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GezTheHealer
06-10-18, 10:11 PM
So, you can go on a factory tour at Hinckley :) anyone done this? I quite fancy it, seems like it may be a bit of a ways out for a ride out, but would certainly like to go at some point.
Last Train
07-10-18, 08:40 AM
I'd be up for a nose about :)
BB
07-10-18, 08:43 AM
We have always planned on going but never got round to arranging it.
Burbler
07-10-18, 08:56 PM
Me too.

I gather that cameras are banned
Trev_P
08-10-18, 08:36 AM
don't mind if i do, will be a looooong day tho and my bike turns back into a pumpkin at midnight :o


So, you can go on a factory tour at Hinckley :) anyone done this? I quite fancy it, seems like it may be a bit of a ways out for a ride out, but would certainly like to go at some point.
Burbler
08-10-18, 10:11 AM
It's only 90 from Chipnum. Could stop at the arboretum for refreshments (almost perzactly half way).

Return to Ciren for coffee and farewells.
Trev_P
08-10-18, 10:39 AM
i do tend to expand the travel time for eg: appx 2hr 30mins to triumph plus appx 30mins for splash n dash both ways, tour appx 90 mins+parking up so roughly 2 hours there - 8 ish hours total. depending on the route !

being me, looked via A429-A5-A47 but will be a bit of a white line run, there's gonna be alternative routes that someone knows

obviously not gonna be til next year i would assume, if we can get concrete numbers may be worth pre booking the tickets (might even get a discount)



It's only 90 from Chipnum. Could stop at the arboretum for refreshments (almost perzactly half way).

Return to Ciren for coffee and farewells.
Burbler
08-10-18, 11:12 AM
No discounts - it's VERY popular. Guided tour is £18 p.p. Problem will be all getting into the same group. MUST be booked and pre-paid online.

The museum and exhibition centre (on 2 floors) is free with no need to book.
njl
08-10-18, 10:45 PM
One thought is that it could be an off season thing if we had minibus numbers and a willing driver. I imagine it would be £130 - £170 for vehicle and fuel.

Another thought is that its not too far from Matlock bath, but if you overnighted around there after a ride up and over the dales would you want to spend a couple of hours in the museum, or be out riding....
Toph
09-10-18, 12:08 AM
An interesting day out..:cool:
GezTheHealer
09-10-18, 10:32 PM
One thought is that it could be an off season thing if we had minibus numbers and a willing driver. I imagine it would be £130 - £170 for vehicle and fuel.

Another thought is that its not too far from Matlock bath, but if you overnighted around there after a ride up and over the dales would you want to spend a couple of hours in the museum, or be out riding....


Hummmmmm...:confused:, 90 miles there/90miles back would probably be quite a long day and not allow for much of a detour for nice roads and then be rushed at the place. It says 90mins for the tour, but there would be other stuff to look at like you say (Visitor centre). I'd be tempted to suggest staying over nearby. So could take a long way up Saturday (Wye Valley/Malvern Hills) then back across down through the cotswolds the next day (Sunday) after an early-ish tour and lunch.

Problems are it'd be luck with the weather, and you do have to book well in advance, (approx. 3months atm) so you've no idea... Could probably comfortably mini-bus it in a day out of season which seems like the best (but no biking there :() option..

I think riding up for a day/overnight it would probably be best without booking and going to the exhibition centre and/or national motor museum. So needn't worry about weather/pre-booking. Likely next spring/summer..

Mini-bus for the factory tour on a Sunday January/Feb. Could be a nice respite from the shorter days and a motorbike themed day. Anyone fancy this? I can drive, have driven a knackard old school bus round the block once before..

(Not to mention M4 karting's mini-moto's for a Sunday in Jan/Feb. also one to book a bit in advance.)

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Dazr
12-10-18, 10:27 PM
A lot to think about there for sure and planning needed. The idea of a Sunday mini-moto appeals for sure in the depths of winter Jan/Feb.
GezTheHealer
13-10-18, 08:39 AM
Yeah, I think I’ll go ahead and plan that instead. Mini bus simply isn’t biking and factory tour could be torturous without a bike for ride home home :)
Trev_P
13-10-18, 11:48 AM
Yarp :o

A lot to think about there for sure and planning needed. The idea of a Sunday mini-moto appeals for sure in the depths of winter Jan/Feb.
Trev_P
13-10-18, 11:49 AM
sounds like a go-er :cool:

Yeah, I think I’ll go ahead and plan that instead. Mini bus simply isn’t biking and factory tour could be torturous without a bike for ride home home :)