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From: Champ on 4 Feb 2010 07:15 On 4 Feb 2010 11:53:33 GMT, "Pip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Champ wrote: >> And I've done a 1000 miles in day enough times now. > >I was 'opin' you'd turn up. > >As an alternative, how about a bash at the non-stop motorcycling world >record? > >I was looking at this yesyerday: > >http://www.lpmcc.net/activity/event_gwr_4.htm <quick skim> >Set in 1972 on a Notrun Commando, three LPMCC members rode around >Cadwell Park for just over 24 hours - and the motorcycle /never >stopped/ in that time. Sounds like a challenge that uk.r.m could be >equal to - whaddya think? I'd definitely be up for something like that! I don't really think it could be done on the public road because of the legality of changing riders and refuelling while moving. The article shows how they re-fuelled while at walking pace, but I'm not at all sure how they did the rider change - did one guy hop off, walk along with the clutch in, then the next rider grabbed the controls then hopped on? Or did the new rider jump on the pillion, then the old rider got off? Or what? -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: darsy on 4 Feb 2010 07:28 On Feb 4, 12:15 pm, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > On 4 Feb 2010 11:53:33 GMT, "Pip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Champ wrote: > >> And I've done a 1000 miles in day enough times now. > > >I was 'opin' you'd turn up. > > >As an alternative, how about a bash at the non-stop motorcycling world > >record? > > >I was looking at this yesyerday: > > >http://www.lpmcc.net/activity/event_gwr_4.htm > > <quick skim> > > >Set in 1972 on a Notrun Commando, three LPMCC members rode around > >Cadwell Park for just over 24 hours - and the motorcycle /never > >stopped/ in that time. Sounds like a challenge that uk.r.m could be > >equal to - whaddya think? > > I'd definitely be up for something like that! > > I don't really think it could be done on the public road because of > the legality of changing riders and refuelling while moving. > > The article shows how they re-fuelled while at walking pace, but I'm > not at all sure how they did the rider change - did one guy hop off, > walk along with the clutch in, then the next rider grabbed the > controls then hopped on? Or did the new rider jump on the pillion, > then the old rider got off? Or what? why ask for details? It's easier simply to disbelieve it - I mean, for a start, a Commando running for over 1000 miles without breaking down? Come on... -- d.
From: 'Hog on 4 Feb 2010 07:46 darsy wrote: > On Feb 4, 12:15 pm, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >> On 4 Feb 2010 11:53:33 GMT, "Pip" <gingerbl...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Champ wrote: >>>> And I've done a 1000 miles in day enough times now. >> >>> I was 'opin' you'd turn up. >> >>> As an alternative, how about a bash at the non-stop motorcycling >>> world record? >> >>> I was looking at this yesyerday: >> >>> http://www.lpmcc.net/activity/event_gwr_4.htm >> >> <quick skim> >> >>> Set in 1972 on a Notrun Commando, three LPMCC members rode around >>> Cadwell Park for just over 24 hours - and the motorcycle /never >>> stopped/ in that time. Sounds like a challenge that uk.r.m could be >>> equal to - whaddya think? >> >> I'd definitely be up for something like that! >> >> I don't really think it could be done on the public road because of >> the legality of changing riders and refuelling while moving. >> >> The article shows how they re-fuelled while at walking pace, but I'm >> not at all sure how they did the rider change - did one guy hop off, >> walk along with the clutch in, then the next rider grabbed the >> controls then hopped on? Or did the new rider jump on the pillion, >> then the old rider got off? Or what? > > why ask for details? It's easier simply to disbelieve it - I mean, for > a start, a Commando running for over 1000 miles without breaking down? > > Come on... No *really* 1000 miles. But then it's ready for the scrap heap. -- Hog
From: doetnietcomputeren on 4 Feb 2010 07:48 On 2010-02-04 13:15:46 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> said: >> Set in 1972 on a Notrun Commando, three LPMCC members rode around >> Cadwell Park for just over 24 hours - and the motorcycle /never >> stopped/ in that time. Sounds like a challenge that uk.r.m could be >> equal to - whaddya think? > > I'd definitely be up for something like that! Put me down as crew. > I don't really think it could be done on the public road because of > the legality of changing riders and refuelling while moving. Not to mention the likelihood of needing to stop at some point. > The article shows how they re-fuelled while at walking pace, but I'm > not at all sure how they did the rider change - did one guy hop off, > walk along with the clutch in, then the next rider grabbed the > controls then hopped on? That was my guess. > Or did the new rider jump on the pillion, then the old rider got off? That sounds more likely to end up in comedy disaster. > Or what? Could be. -- Dnc
From: Switters on 4 Feb 2010 08:28
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:09:21 GMT, Dom�nec wrote: > "ogden" <jesus.hussein.christ(a)googlemail.com> escribi� en el mensaje de > noticias news:cdcca43c-8e47-40bb-834d- >> On 4 Feb, 00:21, "Lozzo" <lo...(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: >>> Looks challenging? > >>> Any takers? >>> http://rblr1000.co.uk/ >> A thousand miles of motorways, ending up in Yorkshire. Perhaps not. > > A thousand kms of twisty roads across the coastal range and the Pyrenees > starting/ending in my city and no motorways: Yes, and I'd repeat. Now *that* sounds much more like it. |