to view blackies 20vt coupe tomorrow
am i fecking crazy, if it's as well looked after as it seems, i think not?
what's the best time peeps have done this trip in?
i'm guessing on the bike at an average speed (once on the motorways and dual cabbage ways) of 100 a4 sheets of papper per minute i should be able to do the trip in 2 1/2 hours???

You'll be lucky to average that speed even on a bike.

ok, maybe i was being a tad optimistic, maybe 3 hours then
hoping to leave at 11:00am so i guess i'll miss most of the office reps and oap's driving to the post office to get their hard earned!

i did oakham,rutland to chester tonight and it took me 2 hours each way and i had great runs both times

not a chance in 2.5 hours or probably even 3 hours

You have the A34, M40, M42 and M6 to deal with (might be worth standing the £3 or so to use the M6 Toll)

To average anywhere near "100 sheets of A4" you'll need to be regularly peaking at 150+ - just not possible on today's motorways.

I've done Stafford to Portsmouth in just under two hours and I've done Stafford to Manchester in less than 1 hour, (both were at very quiet times of the day) but there's no chance of doing the whole run in less than 3 hours, especially on a Monday lunchtime.

Wait until you get on the M6, between J6 and J10 will be a nightmare. I can almost guarantee it. Use the toll road, OK is £4, but trust me, the stress of the journey will reduce dramatically!


Ben

Me thinks you are a tad optomistic, I do Banbury to Manchester most weekends. Best time 2 .15, worst time 5 hours! Oh and you can add a good hour to that to get to Southhampton....strictly at 70 though.

Are we going to have a sweepstake on how long it takes him? I reckon 4 hours 10 minutes.

I'll have some of that action.........

I reckon 3 hours 20 minutes


oh, and 6 penalty points and £120 in fines

I think about 3hrs 30 mins - Even on a perfectly clear run you'd struggle to get much below 3 hours, incorporating probably 2 stops for petrol, if you're going to be spanking the bike that hard it won't do more than 100 miles per tank (well, if its a litre bike)... I did Donington to Basildon - which is 160 odd miles in 85 minutes, but it was SERIOUSLY hard work, including a stop for petrol.

Well he,s been & he,s gone....

He is a happy bunny & a deal is struck

He just has to do the bloody trip again...

So you may see me coopless next week chaps buti hope Karl gets more use out of it than i did..
And he did,nt get hoodwinked like i did as i have done all the hard & expensive stuff for him.

CarlT you may have a new customer, but he may not spend as much as me...as he dont really need owt

Congrats on getting a sale Blackie


Did Karl let on how long it took him?


Maybe I should have pm'd you for the answer and won the bet!

I think he set off just after 10 & got here around 2 so 4 hours all told , but he did stop for dinner..

He wanted my Ducati as well but thats mine so hands off....

Hmmmm, I reckon by the time he ordered, got served, ate his food, powdered his nose, that would be 40 minutes so it looks like 3hrs 20 minutes wins!

if i didn't have to stop for fuel and dinner it would have been 3 hours daed.
so yeah 3 hrs 20mins (with 3 fuel stops) was about spot on stan
on the way back i managed to stop once for fuel and get back home in 3 hrs and 3mins, had a bit of trafic and it was pretty dark.

Blackie, your a cracking guy and i thank you so much for looking after your car, as i said to you i was very very impressed with the car and it's condition and the journey wasn't a wasted one.
all i need to do now is knock up some pipes and elbows for the fmic

p.s my neck is fecking killing me after 6 hours of high speed riding today.

Hope it was,nt that high speed...

Would you believe i took my son to his mates in the coop as i still could,nt find my keys.
On the way back i got stopped by a bloody bike cop for my tax.
Told him the story of it being sorn & you coming up to view the car & it being insured.
He was happy bunny with that & sent me on my way. Good job i did insure it.

Bloody typical.......

i thought it was taxed mate??
hence why i accepted £100 for my bike.
glad you have some friendly cops up your way mate
i'll be looking forward to heading back home with heaters blowing in my face soon

Whoo hoo!!! I win!! <Ricky Gervais Office dance on> na na na na na na na na na na </Ricky Grevais Office dance off>


So what did I win, Blackies coupé by any chance?

Hope I wasn't right about the other bits!

So - lets see - thats 223 miles in 3h 3m - an average of 73mph

"you're nicked" springs to mind

How on earth did you think you'd do it in 2.5 hrs?

if the traffic was clear then i think 2 1/2 hours would of been poss.
and in answer to being nicked, i was of course using private roads and fields with the owners consent all the way up there

Hope you are being careful with that bike...?? ;-)

done stockport (south manchester) to Bath in 1hour 45 in the days before speed camera's in a modded beta volumex slowed down for Birmingham and a traffic cop in a rover sd1 (just a few years ago) 2 tanks of petrol £50 what a buzz........ be lucky to do it in 3 hours now with the M6

of course bud
doesn't take much for such bike to average 100 sheets of a4 paper per minute.
you sure you want to take the ducati with you to oz??
i'll have it off you next summer if you want to part with such a lush bike

p.s will the car be taxed bud?