Just wondered if anyone is going to this from the ace cafe and fancied meeting up?
If you do go don’t speed as you’ll get busted.
The walk along the front, row after row of motorcycles past & present, trade stands, live bands, seaside fish n chips, nice creams etc are all good. The downside is its proper hassel getting anywhere near the Ace in the morning, then the ride to and from Brighton is a nightmare whichever route you choose to use.
I’d avoid the entire South Coast for the weekend. That said everyone should experience it at least once, it might be where you want to be.
I’ll pass, not even a hot date with Lesley Ash would tempt me or maybe it would 
I’m heading to Brighton for the Burn Up but I think I’ll only be joining the ride back into London on the Sunday, I don’t want to do both ways because I’ve seen how dangerous it can be.
I’m either gonna head to Brighton on the late afternoon/evening on Friday or if anybody from LB wants to do a variant of the route during the day (like with Sam and Arts Southend Shakedown) I could try to put in some holiday 
You doing the whole weekend there?
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The Ace Café Reunion is on Friday 12th & Saturday 13th September at The Ace Cafe, never been, don’t know.
The Brighton Burn Up is one day only Sunday 14th September leaving the Ace 10:30am
Thats what i thought, I thought it was just a bigger version of the Southend Shakedown.
Avoid the A406, A40, M25, M23, A23 route at all costs
Try heading down through Richmond Park (20’s plenty)
Pick up the A24 towards and past Rykas (Box Hill) to Dorking
A25 to Bletchingley
Then meander on south through Outwood, Turners Hill, Ardingly, Haywards Heath and Ditchling to Brighton.
I’d buck everyone’s advice and say that riding from the Ace with everyone to Brighton has always seemed perfectly fine if riding along in a long slow crowd of motorbikes is your thing.
:laugh:I’m going to be in Brighton the whole weekend but I thought there was a ride from Ace to Brighton on Friday and then from Brighton back to Ace on the Sunday :ermm:
Hmm anyone fancy a ride out to Brighton or from Brighton to London on the Sunday?
The main route is all motorway and dual carriageway unti lyou get ot the A27 then it will be jammed up traffic to the front.
Personally I would take A3 to Esher, cut through Oxshott to Leatherhead, pick up A24 and then take the A281 at Horsham reaching Brighton via Devil’s Dyke and the coast road from Hove. And do the same route in reverse on the way back.
Well, I attended the Essex Air Ambulance bike run on Sunday and I have to say it was anything but slow!
I’m going to ride with everyone from Ace to Brighton (as I want to compare this bike run with the Essex Air Ambulance one), but I’m up for something different on the way back. We could take Art’s route (or Giuliano’s), if we can find somebody who knows the way, or can read maps, or has a sat nav, etc. Bryan, Sam, Chris, what do you guys say? 
It’s slow for sure. people come from all over the world to attend. The sheer volume of motorcycles reduces everything to a crawl for large sections of the route. The bottleneck into Brighton is pretty epic. parking can be a problem, hundreds of thousands of bikes parked on the prom side by side. I’d recommend going if you’ve never been, it’s quite something to be part of such a massive motorcycling event.
Yeah, you probably want to turn up about 30-60 mins early, see if you can park up nearish the gate and be in the first hundred or so bikes out.
I might go but use the London to Brighton cycle route. I cycled it a few times, fairly easy to navigate and a nice route. Can’t leave until 9am cos got to drop daughter off at school for a trip.
I think last year, someone on a forum said it took them two hours to get out of Southend as there were so many bikes.
Last year I took part in the night ride, it was great! I agree its a great route.
I’d like to ride from Brighton to London via Arts suggestion, and yes, someone who could navigate for us would ber very helpful!
I think Steve wants to do the Ace run down with the hoards! It’ll be her first big run like this and wants to try it.
If we do it, I’ll definately be coming back via alternative routes!
whatever routes you choose, there or back, ride like you are being followed by the OB all the way, as the likelihood is that you are. unmarked camera bikes will be in amongst it on the main routes and all the alternatives, show off at your peril. guy picked up a 3 year ban for a rolling burnout a couple of years ago, wheelies and speeding will be dealt with VERY harshly also.