The Castle Barge Meet-Up, 19th April 2009

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The Castle Barge Meet-Up, 19th April 2009

#1 Post by D-Rider » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:42 pm

Falcos met and the sun shone !

Really good to see everyone today - a good turn-out, 14 in total:
  • 11 Falcos
    1 Kawasaki GPZ500
    1 Ducati Monster
    1 Mazda 6 :smt053
We had most of the Falco colours represented:
  • 3 Black Crow
    1 Red Fire
    0 Mercury Grey (Silver)
    0 Speed Blue
    1 Flashy Yellow
    1 Hot Red / Diablo Black (USA colour scheme)
    0 Plomb Grey / Diablo Black (USA colour scheme)
    1 Flamingo Red / Black
    3 Olympic Bronze / Black
    0 Oasis Green / Black (Hornetrider, we missed you)
    1 Custom colour (SMS' White and Red beast)
Those who made it were:
  • Dalemac
    Davina
    Davshill
    D-Rider
    Falken
    Fastasfcuk
    Firestarter
    HowardQ
    Olig7475
    PaddyZ1
    Shootmyscoot
    Tweaker
    Yellowasp
    Yellowduck
Anyway, less of the stats, more of the pics:

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Tweaker's Beast:
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Firestarter's Flamingo:
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Oli and Yellowduck:
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Right to left: Tweaker, Fastasfcuk, Shootmyscoot, Paddy (Davina with her back to the camera):
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They all went off to play in Willingham woods or the scenic route back to Liverpool .... I decided that I may struggle to keep up in my car so came home to start the report.

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#2 Post by Samray » Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:09 pm

Great turnout and great weather by the look of it.
Really good to put faces to names. :smt001







It is a good looking bike isn't it? :smt003
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#3 Post by D-Rider » Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:28 pm

Should be more photos when the others get back ... more names ... more faces ....


And before I forget Many Thanks Ken for getting this off the ground.


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#4 Post by Falken » Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:33 pm

:smt001
Good report and pics Andy.
Hope everyone got home OK.
I really had a good day out, great meet, great ride.
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#5 Post by Samray » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:10 pm

I hope that castle in the background was a ruin before and not as a result of you all gunning your engines together. :smt002
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#6 Post by fastasfcuk » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:36 pm

great meat ken,really enjoyed the ride to willingham.
noticed a few bikers taken photo's of all the falco's. might have created a demand and push our bikes value up.




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#7 Post by DavShill » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:57 pm

Doh.... just posted on the rideout thread then noticed this. Good pics Andy. great to meet everyone. Hope all are safe and sound by now.
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#8 Post by Olig7475 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:16 pm

What a great day.......lovely site 'n' sound all those Falco's. Ken your a star for organising it, when are we doing it again?



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#9 Post by BikerGran » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:00 pm

What I want to know is - where's the GPZ in the pics and who was riding a proper bike?

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#10 Post by Firestarter » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:10 pm

The GPZ is purple, four to the left of the yellow Falco in the top picture.

As for proper bikes, there was mine, Paddy's, Tweaker's, basically anyone on a Falco. Except Yellowduck's, not sure that yellow counts as a proper colour, at least where bikes are concerned.

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Got some more pics (and a video!), once I've checked they're half decent I'll get them posted.

Nice to meet everyone there, hope you had a good ride up to Willingham Woods. We took a blast up to Sheffield, and back over Snake Pass before hitting the motorway for the last stretch.

That should be the stigma of the wet-Falco meets cast off, was a beautiful day (if a bit chilly)

Until next time :smt006
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#11 Post by D-Rider » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:37 pm

Hey Paddy and Davina - posted this up on our local forum - seems you know Scarlett (Viv Porteus) - she sends her best to you.
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#12 Post by shootmyscoot » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:42 pm

ahh nothing like the sound of thunder through a quite village lol

got home safe:)
i had a great day, every one was very cool, thanks very much

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#13 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:49 pm

awesome turn out - very pissed off that i was at work - bring on national aprilia day...

and if we have enough numbers, would be good to meet up before and arrive together....

but 11 falcos - that is impressive


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...

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#14 Post by paddyz1 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:03 pm

Had a good ride thare and back. Sorry if I did not get to talk to everyone (to many of us).
I've got some pics and one of them is of the group, tell us who you are.

EDIT by D-R:
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Davina (thought you might have known her!), Firestarter, Tweaker, think the next was Yellowasp (helmet makes it difficult to be sure), MazdaMan (me), Dalemac, Falken, Olig7475, Yellowduck.

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#15 Post by paddyz1 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:07 pm

D-Rider wrote:Hey Paddy and Davina - posted this up on our local forum - seems you know Scarlett (Viv Porteus) - she sends her best to you.
:smt003

(small world isn't it!)
Say hello to her for me please. She knows all about our troubles when it comes to lowering bikes.

What is she riding these days and is she still working at Triumph?
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