Tuesday, March 17, 2009

CELTIC RALLY WEEKEND

well what a weekend we all had its started off we all met at Mc donnalds on the a55 top of the aston hill myself,tomo elvis ,big george and last minute.com(perry)hence the nick name we all set off at a good pace with plenty of time in hand with a fuel stop and food as well, we got to the 1st conway tunnel and georges scoot nipped up so a fag break was called 2nd tunnel it nipped up again so another fag break was called with me thinking at this rate we,ll die of cancer b4 we get there mind you he was clocked doing 60mph (running in)but thats george all over he set off b4 us to get a lead we got on the island and tomo had a rear puncture (no spare) with him so my spare was used then the banter started he wanted to know was it a genuine innocenti wheel for his gp about a mile on there was big george,s scooter on its side in a layby with 4 sheered rear hub studs and 2 window fitters alias brad and his mate from the ynys monsters scooter club anglsea drilling them out thay fitted 4 10mm nuts and bolts to get him mobile so a big thanks to them we got to the boat just in time 1 hour 59 mins later we were in ireland so the first thing to do was to have a pint of the black stuff and have a look at perry,s back brake sticking we got into dublin city center and pulled up again to find out his rear hub was loose so that was fixed when a guy on a ratty vespa (jacks back) pulled up and showed us to carl perkins scooter shop for a new hub for george so new hub, rear hub oil seal and a new tube for tomo (we took over his work shop) so a big thanks to carl we all set off for navan when we arrived it was straight to the pub 5 pints later then somthing to eat we checked in the hotel so quick shower and off to the do with tony class spinning the tunes the rest of the night was a blurrrrrrrr until the morning 4.40 getting to bed the irish no how to party so it would of been rude not to party with them ha ha saturday afternoon arrived and off we all set on the ride out 20 miles of some of the best views of southern ireland but the worse pot holes in the world (very deep and wide) a good test for any back shocker i was asked to be a judge of the custom show and i didnt pick my own scoot but it still won best sx/gp so i was well happy with that when we got back elvis,s spot lamp brackets on his mod mobile had snapped and scratched the paint on the front mudguard and georges kickstart plunger snapping he sorted that out with free bits and oil of one of the stall holders (the jammy git)a few pints later it was time to shower ,change and off to the night do where we also won furthest travelled and best turned out well one of the irish clus won it but came to us and said thay were not realy a club just a bunch of lads that meet at rallies so handed the cup over to us and with not a hint of trouble at all weekend a good time was had by all and loads of new friends made we set off for the ferry home we got to dublin when the end can of georges exhaust felloff OMG what a rackett 1 hour 59 mins later at hollyhead george didnt want to chance his all the way home so stav(a man with a van) came and picked him tomo and elvis up and just when i thought i was going to stay trouble free it started to splutter so i wipped the carb off cleaned the bits of crap out of the jets, carb back on and me and perry rode them like we,d nicked em (balls out) all the way home so id like to thank tomo,perry,george and elvis for being good company and a great laugh all weekend . ps if my spelling not good im sure you get the drift

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