Re today

**Firefight** · 26th June 2004, 18:11

Man you have to :love2: these

days, meet up with 7 others at Autobahn papakura, quick coffee and away, drury, ramarama bombay, ridge road, whangarata, and on to 22, nice fast/slippery ride, went as far as Glen Murray Rangariri cross road, stopped for a chat and away again, had only gone a short bit up there and I decided to park

my bike in a drain

, no one to blame but me of couse, anyway no real damage, and away again, down to Rangariri over the bridge, and meet up with Quazzie, another quick stop and were off down to the exspress way, off at Tahuna turn off, very quick little blat down to Tahuna, I think the group split up, I turned around and road back the way I had come, had to meet up with my mate back at the Autobahn, others went to raglan and Kaimai I think, I had uneventful trip back, and meet my mate at the Autobahn.

Feeling a sense of Dayjavou (help hitcher sp?) I left autobahn and this time we did the same trip, but went all the way to Naragwhia, grabed some gas, , and turned around and same route home, stopped at bombay, quick coffeee and home, my mate for this trip was two smoker, more about him later

Thank you all for the ride and company today >

F/F

And yes there is more, one of the great things about KB , is the huge range of rider talant, as an average rider I greatlty enjoy rides with those of greater skill(just about everyone) than myself, some very good riders I have been with, Motoracer, Zed,Coldkiwi,Vladi, to name just a few, but one guy I reckon deserves a speacil word, my mate this afternoon, Two smoker

, now Ia'm no fisherman, but I have seen today what it must be like to land a big fish with a little line..

On our ride down I gave it heaps within my humble ability, and everytime I looked in the mirror, I see this pesky two stoke 150 not far behind, would tend to piss most R6 riders off, a dammed good effort Chris, and the ride back same again , with him in front

, more than happy to let you ride my bike, hope you had as much fun as I did

Just keep it up mate, and soon you'll be as fast as a certain young man from Nepal.

Yes, I had a great day

firefight.

**James Deuce** · 26th June 2004, 18:21

Excellent stuff!

Dayjavou = Deja vu.

**FROSTY:Me** · 26th June 2004, 18:21

shit I need a road bike---keep missing out on all these road rides arggg

**Two Smoker** · 26th June 2004, 18:29

Thanks for the ride Dave

it was bloody awesome

You an awesome guy to follow, with the hazard identification and a great pace

Yep still gob smacked from the ride back

Can't wait for the next one

**Motoracer** · 26th June 2004, 18:34

Thank you for the ride. Specially thanx to Cajun for letting me ride your K4. She's a beaut!

Good weather, good company, good roads...

I have no doubts about TS. Hopefully he'll get the chance to get into racing soon.

**Two Smoker** · 26th June 2004, 21:05

So what happened on the ride in the morning? Where did you guys go?

**Zed** · 26th June 2004, 21:48

Originally Posted by Firefight

Man you have to :love2: these

days, meet up with 7 others at Autobahn papakura, quick coffee and away, drury, ramarama bombay, ridge road, whangarata, and on to 22, nice fast/slippery ride, went as far as Glen Murray Rangariri cross road, stopped for a chat and away again, had only gone a short bit up there and I decided to park

my bike in a drain

, no one to blame but me of couse, anyway no real damage, and away again, down to Rangariri over the bridge, and meet up with Quazzie, another quick stop and were off down to the exspress way, off at Tahuna turn off, very quick little blat down to Tahuna, I think the group split up, I turned around and road back the way I had come, had to meet up with my mate back at the Autobahn, others went to raglan and Kaimai I think, I had uneventful trip back, and meet my mate at the Autobahn.

Feeling a sense of Dayjavou (help hitcher sp?) I left autobahn and this time we did the same trip, but went all the way to Naragwhia, grabed some gas, , and turned around and same route home, stopped at bombay, quick coffeee and home, my mate for this trip was two smoker, more about him later

Thank you all for the ride and company today >

F/F

Well I really enjoyed myself too apart from "parking my bike in a drain" one minute after you parked yours. First time I've binned in 20yrs riding...and it was such a stupid simple mistake - came around the damp corner and straight over into the ditch! Need new lh mirror, lh indicator, and lh front fairing will need some repair. I walked away with a slightly bruised leg and kept riding for another 4 hours...thanks to Cajuns mate Richard (not on KB) for his help and assistance in my hour of need.

After you left us at Tahuna F/F - Quasi, Duckman, nhuanh, V Twin raver, and I cruised to Hamilton. From there VTR went back to Ak and the rest of us zipped over to Huntly for lunch where Quasi realised that he lost his wallet from his jacket pocket sometime between Rangiriri and Raglan

After lunch we toddled back home and I arrived back around 4.30-5.00pm.

A full days riding effort today...and what a glorious day weather wise. Hope it's the same for all you riders tomorrow.

Zed

**wkid_one** · 26th June 2004, 21:49

Originally Posted by Zed

Well I really enjoyed myself too apart from "parking my bike in a drain" one minute after you parked yours. First time I've binned in 20yrs riding...and it was such a stupid simple mistake - came around the damp corner and straight over into the ditch! Need new lh mirror, lh indicator, and lh front fairing will need some repair. I walked away with a slightly bruised leg and kept riding for another 4 hours...thanks to Cajuns mate Richard (not on KB) for his help and assistance in my hour of need.

After you left us at Tahuna F/F, Quasi, Duckman, nhuanh, V Twin raver, and I cruised to Hamilton. From there VTR went back to Ak and the rest of us zipped over to Huntly for lunch where Quasi realised that he lost his wallet from his jacket pocket sometime between Rangiriri and Raglan

After lunch we toddled back home and I arrived back around 4.30-5.00pm.

A full days riding effort today...and what a glorious day weather wise. Hope it's the same for all you riders tomorrow.

Zed

Sorry to hear........

**Two Smoker** · 26th June 2004, 21:52

Sorry to hear about the bin Zed, i wasnt going to say anything till you did......

I just wish i could have been there for the morning ride, you guys should have comeback with F/F and I, it was bloody good......

**Zed** · 26th June 2004, 21:53

Originally Posted by wkid_one

Sorry to hear........

Thanks, now I know how it feels. I have joined 'da club.

**wkid_one** · 26th June 2004, 21:55

Originally Posted by Zed

Thanks, now I know how it feels. I have joined 'da club.

At least you didn't highside and go to hospital.....shit happens....you walked away and the bike was rideable.....that is the main thing

I will find out soon enough what it is like to crash again.

**Zed** · 26th June 2004, 21:55

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

Sorry to hear about the bin Zed, i wasnt going to say anything till you did......

I just wish i could have been there for the morning ride, you guys should have comeback with F/F and I, it was bloody good......

Appreciate it TS.

Any ride today would have been a good one!

**MikeL** · 26th June 2004, 21:57

Hey Zed
Sorry to hear about your bin. At least we now have something in common, both having parked our bikes in a ditch on 22.
But you seem to have got off a bit more lightly. Hmmm, wonder if there's some significance in that? Divine protection...
I think I need a road to Damascus...

**wkid_one** · 26th June 2004, 21:59

Originally Posted by MikeL

Hey Zed
Sorry to hear about your bin. At least we now have something in common, both having parked our bikes in a ditch on 22.
But you seem to have got off a bit more lightly. Hmmm, wonder if there's some significance in that? Divine protection...
I think I need a road to Damascus...

Does it always have to go back to religion?