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need-a-push — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:25:00 CDT

	(left to right) - BSA-Blackie, PunkTheFish, Evil Badger Overlord, L'Raine, Oma, Sotto Voce. Foreground Tiger the Cat.
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Hi Guys. I have added this page so you can add pictures of you and you bikes.

Punky's Blog

PunkTheFish — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:20:09 CDT

Latest Blog Entry:

25/06/08

Oh my good lord......

The challenge is in like two days.....

18/04/08

Been out doing stuff for the challenge today. Last night BSA Blackie drove Jules, Russ and I 125 miles to, you guest it, Hemsby. We arrived at about 9 due to an incident of some description enroute. After a quick stop in a chinese and a pub we headed back to the 125 Challenge's Hemsby base camp at Long Beach caravan park.

Up this morning at 7am. Spot of breakfast, got dressed and took a walk over the sand dunes to 'The Strip'. Not as sorded as it sounds, just a stretch of road with arcades and stuff and randomly the OCC shop. Waited outside from about 8.40 until about 9.45 for the Tetuels, oh yes the the lads from OCC, to turn up. We waited on the side of the line of about 500 people and got ushered through. Got on of the offical 125 Challenge posters signed and was told they would send over some signed merchandise to auction off.

I brought a T shirt, like it. We played some arcades, won a phone charm on a two pence machine, with alot of help from Jules. Got some fsh and chips and then buggered off to Great Yarmouth. Wandered up and down the beach front the drove home.
Nice day well worth it, shame we didn't get to speak to the lads but they were very busy.

Also the OCC picture is on auction now. PLease visit its page on Ebay......

Route

PunkTheFish — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:32:10 CDT

Detailed Route Information:

B489 – Tring Road
West Street – Dunstable
A505 – Luton Road
Waller Avenue
Leagrave Road (towards Luton)
Woodland Avenue
Montrose Avenue
Stockingstone Road
Hitchin Road (A505) travelling through Hitchin, Letchworth and Baldock.
A11
A47
A1064
B1152
Repps Road
Hemsby Road
Beach Road - Destination

Auction Items

PunkTheFish — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:43:47 CDT

All items will be auctioned individually over the next few months. Please keep checking in here to see what is being auctioned off. If you wish to bid please send me an email at the125challenge@yahoo.com.

1 - Voucher for a free pair of Draggin' Jeans. SOLD for £80 to an anonymous bidder. This item is no longer available.

2 - Two vouchers for tickets to Mallory Park. SOLD for £25 to Vee Four. This item is no longer available.

3 - Two nights Bed and Breakfast courtesy of Nomad and The Lovely Wendy at Riders Rest SOLD for £50 to Petrid. This item is no longer available.

4 - A signed Photo of the Teutul Family courtesy of Karl at OCC Hemsby SOLD for £28 to BSA Blackie. However Ian the Landlord at The Bell in Pitstone may put in a late bid with BSA Blackies permission for a generous price. Watch this space.

8 - BUNDLE - Chopper riding dog and motorbike mad Duck courtesy of mad on motorcycles. This tem is currently on sale via Ebay. Click Here to veiw.
6 - Size 12 Ladies Leathers courtesy of our very own SlipperyWhenWet.

7*- Framed photograph of you and you bike courtesy of Lorraine Nevill.

8 - BUNDLE - Moto GP stickers, patches and pen courtesy of mad on motorcycles

9 - "Bikers Welcome" Welcome Mat courtesy of Pitstop Cauldron

10 - "Motorcycles Only" Parking Sign courtesy of Pitstop Cauldron.

11** - Bacon Buttie courtesy of PunkTheFish.

12 - Data Tool Force 2 Ground Anchor courtesy of Jenny at Coburn and Hughes.

13 - Jumbo bag of Haribo Favorites.

14 - A £50 Voucher for Flitick Motorcycles.

15 - Voucher for a CBT courtesy of PaulR from the South East Massive.

Please feel free to email me at the125challenge@yahoo.com if you have something you wish to donate for this auction.

All bids will be subject to an additional delivery charge unfortunately.

*Please note item 7 is only available in a 50 mile radius of Bath. If you are unable to make it to this area please do not bid to avoid disappointment.

** Please note item 11 may require some self assembly unless picked up at the Hemsby end of the 125 Challenge. If you are unable to operate a frying pan or self assemble a bacon buttie please do not bid to avoid disappointment.

March

PunkTheFish — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:27:13 CDT

15/03/08

Things have been a bit hard recently. The challenge has made some new friends and has some old ones turn there backs on us. But we're not here to make friends, we're here to make money for charidee. However on a positive note the sponsership forms, stickers, collection tins, T shirts and posters from Cancer Research have arrived so I can start advertising this thing in the local area and not just online.

So here is where I set you, my riders and supporters, a challenge. You have seen the photo on the pics page that I am intending on using as theposter pic. Well, I need you to come up with the poster. The poster MUST include the starting point and time, the end location, the cause, the website and auction details and also the challenge email so riders who are interested in coming along can email me to let me know. Good luck.

The 125 Challenge

PunkTheFish — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:53:23 CDT

The 125 Challenge is now on Facebook!! Click Here to visit.

What is the 125 Challenge I hear you ask? Well this is a 125 mile ride on a 125cc motorbike to raise £1250 for Cancer Research UK.

We will be heading out from The Bell pub in Pitstone on the 28th of June at 10:00 going to the Orange County Chopper shop in Hemsby. Collecting riders on all makes models and types of motorbike on route. At the OCC shop there will be an oppotunity for you to have your picture taken on one of the famous bikes, each photograph will require a minimum donation of £5 to the challenge fund.

Not only that, with the support of race tracks, bike kit manufacturers, bike related gift-ware sites and some other wonderful individuals forum there will be an on-line auction here too! Ambassador you spoil us!

Keep checking in for updates on progress and Punky's Blog (my incessant ramblings on what I am trying to achieve, who I have met organising this mad event and what I think of the whole thing!!!)

Feel free to browse the Just Giving website.

CALLING ALL RIDERS. CALLING ALL RIDERS.

If you are interested in riding the 125 challenge, please send me an email (the125challenge@yahoo.com) letting me know you are coming and if you require breakfast at the Bell (please note breakfast will cost £1 50p of each will go to the challenge fund). I will also need to know if you require accomidation at the Hemsby end. If you require accomidation at the Pitstone end I am afraid you will have to arrange that yourself, sorry.

February

PunkTheFish — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:30:56 CDT

23/02/08

Wow, been awhile since I have been able to update this Blog. Things have been a bit QT on the old challenge front, however on a life front things have been very busy. We have in the last couple of days hit the quater of the way mark, which is very good. But still have a long way to go. I am still hounding people for donations, an for items to auction. We have had some wonderful motorcycle art prints come through from the rebel artist, I am trying to figure out the best way to auction these and I will then add them onto the site. Right well, I think thats about it. Told you not alot has changed!!!

28/02/08

Morning All. We've been very busy at the 125 challenge HQ recently. Still chasing one of the clothing retailers for a donation and dragged the bike over to The Bell to get the publicity photo taken (see the photo's page) and I have been trying my hardest to get some ground work organised for the ride. Need to find a local sign painter to paint up the logos on the side of the bike, so I can advertise when I am riding to and from work. Speaking of which I ought to get ready to go to that place, don't want to be late only my third week there!!!

January

PunkTheFish — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:29:42 CDT

19/01/08

Ahhh well now we begin. Been searching through the word wide interweb to try and find some lovely people to give me free stuff to auction off to other lovely people to raise money for that wonderful organisation Cancer Research UK. Had some luck, had some bad luck too. Some people who obviously don't want to read about charity things and just delete emails without reading them which is lovely. Got a few riders committed to coming along and met a nice man called Petrid and his gorgeous missus who have offered to donate money to the cause even though they are saving up to travel the world!!

That's the kind of people who we need more of in the world, people who are willing to help other people.

21/01/08

Been a bit of a tough weekend. I had one reply in my inbox from a lovely lady at pitstop cauldron promising some items towards the auction (waiting for these to arrive before listing in the auction section). Then nothing. It was a bit depressing to be honest. But this morning I had a few responses on my works email and mad on motorbikes have promised to send a few things, also geeza products and the lovely rebel artist have promised items as well. So after one day of feeling a bit down in the dumps I had some wonderful people offer their time and money to help out the challenge! How cool is that!

Also we have actual people other then me logging on and doing stuff to add to the site! All of a sudden the world has its rosy tint again.

Hmmm does anyone know who makes those comical things that stick to your lid? The mohawk type things? I think they need an email....

23/01/08

Wow Last night was fun. Got home from work, the better half pointed out the letters from the postman saying we had TWO parcels and they were too big for the letter box. Great, must be stuff for the auction. So we rushed down to the local post office to find the magical purveyor of postal items behind his shiny screen. And out comes two rather large parcels for me as expected. Rushed back to the car and opened the packaging. The wonderful people at Pitstop Cauldron have sent, as promised, a "Bikers Welcome" welcome mat and a "Motorcycles Only" Parking sign. Also Maddie from Mad on motorcycles has sent me a dog riding a spark-plug chopper, a motorbike mad duck, some moto GP patches, moto GP stickers and a moto GP pen!!! I will post up some photo's of them all tonight in the auction section.

I felt like a kid at Christmas! And I will so be bidding on that welcome mat myself!!!

25/01/08

I'm getting good at this begging stuff. Just called Jenny (wonderful lady) at my local Honda Dealership. When I took the CG in for her last service I mentioned all the rubbish work I am doing here and she promised she would think of something for the auction for me. So, hadn't heard from her for a bit and thought it was time I gave her this website (so hello to all at Coburn and Hughes in Luton you wonderful pea pods you), and mentioned the auction again. We now have a data tool force 2 ground anchor to add to the ever growing collection of things to auction off. Thanks Jen and co. I owe you ohhhh I'd say at least around of homemade cup cakes for that!!!

See ya'll soon.

27/01/08

Just seen Mav, Rainy, Jon, Oma and Sotto Voce off after having them round for bacon butties. They were near the 125 HQ on a ride and I figured I'd have them over here rather then them heading off to a greasy spoon. Well as they left, bless them they gave me what they would have spent in a cafe towards the 125 target.. I am sitting in here crying as I type this. I cannot believe the generosity of people. Some days its hard to believe how nice people are. Thanks Guys. Safe journey's home.

28/01/08
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Just been on the phone to Cancer Research to update my contact their with our progress and they are very shocked by the response we have had so far. Normally it is hard to get companies and people not involved in the event to donate time/money/stock so I would like to thank everyone how has supported this event so far, but don't start slacking now, we've got a long way to go!!!

Links

PunkTheFish — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:06:40 CDT

The obligatory links page for not only the people who have sponsered us or donated items for auction but people who have expressed their support in other ways.

Cancer Research

Hood Jeans - Family owned British manufacturer of motorbike jeans.

Coburn and Hughes - Luton Based Honda Dealership.

The South East Massive - Warning may contain Nuts.

Lorraine Nevil - Professional Photographer and all round lovely Lady

Mad On Motorcycles - Gifts for the Biker in your life.

Pitstop Cauldron - Alternative Gifts (check out the biker home ware section).

Draggin Jeans - Award winning Motorcycle clothing.

Mallory Park - Race circuit

Geeza Products - Hand made biker gifts

The Rebel Artist - Fine Art prints and Pencil Drawings

Jack Roberts - The man with the Golden Larynx, and an angel on Earth

Flitwick Motorcycles - A Flitwick based Triumph and Yamaha Dealership selling a wide array of motorcycle apparel.