help the heroes ride at wootton basset

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guys & gals just picked this thread up from the 2 wheels site
on the 14th march there is going to be a bike ride for help the heroes though wooden basset to the RAF station at lyneham with all funds going to the help the heroes it will cost £5 for the wristband which will allow entry to the RAF station the meeting place for the start of the ride is jun17 M4 eastbound at leigh delamere for anyone wanting to go i will be going its a sunday
pete

right guys there is a meeting between the organizers & the authorities on monday about the ride out
Rumuors have it that the RAF station & the town can,t handle the amout of peaple turning up
& it might be switched to some where nearby that can handle it
but nothing set in stone
until the meeting tomorrow so hold on to your hats
as soon as i or any 1 else knows i will post it on here
pete .

apparently (according to one of the organisers on FB) the update will be at 2030 this evening!!! God i hope it doesn't crash under all the hits lmao

here's the update ............

After the meeting today with the authorities and the unprecedented response from the biking community we have been asked to close registration one week early. It will unfortunately NOT be re-opening.
We would like to reassure everyone that the ride IS GOING AHEAD WITH the FULL suppo...rt of the police and local authorities. We have spoken to a few local businesses who are all looking forward to the day. ALL bikes will be riding through Wootton Bassett no matter what you may have heard.
Plan details re: routes, times, wristbands, will be made available in document format soon. We have another meeting with the police next week to discuss the finer details.
We can confirm that we will NOT be riding on any stretches of the motorway.

We would like to apologise to anybody who has not registered however wanted to join us, we thank everybody for their patience and support.Thank you for your patience!
Lizzie, Daniel & Julia

thanks suzie thats good news roll on march 14th
pete

You said that without even moving your lips Pete!!



Can't wait, booked the hotel with pub attached...but of course...just need to bring some Cyprus weather back with me for the day!!!

cards wrote:
as soon as i or any 1 else knows i will post it on here
pete .

I'm the any 1 else i've even memorised what he wants from the bar in case i'm there before him!
T-shirt ordered - still don't know how they propose to give out all the wrist bands on the day so we'll wait and see if anything else materialises.
Ermmmm Pete - will you be taking tape? ......... will Ezz be alright????? She doesn't like sitting idling for long before the heat goes up which in turn means my thighs get hot!! Is that because she's only small or does everyones do that?? (Bike i mean not thighs obviously!)
I'm a bit worried that she'll overheat so ...... any suggestions? (or do i just switch her off!)

cats often run hot while at idle fan should cut in about 104 degrees all that fairing & that will only drop into the low 90s then off again while you stopped for any lengh of time like waiting for the off on the ride out switch off the kwak gets to 102 before the fan cuts in but drops to about 86 just check the coolant levels ok
lyt at the ready might even be lrt instead
pete

cards wrote: just check the coolant levels ok
lyt at the ready might even be lrt instead
pete

she's going for mot/service beforehand (well, assuming i manage to get her out the blooming garage that is - so least that side of things taken care of and so long as you have the lyt - in fact lrt will suit her better ... i'll rest relatively easy lol - i'd noticed she doesn't like sitting for long she's got me worried in the past as i thought the fan was late cutting in but obviously not then. I'll just have to try and not burn my thighs on her!!! (mind you, if its as cold as it has been that'll be the least of my worries )

Yes pete is correct the cat heats up right past 100 b4 the fan cuts in.

Ezzy's Mum! wrote:
I'm a bit worried that she'll overheat so ...... any suggestions? (or do i just switch her off!)

Wouldn't worry, mine does the same. I have thought of writing 'London' over the red zone - I know I'm close when the needle goes over 100.

You'll find all the bikes will be hot on the ride, some will be hotter than your 'Cat. I've seen this whilst marshalling various rides through the capital. Sadly for some owners it has ended in overheated bikes. As long as your cooling system is in order, you'll be OK.
If you are worried, keep an eye on the gauge when the fan kicks in - if it continues to go up pull over and kill the engine .

SUZIE steve means switch the engine off NOT SHOOT IT jesus that was close steve what ever was you thinking of when you told suzie to kill the engine
pete

Does that mean i have to lock the gun back up in the cabinet

yes Suzie put it away there's a good girl
guys never ever tell Suzie you die for a drink because you most probably will

Are you on a bloody roll tonight or what just make sure you don't ask me to get you a cappucino ... i may be tempted to make the froth myself

Elizabeth Stevens, We have had it confirmed that RAF Lyneham cannot cope with the numbers now that have shown their support. They still fully support the ride. We are looking at several bases at present and when things are confirmed I will let you know. really

Looking like Pam and I will be able to make this.

As I mentioned it's my birfday on Sunday, anyone up to organising a 'decent bash' Saturday night?


Will be there as marshals on the day.

SteveCat wrote:As I mentioned it's my birfday on Sunday

The postman must think you're the local stud with all those cards arriving for valentines day.

Hope you enjoy the birthday ride

Cheers
Rosco

Am a Wiltshire local (or is that "yokel") at weekends so am definitely going to this - not sure if I'm going "with" anyone in particular except the GF and her uncle, but might hook up with youse lot just for a bit of banter. If not, keep an eye out for me and give me a poke if you see me

Also in the Travel Lodge, had to pay the price of procrastination though - room prices have shot up :(

when i signed up for the ride number 1254 booked the travel lodge at the same time wonder what i,d get it for on the good old feabay now
pete

if half the discussion threads are to be believed pete not much! I am however beginning to wonder how big this travel lodge is as there seems to be an awful lot of people staying in it!!!!!

I was going to this, 4 fantasic years I spent I lyneham, however, I'm working now, not impressed

Yeah, well, if its any consolation andy it seems to be turning a bit farcical - don't know where we are going from and to but we know where we're not ending up ..... and that's Lyneham!!!

been reading the replies on the help the heroes Q&A
there's a lot of i,m going on this registered or not
which in turn just might get this ride out rally pulled by the authorities
which will please that part of the public
who will say told you them biker,s are all the same nothing but trouble
pete

I heard the local authorities were having another meeting about it today, I reckon it's gonna be a victim of it's own success! Shame really!

what i hadn't realised was, when you read one of the discussion threads, apparently they knew from the outset they couldn't have more than 2000 for Lyneham so why didn't they just keep the registration open until 2000 had signed up? I really don't know how they are going to manage to take £5 from 10000 people on the day or how they will know if those ones had actually registered in the first place?? I'd have thought as people have registered and they're apparently going to use the list of those that have registered on the day - it would be easier to ask for them to pay the fiver in advance and send them out - how do they know if turned up before Pete that i wasn't him!! (Well, would be no point in me pretending to be him a) i'm nicer looking b) so is my bike and c) he's likely to be in front of me in the queue!!) But when you read the Afghan Heroes site it says about them doing the first come first served 10000 bikes on the day using the list of those that have already registered but i just don't see how they can stop others turning up or have the time to consult their list!!!!!