Jim Lindsay Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 9:17 PM, hawkati said: Sounds great. Some of us were actually midge blinded this year - so many of the bastards that we literally couldn't see the road. Cot one down my ear hole all the way to Inverness and scranned a few that got in me lid, bastards! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jim Lindsay said: Cot one down my ear hole all the way to Inverness and scranned a few that got in me lid, bastards! Very much that- I'm midgeproof. They don't bite me but I had one wiggling around my ear driving me insane!🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lindsay Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 9:17 PM, hawkati said: Sounds great. Some of us were actually midge blinded this year - so many of the bastards that we literally couldn't see the road. Cot one down my ear hole all the way to Inverness and scranned a few that got in me lid, bastards! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnymack63 Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 1:32 PM, Supercoolnothing said: Happy to do another pit stop this time around and possibly do the run in 2023 with something suitably hideous. Can you drop me that info on an email ? Otherwise I’ll miss it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IforB Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 10:17 PM, hawkati said: Very much that- I'm midgeproof. They don't bite me but I had one wiggling around my ear driving me insane!🤪 That's all the Talisker. They don't like smoke! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 @johnnymack63 out of interest do you have a tally of all the bikes used for the LDC over the years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnymack63 Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, EXUPDEL said: @johnnymack63 out of interest do you have a tally of all the bikes used for the LDC over the years? Yeah, I make a note on each years register, so in theory I could go back over them all and tot them all up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, johnnymack63 said: Yeah, I make a note on each years register, so in theory I could go back over them all and tot them all up That's a disturbing lot of shitters right there. @stevieweavie's springs to mind as one of the most uncomfortable just to look at let alone ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leesey Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) When will we hear if we are taking part? Edited January 23, 2022 by Leesey 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Leesey said: When will we hear if we are taking part? John sent the follow up email on Jan 30th last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laney Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 7 hours ago, EXUPDEL said: John sent the follow up email on Jan 30th last year I really hope I'm in, I've ended up with 2 potential bikes now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lindsay Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 12 minutes ago, laney said: I really hope I'm in, I've ended up with 2 potential bikes now! 🙂I've got a couple surplus ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laney Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Just received the email invite to pay my deposit, very pleased to be part of this years event! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toosmooth Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 21 hours ago, laney said: Just received the email invite to pay my deposit, very pleased to be part of this years event! Me too! Fingers crossed a perfectly viable LDU shitter incoming tomorrow as well. I suspect it'll turn from something that was a nice mid-winter online fantasy to becoming OMFG real very very soon. Which is exactly what's needed. Looking forwards to getting neck deep in it. 🙂 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lushman Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 Hi all, I did it back in 2019 on an FZR. I signed up for this years. But will use a different bike if I am accepted. Thinking of doing it on 125 or am I mad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, Lushman said: Hi all, I did it back in 2019 on an FZR. I signed up for this years. But will use a different bike if I am accepted. Thinking of doing it on 125 or am I mad? Don't Just don't! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDMitch Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, Lushman said: Hi all, I did it back in 2019 on an FZR. I signed up for this years. But will use a different bike if I am accepted. Thinking of doing it on 125 or am I mad? It has been done before, but I wouldn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXUPDEL Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 I think if I did it on a 125 I would have lost the will to live before I got to Exeter. Actually scrub that Before I got to the end of my street heading down to Lands End 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuban pete Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 13 hours ago, Lushman said: Hi all, I did it back in 2019 on an FZR. I signed up for this years. But will use a different bike if I am accepted. Thinking of doing it on 125 or am I mad? Yes. Yes you are 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 @Fatmandid it the first time on a 125, because he's mental, and was escorted across the line by @johnnymack63when his lights failed - they arrived long before many others who got caught in a biblical storm. It can be done but i think it eould be torture for both rider & machine. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1257 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Who's had their email? Loved the bit about taking over the full Premier Inn....what could possibly go wrong? Cough....will it end in frenzy style carnage or be cocoa and biscuits and an early night? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 hour ago, B1257 said: Who's had their email? Loved the bit about taking over the full Premier Inn....what could possibly go wrong? Cough....will it end in frenzy style carnage or be cocoa and biscuits and an early night? It'll be a frenzy, but without me - almost everyone from the 2021 ride can't do it now to give fresh blood a chance. i'll help at the Cirencester stop or might well zoop to help at the Greenock ferry stop for the hell of it and do a leisurely tour round the western highlands for the hell of it anyway. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IforB Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Aye, I was well up for it this year, but it is not to be. However, hopefully I'll still be getting stuck in as a sweeper-upper in a van and so still involved before a return in 2023! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben W.Smith Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Anyone else else yet to purchase their bike. Or am I WAY behind on this one? Struggling to find anything £600 or under in some sort of reasonable condition to be ready in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssray Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Ben W.Smith said: Anyone else else yet to purchase their bike. Or am I WAY behind on this one? Struggling to find anything £600 or under in some sort of reasonable condition to be ready in time Facebook marketplace is where I'd be looking, a few times a day though, where are you in the country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leesey Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Ben W.Smith said: Anyone else else yet to purchase their bike. Or am I WAY behind on this one? Struggling to find anything £600 or under in some sort of reasonable condition to be ready in time Facebook marketplace can be a gold mine. I got my rotter for £290 and she now has an MOT. (However I’m now having engine troubles I’m trying to diagnose) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lindsay Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Ben W.Smith said: Anyone else else yet to purchase their bike. Or am I WAY behind on this one? Struggling to find anything £600 or under in some sort of reasonable condition to be ready in time I have bikes within budget , 1 x honda dulville, 1 x gpz 500 and 1 fireblade, to be honestly I'll be subsidising any one that takes the blade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben W.Smith Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 3 hours ago, ssray said: Facebook marketplace is where I'd be looking, a few times a day though, where are you in the country? Based Leicestershire way. Got an eye on a few on ebay and fb market. Just hoping the ebay ones don't out bid my budget 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben W.Smith Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Jim Lindsay said: I have bikes within budget , 1 x honda dulville, 1 x gpz 500 and 1 fireblade, to be honestly I'll be subsidising any one that takes the blade. Will definitely consider this. Where are you based? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkati Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Ben W.Smith said: Will definitely consider this. Where are you based? He's a little bit north west of you, and I can highly recommend @Jim Lindsayas a fine fettler of wrecks and making them magnificent. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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