Moderator drewpy Posted October 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted October 2, 2015 Fancy an afternoon ride out to Matlock via cat and fiddle if anyones up for it.going via Lymm to Macc then down via Cromford and up to Matlock. prob leave house about 12:45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted October 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted October 2, 2015 Would love to but waiting on time to rebuild my fuel tap, too dangerous to ride now. Had to skip a local bike night tonight too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up.yours Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 it will piss it down tomorrow , im out sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 3, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2015 weather looks ok to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I can't make it but have good day Drew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 4, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2015 I can't make it but have good day Drew missed a cracking Day Tommy. latte at Cat and fiddle,then head towards Ashborne and a quick left on a fast B road. onto another A515 to newhaven then a left down th best road I've ridden. Tree lined not many cars and very twisty, perfect. Into Cromford (very pretty) and left to Matlock took a few pickies just to show Kev it wern't raining ready for the Matlock illuminations saw this V8 there, nver seen one before and then 2 show up! this was the better one 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) Great pics drewps,,,av been there 3 times.. and its 340mls south of me,, Edited October 4, 2015 by blackhat250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 4, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2015 Great pics drewps,,,av been there 3 times.. and its 340mls south of me,, beautiful place. did 170 miles today and about £15 worth of Fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bippo Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Good snaps. Weather is great at the mo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Talking of fuel. drewps, last weekend , we did a classic run , I had Tiger1050, running with the old britts, we fuelled up after 75mls. [wasn't needing. ] but just to see milage, I took 4.65 litres , they took Samish , 70+ mpg, unbelievable,, steady 50/55/60mph, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 missed a cracking Day Tommy. latte at Cat and fiddle,then head towards Ashborne and a quick left on a fast B road. onto another A515 to newhaven then a left down th best road I've ridden. Tree lined not many cars and very twisty, perfect. Into Cromford (very pretty) and left to Matlock took a few pickies just to show Kev it wern't raining ready for the Matlock illuminations saw this V8 there, nver seen one before and then 2 show up! this was the better one yes wish I could have made it but my boy chunk is in a really bad way at the moment, Mrs xs has been looking after him all week so it wouldn't have been an option to leave him with her today. Glad you had a good day, pics look great, will have to do it next year as I've never been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 4, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2015 we'll do it again when the time is right mate. Hope Chunk isn't too bad? Talking of fuel. drewps, last weekend , we did a classic run , I had Tiger1050, running with the old britts, we fuelled up after 75mls. [wasn't needing. ] but just to see milage, I took 4.65 litres , they took Samish , 70+ mpg, unbelievable,, steady 50/55/60mph, I was doing a bit more on that twisty road John. I blame the IOM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 4, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2015 this is the road, apparantly one of 2 most dangerous roads in the country.I think the other was cat and fiddle :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Would hate to ride behind that fella" rolls of throttle way too early, even on straight/slight curves . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up.yours Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 twaz a very sunny day andy ,I wouldn't have been good company today under the circumstances iv'e been a right miserable twat today . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 5, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted October 5, 2015 Would hate to ride behind that fella" rolls of throttle way too early, even on straight/slight curves . glad you noticed, was doing my head in too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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