John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

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John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Jacko » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:25 pm

Heys guys, 4 years after we completed our first trip from lands end to john o groats we have just completed John o groats to lands end in 1 day with a time of 17 hours and 6 minutes leaving at 2am and arriving at 7.06pm. Completely standard engines, extra fuel tanks and a gearing change. Newt salad inspired us to go for the record. Although it was tough there was a little bit more we could have given to get a sub 17 hour. This was all done for charity raising over £5k.

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by horobags » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:37 pm

Brilliant!!!!!, well done. Any pics?

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Jacko » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:02 pm

I do have a few but not really sure how to put them on here ill try and put some on here later

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by culfy » Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:17 pm

Well done 👏

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Bogger » Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:49 pm

OMG. Newt will be dusting Git down. He'll not be happy :o :?

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by JOHNBOY » Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:59 pm

James hillier doing it on c90

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Jacko » Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:38 pm

Yes me and him did this together

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by PMU » Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:22 pm

horobags wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:37 pm
Brilliant!!!!!, well done. Any pics?
he hardly had time for pics !!! thats an average of 50 mph , for 17 hrs

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Jacko » Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:43 pm

I do have a few pics and videos but was struggling to upload them .maybe I'll get someone to do it for me

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Re: John O Groats to lands end record!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by Newtsalad » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:45 pm

I was somewhat disbelieving at first. When I read of this on FB. Incredibly high average speed. When Nut and I did it, we were tracked, which verified our times. How were yours verified?

I definitely wasted an hour with fuel line problems, and always said it was doable in less than 20. 17 is amazing.

Also, interested to know if you had support, or were following a van etc. or was that cutting your own air?

However.... You raised the incredible amount of 5k for good causes, Nut and I raised.... Nil. :oops:
Any nutter can get on a bike and hoon it, but to raise that amount for good causes takes considerable effort and commitment.

Jolly well done! :D

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