(No-)Bike Night in Shanghai

[soberpete]

And Pete: you were missed. Maybe later, then!

Thanks man.
I was there in spirit.

Fred! I'm still waiting for those pics .

To all those SH denizens concerned, if it so happens that there is one week's worth of reasonable weather in SH before the end of the summer then you'll be hearing from me .

[MotoKai]

NEXT (No-)Bike Night is this SATURDAY!!

Saturday, Jul-21 @8pm at the Ducati Cafe
And according to Ged, "This weekend is a perfect time to visit. Especially as we will have the Qualifying and Main Race of the German F1 Grand Prix here on Saturday and Sunday respectively (from 8pm)".


DUCATI CAFE 109
1933 SHANGHAI, 611 LI YANG ROAD.
SHANGHAI , PRC
溧阳路611号1933 老场房109单元
+86 021 6563 1719
info@ducaticaffesh.com

[DipStick]

NEXT (No-)Bike Night is this SATURDAY!!

Saturday, Jul-21 @8pm at the Ducati Cafe
And according to Ged, "This weekend is a perfect time to visit. Especially as we will have the Qualifying and Main Race of the German F1 Grand Prix here on Saturday and Sunday respectively (from 8pm)".


DUCATI CAFE 109
1933 SHANGHAI, 611 LI YANG ROAD.
SHANGHAI , PRC
溧阳路611号1933 老场房109单元
+86 021 6563 1719
info@ducaticaffesh.com

Hey everyone, I'm back. Been busy traveling for work and pleasure these past 2 weeks.
Count me in for this Saturday! See you there.

DipStick

[euphonius]

I'll be there, bikeless, alas, but delighted to join.

cheers

[DipStick]

I'm a little underwhelmed by the massive response to the post, but I suppose we can always compensate with quality like last time :))
Come on guys (and gals)!! Where is everyone?

[sammyflorez]

I'll be there!!

[euphonius]

Calling all Shanghai denizens! Special one-day offer!

¥200 off on your annual MCM dues if you attend tonight's (No-)Bike Night!!!

Ducati Caffe in Hongkou, details earlier in this thread.

I'll be there at 7....

[soberpete]

section begins...

Hey guys!
Remember me talking about riding down to Shanghai this summer? I'm actually going to do it next week because even thought Fred and Celine are long gone there are still many reasons for this trip and other friends to see.
The ride will begin on Monday or Tuesday with me taking my wife on the back of the bike down to Rizhao for a super-late honeymoon (better late than rushed eh?) which will hopefully be the first of three rides around Shandong. We'll stay there over-night and on the next morning I'll send her back home on the bus.
I'll then leave Rizhao and I should reach somewhere around Yancheng on the second day. I have no friends there so if I have the time and energy to do so then I'll try to make it to Shanghai the same day: 600km+ would be tiring and I've not ridden a single one of those roads before so I'll be taking it easy.

I've puchased some saddlebags for the ride:

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...they should arrive on Saturday along with the metal frame:

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They should help lighten the bag on my back and make it more comfortable for the misses.

I've been rocking the Gopro hero 1 that I also bought from Taobao about two months back and I'll be bringing it with me for the trip. I have a ton of footage so far, including some funny moments, some close calls and some horrible tradgedies (of others, none of my own) that I'd consider deleting if it weren't for posterity. Most of it is just boring straight roads but I keep it on whenever I can because you never know when, where and what will happen.
I love the hero 1 but for an extra 600rmb I could have bought the hero 2. I don't know exactly what I'm missing out on but I like what I have.

... section over.

Anyway, 'No-bike night': I'll be there before next weekend (the 10th-ish) so let's get something going.
Dipstick?
Euphonius?
Sammyflorez?
I'll be happy to see even just one of you there.

[euphonius]

Dear SoberPete,

I'll be in Shanghai in the latter half of next week, into the weekend and beyond, and will do whatever I can to be available during your visit. Your wife should be nominated for Excellent Motorcyclist Spouse of the Year -- she agrees to a belated honeymoon on the back of your YBR250, and then agrees to take the bus home while you continue the honeymoon solo to meet the boyz (and girlz) in Shanghai!!

cheers!

[sammyflorez]

i'm down for meeting!!