We're Home

uksurfer · 10-05-2015, 08:45 PM

Back home safe and sound a while ago.

Had a great weekend as normal, good friends, lots of laughs and fun.

Thank you to everyone who did something to make weekender 2015 so good.

The organisational and planning was good, food was good, hotel was good, ride outs were good.

Cheers

Martin

Albie · 10-05-2015, 09:22 PM

Thank you for coming Martin and Char and for supporting UKMOC inter county national meets. Chars bike is well pure bike porn. Your presence as ever most welcome along with the usual hard core members

Thanks to all that came to the Kent one from all over especially Mr Gasa, and Jerry who also made it too both days. Also Black Bob came along and of course Nonnie and a pop in from Max.
Entertainment supplied by Casey Spooner and Sapone
But biggest shock was the appearance of UKMOC's finest our old mate Didge who suddenly turned up and stayed over and kept us entertained and caught up on life amongst the attendee's

The guys are still at the hotel enjoying the food and relaxing tonight no doubt because they all worked so hard and we all had worries that it may not be successful. We were wrong it was great.
Big shout too for our Belgium friends who continue to enjoy our country. Safe journey home guys.
Big thanks to AlanC.

11-05-2015, 08:20 AM

Echoing Martins words, great job everyone x

J.P · 11-05-2015, 08:43 AM

Really good weekend of fun and laughs, and for the 'JP Tours' Rideout's we didn't even get that wet.
Non-Chaos reigned.

Well done to all the people involved in organising.

steeevvvooo · 11-05-2015, 08:59 AM

well done Alan on a successfully organised weekender. The hotel was great, the food was excellent and we really enjoyed the rideouts so thanks to JP.

The spanner of the year award is safely home and in pride of place. My next aim... to build a bike (with my own fair hands) that wins modified monster of the year award... watch this space...

J.P · 11-05-2015, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by steeevvvooo

My next aim... to build a bike (with my own fair hands) that wins modified monster of the year award... watch this space...

I do NOT want to be following you when you think you've achieved that

gary tompkins · 11-05-2015, 01:41 PM

Got home a few hours ago

Top quality weekend - thanks to all the organisers and everyone made the effort to be there

Three days of pure UKMOC fun

utopia · 11-05-2015, 02:00 PM

Sorry I didn't make it this year guys.
It was always going to be 50/50 due to my financial constraints at the moment.

Black Bob · 11-05-2015, 02:13 PM

Lovely to see everyone again.
Thanks to Alan and fellow Kenties for a great event, and to Alan for squeezing me in.
'twas brill except no-one I voted for won anything.

alan c · 11-05-2015, 03:20 PM

Hi All, Thanks to everyone who attended this years weekender and the day visitors.

After all the pre nerves we had a great weekend.

The hotel was excellent, I thought the food and staff were brilliant !!! I have already emailed and thanked the hotel, they replied saying that they enjoyed and loved having us and our great motorbikes.

The raffle raised £157, I have just posted the cheque to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex air ambulance. Thanks to all.

Thanks for all the kind comments, think the Kenties did a great job.

Now time for a bow bow's !

Char · 11-05-2015, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Bob

Lovely to see everyone again.
Thanks to Alan and fellow Kenties for a great event, and to Alan for squeezing me in.
'twas brill except no-one I voted for won anything.

I thought you voted for me

But thanks to those that did - I need to get Martin to fix my new coat hook to the wall

Again thanks to all the organisers
Food was really good - Italian run hotel in Sussex with a lovely local pub next door - match made in heaven

Justin 'take me down the muddy track' Photis - thanks loads 😉

11-05-2015, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Char

Justin 'take me down the muddy track' Photis - thanks loads 😉

Are you sure you don't want to rephrase that?

Black Bob · 12-05-2015, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Char

I thought you voted for me

Oh but I DID, but not in the category that you won! (Which wasn’t present on my voting slip anyway.)

I even admired it in flow along 50 miles of the A272… thanks to you and Mart for the company going back, by the way.

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Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

Ah! So that's the Belgian way. Well I think it rocks.

It does rock, but it’s not really Belgian, it's just the Drop-off system. Way better than sticking to a convoy.

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Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

It's actually not too hard to keep up with JP, but then it's always reasonably steady at the front of the run.

JP was intentionally taking it steady, trust me.

As he said at the briefing, it was intended to be more of a parade than a fast ride, but the beauty of the drop off system is that even that allows for some fun when gaps inevitably open up.

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Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

Hence it makes more sense for Captain Slow and his nervous mate to be at the front with Captain Flashheart at the rear.

Some of the old British owners clubs practice a method where you always keep the bike behind you, in sight...So a bit of waiting and loitering is not unknown...Perhaps not really suitable for Monsters?

In my experience, that method just leads to frustration for those who want to move on a bit, and undue pressure for those who don’t, and unwanted responsibility for everyone to keep someone in their mirrors. The drop off system lets everyone relax and go at their own pace, knowing there’ll be someone waiting at the next junction. And and as long as people are sensible and courteous with their overtakes, it’s arguably the safest of the two methods.

A nice tweak to the drop-off is if the leader matches his pace with the bike in #2 slot, and then everyone gets a chance to admire the swan-like grace of the leader for a bit, and maybe even learn something.

A really nice bonus tweak is NOT flying up the INSIDE of another bike on the same side of the road in a 40 mph limit - I'm mentioning no names/bikes here, but you'll know who you are.

I thought it was a flawlessly run ride-out Sunday. Nice one JP.

Mr Gazza · 12-05-2015, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Bob

I thought it was a flawlessly run ride-out Sunday. Nice one JP.

I agree 100% with all you said.

Just in case anyone was in any doubt, I though both runs were BRILLIANT....

J.P · 12-05-2015, 06:10 PM

The Drop off system works well, when people pay attention at the briefing.
This year everyone did and I thank you all for it and it's just as much thanks to you lot that the ride went pretty darn well.

Over/undertaking of other bikes on the Rideout isn't encouraged if it has no meaningful reason to have been done. So don't.

I'm glad that my flawless (almost) planning, meant we had a pretty darn good route the whole way without too many of the snags that some parts of the country suffer from.

And yes, I was going sensibly.

I've led the National Rideout, and many others, for a good number of years and there's a lot of planning goes into them to make sure we all have a good ride. The benefit of being at the front is that no one can hear me scream when I get it wrong. That include's 'JP Shortcuts' or 'Green Laning' as it is somethimes known.

Just remember, there's a better road just round the next corner. Yah.

Glad you all liked it and I'm happy to mail the route to anyone if they care, and want a Garmin .GPX file.

Otherwise, just follow me the next time....

10-05-2015, 08:45 PM	#1
uksurfer Its all grey now Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: southampton Bike: M1200s Posts: 2,940	We're Home Back home safe and sound a while ago. Had a great weekend as normal, good friends, lots of laughs and fun. Thank you to everyone who did something to make weekender 2015 so good. The organisational and planning was good, food was good, hotel was good, ride outs were good. Cheers Martin __________________ Evolution - M600 - S4 - M796 - M1100evo - M1200s

11-05-2015, 08:43 AM	#4
J.P No more Monster... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Bike: Other Not a Ducati Posts: 4,326	Really good weekend of fun and laughs, and for the 'JP Tours' Rideout's we didn't even get that wet. Non-Chaos reigned. Well done to all the people involved in organising. __________________ J.JP ------------------------------- My Mum says, there's no such thing as Monsters.

11-05-2015, 01:41 PM	#7
gary tompkins 1/2 man - 1/2 pogo-stick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dartford, Kent Bike: M900ie Posts: 7,241	Got home a few hours ago Top quality weekend - thanks to all the organisers and everyone made the effort to be there Three days of pure UKMOC fun __________________ GT Fully paid up member of the S.A.S. (Scottoiler Appreciation Society) 27,000 miles on original chain - and still going strong!

11-05-2015, 02:13 PM	#9
Black Bob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Exeter Bike: M1100evo Posts: 580	Lovely to see everyone again. Thanks to Alan and fellow Kenties for a great event, and to Alan for squeezing me in. 'twas brill except no-one I voted for won anything. __________________ "I'm not Black, I'm not Bob and I'm not in Exeter.... no, wait, erm..."

12-05-2015, 06:10 PM	#15
J.P No more Monster... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Bike: Other Not a Ducati Posts: 4,326	The Drop off system works well, when people pay attention at the briefing. This year everyone did and I thank you all for it and it's just as much thanks to you lot that the ride went pretty darn well. Over/undertaking of other bikes on the Rideout isn't encouraged if it has no meaningful reason to have been done. So don't. I'm glad that my flawless (almost) planning, meant we had a pretty darn good route the whole way without too many of the snags that some parts of the country suffer from. And yes, I was going sensibly. I've led the National Rideout, and many others, for a good number of years and there's a lot of planning goes into them to make sure we all have a good ride. The benefit of being at the front is that no one can hear me scream when I get it wrong. That include's 'JP Shortcuts' or 'Green Laning' as it is somethimes known. Just remember, there's a better road just round the next corner. Yah. Glad you all liked it and I'm happy to mail the route to anyone if they care, and want a Garmin .GPX file. Otherwise, just follow me the next time.... __________________ J.JP ------------------------------- My Mum says, there's no such thing as Monsters.

10-05-2015, 09:22 PM	#2
Albie Fanactical volunteer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kent Bike: M900 Posts: 9,034	Thank you for coming Martin and Char and for supporting UKMOC inter county national meets. Chars bike is well pure bike porn. Your presence as ever most welcome along with the usual hard core members Thanks to all that came to the Kent one from all over especially Mr Gasa, and Jerry who also made it too both days. Also Black Bob came along and of course Nonnie and a pop in from Max. Entertainment supplied by Casey Spooner and Sapone But biggest shock was the appearance of UKMOC's finest our old mate Didge who suddenly turned up and stayed over and kept us entertained and caught up on life amongst the attendee's The guys are still at the hotel enjoying the food and relaxing tonight no doubt because they all worked so hard and we all had worries that it may not be successful. We were wrong it was great. Big shout too for our Belgium friends who continue to enjoy our country. Safe journey home guys. Big thanks to AlanC. Last edited by Albie; 11-05-2015 at 10:06 AM..

11-05-2015, 08:20 AM	#3
bex Guest Posts: n/a	Echoing Martins words, great job everyone x

11-05-2015, 08:59 AM	#5
steeevvvooo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bromley Bike: M1100evo Posts: 1,512	well done Alan on a successfully organised weekender. The hotel was great, the food was excellent and we really enjoyed the rideouts so thanks to JP. The spanner of the year award is safely home and in pride of place. My next aim... to build a bike (with my own fair hands) that wins modified monster of the year award... watch this space...

11-05-2015, 02:00 PM	#8
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,559	Sorry I didn't make it this year guys. It was always going to be 50/50 due to my financial constraints at the moment.

11-05-2015, 03:20 PM	#10
alan c alan (blockhead) c Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: dartford Bike: M1100 Posts: 2,228	Hi All, Thanks to everyone who attended this years weekender and the day visitors. After all the pre nerves we had a great weekend. The hotel was excellent, I thought the food and staff were brilliant !!! I have already emailed and thanked the hotel, they replied saying that they enjoyed and loved having us and our great motorbikes. The raffle raised £157, I have just posted the cheque to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex air ambulance. Thanks to all. Thanks for all the kind comments, think the Kenties did a great job. Now time for a bow bow's !