Great Bentley Essex

Anyone go to Gt Bentley last night?.
There must have been 300 plus bikes & no rain

A lovely night for riding.

no rain. dont belive ya, it aint summer unless its raining!!!

I would go to this meet but I hear it is crawling with the boys in blue....and they are rather keen to show you the error of your ways plates, cans etc etc...i would be delighted to hear this is tosh...... :021:

Yes n no,I,ve been going for several years now and never been tugged for nowt but I,ve heared that they can sometimes be a bit keen with the plate ruler n dB tester (their ears)

Int been much this year due to the bloody rain and I work late 2 weeks of the month but its normally a good meet.

Cheers for that Haggler...I'll give it a go then one week soon

No never critical turn the key visor down "lets go racing" .
Empty head means nice smoothe riding no what ,if's ,or wheres ,
all reflex and intuition = more thrills and less spills
trust yourselfs people you have it in you ... well most of us ,, somewere

Nelly B wrote:No never critical turn the key visor down "lets go racing" .
Empty head means nice smoothe riding no what ,if's ,or wheres ,
all reflex and intuition = more thrills and less spills
trust yourselfs people you have it in you ... well most of us ,, somewere

Have you posted on the wrong thread?

Superbly off topic if you haven't...

Just a few minutes ride away from me. Not been much this year as I'm always working on a Wednesday night. Will have to see if I can get down there in the next couple of weeks.

Who's up for this on wednesday 28th of July ??



Literally hundreds of bikes , Burger van and pub on one of the quaintest village greens going.

It's my first summer week off work so I'm planning ahead now.

Can meet Norwich lot at Bury or Thetford areas quite easily, all depends on who is finished work at what times etc.

Holy thread resurrection! Nearly 3 years!

reeseyboy wrote:Holy thread resurrection! Nearly 3 years!

It's a great meet, I used to do it when I lived in East London, haven't been for about 4 years.

Not to far for you reeseyboy!!

i could be up for going

scotty80 wrote:i could be up for going

Excellent Scotty,

It's a great ride from your neck of the woods too. If you go Dartford bridge, then A13 to the A130, then the B roads through Maldon etc up to Colchester then down to Great Bentley its great fun, and very rural.


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MMMmmm i may be up for it, bit of a nostalgia trip for me as i spent most of my childhood in Clacton on sea.
So what's the score then, is it just an annual meet for a chat, does it have anything going on eg music or stands etc?

I live just down the road and go most weeks. Good to meet up with mates I dont see everyday. Not been much old bill this year thank f**k, although I got a tug the other week for doing 39 in a 30 and just got a friendly warning from the two coppers. Good ride out and one I would recomend.

ok...............so how far from northampton???

Si.........its about 15 miles from mine.............village green and a hotdog stand ,on a good nite there,ll be prob 700 bikes,theres a pub on the green too.From mine the roads are good twisties.

wild bill wrote:MMMmmm i may be up for it, bit of a nostalgia trip for me as i spent most of my childhood in Clacton on sea.
So what's the score then, is it just an annual meet for a chat, does it have anything going on eg music or stands etc?

Nothing like that Bill, but it's a huge Wednesday night meet and should be done at least once in the summer.

Gatso wrote:ok...............so how far from northampton???

The boring route 127 miles


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The more interesting and direct route 110 miles


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What time does it all start?

Will have to see if I can get some time off work.

would love to go but under extreme financial sheeite. How much fuel am i looking at? Live near Scotty80 in Redhill....

CBR900RR-P wrote:What time does it all start?

Will have to see if I can get some time off work.

It's probably from around 17/1800, I used to get there from 1900 and stay until 2100 and there'd still be bikes there.

Chimpy wrote:would love to go but under extreme financial sheeite. How much fuel am i looking at? Live near Scotty80 in Redhill....

It's 90 miles from Redhill Chimpy so you're looking at a tank and a bit on your blade.

Chimpy wrote:would love to go but under extreme financial sheeite. How much fuel am i looking at? Live near Scotty80 in Redhill....

It's 90 miles from Redhill Chimpy so you're looking at a tank and a bit on your blade.[/quote]

Ride like me and just under 3 gallons!

........if I can make I may do a very scenic route to avoid the motorways ........ and travel back on the motorways

I'll be up for it, could make Bury by 6.00pm all being well.

Graham wrote:I'll be up for it, could make Bury by 6.00pm all being well.

Sounds good Graham, will meet you. Arrange a meeting point next week??

Cool

As I,m a local boy (well........I was once lol) best you lot let me know times etc and I,ll meet before Colchester for the ride in.

Didn't realize it was a school night, i won't be able to make that meet i'm afraid, i don't get in from work till 20:00hrs, doubt i'd be up for a ride after a 12hr day

wild bill wrote:Didn't realize it was a school night, i won't be able to make that meet i'm afraid, i don't get in from work till 20:00hrs, doubt i'd be up for a ride after a 12hr day

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cabbie wrote:

wild bill wrote:Didn't realize it was a school night, i won't be able to make that meet i'm afraid, i don't get in from work till 20:00hrs, doubt i'd be up for a ride after a 12hr day

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Yep... A big hairy black one

wild bill wrote:Didn't realize it was a school night, i won't be able to make that meet i'm afraid, i don't get in from work till 20:00hrs, doubt i'd be up for a ride after a 12hr day

Take the blade to work and go straight there???

cabbie wrote:

wild bill wrote:Didn't realize it was a school night, i won't be able to make that meet i'm afraid, i don't get in from work till 20:00hrs, doubt i'd be up for a ride after a 12hr day

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