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Just posted my vmcc parade lap

Weekend of 9/10 July

I will be heading over on the Friday

Parade lap has cost me 36 quid - and that also gives me free tickets for two for the week end - last year I paid 20 quid for the pass so I reckon that is worth while :)

On the application form my special request was:
"ride with other falcos...."

Hope to see others there

having not met any of you reprobates before, this could be a good opportunity

Too far from me!!

even if folk don't go for the track choice - and i would still love to see a flock of falcos thundering around the track, i think it is a good meet choice - I really enjoyed it last year

What's this about? where? I'll be in the UK in July

I think this was the original thread. https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.ph ... &postorder

and this is what I sent to folk who expressed an interest:

Earlier this year, Young Hanna and myself went off to mallory park for the 1000 bike festival - http://www.vmcc.net/1000bikes/index.htm

we arrived on the friday and set up our tents etc and sat back to enjoy the week end

First things first - this was a wonderful rally - lots of very friendly people, lots of bikes and a decent bar with a good set of entertainers... and the beer was a reasonable price as well!

BUT - one thing we saw was a lot of bikes with numbers on them - these were the bikes booked into assorted parade laps - I think the oldest bike was from 1913 and the youngest was a 2009 ducati - and that set me thinking

the cost of each parade session - 15 minutes, was 30 quid - which I felt was reasonable enough. Entry for the week end was 25 quid if booked in advance and camping was 5 quid per pitch.

then I got to really think... what if we put in a pile of falco's - there seemed to be no entrance criteria at all that I could see - basically, if you had paid your cash, you were in....

So - my mad idea was born.... I and Hanna are definitly returning next year - it was an excellent rally after all, but I feel that by advertising it to the falco folk, we could may be get a fair few others involved - and I had this great idea of aiming to get 15 falco's on the track at the same time.....

SO - The logistics. AFAIk the VMCC open up to applications in January - I suspect folk will be able to still book track time until march....

It just happens that one of the ridersite members is the editor of classic mechanics - and he felt he would know someone who would be able to ensure that the motley crue riding falcos would be in the same session....

so - there you go - a mixture of barefaced cheek but with the potential for us to have a really good laugh - and show the world a flock of falco's all in one place..... none of them will be standard but!

I appreciate that the venue - Mallory Park is not ideal for some of us - but, with enough advance warning I hope many of us will be able to sort something out and join in.....

The cost I feel is reasonable - 36 quid plus a fiver for the camping
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those of you wanting to do this - get a move on - I was chatting with VMCC this morning (I rang up about servicing D-Rider's knees), and they have told me that they have sold 800 out of 1000 places..... apparently that is a lot faster than last year

Just wondered about this the other day.

Sadly, I'm only off the Saturday - having to work Sunday.

So will many be going for the parade laps on the Saturday - is there a few going or not?

Could be fun :)

Worth going to see King Kenny on the track I reckon.

Th parade laps for us would be on Saturday

I know I will be there on the Friday night - was a good laugh last year!

I believe that we will be able to follow one of the masters on the track - young Keith is booked in for a couple of sessions.....

(keith is no stranger to a race track - I assume he is using the falco and not the beemer....)