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Run to E. Midlands Section Meeting There was an art exhibition at the Reading Rooms on Friday, September 27th so
we thought we would have a run over to The King's Head, Sutton Bonington
to share an evening with the E. Mids. section. I arranged to meet at the
Merevale lay-by for anyone wanting to ride there in a group. The
group was small and at the 7.15pm departure time there was only Martin F on his
"B" twin, Tony R on his BMW and Gloria and myself on our Rapide.
Tony reported that he was suffering from a bit of a misfire on his fuel injected
BMW K100 four. He had fitted a new fuel filter but this didn't appear to
have cured the misfire. We had steady ride along mostly empty roads, only
encountering a little traffic on a couple of miles of the A42 that we used to
by-pass Ashby-de-la- Zouch. En route we encountered Ian J who was making
his way there in his car. We got to within a couple of miles of Sutton
Bonington and Martin disappeared! It transpired that he had spotted an Esso
garage as we crossed the A6 and was lured away to top up his petrol tank.
He arrived a little later with a full tank. Bob S, the Series
"A" supremo and wife Rita arrived in the car park just after us and
more E. Mids. members started to arrive. We chatted in the far end of the
bar and after a while I spotted that Dave D and Doug S had arrived on their
bikes and had found some space at the other end of the room. As I was
saying hello to them Mick P came in having arrived on his Ducati. A little
later we went out into the car park to look at the bikes on what was a very nice
evening. I retraced my route on the return trip modifying it to use a bit
more A444 rather than the smaller roads to give an easier run back in the
dark. Tony turned off the A444 at Fenny Drayton while we carried
onto the A5 and Hinckley. When I saw Tony on the following Wednesday he
said that the BMW had run perfectly on the way home without any misfire.
Maybe it liked the slightly cooler night air. |
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