RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#76 Post by Ronnie » Sat Aug 09, 2014 7:04 am

A quick taster. Ade and Vin deep in conversation!
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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#77 Post by Vin » Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:53 pm

What a great weekend, Andy (V4 Heaven) did a fantastic job organising with 15 bikes turning up in the end and getting plenty of attention. could have been 17 but bike gremlins on the way to the event for two members prevented this.

Great to put faces to forum names, a great bunch of guys and although we didn't manage to get a parade lap (well one person braved the weather! Andy will maybe update you on this later) and photo shoot on the grid in I was proud to be part of this gathering...... many thanks all but particularly Andy for his efforts.

I know Andy took plenty of pic's so hopefully they will follow soon, mine are not great (mobile phone) but will upload if needed later.

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#78 Post by Ronnie » Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:52 am

Yeah, it was great to put faces to names :grin: There must've been 16 on saturday when Dubsey turned up :cool:

Your bike looks fantastic Vin. You've done a brilliant job. Well done. Pleased to see my old fuel tank looking so good, at least part of my bike was there :mrgreen:

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#79 Post by Vin » Mon Aug 11, 2014 5:04 am

If you count my part built one then your right 16 mate :cool:

Thanks Ronnie it was great to meet you after all these years and yes your fuel tank will always be cherished :smt002 now go and get yours resurrected :smt023

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#80 Post by Ronnie » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:47 am

Yeah, you're right Vin. I've just about got all the ingredients now so hopefully sooner rather than later. Sorry I never got the chance to say goodbye. I was outside when they closed the shutters at 6pm! Haha!

In the meantime, here's a short clip from Saturday of Dubsey's beautiful Misstress.

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#81 Post by GeoffRZV500R » Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:14 am

Congratulations Andy for organising such a professional stand which attracted lots of interest.

It's a shame that there was no track time left for the parade and photo shoot :sad: but the photo of the stand above looks great :grin: .

I appreciate the effort you put in and it was a pleasure to meet you.

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#82 Post by Dubsey » Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:58 pm

Well done for organising it Andy
Sorry I could only get there for a couple of hours
Ade thankyou so much still smiling and made a few friends very jealous sunday :)
Ronnie (limpy) get you finger out and build that bike , the bathroom must be finished by now, cool video :)
And all the others I met great to put faces to names and bikes
Mediocrity is a sin !

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#83 Post by Ronnie » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:03 pm

Oi! Limpy! haha! :smt005 Stuck with it now mate. As for the bike...I'll build it, one day.... :supz:

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#84 Post by Ade SYM » Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:16 pm

Dubsey - Good to see you again - Bike looked fabulous as always.

Daz - Really trick bike you have there and really well built

Vin - Your bike was a well deserved winner - Looked stunning - Well done mate.

Great to meet every one who attended - And the bikes on show looked a picture - Never seen so many together at once and doubt i will again.

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#85 Post by Ronnie » Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:35 pm

A few pics and clips.

I didn't expect to see Ade's bike all finished. A pleasant surprise. It looks fantastic Ade, and that front end is sweet!
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Vin's stunning bike. Outstanding work.
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Dubsey's Misstress in all her glory.
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Me with Kevin Schwantz!
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It was a great show, and fantastic to see so many 500's together and to meet some great people.
The parade lap on Saturday was ruined by an old 'diesel' spilling it's guts on the track, so time ran out. A pity, as Schwantz was supposed to lead the parade on his RGV with the 500's behind him. :???:

Full respect, plaudits and thanks to Andy for all his hard work. :smt038

I thought I'd just add this photo I took of the WW2 Lancaster Bomber fly-by. It was spectacular to see.
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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#86 Post by Andrew » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:08 am

Hey all. I have to agree with everything that's been said so far, just sorry i couldn't spend more time on the stand. Andy, a fantastic job with it all, and such an excellent turn out of 500's!!!!
It was great meeting the guys i could... again my time was far too short!!!
Ronnie, sorry I never got the time to talk, but hey, there'll always be a next time :grin:
Ade, I've got the XR yoke up on the wall already :grin:
Vin, tell your Bro to give me a call and we can have a good ol' haggle session :grin:
And the line up of standard 500's looked very impressive!
Once again, Andy, you did the club proud!!! And thanks for calling me after the show making sure i got my bike :smt017 :grin:

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#87 Post by Dazzer05 » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:45 pm

Hats off to Andy ,done a fantastic job on the stand, well done Vin with top Japanese award. Good to meet you all who attended...

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#88 Post by RuZty » Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:58 am

Ronnie wrote: I thought I'd just add this photo I took of the WW2 Lancaster Bomber fly-by. It was spectacular to see.
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The only other Lancaster in the world that still flies is in Hamilton Ontario, unbelievably they are flying it to the UK to go on tour with the one you saw. I've seen it several times and been inside it, very impressive.

Great 500 pics too!

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#89 Post by Ronnie » Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:45 am

I saaw that on the news here! I think it did a stop off in Iceland on the way.

It was really low at the show and did some tremendous fly-bys. The sound was incredible.

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Re: RD/RZ500 30th Anniversary Event - 2014

#90 Post by RuZty » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:06 pm

Ronnie wrote:I saaw that on the news here! I think it did a stop off in Iceland on the way.

It was really low at the show and did some tremendous fly-bys. The sound was incredible.
A $1000 donation to the museum will get you a ride in the Canadian one. The sound really is amazing, and inside it's as spartan as hell, the tail gunners seat is a death trap.

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