Newbie from Essex

[Zarah]

Hi ya'll im new here and from Braintree in Essex, always up for rides out and nite out, so if anything going down locally, im there ;) lol
Cheers Zarah x

[w108rna]

Hi Zarah

I live just near Southend, and can quite regularly been found down there on my Monster enjoying an ice cream or better still, hot chocolate in the Winter sun shine. There are some good rounds round here and always a couple of bikers about, so drop me a line if you fancy a brew one day.

Mark

[GULLY]

Hi and welcome to the club.

gully:tgoe:

[Moley]

Hi and a belated welcome (havent logged in for a while now)
Steve (Chelmsford)

[gary tompkins]

Zarah,

The Kent mob's had some good runs to Essex in the past. Maybe we can sort another trip into Essex & it's infamous lanes (Burnham on crouch tea shop) in the spring?

:spin: :spin: :spin:

[benson]

Hi Zara and welcome to the club - I'm Benson AKA Rachel and I'm Essex and London Rep. I've posted a few things about an Xmas get together if folks fancy meeting up but rest assured there will be plenty of opportunities for rides out and about as the weather imprpoves.

I'm based in East London and am rather liking the idea of a ride to the Ace cafe for one of their huge fry ups one weekend soon so if you fancy a ride let me know otherwise look forward to meeting you at some point soon!

[LouSCannon]

Hi guys, another newbie from Essex... loving the bike and loving the Essex roads, just a shame I've only got one other mate who rides.

Would love to meet up for a chat and ride now and again?

I live in Southend, Westcliff to be precise, normally go out for a ride down the sea front, up to Burnham, and sometime round Bicnacre and South Woodham. Found a love way back from Parkinsons in Colchester yesterday.

Oh, and I was also the one who caused the 127 to close on Wednesday just gone. Some young girl in fiesta ran in to the back of my Focus whilst in the stationary 127 traffic. Hers caught alight and took my car, and all my stuff with it! So, sorry of you were caught in that!

[blueguzzi]

Hi To Zarah
I'm in Hadleigh Essex so not far from the chip shops of Sarfend and the good pubs in Old Leigh.

Zarah, do you work in a research lab in Cambridge/ Saffron Walden ?

Cheers
Hugh

Sorry to hear about your A127 dilemma Jim yes I was caught up in that jam of the decade he he :fou:

[Rusty35]

Hi to all, I have been using the site for a month or two now but I am a newbie to the Monster family. I dont actually pick uo my Monster from Metropollis until late Jan but the Ace Cafe sounds like a great plan. I live in Reiget Surrey so Box Hill wll be a regular for me when the heavens have sealed up for a while.

If anyone is ever heading to box hill before then and fancy's picking me up on the way that would be great. I sold my Susuki as part exchange for the S2R so at the mo I am shanks's pony man, may go out and buy a Marin Bike until the monnie is sorted as I am starting to feel like Forrest Gump in his running stage....:dizzy:

See you all soon.

Rusty35

[LouSCannon]

Sorry to hear about your A127 dilemma Jim yes I was caught up in that jam of the decade he he :fou:

Yeeah, sorry about that, but I didn't have much say in the matter.

No real signs of bad whiplash yet, which has surprised me considering she hit me doing a good 40 she thinks.

Scariest thing was how quickly her Fiesta went up, was on fire straight away and within 15 mins both cars were just a fire ball. Right opposite the Esso station too.

I just sat on the wall with a cigarette watching my motor go up in flames! Couldn't help but think about what would happen if I was on my bike... :(

[Rusty35]

****, whats that all about?

[LouSCannon]

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/display.var.1884340.0.car_fire_causes_tailbacks.ph p

[Rusty35]

Cheers, nasty! glad to here you are OK. Who was the plum who put that message about you being well enough to put an add on the echo? or have I miss understood the reading...

[LouSCannon]

Heheh nah that's a mate of mine. I was meant to be going to the Southend game that night. Turned out to be a great game too!

[brian king]

Hi, Guys & Girls
I am in Rayleigh hope to get to meet some other monster people this year, got my bike last summer and hav'nt even seen another monster out and about locally!

Brian

[Grumpy]

hi zarah, sorry for the delay in saying welcome to the club, i'm just down the road near halstead.look forward to bumping into you. there is a meet every first thurs of the month of the local ducati owners club,this month they ae meeting just outside bury st edmunds, at the three kings at fornham st martin if your interested:)

[w108rna]

It seems there are loads of Monsters not too far from Southend. I live in Rochford and have a 900 Monster with Custom paint and silly pipes.

I think a New Year meet for Hot Chocolate on the front might be in order if anyone facies it?

Mark

[LouSCannon]

Absolutely!

[J.P]

I'd also be up for that and there are plenty in North Kent East London that would also be up for it depending on the date.
A spring day in March ?

[Humbucker]

yep i'd certainly be up for that. Nice run to the seafront then through the lanes sounds good.

[J.P]

Do people still drive up and down the seafront at 5 mph to pose ?
Or am I just soooooo 1985 ?

[Humbucker]

Do people still drive up and down the seafront at 5 mph to pose ?
Or am I just soooooo 1985 ?

I must admit i wasn't that sad. when i was 17 i didn't have a Ford RS Mexico, with full Roll cage and West Ham's Floodlights bolted to the front, with more speakers in the boot than my entire family had in their house and drive up and down thinking young girls liked that sort of thing. Someone else did all that

[J.P]

Yeah, never to admit to being a West Ham fan.

[STU65]

I'm up at Colchester and try to get over to the other side of the water, to meet up with the kent mob at the Oakdene cafe when I can. If anyone from Essex is out and about or if anyone wants to join me riding down to Oakdene, please let me know

I'm hoping to get the bike out a little more often this year.

Cheers for now and welcome to the club.

[Grumpy]

I would be up for a meet on the southend sea front march time, for a coffee & icecream how about on the 9th at midday by the 3 sea shells café.?

[J.P]

March the 9th seems a very good date. I'll try and get some members together and fix it as a date.

[Headhunter]

All being well, I'd be up for this too. Welcome to the club, Zarah!

[LouSCannon]

March 9th would be good, look forward to it!

[benson]

March 9th - hmm - a Sunday - hopefully a free weekend and if so I'll be there - ice cream and chips to boot...Hurrah!

[J.P]

You can't beat Chips by the seaside.

[mad_turnips]

only time iv been caught by a speed camera was in southend not that that has anything to do with anything just thought id add it welcome to zarah only 2 months late ;0

[Seb_uk]

I live in Colchester - there seems to be a distinct lack of monsters on the roads near me. Have maybe only seen half a dozen or so in the last year!
My bike is currently being put back together again by Parkinsons, but will generally be out and about most weekends when I get her back.

[J.P]

Hopefully it won't be too long for you Seb. Then you could come join us at Southend on the 9th.

[Seb_uk]

Hopefully it won't be too long for you Seb. Then you could come join us at Southend on the 9th.

Would love to J.P. but am probably looking at about the 15th Feb at the moment. Still, you never know!

[J.P]

That's ok, it's the 9th of MARCH !

[Seb_uk]

That's ok, it's the 9th of MARCH !

Excellent - Will definately be there. I'll pencil it into my diary! :)

[benson]

I'm home and not doing anything that weekend so count me in!!!

[w108rna]

I'll come out and play on the 9th, its only a few miles away from me. My 1st UK Monster rideout. I can't wait!!!!

Mark

[benson]

Interesting as your location says cheshire???:mand: :mand: :mand:

[J.P]

Maybe he rides REALLY fast...

[w108rna]

I keep meaning to change that, infact, i'll do that now! I was in Cheshire, am now in Essex!

Mark

[STU65]

I live in Colchester - there seems to be a distinct lack of monsters on the roads near me. Have maybe only seen half a dozen or so in the last year!
My bike is currently being put back together again by Parkinsons, but will generally be out and about most weekends when I get her back.

Sebuk, I'm in Colchester moved up last year, (I can't find out to change my location details.)

May be we can meet up some time when its bright. I popped out at the weekend , which was nice.

[Albie]

Hey stu sorry to hijack. Hows that exhaust. Does it burn pillions feet as someone thought. May see you sometime but mines in a thousand pieces right now.:biggrin: :biggrin:

[STU65]

The exhaust is doing fine, not sure about a pillion as I've actually taken the pillion pegs off.

All I can say its a tad loud, and the right foot goes a bit numb after an hour or so., but I won't be changing it.:mand:

[LouSCannon]

Not met anyone off of here before, but gotta start somewhere, so yeah I'll be up for the 9th. Where we meeting?

Maybe start a separate thread for this in the Essex forum?

[Humbucker]

9th is in the diary. first rideout of the year.

[Bodybag]

If I have another bike by then, I might be up for it too. :hissy: :grump:

[Seb_uk]

Sebuk, I'm in Colchester moved up last year, (I can't find out to change my location details.)

May be we can meet up some time when its bright. I popped out at the weekend , which was nice.

Yeah - definately! Let me know when your out and about as I should be collecting my bike this weekend.

[Grumpy]

The bikes polished, new tyres chain & sprockets fitted, roll on the 9th of march!