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bimotanige
Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Posts: 582 Location: yorkshire
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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have a good trip over chaps, I am over from the 5th to 14th 😀😀😀😀. Usual spot in Douglas _________________ KB1x2, SB3 SB4 BB1 DB2 Vdue Evo YB11 RB1 Ducati MHR Suzi GS650
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SethG
Joined: 09 Aug 2014 Posts: 95
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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bimotanige wrote: |
have a good trip over chaps, Mel and I over from the 5th to 14th 😀😀😀😀. Usual spot in Douglas |
Finally here, first night in the books. Internet on the island is exactly like the situation was in Central America in the late nineties.
Looking forward to seeing some of you guys when you arrive. |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Meslf and Vort and Mrs Vort back from the IOM TT....just back in time to have suffered most of the bad weather and missed most of the good weather....ah Well...cant expect sunny days all week every year...few piccies for you of bikes and the island
Rocked up outside the accommodation in sleepy Port St Mary.........
The pits Man......
Sleepy Peel town on a nice sunny day
Way up farthest North at the Point of Ayre
And into Ramsey
Some lady that seems to also own a pet????
Helpful reminder for foreigners to keep to the left (wing mirror)...must recall that for right side...
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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And continuance before Photobucket falls over..........
Into Castletown, continuing our aim to hit every village and town on the island....which is really just a 2 day affair to be frank.......
A rare oppurtunity up at the Bungalow...have never seen the Mountain circuit closed so often before...evidently more busy and more accidents than usual...they even lost a helicopter this year.....
A bit of the circuit and some pratice time for the race boys up at kirkmicheal
Port St Mary of an evening...this is as busy as it gets here...
And another day down to Douglas...its lunctime so it must be ice cream time.....
Belgian chocolate ice cream, bimotas and blue skies.....
And finally down to the Calf of Man...the most southerly point of the island...
and finally...boohoo...to close .....looking back at the island on the Ferry back home.........Ah well...till we meet again...
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morebhp
Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 302 Location: Marbella, Spain
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pics - too long since my last visit. I was in Portimao at the weekend with about 15 others (total attendance!). Dreadful crowd for such a great circuit.
TT must have had all the bike fans! _________________ Now - SB6R, GSX1400, KTM 990 SuperDuke
Then - H2A Trip, GSX1000R , EXC400, TZ250, R1, TL1000S, 1100 Kat, RG500, RD500, GPZ 900R GPZ1100 UniT, GSX1100, Z650
It was like that when I got here |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 1:14 am Post subject: |
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Great photos as always Steve. Nice old school CBR1000 with the arrow on the mirror. _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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bimotanige
Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Posts: 582 Location: yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:09 am Post subject: |
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been wall to wall sunshine here this week - even Brian would be impressed. Think you are right with the number of bikes here bleeding everywhere else dry. Plenty from the Eurozone. Only seen one SB6 this week, and the BB3 team in the paddock. Oh well better struggle into the sunshine for the Senior TT to wrap up a great week 😄😄😄 _________________ KB1x2, SB3 SB4 BB1 DB2 Vdue Evo YB11 RB1 Ducati MHR Suzi GS650 |
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laminator
Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 320 Location: Midlands
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, hope you had a good trip shame about the weather. I got confused I thought the thread title was vdues in iom 😃
I was one of the other spectators at portimao, got back last night. _________________ Bimotas, Yamaha FZR 2TK, Honda NC30, MV Agusta F3 800, Aprilia RS250 |
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morebhp
Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 302 Location: Marbella, Spain
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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ha ha - We must have bumped into each other several times Laminator!
I was with a group of 8 guys - we did several laps of the circuit and had quite a few in the paddock bar by the pool as well as a few in the VIP hospitality suite. _________________ Now - SB6R, GSX1400, KTM 990 SuperDuke
Then - H2A Trip, GSX1000R , EXC400, TZ250, R1, TL1000S, 1100 Kat, RG500, RD500, GPZ 900R GPZ1100 UniT, GSX1100, Z650
It was like that when I got here |
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vort28
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, that's a balanced diet !!!!! |
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waggytee
Joined: 16 Nov 2013 Posts: 54 Location: Shropshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Nice selection of photos from around the island.
Did you ride the whole circuit in one go? and did it take more than 17 minutes |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
And heres a quick piccie to whet your appetite Vdue Boys
Photo of the 3 riders and vdues who completed more than 3,000 kms to reach the objective of getting to the temple of Motorcycle racing - The Tourist Trophy (Sicily to Isle of Man - 1997)
The 3 riders - Left to Right
Fernando Felli, Vincenzo Cosentino e Giorgio Sarti. (Of the Bible Fame)
Nice man Fernando Felli has promised to send me some "never seen before" photos of the trip also...coming soon to a Bimota Forum near you......
Oh...and Yeh...I'm in Vort....
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Oh No....yet another bimota "myth" shattered....the latest excerpt from Giuseppe Morri Himself re the 3 No. factory Vdues riding from Island to Island in 1997.........Another good reason not to buy his book...as if it aint in English...such gems would remain undiscovered to any non-Italian speakers...
"1997 Tourist Trophy! The three Bimota V2, in parade on the Man Island trail, mark the turning point (negative) for the project I was paying close attention to at the start. They were transported in a van to the track of the mythical TT circuit, letting believe (inside and outside the company) that they had traveled so many Kms. A buffalo that engraved on business choices that turned out to be bickering. A story that continues to amuse how many of these facts are known ... and Bimota really wanted |
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