How was your ride back?
Here are some pics for now
I'll send some more later.
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YORKSHIRE Z1OC RALLY 2008 CONFIRMED 30/31ST MAY 1STJUNE
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Geoff Meager
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Neil...Bill & Me had a nice steady ride home in the wet stuff. Mind you he had a few more miles to do than me !!!!!!
I was just pleased the bike didn't miss a beat in all that rain...................
Thankz for the pix ( and you Iain )
Once again it was a great pleasure meeting you chaps
ROLL ON NEXT YEAR ( with a new cheap tent
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I was just pleased the bike didn't miss a beat in all that rain...................
Thankz for the pix ( and you Iain )
Once again it was a great pleasure meeting you chaps
ROLL ON NEXT YEAR ( with a new cheap tent
)Tent
Geoff
In a world of global warming, I have to take my hat off to you for introducing the concept of the disposable tent, use it once then leave it.
More pics I seem to have sussed out how to post them... at last!
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In a world of global warming, I have to take my hat off to you for introducing the concept of the disposable tent, use it once then leave it.
More pics I seem to have sussed out how to post them... at last!
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RALLY
Guys
Just been talking to jerry ( el president ) about the yorkshire rally success and after the horriffic end to someones day on sat i will unless anyone who attendid clearly disagrees donate £100 from the rally account to the yorkshire air ambulance after saturdays attendance . These people have saved lots of bikers lives but sadly not on this occasion (Nothing to do with rally or z1oc )
PLEASE RIDE SAFE AND WITHIN YOUR LIMITS
PHIL & SANDIE
Just been talking to jerry ( el president ) about the yorkshire rally success and after the horriffic end to someones day on sat i will unless anyone who attendid clearly disagrees donate £100 from the rally account to the yorkshire air ambulance after saturdays attendance . These people have saved lots of bikers lives but sadly not on this occasion (Nothing to do with rally or z1oc )
PLEASE RIDE SAFE AND WITHIN YOUR LIMITS
PHIL & SANDIE
Never Dull in Hull Watch no 31
International Rep
International Rep
Hobbo
Go for it! I rushed to see the guy knocked down as I am first aid trained but he was clearly gone, CPR would have been useless. Looking into a dead man's eyes is extremely sobering, something I won't forget for a long time.
I felt like flogging all my bikes after that.
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Go for it! I rushed to see the guy knocked down as I am first aid trained but he was clearly gone, CPR would have been useless. Looking into a dead man's eyes is extremely sobering, something I won't forget for a long time.
I felt like flogging all my bikes after that.
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Hi all just wanted to thank hobbo and sandy for a great time. Cravens was great i had never heard of it what a place.! And the run back with so many
Zeds was fantastic.
We had a very wet run home but it was worth it. Well done to all who came from all over the country on some very old bikes !!.
It was good to meet you all and now i'll know who's who on the forum.
here's some of my pic's of the weekend.
Zeds was fantastic.
We had a very wet run home but it was worth it. Well done to all who came from all over the country on some very old bikes !!.
It was good to meet you all and now i'll know who's who on the forum.
here's some of my pic's of the weekend.
Z9A4, Z1000a1 ZX10B1 ZX10B3 ZZR1100 ZG1200 VOYAGER
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Geoff Meager
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RALPHARAMA
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Soz it's taken me so long to appear in cyber land tonight, but the Old Gurl needed cleaning D: Twas a long ride home. It pissed down for England Ireland and Scotland on me and Mikey for a good hundred miles ... but you know -- It couldn't ruin my day!
Anyone who has read many of my posts will know that aprt from being a tosser I have often waxed lyrical about how wonderful this club is. I met a few of the boyz at the Ace, but this was my first full blown rally! Yes my opinion of what a great bunch of ladz the members of this club are was truly driven home this weekend. I was pretty sure of this, else I wouldn't have put my neck on the block as SW area rep, but know I really have something to live up to.
Hobbo ... how can I put it? You did a fab job (I'll take the piss about the run later
) Piss takin' aside, this rally didn't organise itself - You and Sandy must have put in some serious effort and you both deserve recognition for it! A serious heart felt thank you for a wonderful weekend 
I am so pleased that the club is going to make a donation to the Air Ambulance. The incident was a tragedy. For those who weren't there, it was a lad high on atmosphere at Squires, who did what we have all done, gave it beanz leaving a venue, probably concentrating on the show he was giving to his mates and not what was in front of him. I have had a good number of very serious accidents on bikes and when I heard that terrible noise of a bike meeting a car and tarmac a shiver ran down my back and I was transported back to that film clip where I'm regaining consciousness and there's a geezer in green asking me what my name is and do I know where I am and he is set in a back drop of sky .. the pain hasn't started yet, I'm still concious and I am beginning to realise I've been here before and I now start to panic, I now realise I've had another crash, how bad am I this time? Will I live? Will I walk again? fuck .... fuck ... I'm a c*** ... I know I am ... it's just starting to come back to me ... I was tanking it .... what a prick I am ... what was I thinking of ... please God please let me live ... I promise I'll never ride again ... God I am scared ... I really hate myself, why do I have to ride so fast .... please, please give me another chance ......... I've been really lucky I'm here still. After eight years out of the saddle, I hope I've learned that I'm not immortal. I have no idea who that guy was, but I really hope there is an after life, cos no one deserves such a harsh punishment, for such a mistake.
On a lighter note ... All you piss takers who thought the route Mikey and myself took was complex, an believe me it was, it was absolutely great. As I said to a few of the ladz ... you've got 260 + miles to do ... you can sit on the motorway looking at scenery, that on the whole is mind numbingly boring with nothing to think about except that your backside feels as though you have come last in an arse kicking competition or you can make the ride a lot longer and drink of some of the most stunning scenery Britain has to offer and constantly steer your Zed around a plethora of bends each and everyone different from the last. As I was riding back, when the rain was starting to abate, I started thinking about the Current Bride who is on her hols in Turkey ... and thought ... I wouldn't swap places with her for all the tea in China! Riding up through the Wye Valley under a canopy of trees and every few seconds another smell funnelling through my Arai of some different type of tree, or whatever ... I know jack shit about different trees, but when I ride amongst them I know what's important - they are beautiful. A number times my senses were assaulted by the strong smell of natural wild garlic as we flicked our bikes through the bends ... fuck the motorways we had a ball!
We stopped in Ludlow for some grub on the way up; Mikey at the troff!
Our bikes in Ludlow ... we were too tight to go into the castle, but it's just to the right of the bikes .. out of shot
I think this was some where in the Peak District ... I was so overcome with the view I pulled in and had a quick snap!. I wish I had taken more to show you guys, but the hooning was so good we struggled to stop anywhere
We stopped for tea some were, it was a really nice place. Naturally a quick snap gives it no justice!
Do I look fat in this jacket, The current bride keeps tellin me I need a diet not a bigger jacket, the jacket seems the easier option to me
Yes of course we're all telapathic Hobbo!!!
This geezer is 65 and still races this Vinny .. top bloke and a please to talk to
Atmosphere er what
Don't we all wich the filth still rode these
Thanx a load Hobbo and Sandy for making this a weekend that will go down in history
Anyone who has read many of my posts will know that aprt from being a tosser I have often waxed lyrical about how wonderful this club is. I met a few of the boyz at the Ace, but this was my first full blown rally! Yes my opinion of what a great bunch of ladz the members of this club are was truly driven home this weekend. I was pretty sure of this, else I wouldn't have put my neck on the block as SW area rep, but know I really have something to live up to.
Hobbo ... how can I put it? You did a fab job (I'll take the piss about the run later
) Piss takin' aside, this rally didn't organise itself - You and Sandy must have put in some serious effort and you both deserve recognition for it! A serious heart felt thank you for a wonderful weekend
I am so pleased that the club is going to make a donation to the Air Ambulance. The incident was a tragedy. For those who weren't there, it was a lad high on atmosphere at Squires, who did what we have all done, gave it beanz leaving a venue, probably concentrating on the show he was giving to his mates and not what was in front of him. I have had a good number of very serious accidents on bikes and when I heard that terrible noise of a bike meeting a car and tarmac a shiver ran down my back and I was transported back to that film clip where I'm regaining consciousness and there's a geezer in green asking me what my name is and do I know where I am and he is set in a back drop of sky .. the pain hasn't started yet, I'm still concious and I am beginning to realise I've been here before and I now start to panic, I now realise I've had another crash, how bad am I this time? Will I live? Will I walk again? fuck .... fuck ... I'm a c*** ... I know I am ... it's just starting to come back to me ... I was tanking it .... what a prick I am ... what was I thinking of ... please God please let me live ... I promise I'll never ride again ... God I am scared ... I really hate myself, why do I have to ride so fast .... please, please give me another chance ......... I've been really lucky I'm here still. After eight years out of the saddle, I hope I've learned that I'm not immortal. I have no idea who that guy was, but I really hope there is an after life, cos no one deserves such a harsh punishment, for such a mistake.
On a lighter note ... All you piss takers who thought the route Mikey and myself took was complex, an believe me it was, it was absolutely great. As I said to a few of the ladz ... you've got 260 + miles to do ... you can sit on the motorway looking at scenery, that on the whole is mind numbingly boring with nothing to think about except that your backside feels as though you have come last in an arse kicking competition or you can make the ride a lot longer and drink of some of the most stunning scenery Britain has to offer and constantly steer your Zed around a plethora of bends each and everyone different from the last. As I was riding back, when the rain was starting to abate, I started thinking about the Current Bride who is on her hols in Turkey ... and thought ... I wouldn't swap places with her for all the tea in China! Riding up through the Wye Valley under a canopy of trees and every few seconds another smell funnelling through my Arai of some different type of tree, or whatever ... I know jack shit about different trees, but when I ride amongst them I know what's important - they are beautiful. A number times my senses were assaulted by the strong smell of natural wild garlic as we flicked our bikes through the bends ... fuck the motorways we had a ball!
We stopped in Ludlow for some grub on the way up; Mikey at the troff!
Our bikes in Ludlow ... we were too tight to go into the castle, but it's just to the right of the bikes .. out of shot
I think this was some where in the Peak District ... I was so overcome with the view I pulled in and had a quick snap!. I wish I had taken more to show you guys, but the hooning was so good we struggled to stop anywhere
We stopped for tea some were, it was a really nice place. Naturally a quick snap gives it no justice!
Do I look fat in this jacket, The current bride keeps tellin me I need a diet not a bigger jacket, the jacket seems the easier option to me
Yes of course we're all telapathic Hobbo!!!
This geezer is 65 and still races this Vinny .. top bloke and a please to talk to
Atmosphere er what
Don't we all wich the filth still rode these
Thanx a load Hobbo and Sandy for making this a weekend that will go down in history
Ralph Ferrand
Z1000A1 (1977), Godier Genoud Z1300A5 (1983), Z900A4 Stock (1976), Z900A4 Special (project), GPZ1100 Unitrak (1983), ZRX1200R (2004) DT175MX (1981).
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Z1000A1 (1977), Godier Genoud Z1300A5 (1983), Z900A4 Stock (1976), Z900A4 Special (project), GPZ1100 Unitrak (1983), ZRX1200R (2004) DT175MX (1981).
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Bill Newman
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Sorry to be so late getting my thoughts on this thread. Been catching up with the things I was supposed to be doing when away!
So many important things to say - so in no particular order:-
1. A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Hobbo for the work they put into this event. So many details and nice touches for a large number of people. The success of this event was down to the quality and care you put into it.
2. It was great to meet so many of you - to put a face to your name. Every time I see a post from one of you I will recall this weekend at the same time and that makes it special.This was my first Z1OC event and I was in trepidation of what I might encounter.
3. It was brilliant to talk to so many Z heads. Everyone I spoke with had a different perpective on what "Zeding" is about.It was refreshing to have a mix of views, be they technical, opiniated or just funny - the crack was outstanding.
4. There some really decent people in this club - and it was a priviledge to be amongst some of you over the weekend. My job takes me the length and bredth of the country and I now have invitations for a "tea stop" in virtually every corner - thanks to all concerned.
5.Thanks for the pictures - I'm missing it already!
6. The Craven collection was remarkable - I still haven't worked out how he started it. A man after my own heart - he doesn't clean or restore them! See if you can get him to join the club - I want to see how long the list would be at the end of his signature and what he would call that BSA/H*nda:lol:
7. A big thank you to Geoff who was helping me out, putting up with me being late, navigating us to the front door and kept us on a steady course through some pretty foul weather on the way home....and Geoff you do have a crushing handshake - I think its because you use your drinking arm :wink:
8. Send the donation - anything that helps to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that we witnessed can only be a good thing.
9. Thank you to my Z! The old dog has never had much attention - just a light service and a ticket once a year. It doesn't go further than 50 miles at a time and so I was bricking it wondering how it would stand up to this experience. It didn't miss a beat, the run(520 miles in 3 days) has cured the slow running problem it had and I've finally worked out what the handling problem is caused by.
10. Last - I'm going to do a modded Zthou :p34
Regards to all
So many important things to say - so in no particular order:-
1. A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Hobbo for the work they put into this event. So many details and nice touches for a large number of people. The success of this event was down to the quality and care you put into it.
2. It was great to meet so many of you - to put a face to your name. Every time I see a post from one of you I will recall this weekend at the same time and that makes it special.This was my first Z1OC event and I was in trepidation of what I might encounter.
3. It was brilliant to talk to so many Z heads. Everyone I spoke with had a different perpective on what "Zeding" is about.It was refreshing to have a mix of views, be they technical, opiniated or just funny - the crack was outstanding.
4. There some really decent people in this club - and it was a priviledge to be amongst some of you over the weekend. My job takes me the length and bredth of the country and I now have invitations for a "tea stop" in virtually every corner - thanks to all concerned.
5.Thanks for the pictures - I'm missing it already!
6. The Craven collection was remarkable - I still haven't worked out how he started it. A man after my own heart - he doesn't clean or restore them! See if you can get him to join the club - I want to see how long the list would be at the end of his signature and what he would call that BSA/H*nda:lol:
7. A big thank you to Geoff who was helping me out, putting up with me being late, navigating us to the front door and kept us on a steady course through some pretty foul weather on the way home....and Geoff you do have a crushing handshake - I think its because you use your drinking arm :wink:
8. Send the donation - anything that helps to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that we witnessed can only be a good thing.
9. Thank you to my Z! The old dog has never had much attention - just a light service and a ticket once a year. It doesn't go further than 50 miles at a time and so I was bricking it wondering how it would stand up to this experience. It didn't miss a beat, the run(520 miles in 3 days) has cured the slow running problem it had and I've finally worked out what the handling problem is caused by.
10. Last - I'm going to do a modded Zthou :p34
Regards to all
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Iain marshall
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Just some faces
I said smile and they all turned away
cheeky
man playing the air
I said smile and they all turned away
cheeky
man playing the air
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Got the Rex, just the Kat to get now...
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davy thomson
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Thanks for a great weekend phil, sun, bikes and good banter with the lads and lassies, good idea about the donation phil, I would to thank Iain, davy and fin for helping with my old man after he slid off his bike one mile from the site,got home at midnight after the worst journey on a bike ever, took him to hospital he's is ok just sore and knackered
1000 posts reached that will do for me,over and out.been fun.
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