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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by shaggy1973
I cant speak for everyone that didnt attend, however myself, my radiator burst the evening before, so please dont just presume the ones that signed up and didnt show could not be bothered, thats very small minded! I really wanted to be there.

now thats been said, can anyone tell me how big the turn out was? was it counted as successful?

hope so
From a raising the profile point of view sucessful yes, BBC interviewed me, and from a local point of view been on the front of the local rag once and inside again yesterday.

Things didn't go to plan and i wont say too much but if your genuinly interested PM me.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad_ST500
That'll be me m8, It was really nice to meet you too. Had a great laugh even though all did not go to plan
Brad - have you managed to get the photos off your "co-driver" was taking?
Video?
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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For those that don't know me, I was in this:





Sorry, I wasn't really in a talking mood that day.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugeye_Scoob
Brad - have you managed to get the photos off your "co-driver" was taking?
Video?
I was the Co Driver mate. the Video i was using was Brads ,so as soon as he lets me know how it is ,i will let you know.
Its definately a day we will never forget.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Schumacher
For those that don't know me, I was in this:





Sorry, I wasn't really in a talking mood that day.

Cant say, i didnt notice. I thought you never got out your car. you even waited while we was in Ace Cafe for a good time.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by vash
If anyone does have a batch of pics uploaded somewhere please can you PM me a link.

Ta
wheres all the pictures gone that you had, added up?
looked good.
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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That's because most of the time they all stand around and talk bollocks. Who wants to talk when they've traveled 200+ miles one way for there to be 20 people turn up for a fuel protest.

BTW, nothing special about Ace Cafe, IMO.
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 06:58 AM
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Yeah, Im glad I saw the cafe as it is such an icon of motorcycling. But then we got there and it was... "You what? Where's the rest of it?". Really disappointing.
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Old Jul 23, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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TBH you have to be there in the evenings really, that's when the place comes alive.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Schumacher
That's because most of the time they all stand around and talk bollocks. Who wants to talk when they've traveled 200+ miles one way for there to be 20 people turn up for a fuel protest.

BTW, nothing special about Ace Cafe, IMO.
Got to admit. The turn out was poor for an organized protest, which went back months.
At least we all turned out to show our support. I can see your point.

As for the Cafe. The food was nice.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by GuzziHero
Investigation on the Guzzi shows the coils and HT leads are fine, battery is fine. Major suspects now are the digital ignition system (a little) or a faulty crankshaft speed sensor (highly likely). German Silent Hektik or Italian Magnetti Marelli...which is more likely to be utter pants?
Guzzi. did you manage to get your Bike repaired? hope so.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 12:59 AM
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Not yet.

During testing, the dash lights totally failed to light. Turns out there was about 2" of acid in the battery.

Whether the battery caused the issue (and the digital ignition shut down because of lack of power) or the breakdown caused the battery to die Im not sure. Still odd that it didnt spark when on the RAC mans battery charger.

First job is a new battery, then I need to check the crankshaft sensor and...then what?

Dont worry, Ill get it sorted, whatever it takes. Cheers for asking
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by borgie
wheres all the pictures gone that you had, added up?
looked good.
Hi

PM'd you a link to them.

Vash
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad_ST500
That's bloody charming aint it??? Standin around talking bollocks? whats's the point of joining a group of people if you think that they all talk bollocks??? If you got out of your car and came into the Ace Cafe, you'd have seen that there is a great atmosphere in there and as said before, the food is great Each to their own at the end of the day though, if you wanna drive 200 miles and sit in your car all day that's up to you
I specialise in talking bollocks
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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I'm just a huge bollock-up
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Bugeye_Scoob
I specialise in talking bollocks

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