Wootton Bassett bikers Run

Fratton Fred

As most of you probably know, the people of Wootton Bassett have taken it upon themselves to represent the nation in showing their respect for the fallen British troops in Afghanistan.

on Sunday, British bikers thought they would give some thanks back.

UltimateMale

Fratton Fred wrote: »

As most of you probably know, the people of Wootton Bassett have taken it upon themselves to represent the nation in showing their respect for the fallen British troops in Afghanistan.

on Sunday, British bikers thought they would give some thanks back.

Do they collect money for a charity or something on these events ?

Fratton Fred

UltimateMale wrote: »

Do they collect money for a charity or something on these events ?

They raised money for Help for Heroes, quite a lot I believe.

johnny_doyle

each biker paid £5.00 to participate. Very sunny day. One biker hurt in an accident and had to be airlifted to hospital. Lots of people in the town to cheer and surprisingly quite a few people dotted around the outlying roads to view the bikers.

goldie fish

Did he say the smell of diesel was overpowering?

I only know of 1 Bike that is fuelled by diesel, and that is not yet in commercial production...

Del2005

goldie fish wrote: »

Did he say the smell of diesel was overpowering?

I only know of 1 Bike that is fuelled by diesel, and that is not yet in commercial production...

It's properly the smell off their own generator for powering the Sat truck.

Fratton Fred

The anchorman commented on that at the end. Asked people to write in if they knew of any diesel powered bikes!!

I guess the reporter is not a petrol head!

goldie fish

They did have a pretty good turnout though....

minidazzler

goldie fish wrote: »

They did have a pretty good turnout though....

Fook, that is ALOT of burned petrol! haha.

johnny_doyle

pity the writing on the photo has mis-spelt the name of the town. :mad:

a few photos of the various bikes on the Afghan Heroes facebook group :

http://www.facebook.com/afghanheroes#!/album.php?aid=156312&id=272874399584

http://www.facebook.com/afghanheroes#!/album.php?aid=156301&id=272874399584

SlabMurphy

Well it just goes to show how the British state cannot afford to look after it's soldiers when they have to ask for charity handouts from the British public.

Fratton Fred

SlabMurphy wrote: »

Well it just goes to show how the British state cannot afford to look after it's soldiers when they have to ask for charity handouts from the British public.

Don't you have some semtex to play with?

iceage

BOOM BOOM!!

I couldn't help myself. Joke..get it?