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Ride outs on
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This Page is just a few places I've been on my GSX1400FE over the last few years. I don't ride as a
group, just me and the wife riding pillion but sometimes we do go to biker
hangouts, unfortunately most of the time I forget to take the camera out with
me, or remember to take any photo's, but here's a few places I did remember or
notable places!
2010
Northern France 10th - 14 April 2010
For my Northern France trip visit the >>
Northern France '10
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GSX1400 Owners Club - April fools meet, National motorcycle museum,
4th April 2010
The 4th Annual GSX1400 owners club meet held for the 2nd year running at the
Nation Motorcycle museum, Birmingham. Not as many turned out this year as they
did last year, quite a few less in fact, due to the weather, although to be
honest not a bad day, but rather cool with a few showers. Good to put faces to
names, and good to see some familiar faces again, looking forward to next years
meet!
Please note that I have nothing to do with the running of
the GSX1400 owners club.
Cat & Fiddle, Peak District, Nr Macclesfield, Cheshire, 7th March 2010
The Cat n Fiddle the second highest public house in England on the A357, this
road attracts bikers and car drivers alike for it's twisting winding road, I've
ridden this road numerous times and never get board of it, although it is a road
that deserves a lot of respect, if you don't it will bite you and then it's game
over! So one gloriously sunny morning in March, not a cloud in sight but bloody
cold with temperature's varying from 2c to 4c, when I got the bike out first
thing in the morning it was -2c. I couldn't believe that up at the cat n fiddle
the was still snow on top of the hills. pics to follow as soon as I get chance
to upload them
2009
Ford AVO owners club national day, Stanford Hall, Leics. 21st June 2009
Fathers day, Sunday 21st June 2009, I'll probably get beasted
for this one, but a former passion of mine before I gave it all up to
concentrate on my bikes was old Fords, namely Escorts / RS from the late 1960's
& 1970's, I've been out of the classic seen for several years now but a work
mate was taking his Mk2 Escort to show it in the club stand. Although it was a
car show I did go on the bike and I also thought it would make an excellent
photo opportunity for the GSX1400 being a retro 70's styled bike to actually be
part of something 1970's, as luck would have it I managed to park the bike right
along side a trio of ex-works (Factory Ford Rally Prepared RS1800's) mk2 RS1800
Escorts.
Ok Diner, A1 northbound, Tickencote, Nr Stamford 24th May 2009
 One of this years best Bank holiday weekend Sunday 24th May, up early to see
some guys at work off on a cycle ride to Skegness, it was a glorious day not a
cloud in sight. Originally I was thinking of meeting up again in Skegness, but
on my way to Skegness on the 1400 I caught up with them at Newark around 9am,
Getting hungry and needed somewhere to eat, so after seeing them all in Newark I
decided to take a detour and head down the A1 from Newark, and wanted to find
the Ok Diner restaurant, an old 1950's American "tin" diner, I'd been meaning to
try this Diner for a while and never got around to it. Not too bad so long as
you don't mind being robbed when you get the bill, not the best prices for food
in the world but you do get unlimited coffee refills.
Great Yarmouth to Matlock, Derbyshire 24th-25th May 2009 (continued)
 Continuing
on with our travels from the ok diner the same Bank holiday weekend Sunday 24th
May, At the ok Diner we decided to head for Great Yarmouth instead of heading
back to Skegness to see the guys from work, My wife Wendy had been wanting to
see the place for years, shortly after setting off I pulled over to use my
Ventolin inhaler (I'm asthmatic) and realised I'd left it in my other bike
jacket at home. After pondering for 10minutes or so on whether turn back home or
not, I eventually thought I would carry on to Yarmouth as we don't get many days
with as nice a weather as this so I struggled on short of breath but nothing to
worry about. We got to Yarmouth and found a chemist in a supermarket and got a
emergency prescription, I had quite enjoyed the ride today, just the right
temperature 22c and not a cloud in sight, biker heaven. we had planned on just a
day trip but with the weather being so nice we found a hotel on the seafront
with a sea view and stayed overnight. Monday 25th, we departed Great Yarmouth
quite early at around 7:30am travelled for around an hour and called at
MacDonald's for some breakfast, weather was quite good until we started to get
near Lincolnshire, it clouded over and the temperature dropped. we called
at a Truck Stop called Cheerio cafe a few miles from Sleaford bypass at around
10:30am for a coffee and a bacon butty for a warm up as we had become quite
cold. Continuing on we headed for Matlock, Derbyshire, and it started to get
warmer, we arrived in Matlock around lunchtime, Matlock is a great biker hang
out, close to where I live and also is a great suntrap when the sun is out and
usually quite sheltered from any winds. although later in the afternoon it did
suddenly cloud over, and no sooner had we arrived home it started to rain just
seconds after pulling up at home.
Hunstanton 19th April 2009
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biker hang out I didn't know about, I went here purely for the ride out to a
quieter east coast destination and surprised to see the promenade full of bikes,
its a nice ride to Hunstanton with good roads through Notts & Lincs providing
you don't get caught up in traffic and speed cameras/traps.
Ponderossa Cafe, Horseshoe Pass, North Wales. 13th April 2009
Another biker hang out that I've been meaning to to go
to for quite a while and never got around to, it had forecast a good warm sunny
day, by the time we got to Wales it was bloody cold, then by the time we got to
Ponderossa cafe on the Horseshoe pass up on the mountain then it felt like mid
winter, although what do you expect for mid April!! The cafe was packed solid,
it surprised me really as all the reports I've heard about the place people
complaining about how bad the food was!! The horseshoe pass itself wasn't a bad
ride at all really apart from the Police pulling in and spot checking bikes for
no apparent reason.
GSX1400.org April Fools Meet @ National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.
5th April 2009
2009 bike season kicked off to a great start with this years GSX1400 owners club
meeting with a massive turnout. I don't know the actual number of 1400's that
turned up, but I "guestimated" it at easily over 100. The previous 2
years it had been held a the Vic, Coalville, this year a change of venue to the
national motorcycle museum in Birmingham. I was amazed at the amount that turned
up on the day.
  
2008
GSX1400.org March Midlands meet @ The Vic, Coalville, Leicester - 30th March 2008
Got to be the Largest gatherings of GSX1400's in one place to date. On Sunday 30th March
2008 the GSX1400.org owners club had organised a meet for the start of the new
bike season due to the success of last years April Fools Day meet. This meet was
bigger and better with owners travelling from from around the country with over
60 GSX1400's attending plus friends on other bikes, an excellent turnout! On the
way down I had arranged to meet a friend of mine on his new Fireblade at Trowel
Services, I pulled into the services and Martin was there on his Blade with some
other 1400 owners so we tagged along with the 1400 owners the rest of the way to
the Vic. Afterwards Martin on the Blade and myself along with another 1400 owner
Rob decided we would all ride to Matlock, Derbyshire.
2007 Season (Descending date order)
 Bridlington & Skegness - 24th 25th August 2007
My
first good ride out since returning from Spain, with the British weather being
worst summer on record we haven't had chance to get out on the bike. on the way
home I decided to have a steady ride back both days and set the sat nav to
keeping off the motorways as every man and his dog would stuck on motorways for
the bank holiday break, I got the idea of doing this from Robbie Coltrane's TV
show " 'B' road Britain", Boy did it bring back some childhood memories
travelling holiday and not on the motorways back in the 70's in the back of my
dad's Ford Anglia van. The reality of it is that a lot of the little towns and
villages are run down and some parts derelict because know one knows about the
little places anymore because of motorways and Dual carriageways bypassing them.
Spain, Andorra & France - 21 June- 7 July 2007
My biggest trip ever of 2231.7miles! I have given this trip 3 pages of its own
due to the amount of info and pics,
Click Here to look.
Calais, France - 27th-29th May 2007
I always enjoy going to Calais, (France) on the bike, I buy a cheap channel
tunnel ticket a couple of days beforehand, at off peak periods it can be as
little as £11 each way. Getting to Calais is a 220 mile trip from were I live in
Derbyshire, I had been quite a few times before on the Bandit I owned in 2004
and on my old K2 1400 in 2005 and 2006 as well as numerous times in the car over
the years with the kids, so It's now like my second home, I go mainly for one
stretch of road going from Calais to Boulogne called the D940, an excellent Road
with stunning coastal views, we stop at one of our usual hotel in Coquelles on
the outskirts of Calais, a few minutes from the channel tunnel terminal. May was
a poor month, it rained, rained and rained even more! this trip was no
exception, the first day hammered it down with rain, sunday morning was nice and
sunny but towards dinner thick black clouds appeared. we sat on the coast in the
sun and watching a thunder storm in the English channel. The afternoon rained
until evening, Monday morning was time for us to come home, weather was glorious
and red hot. we boarded the channel tunnel and when we arrived in England it was
raining and cold, we could not believe the difference, it rained on and off all
the way home. This was our last trip on the bike due to the weather until our
trip to Spain.
White Cliffs of Dover (Kent)- 15th April 2007
With April 2007 being the hottest on record for virtually the whole month, it
was a shame to miss out on July temperatures so early in the year, I made the
most of it. Dover for me is a 460 mile round trip, my longest trip in a day. I
did it with my wife riding pillion (as always) we got up early one Sunday
morning around 5:30 am, (lesson 1- Don't get up early like this with the
intension of doing a long days ride) Initially I was going to do a day trip to
Calais, unfortunately I left booking til the hour we were due setting off on the
bike and the prices were sky high £50 each way, had I booked the night before it
would have been £22 return. So a trip to Dover it was to be. I did this day trip
as well last year but I did it this year to get a few miles on the clock on my
new FE. Its all motorway for me so not a bad run. Both times I've been there has
been a fair amount of sea fog so made visibility not good at all looking out to
sea and the Ferry docks/harbour. On our way down we saw a old 1978 XS400 from
Germany and the guy loaded up a full size suit case on the rear seat.
Wales - 7th 8th April 2007
I regularly go to south Wales to visit relatives not too far from Cardiff close
to the heads of the valleys, I've never gone through mid and north Wales, so in
April I decided to have a weekend in Wales starting in the south and heading
through the Brecon beacons on the A470, A good road, with plenty of views
running north to south of Wales. After the Brecon's we went up to the stunning
Snowdonia national park and to the Coast of Barmouth then carrying on through
Snowdonia. heading over to Wrexham and back home.
April Fools Day meet @ The Vic, Coalville, Leicester - 1st April 2007
One of the Largest gatherings of GSX1400's in one place. On Sunday 1st April
2007 the GSX1400.org owners club had organised a meet for the start of the new
bike season, it was hit and miss as to what the weather was going to be like but
as luck had it, it didn't turn out too bad, a bit a breeze, quite blustery at
times but it didn't put the .org members off, throughout the day someone had counted
28 14's if I remember right! Here's a couple of pictures I took. The Meet took
place at The Vic Bikers Pub in Coalville, junction 22 off the M1.
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire 1st April 2007
Called at Matlock after Coalville meet. Matlock,
One of original biker hang outs, Every week on Sunday's Matlock Bath turns in a
town full of bikers, it has been a long standing tradition for bikers visiting
Matlock on Sunday's since the year dot. A picturesque spa town in the peak
district on the banks of the river Derwent. Living in Derbyshire myself it is
fairly local to me, although it does attract bikers from all over the country,
the Home of the annual Rock & Blues Custom Show, Pentrich is also just minutes
away. The photo's were taken on 1st April 2007 this is early on in the biker
season and as you can see it is busy.
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