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North West 200
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:51 pm
Author: Dodgy Z1B
Anyone going to nw200, first time going, any tips of best view point etc. much appreciated. Should be going on z1b, taking it back to where I bought it.

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm
Author: gray
Yes , planning on going over this year.
Major electrical gremlins last year , meant i missed the Fri ferry with the rest of the lads , and electrical gremlins on the ferry itself on Sat am meant I saw the last lap of the last race only!!
Usually there's a small group going over ( Fer , Iain Marshall plus others )and sometime we're lucky enough to blag a bit of floor to sleep on courtesy of the Irish members .Don't know what the plan is this year though.Keep an eye on the forum and in touch with this thread.
Gray
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:35 pm
Author: tedsonthezed
I went a couple of years ago - it was a blast. Only got to see the action from the start/finish and the Metropole, and as far as I could tell, it was difficult to move around once you had decided on a spot. It's not like the Isle of Man, where there are back roads everywhere. It gets VERY busy. Are you meeting up with anybody local, as lots of people have favourite spots or live near the track.
The roads are bloody brilliant - go for the A2 round the coast from Portstewart round to Larne. There were no police around when we went, but I heard tales later of very enthusiastic police officers checking speeders.
Shed a tear at Joey's Bar.
Take an anti-alcohol poisoning tablet if you meet up with any locals.
Enjoy.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:43 pm
Author: Davy Doherty
gray wrote:Yes , planning on going over this year.
Major electrical gremlins last year , meant i missed the Fri ferry with the rest of the lads , and electrical gremlins on the ferry itself on Sat am meant I saw the last lap of the last race only!!
Usually there's a small group going over ( Fer , Iain Marshall plus others )and sometime we're lucky enough to blag a bit of floor to sleep on courtesy of the Irish members .Don't know what the plan is this year though.Keep an eye on the forum and in touch with this thread.
Gray
Cheeky feker Gray, You were the only one to get a bed, the others had to grab floor space..
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:54 pm
Author: paul doran
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:34 am
Author: Davy Doherty
Maybe get something organised if theres interest?
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:00 am
Author: BShaw
Advice:- take a radio or a phone with radio on it and some earphones you can tune in to the local radio stn and listen to whats going on. And take some waterproofs (good ones) and warm clothes and something to sit on and something for a hangover.
Joking aside the radio is good.
Baza
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:48 am
Author: paul doran
whyever would you bring rain gear Barry
do you think it might rain?
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:56 am
Author: BShaw
only a slight drizzle I should think Paul
and f***in great hailstones the size of gobstoppers if my memory seves me corectly.
Great week must do it again.
Baza
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:44 am
Author: paul doran
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:14 am
Author: BShaw
what a good idea you could be Robin Hood and I could go as professor Snape, who wants to be Hans Gruber.
Baza
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:04 pm
Author: Davy Doherty
Id just be happy to have my Z1 on th road!!Hint Hint
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:17 am
Author: rickman CRR
BShaw wrote:what a good idea you could be Robin Hood and I could go as professor Snape, who wants to be Hans Gruber.
Baza
Good one Barry, I like the cut o yer jib................only problem.......didn't he play the Sheriff of Nottingham?

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:52 pm
Author: Baz Swailes
Unfortunately Baz's Rickman is still in a heap in the corner of the garage (obviously under a duvet though in case it gets cold), we were fancying a toddle over on Z1 r but never been before so all advice welcome on ferry's, accomodation etc
Jan
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:35 pm
Author: paul doran
Jan are you sure it's not Baz in a heap in the garage
