Save Matlock Bath Motorbike Event Mar 2016

[@pencilcoil]

wish I'd gone now.It was trying to snow in Leeds that morning so decided against it. damn!

[@MotoGoYo]

A bit of snow wouldn't stop a boy from Leeds. I went from Huddersfield :-)

[@SkeggyCruiser]

Nice vid buddy, gutted I couldn't make it, oh well I'll have to see how I am for the April one, RSM8.

[@MotoGoYo]

+Skeggy Cruiser Thanks Skeggy. Yes, April may be a goer...

[@wyvernbiker]

Awesome. They were still coming when I left :)

[@MotoGoYo]

Yeah. I got there around 12:45. So probably missed the big original flurry of bikers. Bit to icy here first thing. Nearly lost the front wheel when I eventually did set off. With my cruise control not working, I don't know how I managed to get there at all :-)

[@michaelwalker1119]

they put the one hour free parking on the street and only seem to enforce it on Saturday and Sunday. That was the start a few years back. PS were are you supposed to put the ticket?

[@MotoGoYo]

Normally, the right thing to do would be to encourage two wheels over four and not charge parking. Seems that there is still a snooty feeling about bikers for some folk. No sure what their logic is or what their strategic aim is. Apart from trying to encourage a different type of visitor.

[@michaelwalker1119]

+gadgetsandwheels 1 car with say 2 people, or 5 bikes in the same space = a minimum of 5 or a maximum of 10. Its not hard for them to work out that even 5 will spend more than 2. whats needed is for no bikes to turn up one weekend and see how that goes down.

[@MotoGoYo]

+Michael Walker Yes, you mean put their theory to the test. I'm guessing it would have to be for several weeks to make an impact but unfortunately it would impact the local businesses much earlier than it would reach the Council.

[@oldbiker9]

Watching Feb 2022 to show a mates son why I ride. Fook me @ 2:11 I see myself. A good day was had by all judging from the comments. Riding home via Bakewell / Cat & Fiddle was fun in the snow.

[@MotoGoYo]

Seems a long time ago when I did that now

[@MotoGoYo]

And 12:11 you see yourself? 12:11 is the end of the video...?

[@MOTOLEWISRACING]

Was a huge event :)

[@MotoGoYo]

It was

[@aadrianlee]

Good job guys 😎👍

[@MotoGoYo]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I had nothing to do with organising the event though. Just turned up :-)

[@StevesHornet900]

....I've only been there once, during a visit to the Outlaws MCC annual Rock & Blues Rally. I bought a couple of waistcoats from the Biker's Gearbox, and walked up the line of parked bikes too as it's always interesting looking at other folk's rides. Is this what the council is whinge-ing about - bikes parked up at the roadside for free?

[@MotoGoYo]

+Steve'sHornet900! I believe that's what they are on about yeah. Though my research was paper thin so not really that sure if honest :-)

[@kaplon82]

Is ok now. ☺

[@MotoGoYo]

+lukasz kaplon Good. High resolution doesn't always work immediately on KZbin until it has replicated across the servers.

[@jeremycubs8331]

Loved to pop down but with a 125cc it's quite embarrassing lol.

[@MotoGoYo]

Metal sucks Don't worry about being on a 125. Go where you want when you want. All bikers start there.

[@scootjockey]

Do it and don,t take any notice what some people say or do!! the youth has to come through also otherwise there will be no more bikers.

[@TheDervMan]

I didn't know there were that many bikes on UK roads!

[@MotoGoYo]

It certainly makes you wonder. There musty have been a fair few £ on that stretch of road on Sunday last week. An average value of say £6k each x 4000 bikes = £24m!

[@tinyontwowheels1638]

Amazing turnout!

[@MotoGoYo]

Was pretty astonishing for such a cold day!

[@Chrisuu]

I can't help but think the rev bombing doesn't really help the cause. It's probably because of that that some people just get frustrated with bikers, and then try and bully them out of their town. That said it's nice to see you can fit anywhere between 3 to 4 bikes in the same space ass an average car would take up.

[@MotoGoYo]

Yeah. It only happened once while I was there out of thousands of bikers. Though I take your point.

[@RMK67]

Looks like a great event unfortunately I couldn't be there due to distance issues - LOL, did the new parking cost for bikers get overturned?

[@MotoGoYo]

That's no excuse :-). I think they are thinking about it all.

[@RMK67]

+gadgetsandwheels with that amount of riders there on the day - they'd be stupid to do otherwise 🏍

[@CVODean]

Great vid. you was opposite to where we was most of that vid after you parked up.

[@MotoGoYo]

Thanks. Woulda been better with a stabiliser on such a cold day :-). The problem when I go to these things and I almost constantly take footage, I see nearly everything through a tiny screen so I didn't spot anyone there I knew or knew of :-). I'll have a look at your videos soon.

[@CVODean]

I only used a GoPro. Bought a couple of cameras with me, and tripod, but left the bloody quick release plate at home. Bad move, so just stuck with the gopro.

[@MotoGoYo]

+Dean UK Biker Martin Great results then. I was that well wrapped-up I struggled to walk and my hands were shaking with the cold. I was like a doddering old man with a box brownie. People keep saying " he wants to take our photo" lol

[@CVODean]

haha. I got that hot sitting in traffic, I ended up taking my jacket and thermal under jacket off, n was just in my base layer. Only stayed an hour as had to go see my mum.

[@kaplon82]

Hi mate.You may be have a better video? can not see too well in this

[@ScragNath]

Been riding to Matlock Bath since riding my first bike (FS1E) from 1976. Ride through it almost every week now since retiring on my current bike collection. The council are just greedy bastards and see bikers as a cash cow.

[@MotoGoYo]

Yeah, unfortunately the world is a commercial place more than ever before. God knows what the world will be like in 12 weeks from now. Get out while you can.

[@wintersunwolf9125]

I live in Somercotes

[@MotoGoYo]

That looks near MB

[@stevejhall]

Not the cost, maximum 2 hr stay, cracking day.

[@MotoGoYo]

Ah right. Okay. I've never stayed there longer than an hour. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day..., Hmmn, interesting, I was raised to believe that in Britain, the Bath was used as a place to store Coal, so they generally only wash once per year (lol) ; I never would have dreamed that so many Motorcyclists all went to the same place, Matlock Bath, to complete their ablutions...(!). Surely, such a "Show of Force" merely confirms Council in their assumption that Demand is both high & relatively inelastic, so they can sting the Bikers a Parking-Fee & they'll grumble ; but they're mostly creatures of habit, being mainly Grey Nomads, so they'll pay as they whinge, but they won't quit coming. If the Rally was go off to some other place, 5 miles away or so away, which offered free parking, with a Public Oath-Swearing of massed Bikies vowing never to bathe in Matlock again, until they reinstate Free Parking outside their "Bathhouse"...; then the Chamber Of Commerce would nobble that pesky Councillor...(?). ;-p Ciao !

[@MotoGoYo]

Like many things, these traditional habits are formed over many years. Money being the God of all things will rule ultimately. I think I will write to the Council suggesting they seek to twin with Glenn Innes and adopt some of their successful promotional opportunities. 😏

[@WarblesOnALot]

***** ABSOLUTELY ! Tell them to decorate the place with Land-Rights Flags and they can rebrand Matlock Bath as "Celtic Aboriginal Country"...! ;-p Ciao !

[@02bigkev]

It seems like greed by the council, A great turnout and I hope it all goes well and the council change their minds. RSM8

[@nilsatisno9964]

Just pay up you lot !

[@MotoGoYo]

Oh, okay then.