies!
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