Ring Speak

Sun 7th to Sat 13th September 2014

Now cancelled

Here's the hotel we're booked into: Hotel Forsthaus

And here some advertising for the Ring to give you an idea of what it's all about  




Some general Ring info, especially a Beginners Guide, can be found on this site: http://www.nurburgring.org.uk

And some info about the Eifel area is available here: http://www.eifel.de

And for another taster I just found this video... it's a promo video for a hotel near the Ring but from about 1 min onwards it's mostly about biking in the region. Worth a watch if you're still on the fence  

I really fancy this and plan to make it. Is it allowed to do it twos up or not?

MevsyD wrote: Is it allowed to do it twos up or not?

If you mean the ring, . . . yup , it's a one way public toll road  . . . . with no speed limit   

Two up, tootling around the ring when I did it were a couple on a triumph tiger . . . just around the corner was a sight seeing tour bus pootling around as well

I do mean that Tel.. Thinking of making it mine and Angelas holiday next year, but we will do it together. She doesn't scare too easy!

Scary abut the bus though, lesson banked and learned!

'Corse it's F1 weekend at Nürburgring this Sat & Sun too. The wee squiggly grey bit at the bottom left corner of the diagram is the modern track . . . The heavy black bit is the Nordschleife we're all wanting to go do   . . . . I'm sure you knew that anyway, huh, silly me   

What were the dates again? I am interested in coming along. Hotel/B&B or self catering house for me.

Radar wrote:What were the dates again? I am interested in coming along. Hotel/B&B or self catering house for me.

 Dates are Sat 6^th to Sat 13^th September 2014  

Is it time yet ??????????

GOOGLE says 15 hours 34 mins, and 981.9 mi   sore botty syndrome, or what:shock: 

Seeing as there's possibly several of you Scotsmen going maybe you could consider hiring a van or trailer to ferry the bikes over...

Would save on ferry, fuel, tires and all that and you could fill your luggage with lots of spare underpants for those scary bits on the Ring  

BlueZed wrote:

Radar wrote:What were the dates again? I am interested in coming along. Hotel/B&B or self catering house for me.

 Dates are Sat 6^th to Sat 13^th September 2014  

Feck...the wife's birthday is on the 12th

Radar wrote:
Feck...the wife's birthday is on the 12th

Take her with you... as a Birthday present!

 

Now there's a coincidence . . . . it's mine on the 13^th .
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Radar wrote:

BlueZed wrote:

Radar wrote:What were the dates again? I am interested in coming along. Hotel/B&B or self catering house for me.

 Dates are Sat 6^th to Sat 13^th September 2014  

Feck...the wife's birthday is on the 12th

Tony, Its a fact you are faster two up..... sorted pal  

Radar wrote:Feck...the wife's birthday is on the 12th

Send a postcard, Sorted  

Right... Poll's over!

Looks like Guesthouse/B&B is the top choice followed by Hotel.

So far there are 8 riders + 1 passenger signed up.

Based on that number I'll now start getting some quotes and will let you all know what I get back.

Meanwhile... if anyone else is interested feel free to sign up on this thread: Sign-up  

which is the best port to get the ferry to? Rotterdam or zebrugge? I think I would be sailing from hull. would anyone else be sailing from hull?

Have been on the Hull - Rotterdam ferry a few times now, but in the car with the whole family. It's always been a pleasant experience apart from customs in the UK who take for-bloody-ever to check everyone.

Distance wise Rotterdam is closer to the Ring than Zeebrugge by about 50km depending on your route.

Don't know how they do it on the Zeebrugge ferry but the Rotterdam one has only one deck for cars and motorbikes and the bikes go in the middle in a sort of fenced off area. Seems quite good though you definitely won't be first off the ferry on a bike.

just been pricing ferry to Rotterdam and at current rates its £272 with inside room, dearer with sea view room. 90 miles to hull, ferry to rdam, then from rdam to nurburgring its 200+ miles. sounds simple enough.

Sounds straight forward really  

Actually I think i got the furthest distance to travel... 

Just a wee taster . . . it's not all about the "Ring" . . . and I for one don't intend spending every day either at the Nürburgring or on it.

There are plenty of fantastic scenic routes to be explored in the region too, most of which are known to the hotel owner where we are stopping. He has a few "tour lead" (i.e. He leads them), routes advertised on his flyers & forum. They'll be similar to the following YouTube   



Just to dispel any thoughts or fears you may have that the whole trip may be conducted at warp factor # with (any) , your hair on fire  

So if your sitting there in the wings, thinking "I'd love to go, . . . but . .  a). I'm not fast enough . . b). I'm not proficient enough . . . or even c). I don't want to "DO" the ring but would love to bust my Eu (mini) touring cherry . . . . . . . . Well here's your chance.

If you can get 5 days off out of the rat race (assuming you work Mon - Fri), . . . be a devil get yer name down  . . . Go On, you know you want to  

Cheers
 
Tel

Tel, I completely agree with what you've said above!

It's definitely not all about the Ring!

The first time I went there I just watched people go round and did tours of the area. I didn't get onto the Ring until my second trip there and then it was a guided lap with the landlord of the place we stayed at.

For me the atmosphere there and the area itself are reason enough to go!

Just thought I'd flag this up in case anyone else might have the same problem. I paid my deposit to BlueZed using my Visa Debit card with the transfer outfit that he linked to (which worked very efficiently, btw), and a week or so later found the card had been blocked. Fortunately, no real issues, it seems the fraud dept had flagged it up as unusual activity, but it was easily sorted out with a phone call. Could have been embarrassing, though.

Oh wow! Sorry for causing you any trouble. Didn't think the service was anything unusual.
As I said I'd used them a few times already and never had a problem so far. Then again German banks don't tend to monitor every customer that closely. Seems a bit Big Brother, doesn't it?

Anyway, hope it's just a one off and nobody else has any trouble with it. 

No worries, just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had a similar problem.

Actually, it's quite good to know that the banks are doing something to try to protect their customers, rather than just ripping them off!

Agree, a good thing them trying to protect their customers,  but surely they could have given you a quick call to double check rather than block the card outright.
I'd find that very annoying especially when trying to pay for something in a hurry and finding out then...

Anyway... glad it didnt cause you any trouble!