This sunday

[RED PRED]

Ok, the plan for the next ride .

Gary (upperdeane) has got his new Outlaw quad and wants to ride for the first time with us, his quad is brand new so it will be a nice relaxed ride at his running in speed .
We can do a circular route of Basingstoke taking in some great byways and off road riding and some good country lanes, lunch can be bacon butties and tea at Popham airfiled (our regular stop) where we will do some video of NJK showing us how to power slide .
The emphasis will be on a relaxed ride with a chance to have a chat and a pukka bacon butty .
We will get muddy Gary LOL
Meet at 10am at Morrisons petrol station in Basingstoke this sunday morning .

[upperdeane]

See you on Sunday.....

[Croozin]

whoooo, im gonna make the effort and join you guys!! Anyone coming my way before heading over to basingstoke?

[RED PRED]

Ollie, we can meet you at the beginning of the byway near herriard to save you coming into basingstoke, probably save you a good 5 miles or so, i will phone you toexplain where it is .

[Croozin]

Ok thanks, im not too worried about the trek, would just be a bit more interesting if i had someone else to ride with on the way there.

Is it me or would changing to off road tyre's decrease my top speed? It was like i was missing my top gear last time i put them on?

[RED PRED]

if you meet us at the start of the byway then its only a 10 minute or so ride from Alton

[RED PRED]

Right everybody, so far we have the following who are possibly coming on sunday

Upperdeane (Gary)
Croozin (Ollie)
Myself (Red Pred)
Admin/Catmanspoohs (Danny) - not sure if coming
Yellow Peril (Dave), I always assume he is coming, Mr Reliable LOL
Warriorrider (Nigel)
NJK (Nigel), if he has his quad back
AutoQuad
Butch

Invite pm`s sent to the following

Quadgirl, I will pm an invite to her

What are you waiting for, lets get out there and have some fun, its what you bought your quad for .

[butch2485]

i get my quad thursday so i reckon it`ll need running in for a bit
i`ve got the standard model which comes with on/off road tyres,will these be ok for the ride?
do i need anything else?:)

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Butch

I am sure everyone on here will agree that the ride on sunday will be fine for your bike, its the sort of ride that will be ideal for running in, Upperdeane is also running his quad in .
When running in you need a ride with varying speeds and loads on the engine so sunday will be good .
I can do sundays ride barely ticking over, no worries mate, just enjoy LOL .
Am i right in remembering you are getting a QZ 250, it will be spot on for on and off road riding .
Looking forward to meeting you .

[RED PRED]

This is great, 9 riders on sunday, fanbloodytastic, it will be the biggest quad posse that has ever left Basingstoke, there will be some great photo opportunities for Admin and a great day for all .
Lets hope Popham get enough bacon in LOL

[Raptorman]

croozin where abouts are u i might make this sunday i will be coming up from waterlooville could meet you on way, what time do you boys normally stay out till, my mum says i can stay until it gets dark:faint:

[catmandoes]

Sorry guys, i can tcome Sunday. Things i have to do :(

Im sure you will have a great time.

Please take plenty of pics so i can put them on the website.

[RED PRED]

We will meet at Morrisons petrol station in basingstoke at 10am then ride out on the A339 basingstoke to alton road to meet croozin in a layby then on to the first byway .
Croozin (Ollie) is in Alton .
The ride is not particularly long as we have some trail virgins with us LOL .

Malcolm, i notice that a lot of byways down your way, especially East Meon are under TRO orders, bloody council spoil all the fun .

[Raptorman]

yes you are right i am no expert on the trails, you know who is, some we cannot now use but there seems to be anoth to go round hope to see you sunday will confirm on sat :D

[RED PRED]

nice one, will be good to see you and the raptor again .
it will be a good day, are you sure you want a relaxed ride and not a 200 mile epic journey LOL

[butch2485]

got bike now so i will be there on sunday
:o

[RED PRED]

Sundays riders

Yellow Peril
Warriorrider
Red pred
Raptorman
Butch
Autoquad
Croozin
Upperdeane
NJK-(depending on quad being ready)

Hopefully all can make it

[Croozin]

Raptorman - how's things?
If you fancy meeting up and then heading to the meeting place with me then please feel free to let me know- we can meet at a mutual location thats good for both of us.

I will PM you shortly!

Anyone know a weather forecast yet? Very much looking forward to this ride- will charge the digital camera!

-Ollie

[NJK]

Good news I will be there, I'm picking it up tomorrow and will get it back and put the new tyres on and see you there on Sunday.

[RED PRED]

thats good news nige, better bring some more money to get you that bacon sarnie, dont forget my exhaust bit

[NJK]

Will try not too, but keep on reminding me to be on the safe side.

[RED PRED]

Nige, just keep thinking you can smell bacon and you wont, i trust you .
Its bloody stupid how the so called `health experts` are now telling us that bacon causes cancer, i am glad i dont take any notice of what they say .

[Raptorman]

I am 100% in:hug: i will ask rappey if would like to come if ok with you can meet ollie in alton was that the sainsbury garage ! please let me know will chek back later.
It better be worth it i am giving up my ticket to watch pompey sunday afternoon :hurt:

[upperdeane]

BBC wearher is now saying clear until midday then light showers for Sunday.

[Raptorman]

I need some information where to met etc??:frusty:

[upperdeane]

Here at 10am

Morrison Supermarket
Worting Road
Basingstoke
RG21 8BJ

[Raptorman]

Thanks for that but i thought i was meeting ollie on route the last message i got was that he going to pm nothing as yet
as far as i am concerend i was meeting him at alton i need to confirm where

[upperdeane]

Ah ...sorry about that, I misunderstood. Hopefully he will contact you soon. Maybe you shoud send him a PM to cover all bases.

[RED PRED]

Right, to avoid any confusion guys .

The Basingstoke group to meet as planned below
10am at Morrisons petrol station in Basingstoke .

Ollie and Malcolm to arrange their meet up, just spoke to Ollie and he will be online shortly .

Then both groups to meet at a layby a few miles outside Basingstoke to start the ride .
Have been cycling the byways today and they were nice and dry, hope it does not rain tonight .

Malcolm, no problem if you want to ask Rappey, we are open to newcomers and non-members, one big happy family:kiss: .

[Croozin]

I have PM'd raptorman. The sainsburys car park in Alton will be spot on if thats where he wants to meet.

What time do you reckons best to meet him there?.

I will be going out shortly so can be contacted on mobile if you get no answer on here!

[RED PRED]

i would say 10am Ollie cos it will take a while to get to the layby and you wont have to go mental to get there LOL

[Croozin]

Thats what i was thinking - i have sent raptorman my mobile number too incase of any issues or if im not online later when he replies.

[RED PRED]

thats good, Ollie and Malcolm to meet at 10am

[Raptorman]

have pm ollie and taken his phone number does ollie know where we are meeting you guys because i dont.
hopefully should see you tomorrow how long would it take you to get from morrisions to layby need to sort what time to meet ollie

[Raptorman]

ignore last post thankyou for info

[RED PRED]

malcolm, you must be keen, if i was a pompey fan i would not want to miss a match at the moment, great team

[upperdeane]

Latest weather forecast for Sunday ride ....

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[NJK]

Apart from a few mishaps today it was a good day out, a good mixture of lanes, a good mixture of quads (and bike) and also people look forward to the next one. A thanks goes out to Graham for leading and Dave for Backup support.

Thanks for the bacon sarnie Graham

[upperdeane]

Yep, great day ...look forward to the next one. I'll aim to stay on the bike next time.

Thanks
Gary

[RED PRED]

and thank you for all turning up, the midlife crisis club is thriving LOL, what better way to spend a sunday

[NJK]

The weather was good to us today as well.

[Croozin]

Speak for yourself- im deffinately not near the mid life crisis stage by a long way!

Thanks for a great ride, got a little wet and cold on the way home, ran out of petrol just as i was driving into the driveway- well timed!

[RED PRED]

ollie it creeps on you very quickly LOL, shame our QZ friend could not time it as well LOL

[Raptorman]

It started off well for me, nice to see some old faces and some new older faces 'lol' have got some pics once i learn how to resize will upload.
Now off to the new chain shop:cc_rip:

[RED PRED]

It must have been very dissapointing Malcolm, as they say `sh*t happens`, did you go to the Pompey game in the end .
We will meet up soon, a good day, the mods to your Rap look good by the way .

[RED PRED]

A good day out, just one small point, i think the car park shennanigans at Popham got just a little out of hand, I myself am also guilty of this, i did not think anyone would race all the way up and down the hill like that and kick up all that dust, please can I appeal to you to refrain from doing this next time we go there as Popham is a great place to go on a ride and they have always made us welcome and provided us with refeshments in our hour of need, we dont want to get banned .

THANKS GUYS

[secret solo]

Hiya guys (and graham), yep im the one that was 2 wheels short of a full quad :(
bloody hooligans tearing up and down the car park at popham, dont get me doing things like that ;)
Was an intersting ride with a few things to keep us seasoned riders amused... lol (oh for a helmet cam)
best part was the friendlyness from a nice group of quadders....
Next time i will be back with a vengence (and hopefully malcom and dave) to make a super huge group.
Riding home was not good. It got dark and rained and could not see where i was going on them dark unlit roads due to refraction from car headlights on the rain on my goggles.
Strange how the road home seemed to be twice as long as it was on the way there ????

[RED PRED]

Glad you got home ok, regarding the Popham shennigans, I can assure everyone that I made sure my wife gave me a sound thrashing as a punishment for my part in the Popham dust up :bangin:

[warriorrider]

A good day out, just one small point, i think the car park shennanigans at Popham got just a little out of hand, I myself am also guilty of this, i did not think anyone would race all the way up and down the hill like that and kick up all that dust, please can I appeal to you to refrain from doing this next time we go there as Popham is a great place to go on a ride and they have always made us welcome and provided us with refeshments in our hour of need, we dont want to get banned .

THANKS GUYS

Im so sorry i promise to behave next time!:bangin:

[RED PRED]

no prob mate, its goint to be quiet on here tonight, I am out rehearsing my band, I am sure you can all make up for me, I am going to have 3 hours of pure fender power blasting my ears:band1::band1:, apart from Salt beef and red wine, quadding and sex, what more can a bloke want LOL

[Raptorman]

This is the best i could on my sunday out, I bet there are not many people who have this photo:crazy:

[NJK]

That was such a shame, you missed a good day out.

[secret solo]

Just think of the fuel you saved by not having to ride home... not to mention a soaking :rain:

[RED PRED]

there will always be a bacon sarnie for you at Popham Malcolm

[RED PRED]

NJK, is this what you wanted to see, bloody show-off LOL

[NJK]

Yep It would of looked more impressive on video though.