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BP 07/06/05
Wow, what can I say? On arrival at the Pole this Tuesday aboard Thumper’s ZR550 and in company with the man himself on his TDR250 we were greeted by a scene reminiscent of one of those huge CGI battles in Lord of the Rings. There were thousands of people and bikes hoarding around the pub and McDonald’s. Cheekily Thumper and I had nipped ahead of the traffic jam of bikes struggling to get in and nicked a couple of prime parking spots the car park of the now defunct Pole Position Triumph dealership.
Somehow Gixer (GSXR600), Scouser (XLV1000) and Black Country Bomber (FZ6) had spotted us coming in and hooked up with us. Scouser had brought along his friend Rambo (Triumph Tiger) and Mrs Rambo.
The place was packed and basically we tripped in to sensory overload trying to take it all in.
PINGU, PooChick and GSF K1, if you were there sorry, we just couldn’t find you in the throng. How about in future Forum members meet up at the triangular McDonalds sign on the small green opposite the entrance to the restaurant @ 7:45?
Anyway, as you would expect with such as huge numbers of bikes there was much to see. Despite the rows of exotic bikes it was a Honda C90 with a upswept carbon end can that caught my eye, check out my post about scrambling eggs in Members Bikes to see why I love these bikes so much.
On a more serious note there was a beautifully turned out Spondon on show too, and the fur covered stunt bikes were also in attendance. Separately there was a Honda VFR800 which a mock tiger skin covered fairing. Great to see such a serious bike treated to a twist of humour.
It cam a bit TOO much after a while a we went for a 10 – 15 mile blast to the Bull at Shenstone. Rambo stayed to look around a bit more as he had never been to Bassetts Pole before. He was also disappointed we didn’t head for thr New Inn at Barton-under-Nneedwood, as he had heard good things about the roads on the way there. Sorry about that Rambo, I didn’t realise or we could of happily headed that way. I just fancied a change!
We had a bit of laugh getting to the pub, and a good night once there, then we rounded off an excellent night eating chips with bikes ticking away outside as they cooled down. Kind of brought memories of hacking about as a teenage Hoolie on my YPVS!
Thumper made a new friend at a petrol station, I will let him explain, and then we headed home.
Next week I am joining Scouser at a meet in Leicestershire. Check out his post and join us if you can.
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!12,000 shouldn’t trouble any GSXR in 5th or 6th gear.
Welcome to the forum BTW. Quite a bit of GSX-R stuff on here.
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!See u there. Might bring the RD. Can’t ride out too far as there is a problem with the headlight right now.
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!I didn’t know you liked spaghetti hoops!! Anyway, didn’t the Saint drive a Volvo??
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!So have Thumper, Scouser, Toggs and Digger by the look of it!
Is it me, or does it look like a scene from the Exorcist????
Donate – Or Imperial Data will have you sorted!
