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200 mile ride on a Greeves

Posted by Greeves Rider <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Greeves+Rider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 29, 2024, 12:22 pm

Went for a ride with the Anglian Section VMCC to Hunstanton yesterday on my 250cc Greeves East Coaster, lots of other modern bikes there. After fish and chips at 'Sunny Hunny' I left the group (who were making their own more direct routes home) to return via the coast road through Brancaster, Wells on Sea, Blakeney, Cley & Weybourne, where I made a stop for tea and cake at the North Norfolk Railway, before continuing via Holt, Dereham, Watton, Brandon, Mildenhall & Fordham to my home just South of Cambridge. Total mileage 200 the Greeves went well and used about 12 litres of petroil

Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves

Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 29, 2024, 1:16 pm, in reply to "200 mile ride on a Greeves"

That's great to get the old fella out on the roads of its youth.

The bike too! I'll be doing about 200 miles today but it involves my 2014 Triumph. A meeting followed by a ride to Turbeville to buy some Halifax cantaloupes....

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 29, 2024, 3:29 pm, in reply to "Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves"

Yes, very well done.

Looks like a nice evening in prospect might get out for a 40 miler on the Speedmaster later on.

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 29, 2024, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves"

Thats a fair trip on an old bike. I have done longer rides but they have been on newer bikes. My longest day ride was London and back in one day. About 360 miles on a CZ 175 in 1975. About 55 mph speed for most of it.

Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves

Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 29, 2024, 10:49 pm, in reply to "Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves"

I remember in my taxi-driving days, a friend boasting that his 1955 Holden could sit at 50 MPH for hours on end, no problem.

Leon Novello

Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 30, 2024, 6:47 am, in reply to "Re: 200 mile ride on a Greeves"

Seems to be a very long journey in the 50 mph range though. My ride did take about 4 and a half hours with rest breaks. It was fun at the time as i was 22 year old.

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