....those who were performing as it were, at the Ace Cafe around lunchtime today. Having never been there before, I was quite taken aback with just how many bikes were there... and at the same time, pleased to see a lack of police presence, even though some of the stuff being done on the road outside would have been of interest to them, and quite possibly the attention of a few health and safety nazis, had they been present. Some really nice bikes too - a turbo'ed Hayabusa with a stretched swingarm particularly caught my, (and several others), attention. Quite refreshing to see a meet along these lines being left alone, anyway. -- JackH Pan European BOTAFOT #110 D.Bot (University Of Speed) - BOTAFOF #29 - GHPOTHUF #29
I saw something on the rat bike zone about an Ace Cafe thing. Was it a meeting, or just another Sunday afternoon thing at the Ace?
I've never been before, so no idea how busy it normally is on a Sunday, but there were bikes parked on the footbridge opposite, never mind any grass verges and car parks, right past the traffic lights to the west side of there. -- JackH Pan European BOTAFOT #110 D.Bot (University Of Speed) - BOTAFOF #29 - GHPOTHUF #29
They turned up en masse later Some of the fuckwits got my attention, never mind the safety Nazis. A packed, tiny, public road is not the place to practise your shitty, cack-handed wheelies. One guy in particular was heading towards a massive crash into loads of people - he was simply fucking lethal - but the Old Bill turned up and that was that Unfortunately, the day's got far too big to be safe. Most of the riders are okay, but there's simply too many people and no where near enough room -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
Ah, right. I had to clear off about 1.15, as my pillion had to be at work by 2. Indeed. I can understand why they were pissed off, but some of the cagers passing through were driving like cunts as well - and I'm not talking about those who were doing the odd wheelspin, but those who were aggressively forcing their way through, almost taking out some of the bikers on the road at the same time. So this was a standard, nothing out of the ordinary, summer Sunday there then? *Impressed* -- JackH Pan European BOTAFOT #110 D.Bot (University Of Speed) - BOTAFOF #29 - GHPOTHUF #29
No, but it is a standard Streetfighters' Sunday Although this is what it used to be like... http://www.uponone.com/videos.php?id=1858 -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
I only saw one BMW with 2 'Black Rats' in it, filming near the mini roundabout from about 3 or so (unless I missed something else turning up). From what I gather from staff at the Ace, the old bill would be more than happy to let things run unmolested at this meet, but the one or two prats doing the lethal stuff are likely to force a clampdown. Shame. CB500 <have to start somewhere!>
I've been there a couple of times before and found it dire, but Sunday was far more entertaining, if only because it was hard to see anything through the thick black clouds of tyre smoke. On the down side, the video resolution on a 6230 is shite.
Crikey, no! Wibble-wobbling away whilst trying not to look too new to the whole thing on an R plate was me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skip CB500 <have to start somewhere!>
Heh. The nutter on the shite old CG125 with what looked like a small race can tacked onto the downpipe was quite entertaining. :-D
R as in the first letter of the index, not as in a warning to all other users type jobby. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skip CB500 <have to start somewhere!>
Funnily enough, I enjoy that sort of stuff at the BMF show camping ground. It just seems sad, that for a lot of people at the Ace it seems to be the epitome of the biking experience.
