![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
The Extended Weekend
Sep. 23rd, 2008 12:46 amWell, its been a busy weekend. I decided to take a few days off to help with moving
regardless of this I still managed to be rather dis-orginised but its all done and the
stuff is moved.
Wedensday
This involved a rather fast wander down the M1 on my 125, which despite what
people have said went suprisingly smoothly. I set off after work about 6:00pm and
got into Leicester around 8pm - 8:30pm. The wee bike chalking up another 100
miles and providing a very respectable 65mph to 70mph all the way. I got in and
pretty much colapsed.
Thursday
Up early to juggle my 125 around Leicester to avoid paying parking fees or getting
parking tickets. Then off to Birmingham to meet frank as he had very kindly offered
to ferry me to Bristol so i could view the Blue 2003 Yamaha FZS Fazer that one of
the guys from the Fazer Owners Forums was selling. It was an interesting ride even
if due to me thinking frank had a luggage rack for some reason caused delays getting
there. We gabbed at the services and frank done a fine job of navagating us to our
destination. The bike had about 34,600 odd miles on it, although it seems to be in
suprisingly good condition. It had new down pipes a little while ago but where
replaced with second hand pipes but they still look in reasonably good nick with
not a lot of corrossion. It had a completely new gearbox at 20k, its feels quite smooth
to me and has a almost full service history. So had a look at the forks, chain, tyres
(needs a new front tyre very soon) downpipes etc and paid a very very reasonable
£,200 for it (the same as I paid for my 125 actually). Then rode 135 miles back to
leicester with frank shadowing me and keeping gaps open for me to change lanes
on the motorway and make sure I got to brum in one peice (cheers mate your a
bloody good chap!) and gave me some advice that I've tried to work on. Then
back to leicester to chain up the Fazer while I rode the Hipster back up to Liivi's
then took the Fazer home from the Leicester Bike Parking. Riding the Fazer at
night wasn't as much fun as during the day but much better than riding the hipster
at night with its crappy lights.
Friday
Was mostly packing and cleaning then me getting terribly confused with when people
where arriving. Corrine and John turned up and we had a couple of drinks and a good
old gab before crashing out.
Saturday
After attempting to get a van and being foiled once by my total lack of organisation
and lack of relivant information. We got a van, rammed it full of stuff and set off. After
meeting up on the M1 services just outside leicester (Donnington Services i beleive)
and having some lunch we then set out. I had to make a stop or two (adjusting ear
plugs and luggage) and again for petrol (somewhere between these two stops the
van passed me and rioted up the road). I ended up on a magical mystery tour of
stockton and yorkshire arriving at Johns for about 18:30pm. Unloaded the van and
promptly buggered off back down the A1 to leeds for bendymouse (slightly un-nerving
with the fast night riding but still managed to have some fun). Bendymouse was
excellent and much fun (there may have been alcahol) and dancing, brief after-party
back at julie annes (my memory gets hazy here) then sleep ...and lots of it.
So after working it out on a previous post about 356 miles over three days (not including
running around the citys) mostly on the motorway. I am still knackered but not doing
very well at sleeping unfortunatly will need to work on that.
Bristol to Brum (M5) 90ish miles
Brum to Leicester (M6/M69) 45ish Miles
Leicester to Stockton (M1/A1(M)) 155ish miles
Stockton to Leeds (A1(M)) 66ish Miles
regardless of this I still managed to be rather dis-orginised but its all done and the
stuff is moved.
Wedensday
This involved a rather fast wander down the M1 on my 125, which despite what
people have said went suprisingly smoothly. I set off after work about 6:00pm and
got into Leicester around 8pm - 8:30pm. The wee bike chalking up another 100
miles and providing a very respectable 65mph to 70mph all the way. I got in and
pretty much colapsed.
Thursday
Up early to juggle my 125 around Leicester to avoid paying parking fees or getting
parking tickets. Then off to Birmingham to meet frank as he had very kindly offered
to ferry me to Bristol so i could view the Blue 2003 Yamaha FZS Fazer that one of
the guys from the Fazer Owners Forums was selling. It was an interesting ride even
if due to me thinking frank had a luggage rack for some reason caused delays getting
there. We gabbed at the services and frank done a fine job of navagating us to our
destination. The bike had about 34,600 odd miles on it, although it seems to be in
suprisingly good condition. It had new down pipes a little while ago but where
replaced with second hand pipes but they still look in reasonably good nick with
not a lot of corrossion. It had a completely new gearbox at 20k, its feels quite smooth
to me and has a almost full service history. So had a look at the forks, chain, tyres
(needs a new front tyre very soon) downpipes etc and paid a very very reasonable
£,200 for it (the same as I paid for my 125 actually). Then rode 135 miles back to
leicester with frank shadowing me and keeping gaps open for me to change lanes
on the motorway and make sure I got to brum in one peice (cheers mate your a
bloody good chap!) and gave me some advice that I've tried to work on. Then
back to leicester to chain up the Fazer while I rode the Hipster back up to Liivi's
then took the Fazer home from the Leicester Bike Parking. Riding the Fazer at
night wasn't as much fun as during the day but much better than riding the hipster
at night with its crappy lights.
Friday
Was mostly packing and cleaning then me getting terribly confused with when people
where arriving. Corrine and John turned up and we had a couple of drinks and a good
old gab before crashing out.
Saturday
After attempting to get a van and being foiled once by my total lack of organisation
and lack of relivant information. We got a van, rammed it full of stuff and set off. After
meeting up on the M1 services just outside leicester (Donnington Services i beleive)
and having some lunch we then set out. I had to make a stop or two (adjusting ear
plugs and luggage) and again for petrol (somewhere between these two stops the
van passed me and rioted up the road). I ended up on a magical mystery tour of
stockton and yorkshire arriving at Johns for about 18:30pm. Unloaded the van and
promptly buggered off back down the A1 to leeds for bendymouse (slightly un-nerving
with the fast night riding but still managed to have some fun). Bendymouse was
excellent and much fun (there may have been alcahol) and dancing, brief after-party
back at julie annes (my memory gets hazy here) then sleep ...and lots of it.
So after working it out on a previous post about 356 miles over three days (not including
running around the citys) mostly on the motorway. I am still knackered but not doing
very well at sleeping unfortunatly will need to work on that.
Bristol to Brum (M5) 90ish miles
Brum to Leicester (M6/M69) 45ish Miles
Leicester to Stockton (M1/A1(M)) 155ish miles
Stockton to Leeds (A1(M)) 66ish Miles
