Rotovegas ride

[bomma]

I wonder if they'll let us down the Luge in our motorcycle gears? http://www.skylineskyrides.co.nz/rotorua/

Be a chance to test people's real ridng skills (not their bike's performance).

haha nearly broke my arm on the luge a few years back on the "adventure" trail!! it was awesome!!! think they have since closed that track down and they only running the "scenic" route these days which is like a ride down sh1 from whangarei to waipu :P (minus the popo)

[motorbyclist]

lol that thing is awesome fun

[bomma]

im just really looking forward to hittin the spa!! was a heap of fun last time round!! some nice "friendly" gurls there last time so hopefully itll be a repeat (except for the scary teacher guy that was lookin after em that wudnt let em come out to the pubs after)

EDIT: he wasnt their teacher as in they were like school aged gurls, they were over in nz doing their post grad

[Hanne]

Well.

This is so sad :(:(

No brackets for Stephen's TL.
Soooooooooooo, we can't come down.

But hopefully by the AGM he will actually have at least one bike going!!!!!!!


Also, my auntie is going to have a baby tomorrow (or Saturday) and i really want to meet him.

He will be a ducati boy (she takes him out to the shed to listen to his dad's bike even though he isn't born yet)


So have fun the people who are going.
And Bomma, BEHAVE yourself :spanking:

[Macstar]

You got your ZZR and surely he's got at least one working GN. be good for James (a bit a GN company and all).

[bomma]

You got your ZZR and surely he's got at least one working GN. be good for James (a bit a GN company and all).

OOOOR you could even ride two up on the gn!!! leave the ol zzr at home and make it a real "couple's trip" aye steve ;) nothing like a gurl hangin off ya aye :niceone:

[klyong82]

Stephen.....what a wussie!! Come on for the ride....

edit: Yo Nish, maybe we should ride up to Stephen's place and drag him out of his bed and make sure he comes for the ride

[EJK]

So where and what time is this Friday pre-ride meething thingy?

[motorbyclist]

if it's at shadows or otherwise around uni i might swing by

got a test friday night at like 6 or 7

[Macstar]

What about heading up to Strata (top floor of Info Comms) tomorrow? It's spose to be for Postgrads but they don't usually check:

Strata Cafe specials are back again! We are having another happy hour session tomorrow afternoon! (Friday 21st September)
Friday 21st September 3-6pm
Strata Café (4th floor IC)
Speights, Macs Gold, Monteiths = any 3 for $10
Nachos = $5
Garlic Bread = $3

I can be there around 4pm. Anyone else?

[carbacca]

how are you supposed to prove that you are a postgrad?? pull your thesis out from your bookbag?? sorry off topic but i never figured that one out

[EJK]

What about heading up to Strata (top floor of Info Comms) tomorrow? It's spose to be for Postgrads but they don't usually...

Where about is this "Info Comms"?

[Zapf]

how are you supposed to prove that you are a postgrad?? pull your thesis out from your bookbag?? sorry off topic but i never figured that one out

looking old enough might do the trick

[Hanne]

Haha they let me in...

I liked the carpet.

[motorbyclist]

Speights, Macs Gold, Monteiths = any 3 for $10



good enough for me!

[twinkle]

Its looking pretty dodgy for me atm, might even have to go to work saturday morning! arrrg! def can't make it to the pub tonight as i'll still be at work :violin: and then i'll be madly doing assignment :crybaby:

[Macstar]

how are you supposed to prove that you are a postgrad?? pull your thesis out from your bookbag?? sorry off topic but i never figured that one out

Most of the guys are balding and the girls all have glasses. The Postgrad students assoc issues ID cards, I never got mine.

James - when are you gotting to find the time to do some work the morning before the ride?

[twinkle]

James - when are you gotting to find the time to do some work the morning before the ride?

:scratch: are you talking about today or tomorrow there? :rofl:
I may have to work tomorrow morning if i don't finish what i need to today, which means i might ride down by myself after i finish work.
I've done 8/10 of the assignment so far now :woohoo:

[Macstar]

Sheeez mate, we can't have that! (I meant Sat morning BTW). Get your A in to G and come down with us. You can start by logging off KB and doing some work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joeli]

Hey guys, meant Ewen outside of AUT gym and he mentioned this ride down to rotovegas tomorrow, so quick question.....

what is the likelyhood of joining the club and tagging along for the weekend ride??

[babyblade250rr]

To all of you going on the Rotovegas adventure tomorrow, i wish you all a great time and a safe journey!!

And i wish i would have been able to make it!!!



onya guys n gals:niceone:

[twinkle]

I didn't finish everything at work, and it needs to be done... like... now:spanking:
So i'll be working tomorrow till I do get it all finished, should be done before midday, so i'll be blasting (well not on a gn i won't:girlfight:) down a couple of hours after you guys. Thats all going well :crazy:
Worst case i'll turn up at 10pm or something :rofl:

[carbacca]

has the route been announced?? i wont be able to come in the morning since i am going to cycletreads for a new rear tyre, but could be keen on trying to catch you guys somewhere along the way??

[Macstar]

Last minute entries / changes (Route info) call Isaac Sat morning between 9am-9.25am 027-447-6683

[motorbyclist]

Hey guys, meant Ewen outside of AUT gym and he mentioned this ride down to rotovegas tomorrow, so quick question.....

what is the likelyhood of joining the club and tagging along for the weekend ride??

good, but i dunno where you'll sleep... i think you can take squiggles' place now he isn't coming

[klyong82]

Yeah meet us at uni gym tomorrow morning at 9am. Bring a sleeping bag, togs and money. Going to be a long ride so make sure you can handle it. up to 4 and the half hours ride.

[EJK]

are you guys gonna go via Kaiaua? lol
If so, Can I join you guys TO Kaiaua?

[ehab2weelr]

so i wana no how the ride was asap....:rolleyes:
just fineshed working with the old man...:jerry: so now im free and bord thinking how much fun it would have been to have come along....:pinch:
i wish we could have another ride like this some time in summer.....:niceone:

[carbacca]

didnt count on you guys going to cycletreads before leaving....bomma found what he wanted but was told it was a big big mistake. so the only thing you guys managed to pickup at cycletreads was me haha. then you promptly lost me again on the motorway, i am still not believing that i couldnt find 5 guys in orange vests at the autobahn. i went and got off at ararimu road, loop back to hunua then papakura then clevedon and managed to catch them just before kaiaua...geeze must have been a slow ride out haha

oh well it was fun...

[EJK]

It was nice ride on the way back too lol
Thanks for the company Carbacca lol

[carbacca]

lol this is where i went to get to kaiaua...

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i just realised we couldve taken twilight road on the way back... >_<

[EJK]

Ahaha! no kidding? Thats like another 50km lol
U must have rode like a GP racer lol

Oh btw, your GTR looks like a Ducati from the back... -_-;
Are you sure that isnt a Ducati with GTR Fairings? lol

[carbacca]

ducati with an L-plate....yeeeeah right

[motorbyclist]

does ducati even make a 250?

[EJK]

lol It's a sticker saying 250 :lol:
anyways, hey carb! remember to turn your indicator off! :bleh: :lol:

[EJK]

Yo! how was the trip? Photos Photos Photos!!!

[motorbyclist]

how was the weather? today turned to shit (and apparently it was meant to be clearing lol)

[twinkle]

It was awesome!!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
now i'm going to eat my waffles :P

[twinkle]

kay, full stomach now.

Had to work till about 3 in the afternoon saturday, so i left around 3:30. SH2 was raining so went through miranda where all the :sunny: was. Went almost to the coromandel township then turned off some side road and ended up in tauranga somehow :scratch: :2thumbsup. Took SH36 then SH29 into rotorua, raining the whole way and lots of fog and some roadworks on SH29, down to 40~60km/hr due to the fog. Landed in rotorua about 7pm I think, about an hour behind the others.

Sunday was a bit of a blur for me, I remember breakfast :first: and lunch :second: i think we went whakatane~tauranga~miranda~auckers. Started raining cats and dogs about 10ks from where we got on SH1, still raining, I like the rain :calm:

[klyong82]

Ride was super. Lots of fun great scenery. We rode appox. 8 hours from Auckland to Rotorua as we travelled along the coast line Clevedon, Kaiaua, Miranda, Kopu, Whangamata, Waihi, Katikati, Tauranga, Matata, Whakatane then Rotorua. About 4 hour we were riding in the rain.

Road was reasonably quiet with not many cars but came across alot of touring bikers Suzuki Bandits 1250 and Honda VFR800 I noticed. Lots of action happened along the way like rear brake not working, bald tyre (hence skidding), our hands were blue black when we reached our accommodation, etc etc. Nish also had a Brokeback Mountain moment I think haha!! :bleh: just joking

Saw a total of 3 cop :Police: cars in their brand new Holdens driving in the opposite direction. Was a great ride and we covered about 850km's. Great views and we stopped at a few lakes and Nish reckons the lake was so quiet and misty as though we were watching a horror movie scene haha. I even saw a couple hugging and kissing while standing on a railway track :crazy: unless my eyes are playing tricks on me.

On our way back we stopped at a beachside in Mt. Maunganui. Beautiful sunshine and lots of attractions to see :msn-wink:

But yeah it was a fun tiring ride but well worth it. Thanks Isaac for arranging this trip. Nish, James, Mei you all been great during the trip. Lots of jokes, beers....cheers all....we should do this again.

edit: Thanks also to EJ and Hong for tagging along with us to Kaiaua...hope you guys had fun....

[twinkle]

OH haha we had some beer left over sunday morning, me an Nish thought we'd take it for lunch. I get to tauranga, remember the beer, open my topbox... hello the bottle is only 1/3 full... :doh: :brick:
All my clothes that were also in the topbox are in the washing machine now :blah: yum stale beer

[klyong82]

Here they are.

Pic 1 BP Autobahn.
Pic 2 Kaiaua
Pic 3 Whangamata bakery (the fish pie is awesome according to Nish)
Pic 4 Tauranga - Check out Mei our biker chick
Pic 5 Beach on the way to Whakatane
Pic 6 Mei using the force to strangle Isaac

[klyong82]

Pic 1 Our haunted lake (pic is also blur - I wonder why)
Pic 2 Our cabin getting ready to depart back to Auckland
(James what you doing on my bike? Is that why my ABS was playing up!!)
Pic 3 Isaac at Mt Maunganui
Pic 4 Mt Maunganui beachside

cheers guys

[HungusMaximist]

Looked like you guys had a hell of a time.

Fark, that pack rack on Issac's RF is HUGE.

Hope the rain didn't stop you guys too much!

[twinkle]

Pic 2 Our cabin getting ready to depart back to Auckland (James what you doing on my bike?)

Just trying it out for size :shifty:
I look about normal size on the gucci, the GN must look tiny underneath me :laugh:

[klyong82]

OH haha we had some beer left over sunday morning, me an Nish thought we'd take it for lunch. I get to tauranga, remember the beer, open my topbox... hello the bottle is only 1/3 full... :doh: :brick:
All my clothes that were also in the topbox are in the washing machine now :blah:

Haha we were suppose to finish it in Mt. Maunganui.


Hope the rain didn't stop you guys too much!

Nah mate we kept on going we had no where to stop and we were soaked when we got to Rotorua.

Hey Nish, I check and I did 378km's (before the fuel reserve kick in) on my tank and that was the distance coming back from Rotorua to Auckland. Talk about fuel efficiency.

[HungusMaximist]

^ fark, the blimming Guzzi is yapping that fuel like as if it's a 250. It's good to own a V-Twin aye, I use to have a V Twin 250 and I get around a good 350 km-400 km on a full a tank <- the Hobag Comet GT250 back in Melbourne.

How big is the tank and how fast are you guys doing overall? Like fast fast or fast or nana.

Cheer.

[EJK]

See closely at the Pic No.2, the glass door and windows are fogged lol
Curtain closed too :shifty:

:o

lol

[Macstar]

Hey ya'll

Phew, what a ride eh? I don't think I've sat in the saddle for that long ever before (luckily I have a Corbin leather seat).

I think Kim summed up the trip pretty well, Sat was a long, but awesome slog. We were spared the rain till we hit the Coromandel ranges which was a bummer cause that's where some of the best sweepers were.

Despite all of the wicked scenary and corners, by 6pm on Sat evening (after a full day of riding) I was pretty happy to pull into our accommodation. Few beers in the hot pools, bit of Burger Fuel for dinner and a few yarns...

Accomm was sweet apart from the resident rooster announcing the Sunday morning dawn. (Those steamy windows and pulled curtains came from the boys cabin I think....).

Ride back was a bit more subdued but heaps better weather. We took a slightly shorter route through the Waihi gorge and then back through Miranda again in to Akl (but not around Kawakawa Bay).

Like Kim said, only a couple of cops spotted (big surprise considering the 800-odd kms travelled. I saw those two people hugging on a railway track too, but I don't think it was some twisted shannagins, maybe an accident scene?

Saw a local sitting on his horse outside the local convenience store just out of Whakatane.

Happy that the RF uses less gas than the Ninja!! But yeah, I overheated my rear brake trying to burn the Ninja off and had to rest it for 10 minutes while it cooled off.

Anyways, photos speak for themselves and due to popular demand, we will definetely be holding another similar ride after your guys exams.

Sweet, cheers guys for coming along and everyone else for following the thread.

[klyong82]

Pic 1 Whangamata lunch break
Pic 2 Mei demonstrates the force again and this time on Nish....:niceone:
Pic 3 Nish making sure the "Package" is ready to be delivered. haha :Police:
Pic 4 Hmmm...yeah that's me
Pic 5 Mt Maunganui beachside

[MidnightMike]

If you guys are planning a similar ride again, im definately in, I'd join you lot at the mount.

[klyong82]

How big is the tank and how fast are you guys doing overall? Like fast fast or fast or nana. Cheer.

The tank is 23 litres. When I reached in front my place the reserve light just came up so I reckon the 378km's is on 18 litres of fuel. We were travelling on experience riders speed bro. Haha you know what that means...

Haha was nice to see that the GN250 beat the ZX7R on the bends :gob:... whoops :shutup:


(Those steamy windows and pulled curtains came from the boys cabin I think....)

Hmmm..:nono:..I think that is your cabin Macstar ..... wonder what ever did happen in that cabin.... :blip: maybe geo-thermal activity going on......

[EJK]

lmao report in nish, tell us the truth what went on in there orelse we will take the lie-detector test on u lol

[twinkle]

See closely at the Pic No.2, the glass door and windows are fogged lol
Curtain closed too :shifty:

:o

lol

lol that was macstars cabin, ours was the one to the left. No steam in ours, we left the window open so we could hear the rooster crowing in the morning :wari:

[EJK]

Pic 4 Tauranga - Check out Mei our biker chick


She looks cool on the Gucci lol

It's only $24k Mac lol

[ehab2weelr]

dame i wish i could have come....:(
looked like u hade had fun down there aye?? :niceone:
il try to make the next one..:niceone:

[bomma]

hey all,
looks like this threads been going off!! yea it was an awesome ride and we had heaps of fun!! so cheers to isacks..ooops i mean isaac :lol: for organising it!!

just to let you all know james DID beat me around the corners on his GN (i swear hes a demon on that thing):weep: if you read one of kims posts a couple of pages back he mentioned bald tyres.....yea that was my rear he was referring to :doh: i was going good in the dry (isaac will verify that wont ya bud :2thumbsup) but after the road got wet and the rain started to come down (at which point i was still unaware of the baldness of my tyre) a few skids and slides forced me to take the corners like a grandma!!!

isaac mate you are an awesome rider!! cant believe how hard you were going two up!!! im pretty sure ur pack rack could count as another "mei" so you were THREE-UP!!! and yes the rf is better on the gas than my ninja but only just...we were neck and neck till the last leg :P

we'll hit the ranges to whangamata one day in the dry and i'll give you a run for your money :cool:

cheers for james, kim and mei for coming along too and making the trip a whole lot of fun!!! oh and if you guys ever stop over at whangamata then try the smoked fish pie!! ITS AWESOME!!!! :2thumbsup

and finally cheers for ej and hong for tagging along with us till kaiaua (even though we did lose hong like 4 minutes out of takapuna:blink:)

[EJK]

lol omg James... a legion on GN?

Don't worry Nish, I don't like him too :lol::lol::lol:

[Macstar]

just to let you all know james DID beat me around the corners on his GN (i swear hes a demon on that thing):weep: if you read one of kims posts a couple of pages back he mentioned bald tyres.....yea that was my rear he was referring to :doh: i was going good in the dry (isaac will verify that wont ya bud :2thumbsup) but after the road got wet and the rain started to come down (at which point i was still unaware of the baldness of my tyre) a few skids and slides forced me to take the corners like a grandma!!!

Alls I remember is you overtook me on the road to Miranda, lead for one corner and then missed the next 55kph corner and went down a side street!!!!! It was the funniest shit I've seen in a long time! The rest of us riders went past you as you were attempting to do a U-turn and get back on the right road again.

But yeah, for the sake of a man's pride, 'Ol Bomma did have a near-slick rear and until it started raining had been riding exceptionally well through the twisties. As mentioned, I overheated my brakes trying to outrun / keep up with him.



I'd love to have a blat with Stevo, Nish and Kim once everyone's bikes are sorted (bloody cheap-ass students with broken bikes) and when I don't have Mei on the back

Edit:

(And Ewen and James and Andrew, but not Chris, he's mad :)

[bomma]

^that was a dodgy piece of road man!!! i came flying out of the first corner and there's a road straight ahead which is the first thing you see and a 55kph speed sign pointing left and the actual road veers off to the left....

i gave her a heap of gas coming out of the corner coz i saw the straight bit first and then realised!!! im surprised people didnt follow me in!! i know kim was thinking about it ;)

[klyong82]

I remember when we were at the traffic lights on the way out of Mt Maunganui. The gucci beat you two in acceleration when the traffic light turned green. woohoo!! The gucci even did a wheel spin/skid at one of the traffic lights. Yeah hope I got some gravel on your visor Bomma. Wonder did the hot ladies in the car saw me haha.

Well Mei is always welcomed on my bike Isaac. haha :lol: Yeah Bomma making the mistake going straight was funny good thing there weren't oncoming traffic. I woke up today and I am feeling my sore arms from riding the gucci. Spent 2 hours cleaning the gucci up and polishing the chrome hard work....nice and clean now

[bomma]

omg i wish now that i hadnt gone on the ride....i just checked my course manuals for all the papers im doing and it would seem that i have two essays (which i have yet to start) and a test (which i have yet to start studying for) all next week!!! (there shud be a suicide emoticon) :suicide:

oh i wish i wasnt so suggestable :crybaby:

P.S. oh and a 10% lab report too!! fate has just kicked me right in the mummy/daddy buttons....or is that my own stupidity?!?! either way it hurts

[Macstar]

I might be able to give you my old assignment for that management paper... what are the others?

[bomma]

I might be able to give you my old assignment for that management paper... what are the others?

same as what i texted ya....management 303 essay (entrepreneurship) and a psych essay....oh and have you done management 304 (human resources)?? ive got a test coming up for that on monday!!! gotta see if the boss will give me time off work on sunday and next week tue n wed :buggerd:

i just started working there so he might be a tad :mad:

[twinkle]

omg i wish now that i hadnt gone on the ride....(there shud be a suicide emoticon) :suicide:



did i hear someone say suicide?

[twinkle]

just to let you all know james DID beat me around the corners on his GN. I ..... take the corners like a grandma!!!



meh you had that borked tyre. We only had to wait 30s or something for you at the end of the twisties, we would have had to wait at least 15min for an ambulance for you if you crashed.

[carbacca]

heeeeey i did MGMT303 as well ;)

[bomma]

heeeeey i did MGMT303 as well ;)

did you do the essay on "ultimately entrepreneurship is all about a great idea"?? will also need to talk to you about the exam coz so far the paper has been a whole lot of bs!!

its a fun paper but i reckon its structured badly!! venture summary was fun though :)

[carbacca]

yeah you could imagine how BShitty the paper was. it was all waffles to me coming from engineering papers for the last 4 years. it was about as academic to me as an engligh literature paper

on the upside...that paper had more girls in that all the papers from the last 3 years i did COMBINED

[bomma]

yeah you could imagine how BShitty the paper was. it was all waffles to me coming from engineering papers for the last 4 years. it was about as academic to me as an engligh literature paper

lol try doing a management and psych major!!! psych is more BS than anything ive ever done!! even more BS than PHILOSOPHY!!!.....hmm maybe not that bad i guess....


on the upside...that paper had more girls in that all the papers from the last 3 years i did COMBINED

hahahahahahhaah dats what you get for being an engineer!!! lol like i said above try doing a psych and management major!! those are like the two most heavily chick populated majors in their respective degrees!!! :2thumbsup

[Macstar]

did you do the essay on "ultimately entrepreneurship is all about a great idea"??

The course has changed since I did it, but aren't there two schools of thought on that?

An awesome idea vs an awesome team / bunch of people.

Apparently in the real world, venture capitalists are more likely to back a B-grade idea but an A-grade team than the visa-versa.

[carbacca]

damn that brings back memories....that was such a wishy-washy paper from my analytical analyse everything way of thinking from engineering

i vaguely remember that argument/lecture.

and yeah i think the assignment is different. my first essay was on "profile of an entrepreneur"

[bomma]

An awesome idea vs an awesome team / bunch of people.

Apparently in the real world, venture capitalists are more likely to back a B-grade idea but an A-grade team than the visa-versa.

sweeeet thats a really good angle to argue the question!!! ill see how that angle goes and it sounds pretty easy to argue and easy to make it convincing....thanks isaac!!! :clap:

i was gonna try and prove that ultimately a good idea is much more likely to succeed than a crappy idea but had no idea where to start!!! :crazy::wacko: