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Title: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Tony oily bike on March 10, 2012, 02:05:22 PM Short notice,
From their website The South of England RealClassic MOTORCYCLE SHOW AND BIKEJUMBLE opens at 10am at the South of England Showground near Ardingly RH17 6TL, close to Gatwick. Big displays of British, European, Japanese and American classics: extra indoor space for the club displays, plus three further halls of trade stands and autojumble stalls. Plus Guest of Honour, free parking on firm ground, bring your bike to sell, garage clear-outs welcome. All pre-booked display bikes go home with a souvenir plus have the chance to win one of the handsome awards across a range of categories. http://www.elkpromotions.co.uk/ From a previous event: http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8622.0 Title: Re: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Tony oily bike on March 11, 2012, 05:30:48 PM The day started chilly, but spring was definitely in the air as you could smell the flowers as you road along (was nice 'n' early and not a lot of other traffic helped too!).
Round to Dslam's and then to Ardingly, about a 50 mile ride, and into the show ground. Have been to a couple of these before, and went mainly for the jumble. have to say a disappointing event compared with the one a year or so ago (maybe that just happened to be a particularly good one!?!?). Did manage to bump into a handful of friends, one of whom cooks the burgers at the Vincent Owners BBQ on the day of the Pioneer Run, so we got invited to that..... (sometimes its who you know..) Best thing about the show was the really tasty sausage bap from Derek's mobile catering establishment http://www.drinkwaters.co/ , boy was it good! In fact we reckoned we couldn't remember ever having one so good.......... Few pics to show some of the things there. Took the picturesque ride back and stopped at Newlands for an ice cream, and bumped into a pal I hadn't seen for around 20 years. Overall not a bad day........... Title: Re: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Tony oily bike on March 11, 2012, 05:34:49 PM Newfoundland pup.............
Title: Re: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Tony oily bike on March 11, 2012, 05:35:29 PM Indians
Title: Re: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Tony oily bike on March 11, 2012, 05:36:10 PM Gorgeous Triumph, with mid 70's XS750 in background.
Title: Re: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Tony oily bike on March 11, 2012, 05:38:56 PM The tank badge said Rickman Metisse. Lovely workmanship in the frame, and an XS650 Yam lump for the power plant
Title: Re: Classic Bike Show & Jumble, Ardingly (near Gatwick) Sun 11 March Post by: Manky Monkey on March 11, 2012, 10:13:47 PM Lovely XS Tony.
I called at Mr Dslam's house this morning & at Newlands Corner on my way home this evening, so a shame I missed you guys. I know we're biased cos he's a mate, but Derek is indeed a top burgerologist. |