Great to meet up with everybody again today , had a good dry if chilly ride across with Willy this morning , never seen the NMM so busy before and good to see even Gollum made the trip out from his cave for the day
Thanks again to CJ and Jane for the organising
The ride home was very wet at times and down to 8 degrees ......... was it worth it......you bet it was ........................ shame i have to go to work now though

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Another good meet and thanks to CJ and Jane for organising it Didn't have to work too hard on the counting this time. Only an hour's ride for me, lovely on the way there, wet on the way back but still enjoyable. Great to see Battyone's ambuellance and his two drag bikes including the "rent a racer"



Five 1125s, Battyone's two drag bikes, Albert666's 1125R, Kevmean's 1125CR and my 1125CR. This was before the late arrival of a mint white 2010 1125CR which has just had it's first MOT and is barely run in. It was good to see the owner out on a bike but he was a bit grumpy after a wet ride



A potential performance enhancement for Battyone, a lighter rider could be all that's needed to close the 0.1 second gap on Littlebutquick

Steve

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Back on the road again!

A few more pics from today.....

Jane now wants an extended swinging arm and ultra low seat height on her Guzzi 750....

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Chris & Jane Jessop
Founders of UKBEG April 1998

www.ukbuellgroup.co.uk

A bit grumpy after a wet ride is a major chuffin understatement
Left my shop at 11.45 this morning and enjoyed a dry ride until I got to Stoke where the heavens opened big time, so pulled into Stafford services to don my wet gear and have a fag break.
The 109 mile to the NMM took me an hour and 3/4 including another stop for fuel
Was all worth it when my 2 favourite peeps were there to meet me and then found Steve, Kev and Willy in the cafe ......good to finally meet Nige and hook up with Dunno and Albert again.
The ride home was a total nightmare and took over 3 hours .......one fuel stop and several fag breaks because I've never been so cold and wet.....Belstaffs finest waterproof suit, isn't......although I'm sure even a deep sea diving suit would've leaked being preasure washed for 109 miles Visibility was down to zero (not helped by my ancient lid and wearing glasses ) and even the cars were crawling, reckon my average speed on the motorways was around 40 mph
So, this morning I set out on basically a brand new CR with 840 miles on the clock and when I got back to the shop tonight, she looked very sad and about 10 years old but has finally turned over 1K on the clock
Upon reflection, I should've stayed at home and watched my beloved F1.......but I hate to let Jane and Chris down

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

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Valencia Orange XB12Scg - serviced by Maz 2018
Black P3 Blast - serviced by Maz and fixed by Maz in 2019

What do you think you got to the gallon on a trip like today Maz? ........... 2up at a more or less constant 70/75 MPH I get roughly 10 miles per litre.

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Dunno, I'll check the IC tomorrow.......put £32 of fuel in to do 218 miles, no idea what's left in the frame or what was in there to start with .......got to remember Kev, even though the bike's 3 1/2 years old, I've only done 1K of riding on it, so I'm not exactly familiar with the bike yet

.....and today was hardly a decent gauge.......all motorway miles and at vastly reduced speeds with a very steady hand on the throttle

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Are you going to do the trip to Lauwe, Maz???

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Valencia Orange XB12Scg - serviced by Maz 2018
Black P3 Blast - serviced by Maz and fixed by Maz in 2019

.....and another thing.....had 3 very scarey moments today losing the back end whilst crossing white lines doing overtakes ......tyre pressures checked before I left this morning and suspension set to factory for my weight.
Whilst fuelling up on the way home at Hilton Park services, I had a young lad come over and congratulate me on saving a particularly big slide coming out of the road works by the RAC building......apparently he was behind me and hit the brakes so's not to run over the mess

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Definitely not Jill

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Why not??? Not far really....great fun.....great company....fantastic venue....loads of fun-loving Buellers...well worth the effort. x

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Valencia Orange XB12Scg - serviced by Maz 2018
Black P3 Blast - serviced by Maz and fixed by Maz in 2019

Later in the year we'll do some more of these meets where we concentrate on one particular Buell model. They're good fun and the peeps at the National Motorcycle Museum have proved very proactive and welcoming.

We'll try to organise better weather for the next one, the first two have been just a bit too soggy for our liking.

For those of us that like lists , the score so far:
1125 = 6 off
Ulysses = 11 off

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Chris & Jane Jessop
Founders of UKBEG April 1998

www.ukbuellgroup.co.uk

Looking forward to 'my' day, Chris!

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

Rik - you'll have to remind me which Buell model(s) you have.

Jane suggested cute and cuddly (her words ) Buell Blasts for the next NMM meet?

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Chris & Jane Jessop
Founders of UKBEG April 1998

www.ukbuellgroup.co.uk

M2 Razorback, Chris.
...s'pose we could allow the lardy ones to come and play as well
(if they can get through the entrance)

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.