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I know there are a few posts on the board for this already, however without offending this will be the official and only one that will matter from now on. Could I ask that everyone uses this one from now on please and I will post any developments and info as I get it on this thread.

I will try and address everything with the following list.

THE EVENT IS FREE TO ENTER FOR EXHIBITING ENTRANTS AND THE VISITING PUBLIC. THE EVENT IS BASICALLY A MEET WITH A 9 MILE RIDE INTO BRISTOL WITH BETWEEN 100-150 OTHER ITALIAN BIKES, PARK UP ITALIAN STYLE IN CLOSED OFF STREETS WITH EVERY ITALIAN CAR MARQUE YOU CAN THINK OF AS WELL, AND THEN BE ENCOROUGED TO START UP AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE.

THE MEETING PLACE
The meeting place will be junction 19 of the M5 motorway in the car park of the motorway services at Easton In Gordanno. We will meet in the far corner near the raised grass bank. (This is out of the way of where the cars tend to park and as the bank is raised, will provide a good vantage point to photograph the masses of bikes. It will also keep us out of the way of the main building and any complaints from the services manager).

THE DEPARTURE TIME
We will meet at 09oohrs with a departure time of 0930hrs. (This will give us 30 minutes to travel the 9 miles or so into Bristol and enter the festival for 1000hrs as requested by the organisers.)

THE ROUTE
The route will be out of the main entrance of the services and turning left onto the A369 towards Bristol, We will then make an immediate right turn into High Street (Portbury Village), once in the village we will follow the road around to the left and onto Mill Lane. The route will now rise up through a series of bends and carry on through woods and forests. At the end of this road we will meet the B3128 and turn left following the signs for Failand and Bristol. We will follow this road and go straight across at the traffic light controlled cross roads and carry on following the B3128 as it twists and turns and drops down through more forests until it meets the A370. Once on the A370 we will then follow the signs for Bristol City Centre over the cumberland basin bridge and then follow the A4 towards the centre. We will enter the centre and keep right turning back on our selves before following the road left and into Baldwin Street. The entrance that we must take into the festival is on the left with a dropped kerb at the Edwards Public House. Duncan and Co will endevour to park you up promptly. (I have left out the Clifton Suspension Bridge due to the fact that we have the start stop issue when approaching the bridge and once we have crossed it, to allow people to catch up. It was a bit of fun last year and a bit of an experiment to see how it went, but I have decided to leave it out this year. The bridge is an old antique and 100-200 bikes crossing it in one go is a no no for the bridge people. The rest of the route is fairly straight forward with the only hazzard being 8 sets of traffic lights! There is nothing that can be done about that as this route passes the least sets of lights believe it or not into Bristol.

POLICE ESCORTS
Police escorts will possibly cost money and in the words of a Ducati owner and Police Inspector "probably ruin it". I did enquire about this last and it was pointed out to me that someone higher up the ladder would make all sorts of demands and restraints on the ride in. There could be possible cost implications to and this could not be met by anyone as we (The Organisers) are determined to keep this festival free for all, the fact that in this day and age streets will be closed, marshalls supplied, a ride in for the bikes, a Ducati trailer supplied for the day and no entrance fee for exhibiting cars and bikes and the visiting public being asked, is all AMAZING! Also we (The Oganisers) are not a club and so we do not have funds of any sort.

VOLOUNTEER MARSHALLS
I am looking for volounteers to marshall the ride in, I require 5 or 6 people who are able to meet either the night before or earlier, and supply their own high vizi vests. The riding marshalls job will be to give anyone caught at traffic lights and junctions directions to catch the rest of the group back up should they get separated (which is going to happen at some point). You will ride with the group and all be allocated lights and junctions to stop at to mop up.

Riders Ducati dealership look set to lend us the trailer we had last year and the chap who brought the race bike that we displayed may be bringing more! The other thing which could be needed is a supply of accommodation for travellers from a far. I have a spare room and could put up 1 or more people.

I would appreciate it if people could fill in the attached poll, so that we know how much bike parking space we will need at the festival.

I hope like me you are all looking forward to it.
View Poll Results: Who is joining the ride in and who is going to go straight there?
Meeting the ride in 76 95.00%
Going straight there 4 5.00%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 25 Jan 08, 10:02 AM   #31 (permalink)
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I ordered a Chilli dish and didn't get it. Anyway I know that it isn't in the spirit of the day but I always find that Indian/Chinese restaurants are better at coping with large groups.
Your right they do.

By my sums with all the Chinese import bike coming in at such low prices, there could be a Bristol Chinese bike fest coming along anytime soon
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Old 25 Jan 08, 11:08 AM   #32 (permalink)
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I have not heard of this event before and i was just wondering how many days its over and what goes on there?

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Old 25 Jan 08, 12:03 PM   #33 (permalink)
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It is over a single day.

The back-streets of old-Bristol are cordened-off and filled with all manner of Italian motors ... everything from Vespas to MV Augustus, Fiats to Ferraris. 'Start' your engines at specific times in the morning and afternoon is an opportunity to hear them all as well - awesome.

Prizes for best this/that/the other but mainly an opportunity to meet other Ducatisti, wander around looking at great machinery, loads of Ducati's, explore Bristol's markets and shops, have a nice lunch etc. etc.

There is a large ride-in from near-by (a few hundred Ducati's last year) which is a laugh and some people meet-up the night before for dinner.

Personally I make it a family day-out ... though this year Mrs H has a Ducati of her own so she may want to ride-up and I will be relegated to sprog-patrol with then kids in the car.

Come along if you can - it is great.

Have a look in the gallery ... Message - Ducati Pictures

This gives a good feel of the whole day as well ... YouTube - Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival 2007
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Old 25 Jan 08, 12:32 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Hi,

Just seen the links and it looks awesome, i'm there for sure......
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Anyone from Essex/East London interested in going let me know, maybe we can arrange a rideout from this side of the country.

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Old 30 Jan 08, 08:39 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Bummer - just got the finalised DD dates through and they are rather different to the preveiously published dates. This now clashes with Pembrey so I'm afraid I cannot make it. I was really looking forward to it too.
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That's me too, will be at Oulton Park. Shame, I was really looking forward to it
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I'm glad you posted that up Graeme. I was all set to go to Pembrey.
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Damn, seriously bad planning! Could one of you DD bods pls post the dates in the DD section, so either Dan or me can update the Racing Calendar?

Never mind, saw Dan's post and have updated the Racing Calendar.

More bad planning: the June Pembray one clashes with the MotoGP at Donington.
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I'm glad you posted that up Graeme. I was all set to go to Pembrey.
Might have been your opportunity to get on the podium
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It would have been a hollow vistory. I like to earn my podium positions the hard way. In fact it's so hard that I've yet to see one.
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I would love to come to this event. I am not working that weekend which is a rare treat. Do I have to enter my bike for it to be parked up in the closed off streets?
Or do we just all turn up on mass?

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Hi Countcoupe
You dont have to register bikes at all. Bikes can either turn up with the ride in or turn up to the main event by themselves, the marshals will let you in and direct you to the right area. Try and make the ride in, it makes 50% of the fun in my opinion.
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I'm up for bit of Ductai holiganism. See you there.
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I'll be there and Im sure Baggers will come too.....any one else in the North West want to tag along...? We had a great day last year!
Going down with a mate from Blackpool if we want to meet on the way are you going Friday?
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