ATNR (Auckland Thursday night ride) - Discussion thread

[Toaster]

Can't make it tonight have a fun and safe ride. The sun has come out and everything is gay!

[Maha]

Hmm its too nicer day to bring out the surprise so it will have to wait for another day.............

You were gonna wear Qkkids Green tutu aye?...

[jrandom]

I did give y'all a silly wave tonight from the pushie as you went past me going the other way at the top of Don Buck Rd, but I don't know if anyone noticed...

[hedgier1]

Can't wait to roll up with yas all again. Might have to wait a while tho. I don't have a cast on the leg just a brace to keep leg straight. Getting the staples taken out tomorrow. All 40 of the bastards. I can't wait!!!NOT!!! Hope ya all are behaving yourselves and not getting into too much trouble. Hope ya had a great ride tonight. Later dudes gotta go back to the couch and put the leg up.

[Qkchk:Me]

Getting the staples taken out tomorrow. All 40 of the bastards.

Did the farmers ask for their fencing staples back? Prob not much difference in size either you must of made a nice job of the leg young fella...

Mend fast and we'll see you soon back in the big smoke.....

[Keystone19]

Nice to catch up with a few of you tonight - sorry I couldn't make the ride but the good news is the race bike is up and running and ready for tomorrow.

Hope to see some of you down at Pukekohe supporting the racing this weekend - I need a brolly dolly - preferably male! It just doesn't seem right to have a scantily dressed female holding an umbrella over me, however a scantily dressed male would be just fine...

[Qkchk:Me]

From the 22nd March (first ATNR after daylight savings) there will be a change of venue. This has been decided on a few factors (by a few of the senior members), one being that the Speights Ale house are no longer supporting us as a group and the new bar is willing to look after us. The new venue will be, (drum roll please


BAR AFRICA More info here
1B William Pickering Drive Albany (about 5mins up the road from the Speights Bar) See map below.

This bar is ideal due to being close to the Northern and Western Motorway access. There is plenty of parking and they have Pool Tables and a Gaming room as well. They have a HUGE outdoor garden area to accomodate even the biggest groups

So remember this is from the 22nd so next weeks ride will be the last at the Speights Ale House.

[Karma]

Yeh, shame about the couple of offs, but thems the breaks.

One real issue I have however is the number of people that just stop in the road when someone comes off, this creates a real hazard for those that are coming up behind you and will only make matters worse.

If someone bins and you want to stop, can you at least do it away from the corner so you're not a hazard to those behind you.

[Pumba]

Good ride Tonight guys, shame oubut the bins tho (oh by the way there were actually 3 bins tonight but whose counting)

And when the ale house finaly brought out the food it wasent to bad

[deathstar]

and i don't know if i switched off or something but didn't see a single peice of road works the entire way ... there was new seal but nothing that you wouldn't do 80 on happily and yeah hope the 2 guys got home safe and sound and will be seeing the gtr bloke come into work tomorrow for parts

[Disco Dan]

Good ride tonight guys. Hope the 2 lads who where introduced to Disco corner are OK.

aww poos, the one with the HUGE big "i hate bikes" rocks going around it?

dammmm..... hope they are ok!

Whats the story with the pub? did they throw a tanty?

[Pumba]

Thankfully the big I hate bikes rocks have been removed

[paveho]

Thanks, Qk's and everyone else. Great ride again. Found the dark a bit 'different'. Hope I can get used to it. To the guys who didn't quite get around that nasty corner, glad it wasn't too serious and trust you're all OK.

BAR AFRICA sounds good, Qkchk

[slinky]

aww poos, the one with the HUGE big "i hate bikes" rocks going around it?

dammmm..... hope they are ok!

Whats the story with the pub? did they throw a tanty?

fortunately the rocks have been moved....... not far though.
they are now just in behind the fence.
next door neighbour came out to see if we were ok. She said its a bad corner, cars come off the road all the time, and they end up through the fence and half way down the paddock!!!! so possibly the rocks are not aimed at us, and are aiming at writing off cars.

maybe a process for a Bin? ppl who know the way, stop and help. tailend take note of who stopped, but rides on so pointers aren;t waiting for 20 mins.
just a thought.

[The Stranger:Me]

Good ride tonight guys. Hope the 2 lads who where introduced to Disco corner are OK.

Yes we had another 2 binns tonight but hey before you nazi lot start to come out and preach just remember that motorcycling is a numbers game - We have a high number of bikes doing 90 or so kms each week so there IS going to be a bin or two.... What mistakes others make we learn from (well hopefully)

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The last right bend on Red Hils Rd that is marked with a 45kph warning sign (Disco Corner) is a bit tricky. It starts ok, but goes severely off cambered by the apex.

If you take a line from the outside (LHS) seal edge and slice as close as possible to the centre line you miss most of the bad camber at the apex as you are at the top of the crown on the road at the apex. By starting at the seal edge you have a good sight line through the corner.

Now by as close as possible to the centre line I mean as close as you are comfortable with having regard to the conditions. You have a reasonable sight line, so if nothing is coming you can cut right next to the line if you want. but BE AWARE of oncoming traffic.

Of course the old adge "Slow in, Fast out" is a good one to remember here too. If you are practising that, you will be slow in, then ok WTF and you can change it slightly to "slow in, slow out " - far better than "fast in, oh fuck that hurts"