BMF show '05 - write-up and Pics!!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:58 am
Sorry it's taken a while to get around to posting this, but with moving house over the last couple of weeks it's been a bit of a nightmare!!
So,
The weekend began with XJRjohn and Wingman getting a head start and getting to the Peterborough showground at around 3pm. This was after getting the immbilisor sorted on Wingman's Pacific coast, as the batteries had died in the remote!! They were met there shortly afterward by Nibblet.
Miss_C667 and Myself didnt finish work until 11pm, so finally arrived on site at about midnight, after a very nice (and dry) ride down there - everyone else had gotten a thorough soaking on the way!
Most of the weekend was spent trying to avoid the major downpours, along with the seemingly impossible task of finding me a new helmet
XJRJohn got a new (and rather shiney) tax disc holder, Miss_C667 attacked the clothing acessory stalls with a vengeance, and spent waaay too much money! and I finally found a new lid (AGV Demon V-top, see safety forum)
There were many stands ands many new bikes to take a look at, unfortunately with time constraints we missed wuite a few, too! (hope to see more at the tail-ender in sept!)
Thankfully the rain didn't completely ruin the weekend, in fact we even got to see a stunt display with 3 guys who obviously had a death-wish!
Sunday was a bit brighter, so I got to have a good look around the auto-jumble and found some new mirrors for the XJR, finally replacing the mis-matched ones I had on before...
Anyway, below are some photos, hopefully the other people that were there will contribute to the writeup, as I have now ran out of time!
Miss_C667 On the Honda Shadow
The campsite at night
The campsite in daylight!
A nice GSXR 'fighter that was camped just across from us
Wingman on a nice Beemer
XJRJohn with one of the bikes from "The long way round"
Another "fun"-looking offering from BMW
Not exactly the driest of days!
Keyoke sitting very happily on the Trumpy Thruxton!
So,
The weekend began with XJRjohn and Wingman getting a head start and getting to the Peterborough showground at around 3pm. This was after getting the immbilisor sorted on Wingman's Pacific coast, as the batteries had died in the remote!! They were met there shortly afterward by Nibblet.
Miss_C667 and Myself didnt finish work until 11pm, so finally arrived on site at about midnight, after a very nice (and dry) ride down there - everyone else had gotten a thorough soaking on the way!
Most of the weekend was spent trying to avoid the major downpours, along with the seemingly impossible task of finding me a new helmet
XJRJohn got a new (and rather shiney) tax disc holder, Miss_C667 attacked the clothing acessory stalls with a vengeance, and spent waaay too much money!
and I finally found a new lid (AGV Demon V-top, see safety forum)There were many stands ands many new bikes to take a look at, unfortunately with time constraints we missed wuite a few, too! (hope to see more at the tail-ender in sept!)
Thankfully the rain didn't completely ruin the weekend, in fact we even got to see a stunt display with 3 guys who obviously had a death-wish!
Sunday was a bit brighter, so I got to have a good look around the auto-jumble and found some new mirrors for the XJR, finally replacing the mis-matched ones I had on before...
Anyway, below are some photos, hopefully the other people that were there will contribute to the writeup, as I have now ran out of time!
Miss_C667 On the Honda Shadow
The campsite at night
The campsite in daylight!
A nice GSXR 'fighter that was camped just across from us
Wingman on a nice Beemer
XJRJohn with one of the bikes from "The long way round"
Another "fun"-looking offering from BMW
Not exactly the driest of days!
Keyoke sitting very happily on the Trumpy Thruxton!
So did you get a test ride on the new BMW K bike? 
I was hoping to live vicariously through your experience. On the other hand...I really like the FJR too. (Too bad Yamaha won't import it to the US. 
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