Matlock Bath Breakfast Sunday 10th April

Rideouts, Trackdays, Pub meets and other events
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Re: Matlock Bath Breakfast Sunday 10th April

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Great day out and some fab roads. Really helps when someone knows where to go to without checking maps every few miles.

Really good to meet up again with mates old and new.

First time i have ever been pulled over by plod too. (gah)
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So my first rideout of the year.

Barring 10 minutes from my mother in law's to my house, it's my first ride of the year!

I haven't swung a leg over it (apart from that 10 minute trip) since I moved house in October!

So I was a little nervous about going on a rideout with no practice and a 5 month lay off.

Here are some of the thoughts that floated around my head today...

"7am. Better get up."

"0705. Better stop squeezing Mrs Itchy's boobs and get up!"

"Where the f**k are my leathers?"

"I'm sure summer gloves will be fine, it's starting to warm up."

(15 minutes later) "Dickhead!"

"At least I have a naked bike so I can attempt to warm my hands on the engine."

"Fog? F****ng FOG?!?!? This is bullsh*t!"

"We'll, at least the bike's still clean."

(Immediately gets covered in spray as the car in front goes through a load of standing water)

"You mother f..."

"Hmm, do I have the full English or the full English? Don't even know why we're still looking at the menu!"

"Being at the back is ace, hearing all the different bikes give it the beans."

"These roads are awesome."

"This scenery is amazing."

"Wow. Just. F****ng. Wow."

"Oh cool, we're stopping for a bit. Wow, look at that view. That takes your breath awa...Oh, the other 3 missed the turn off. They're still going.
That was probably my fault!"

"Yay, we caught them up!"

"What's Rocket doi...Oh, he's peeing up the wall!"

"These roads are awesome!!!"

"This view makes me want to cry!!!"

"Monty said he was taking it easy today, either he forgot or he's a bloody liar!"

"I've not long had breakfast, I'll just have some chips."

"Burp"

"Why are the roads everywhere not like this? This is f****ng awesome!"

"Hang on, there's something familiar about this road..."

(Sees Rocket disappear violently over a crest)

"I knew it, roll off that b****rd throttle! Not this time Monty!"

"HOLY F****NG SH*T, WHAT'S HAPPENED? WHY ARE MONTY AND KWACKY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD RIGHT AFTER A BLIND CREST?"

"I guess I'd better put my brakes on before me and Rocket make a 4 bike smush out of this!"




Guys, I don't know about you but I had an epic day today. OK, it was a bit cold getting up there, and my bike is dirty now, but if that's the worst thing I can say it's not much of a hardship is it?
Perfect weather, great roads, great company, lovely bikes all round, a full English and about 220 miles of fun fun fun!
If this paves the way for the rest of the year, 2016 is going to be a good year for me and biking.
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:D

I also noticed Monty seemed to go from rusty to polished in about 30 miles.

My funny though today was "that traction control doesn't know what to do when both wheels are off the ground"
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Was a good day the ride down was a bit nippy ..... but was all worth while great to see some old and new faces. Whens the next one :-)

You did a good job linking some of those roads up Monty it was a flowing day and hardly any repeating either good job.
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forgot to add my Sunday lunch was spot on as well !!
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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rocket wrote:forgot to add my Sunday lunch was spot on as well !!
As were that bird's boobies in the same pub. She was proper fit.
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Itchy wrote:
(Sees Rocket disappear violently over a crest)

"I knew it, roll off that b****rd throttle! Not this time Monty!"

"HOLY F****NG SH*T, WHAT'S HAPPENED? WHY ARE MONTY AND KWACKY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD RIGHT AFTER A BLIND CREST?"

"I guess I'd better put my brakes on before me and Rocket make a 4 bike smush out of this!"
Really sorry about that but I had to stop, having just recovered moments earlier from thinking I was about to land in the verge I wasn't prepared for the view I got of Kwacky landing 250 Kg of Kawasaki in massive muddy puddle in my rear view mirror! Not sure if it was the adrenalin or what but I couldn't ride for laughing.

I actually fecked up a bit, I panicked at the top of the crest closed the throttle and the bike landed on the the front wheel!

Chuffing great day though, cheers guys
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My first Tankslap rideout was a good one. Really enjoyed the roads and the company. I made the same mistake with summer gloves too, my hands were tingling all day, most of that was from Kwackys back wheel throwing stones though, nearly shit myself when it happened. Hope there's more like that to follow!


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You guys sound like you had a lot of fun. Duke hope the old bill didn't ticket you or anything

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I forgot to mention about my confidence.

I have a habit of starting the season with none, then slowly wobbling through summer until I'm okay-ish then losing all that confidence through the winter.

I don't know what it was, whether it was the roads, a new found faith in the tyres and/or the bike, trust in my fellow slappers forging the way, who can say?

But whatever it is, today I felt no less confident than the end of last summer, on a couple of occasions actually even more so.

I'll take that as a win any day of the week. (y)
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@itchy, thank you so much for that post. I genuinely made me LOL.

Sounds like an awesome day out, hopefully the first of many.

@Duke, hope the tug from the old bill was just for a chat on how good the bike looks..

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@Itchy, you looked fine mate, no issues at all. My bike is heavier and slower to steer than yours so anything you see my bike do you know you can follow and then some.
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The pull was just a roadside for a bike check over ( 'are those exhausts road legal, Sir?' (blush) ) and check of licence, tax, insurance and MOT.

He did actually comment on how well maintained it looked though.
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Greta read guys :) Itchy for post of the year!
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Monty the road connecting the snake and the wood head is back open. It has road works on it still and it's covered in mud from the trucks.
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rocket wrote:Monty the road connecting the snake and the wood head is back open. It has road works on it still and it's covered in mud from the trucks.
Cheers Dude.

By the way this is that link road you were asking about

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/53.22 ... m2!4m1!3e0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is this the corner you meant?
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There's very heavy snow falling this morning in Birmingham. Good job I called it off.
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Starting to get brighter this side of the Mids. Perhaps the snow will come this way later.


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