Unity Ride - Sunday 17 Aug -Chichester to London

[PeteJ]

As I am half way between New Forest and East sussex I am posting on both the sites - blame it on my NuuBee status - just dont know where I belong - apart from on my bike
Anyways see my stuff below:

A few of us on the BHB forum are planning a ride on 17th August from Bury Hill - Whiteways Cafe - A29 - a 07:30am meet up for an 08:00am off - riding up to Destination Triumph at Washington on the A272 to meet up with a few other bikes - then on up to the Ace Cafe - meet up with several hundred other bikes - then all over to the Excel in East London- to Join the UNITY RIDE Unity Ride through London - then bcak to the south coast.
The Unity ride this year is raising money for Children in Need and for SERV the blood bike runners.
If you are interested you can register for 5 pounds on the Unity Ride site.

The Sights of London on the Unity Ride Route (with ETA's) are as follows:

Depart Excel ( 1.30PM)
London City Airport
Blackwall Tunnel
The Dome (O2 Arena) (1.45 PM)
Greenwich (1.50 PM)
The Cutty Sark
Tower Bridge (2.05 PM)
City Hall
Embankment (2.15 PM)
London Eye
Houses of Parliament (2.25 PM)
St James Park
Victoria
Vauxhall Bridge
Chelsea Bridge (2.45 PM)
Exhibition Road
Hyde Park (3.05 PM)
Lords Cricket Ground (3.20 PM)
Regents Park
Aldwych (3.35 PM)
St. Clement Danes Church
Fleet Street
St Paul's Cathedral (3.40 PM)
The Bank / Mansion House
The Monument (3.45 PM)
The Gerkin
The Tower of London (3.50 PM)
Lime House Link (3.55 PM)
Canary Wharf.
Return to Excel (4.00 PM)

If you are interested in doing this ride with me, two Buells and several sports bikes, plus another few thousand bikes in London, just PM me and lets ride.

[1stGarry]

Hello Pete, another Newbie here.

Just got myself an XR1200, great bike, just gotta sort that exhaust out - apart from being pug-ugly, it's restraining the bike's potential, and it's far too quiet!!!

Hoping to make the Unity run, it's for a darned good cause.
Funnily enough, I was going to wimp out of this run, but I've just been reading some stuff about the first two runs, and it seems that Greenwich council, were determined to prevent the Unity Ride from happening!!!
That sort of stuff makes my blood boil!!!!
As a result, I'll be there.

I found this link that you had posted up on BHB.....
http://londonbikers.com/articles/9208/t
It explains the reasoning and ideals behind The Unity Ride.

[PeteJ]

Hi Garry, see you at Washington, Destination Triumph, at 8:30 Sunday. Thanks for your positive words and for posting the link about the whys and wherefores of the Unity Ride. It makes me feel so angry when some pretentious council worker decides on his own to try to stop what is in fact a very worthy cause. (The blood Riders and the Children in Need charities) May it not rain on the parade, because if it does it wont make a blind bit of difference to me or you or to our Harleys. We will both be there, we might be a bit slower, but we will both be there.
Take care buddy.

[1stGarry]

Wow, what an utterly fantastic day
Riding through London, through all traffic lights, whatever colour they were showing.
All 4 wheel traffic being stopped at roundabouts and junctions, until the thousand plus bikes had roared past.
Riding past Big Ben, Tower of London, London Eye, etc etc.
Sun shining.
Pedestraians waving and calling their appreciation as we passed by.
The good natured banter and camaraderie between everyone on the ride, whether strangers or friends.

I can't wait for the next one