Manky Monkey Motors

Same score as last year but different roads - put it in your diary if you fancy a relaxed ride/camping trip out with a group of old bikes

http://thetipplerun.blogspot.com/

there's galleries from the last 2 years on there and any late breaking info

quick copy and past from the site for those that dont know what it is

WHAT'S THE TIPPLE RUN?

This is a chill out and party kind of deal, no attitudes, no fees, no promises. If you don’t expect much then you'll come away happy

If you think your bike has a fighting chance of making the run then you are welcome. If you like building and fixing cool stuff its probably your kind of thing, be it on a supercharged trike, an old brit restoration or anything in between. If you are more of the weekend power-ranger, colour coded bike/leathers brigade then its most likely not for you.

THIS IS NOT A RALLY... it's all about riding - as the name suggests its a RUN - its about the riding then party when we get to destination. There are no bands put on or entertainment of any sort. Ride your bike make your own fun.

You need to look after yourself and your own bike - there wont be anyone behind you to pick you up if you break down. There will be other riders with tools to help but if you break down you'd better have some sort of recovery cos we arent putting on a chase truck or anything.

I'd like to do it if I can, work etc permitting  ::) ::)

plenty of notice shaun  ;D

i quite fancy that mate where will you be starting from ,meeting up at.

all up in the air at the minute till the pre run is done

considering maybe oxford area start dont know finish. the maps just an idea till we nail the roads / campsites

heres the basics o the plan

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and heres a link to the blog for your viewing pleasure - http://thetipplerun.blogspot.com/ (http://thetipplerun.blogspot.com/)

a big thanks to adam and shaun for coming along on the first stretch of the pre-running. as ever for pre-running, modern bikes were order of the day. fazer, thundercat and pan-euro

we got the first day mapped out and messed with - i will sort a map later on when i get a chance but in the mean time....

got to the THREE MAGPIES on saturday night
its a proper old little country boozer with a lovely atmosphere and they keep a really nice selection of beers/ ciders to match your choice tipple. a few beers were partaken in and then camping inthe site round the back. it is primarily a caravan site but they take tents at £8 per tent. they also do food in the pub. there are small but sound shower toilet facilities on the site

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got on the road for 8am on sunday and killed some miles. about 40 minutes in we found a lovely cafe that we'll be using on the run. full english fry set us up for the day. then back on the road.

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then everything stops for tea. a nice pot of tea and cakes all round - oh we are badass bikers indeed

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the first 130 or so miles were great. after that things started going a bit astray with the route hitting too many little villages etc so after battling with it for a couple of hours we abandoned the route and backtracked and sorted a much more pleasing section out. but thats why we pre-run this stuff - so you dont have to [we really are too good to you sometimes]

day 1 is a pretty long days ride - we were on modern bikes with only 1 fuel stop, 1 food stop, and 1 cake stop and were still on the move for 7 hours. with the new route this will drop a little but still - its a good leg stretch.

fun time had and now onto the rest of the pre-run.

so i got back yesterday, the pre-run is now all pre-ran. to be perfectly honest it was all a bit farcical.

i set off on friday night and i got about 8 miles and the sat-nav took a dump. now i dont generally like relying on these things but when you have 500 miles of unknown roads to navigate they save a TON of time. i had paper maps in the bags too but not ideal at all.... i rode something that loosely resembles the days 2 and 3 route based on memory, instinct and stopping every now and then to look at the iphone to see exactly where i was... made for a fun trip.

to top it all off when i got home last night i plugged in the "waterproof" camera and it had got wet and wont turn on - inbuilt flash drive so no picys for you to see either.

digging through my bag on the last night i pulled out my go-pro camera that has been lost since the last trip [yup - i put it somewhere "safe" in a side pocket...] so i took a couple of little vids i will see if they are any good later on tonight.

when i got home i noticed the sporty sounded louder than normal - to top it off i now have a blowing exhaust

ill get map updated and campsites listed later in the week - see you all there

update to itinerary on site with complete up-to-date camping details and maps

http://thetipplerun.blogspot.com/

be there or be somewhere else