Hastings May Day Bike run, who’s going !
I may be up for this, Its My eldest’s 13th Birthday that weekend and i’ve promised them i won’t be out on the Bikes, But…My cousin lives in Hastings (St Leonards) I could get My Mum & Aunt to take the Mrs and Kids to see him and i can do the ride and meet them there, Killing 2 Birds with one stone, They get a day out and i get a Riode out 
The Locksbottom to Hastings May Day Run
Meet up where you will but keep it as it was and go via Locksbottom and the A21 to Hastings.
Whens the Hastings Run?
Star Wars day Slan.
Was a great day out last year. But bank holiday Monday’s are now out of the question. :crying:
James its not really a ride out for you?:Whistling:
I know, but ive always wanted to go the the ACE and ride down with the rest…so thats what i want to do this year
That’s what I did last year, the bit from the Ace to Locksbottom was tiny compared to the rest of the ride (and it ended up following some uninvolved scooter the wrong way for a while).
You’ll really not miss much if you go straight to the start, rather than staging at the Ace.
Anyone know the history of this annual ride - why Locksbottom to Hastings??
Lore has it that it started out as a thing a local club did and grew from there.
From previous threads…
If you’re stuck for something to do on the first bank holiday Monday in May,
you could do a lot worse than joining a rumbling gathering of motorcycles
and heading off to Hastings. There probably wont be any re-enactment of
that famous battle in 1066, but you can bet there’ll be more noise.
Proving that there’s more to Sarrf London than bed bugs* and job-seeker
centres, the ‘Mayday run’ heads off from Locksbottom down the A21.
Every Mayday bank holiday there is the ‘Mayday’ run. Thousands turn up and
there are crowds most of the way out of London cheering the bikes on. It
apparently started in the 60s and like some of our waistlines, it’s been
getting bigger each year, it’s estimated that around 10,000 bikes join in
on a sunny day, some sight when all of Hastings seafront car parks are bike
only and filled to overflowing.
Here’s the plan - the main gathering will be in Crofton Rd, Locksbottom for
around 9am in the general vicinity of the petrol station (I park on the
other side of the road in front of the funeral directors, Francis Chappell
& son). Then head off around 10am. Blast, (within the speed limits of course),
to Hastings, dodge speed cops, overheated Harleys, broken down Dukes, knicked
R1’s, etc. Wander along the seafront, look at bikes, have some food, check
out The Carlisle** and head back as and when you’ve had enough.
Not for people who don’t like crowds and especially crowds on bikes.
Be prepared for bike jams unless you leave Locksbottom before 10am
especially if it’s a sunny day. Makes a change from the usual car jams 
It’s not organised, no one is in charge, no health and safety checks,
not a licenced gathering, no facilities. Hastings council do their best to
park the bikes as well as keep things moving in the town. The Police do
their best to discourage it but can’t stop it happening, precisely because
it’s not organised, 1000s of bikers, (or is that motorcyclists?), just do it.
http://londonbikers.com/forums/FindPost1070512.aspx
- Down and Out in Paris & London: George Orwell
** http://www.the-carlisle.co.uk/
I will ride up to locksbottom and then back down to hastings with the mobs.
Weather looks quite reasonable if a bit windy on Monday, could be giving this a shot.
I can’t make it this year ;-(
Heading down from Dartford with a mate, anyone else from south East London joining in?
Yea I’m riding up to locksbottom from Hastings then down again. If you want to hook up there im game.
Think I might come along if I get my ass out of bed by then !! Anyone got a postcode for the meet in Locksbottom?
BP Garage
391 Crofton Road
Locksbottom
Orpington
BR6 8NL
Telephone: 01689 880780
This would be the main meet up point, I will roll in there at 8.30 - 9.00, it’s my first and it will be a good run down.
KTMJames, I assume you have a KTM or would that be too obvious? I have a red Yamaha MT-07 and a white/red helmet, black Triumph leathers - just so you can recognise me if you see me
I’ve got a slow puncture on the rear so I’m out unfortunately. Seems to go from 42psi to sod all within a day.