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Title: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: jesim1 on July 09, 2019, 07:42:45 pm: 14 Bike on the run out on Saturday and I think 17 overall with about 23ish people including pillions over the two days. Just a picture from Saturdays ride out where it rained most of the day unfortunately. A journo from Ride magazine done an article on it, so expect to see something I a couple of months.

Spent the night at the Palace hotel - grand from the outside - not so much on the inside :-[ We had a Tex Mex at the Lone Star - good food and enough to feed your horse also - do not try to have three courses here!

Two small incident but no casualties or damage - one 10mph topple on the mother of all cattle grids, and another on a metal drain in the car park - it's the low speed stuff that gets you on these beasts, but everyone had a good time over the couple of days there 8)

(https://i.postimg.cc/RZVs3507/2019-07-06-13-11-57.jpg)
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Phmode on July 09, 2019, 09:22:02 pm: Is that a silver one I see in the background? Shouldn't be allowed I say ;)
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: richtea on July 09, 2019, 10:15:47 pm: Good stuff!
Nice to see them together.

The weather - tch - you can never win, but with all that fairing, you probably didn't notice. 8)
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Belco100 on July 10, 2019, 08:58:55 am: Yep - a good weekend all round jesim1. I hope we can do it all again next year.
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Costas on July 10, 2019, 02:42:32 pm: With such bikers and bikes of such magnitudes even a trip down to Greece is feasible .
Love bike gatherings. Always fun.
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: jesim1 on July 11, 2019, 04:05:24 pm: Quote from: Phmode on July 09, 2019, 09:22:02 pm
Is that a silver one I see in the background? Shouldn't be allowed I say ;)

Looks like it in the picture but it's "white" - they owner had a jacket that made him look very much like traffic police ;)
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: jesim1 on July 11, 2019, 04:08:11 pm: Quote from: richtea on July 09, 2019, 10:15:47 pm
Good stuff!
Nice to see them together.

The weather - tch - you can never win, but with all that fairing, you probably didn't notice. 8)

Very true, most owners had full Gortex two piece suits, so very few people got wet, but looking through glasses, then a rain soaked visor, and finally a dripping wet screen does nothing for your confidence or safety, so I only ride in the rain if I have to - basically I'm a tart :-*
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Belco100 on July 11, 2019, 04:49:04 pm: I rode up on Friday in 28 degree heat and assumed a hot weekend. A bit gobsmacked Saturday morning to see it peeing down.

Cunningly left my waterproof lining and waterproof gloves in the garage. Kevlar jeans didn't keep me particularly dry either :o
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Phmode on July 11, 2019, 07:15:05 pm: Serves you right! Anyone who rides more than 5 minutes from home without waterproofs in the UK is either daft or a fish ;)
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Costas on July 14, 2019, 09:13:23 am: Or drives a tin can .........
Title: Re: K1600 meet up in Buxton - 6+7/7/19
Post by: Phmode on July 14, 2019, 10:32:39 am: I even have two sets of waterproofs in my car. A decent set and a rather tatty working set for tyre changes in muddy lanes etc.

Brian (who doesn't 'do' wet :'( )