Bassetts Pole 16/8/2016

So, I thought I'd try this again. The weather was lovely, the TRX needed a run and there was no food at home so Birmingham here we come!

It was a quiet start..

But it quickly got going. GSX400F!

An ER-5 with a fancy full fairing. Eminently sensible, the owner must be a true gentleman.

Something with lots of Rs in its name..

Some horrible fully faired Moto Guzzi thing, but it had lovely analogue clocks..

Some proper Triumph (doing well on the classics this time, aren't we?)

The police were out in force, the PCSOs that were walking around were all female which I can only guess is so that they don't get beaten up.

They kept doing loops around the car park and generally making their presence felt, it was actually quite oppressive because no one was doing anything wrong. The police just felt the constant need to make their presence felt.

They got what they wanted though, there wasn't much in the way of wheelies and burnouts like there had been the previous year. Boo.

This ZXR400 sported some seriously authentic road rash, well done that man!

And this VFR400 (or was it an RVF?) is owned by Rossi himself, amazing!

Overall, this one was quite disappointing. The smell of cannabis was stronger, there was much less japery to be amused by and the constant police presence was most unsettling. This comes nowhere close to filling the hole that the death of the Ashby Folville meet has left, but it's the best we have right now. 4/10.