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Heavy frosts everywhere, but twernt that cold ...... Haldon was actually the warmest spot on my way home from W-S-M at 1.5degrees @ 5.00ish. Bridgewater/Huntspill coldest @ -2.5 .......

Either way, take it easy and have a safe ride

Well that was fun

Hope you all had fun, enjoyed the day and arrived home safe

Thank you to billinom8s for another great route

Thanks you to Mrs Atomic for great cake , shame your husband wasn't around to enjoy it.

Thanks to all for riding safe!!!

certainly was

we had brisk temps, varied bikes, new faces, new roads, car park quandaries, secret stop off surprises and a nice safe run.


Thanks to TEC and everyone else for doing a spot on job of marking the junctions and not loosing anyone - thankyou.

Hope your bike gets fixed soon Tom.

Big thanks to you and 'the boss' for your hospitality, I have never seen SWB members on such good behavior before.

for those that went home early, this is what you missed....

Nice to meet you all today had a great day, hope tom getts his bike sorted soon

Thanks everyone for great day out
Bit of a chilly start but ok when we got goin
Hope your bikes feeling better soon Tom

what a spread !!! o m g smiler will be jealous must do that route again soon and I bet there will be a few more turn up lol

I want to send Mrs. Atomic a BIG thank you for providing cake for all us poor, hungry bikers.
Cake and coffee. Well worth paying my subs for!

Thanks for the ride-out all, sorry I had to cut out early, I had been looking forward to this ride for months - typical.

Home about 3.15 , saw 3 of you guys heading off near Crewkerne.

Atomic wrote:Home about 3.15 , saw 3 of you guys heading off near Crewkerne.

There was a mutiny in the group and we created a breakaway Friendly Ride Out!

(Not really. We were bailing early too).

Hope the other two made it back alright...

Captain wrote:

Atomic wrote:Home about 3.15 , saw 3 of you guys heading off near Crewkerne.

There was a mutiny in the group and we created a breakaway Friendly Ride Out!

(Not really. We were bailing early too).

Hope the other two made it back alright...

I got home ok thanks John I gave it the beans down the m5

P.S Awesome spread Mrs Atomic and lovely house wish I could of seen your dog tho (at the risk of being peeed on lol) we have a staffy too nice to meet you all

Really enjoyed today on my old man's shiny metal armchair, totally different experience admiring the views! Scrapping metal footrests is the new kneedown
Nice to meet those I don't know, thanks to the chap who organised and ran today, name escapes me!!

Bloody cold but really enjoyed today. Well organised and everyone looked after as usual ( Si / Kev ) Plenty of coffee stops to try and keep the chill out and a lovely spread at Tom's - Huge thanks.
Nice to see some new faces and considering the temperature a good turn out.

Seconded - thanks to Billinom8s & Kevitree for a very well organised run. Also thanks to the jm's as I didn't take a turn - but wish I could have.

Many thanks for the kind messages and the get well cards in the post, but a huge relief as all is well.
Just back from a 40 mile stint and not a hiccup. Visited my good mechanic (Andy's of Bridport) for confirmation and everything is as it should be. There are in fact 3 holes in the exhaust all perfectly formed as they are supposed to be there. They are the drain holes for condensation etc. I guess they might help a bit with the noise levels, probably why many owners with this model claim there is hardly any noise difference with an aftermarket can.

Personally I think my bike is a bit of an attention seeker, every little job on it turns into a bigger one. I was fitting a Givi rack, so as to have the psychological comfort for Mrs Atomic, and found that it wouldn't fit with the tail tidy. So 2 hours later I had finished 2 homemade brackets to extend the indicator units.
The levers from Germany, supposedly for my model, don't fit without rubbing the paint off. But, full credit to BS-MOTOPARTS as they are sending the correct ones, although not as pretty, without the need to return the old ones.

Thanks again all, it's why I love this group, from one very happy (again) rider.

Glad its all sorted