lets saddle up and mosey on the dusty trail (say it like John Wayne and it works).
So, anyone interested in a NW run to the Kiss rally? I'm thinkin anyone from Wigan, Preston, Warrington, St. Helens, Liverpool, Manchester and anyone else along the route.
Last year i met up with peeps at the Raven in Whitchurch, but thats a bit like the wrong way :(
So i'm open to suggestions for a meetup and a route, taking in a few comfort breaks along the way. My own personal preference would be to do the first stint on the motorway and then cut off after Crewe on the A500/Burton/M1 at Kegworth/A14 Kettering/Cambridge and A11 to Bury St.
Apart from M/way services, anyone know of some good biker cafs or similar; its a 4 hour ride (at legal speeds ofc) so we need a few stops. Open to suggestions.
Thought i was gonna be billy no mates for a while there. I'm working on a route to take in the famous Vic bikers pub along the way and trying to find an interesting route, only using motorways when necessary. BTW, i mean to go down on Friday morning and my initial meeting up suggestion is Knutsford services for about 9am ish.
It should take us about 2 hours to get to the Vic which opens at 10am; we can refuel at the local Sainsbury's too.
hi madscots
LMAO errrrrrrrr, where did Crewe come into it m8? Don't think anyone mentioned Crewe but if somebody was from Crewe and wanted to join the ride, we could pick them up along the way, cos Crewe is not far from our route!
Anyhoo, i counted 12 people from the NW who are going to KISS and another half dozen who we could meet along the way from places like Stoke, Burton etc
I personally dont want to do the whole motorway thing so i have a route proposal, as follows:
Meetup at Knutsford Services
South on M6 to J16
A500 to Stoke
A50 to Burton
A511 to Ashby de la Zouch
A50 to Coalville
BREAK stop at the famous Vic Bikers Pub for mid-morning lunch
A50 to M1 at J22
South on M1 to J19
A14 to Cambridge (have a comfort break somewhere near Kettering)
Continue to Rally site
Total 215 miles aprox 4.5 hours
Or do the motorway route in 3.5 hours.
Cheers
Duke
We're travelling from Rugby so will be pretty much starting off at the top of the A14. Already meeting one other in the first lay by of the 14 in the morning so prob leaving too early for you northerners!
Glad to have you all along. Yeah Vrod, np, just check the route from page 1 and see where you would need to refuel. Or we can hire a tanker to run alongside you with a siphon tube lol. Bit like tankers aren't they...harleys.......snigger
hi lady's newbikerchick will you be going down the A55 maybe meet up and ride to point A together We need to be at Deeside before 08 00h traffic and all