Friday 13th, towards the West Coast anyone?

[Emlyn]

Hey all :)
My Mum is heading over for the weekend from Haast ( yes, shes the crayfish supply lady!) and we are going to go and meet her.:hug: We are aiming for Hokitika, but we will have children pillions so will keep an eye on the weather and perhaps make the meeting point Jacksons, or Bealey :)
Will have an earlier leave time than usual, be away around 9am so not for you if you like your sleep in :)
Be great to see some of you along for the ride :) What better way to spend your day off?? :woohoo:
Cheers
Em :)

[laRIKin]

I could be up for this.
Keep me posted.:scooter:

[Retroqueen]

If my health play the game I'll be there... fingers crossed :woohoo::woohoo:

[Jenny]

you know I'm there :)

[been_there]

Might be a goer for this (just need to check if we are racing friday nite)...been wanting to go over since getting the bike.
Where would be a good place to meet up?

[stevewederell]

Bugger having to work:angry:

[Emlyn]

Bugger indeed Steve :(

Hey B_T :) Easiest for us to meet you in Springfield, as we duck out through the Waimak Gorge... so if we say 9am at Springfield to leave at 9.30 ?? :)
Cheers
Em :)

[glanvillejon]

hey all :)
my mum is heading over for the weekend from haast ( yes, shes the crayfish supply lady!) and we are going to go and meet her.:hug: We are aiming for hokitika, but we will have children pillions so will keep an eye on the weather and perhaps make the meeting point jacksons, or bealey :)
will have an earlier leave time than usual, be away around 9am so not for you if you like your sleep in :)
be great to see some of you along for the ride :) what better way to spend your day off?? :woohoo:
Cheers
em :)
rain rain rain on friday!!!

[laRIKin]

Might be a goer for this (just need to check if we are racing friday nite)...been wanting to go over since getting the bike.
Where would be a good place to meet up?


Bugger indeed Steve :(

Hey B_T :) Easiest for us to meet you in Springfield, as we duck out through the Waimak Gorge... so if we say 9am at Springfield to leave at 9.30 ?? :)
Cheers
Em :)

We could find a good place for us CHCH riders to meet up before we head to Springfield and meet up with the out of towners.:innocent:

[Sidewinder]

friday is a public holiday? did i miss something?:shit::shit:

[laRIKin]

friday is a public holiday? did i miss something?:shit::shit:

It is for us in Canterbury. (Show Week)

[Sidewinder]

It is for us in Canterbury. (Show Week)

oh gay im moving down there for the rest of the week, see if i get paid for the day off lol...

[Emlyn]

We could find a good place for us CHCH riders to meet up before we head to Springfield and meet up with the out of towners.:innocent:

Sounds great Rik :)
Jon... go jump!! :P ;)

[been_there]

Righto Im in!!

Rik where and what time do you want to meet?
I was thinking the Caltex servo at the corner of Johns and Yaldhurst rd...Time?

[Jenny]

suits me :) caltex

[KiwiPhoenix]

Hope you all have a great day! I have my lovely DD who is to small for the back at the moment but I will see you lovely ladies at the Trackday on Sunday!

[yokiniqu]

Hi - Allow myself to introduce myself :confused: - have been on a few of the wednesday evening rides - and would love to tag along. Have not been through to the west coast for ages. cheers

[been_there]

Hi - Allow myself to introduce myself :confused: - have been on a few of the wednesday evening rides - and would love to tag along. Have not been through to the west coast for ages. cheers

Well you finally posted...Have some bling!!!!!
If you go will meet up with you at Springfield...:scooter:

[Emlyn]

rain rain rain on friday!!!

I see there is a very small chance according to the forecast.... are you a "glass half empty" kind of guy Jon?? :P


Hope you all have a great day! I have my lovely DD who is to small for the back at the moment but I will see you lovely ladies at the Trackday on Sunday!
Shame you can't make it KP :) Should be heading over for support on Sunday, see you at the track :)


Hi - Allow myself to introduce myself :confused: - have been on a few of the wednesday evening rides - and would love to tag along. Have not been through to the west coast for ages. cheers

Good on you Yoki.... will be great to meet you :)
Cheers all
Em :rockon:

[Emlyn]

Weather looks good enough to me.... if it gets too bad we can head back at any stage. :) See you all there! :sunny:

[laRIKin]

Righto Im in!!

Rik where and what time do you want to meet?
I was thinking the Caltex servo at the corner of Johns and Yaldhurst rd...Time?


Well I guess we would have to leave Caltex about 8:30-ish to get to Springfield in time.

Not a 100% sure I can make it now, so check here again in the morning.:Oops:

[Emlyn]

It will be great if you can make it Rik. Either way we will see you guys at Springfield Servo around 9.15am :)
Cheers
Em :)

[been_there]

OK will be at the Caltex Russley at 815 leaving at 830 to go to springfield

[been_there]

O yeah please weather gods please be kind to us!!!

[laRIKin]

Meet you soon and the weather looks like it will hold to me.
And the Coast will get the rain and not the middle.

[been_there]

Enjoyed that..
Home and dry clothes now.

We (small group) ended up taking the shorter version of round the block. Would of been better if it didn't rain...

[laRIKin]

Well the ride started off dry, but that changed to damp after Jacksons and to wet after Springs Junction.

Good ride apart from being bloody cold and wet after Springs Junction, and started to clear after Culverden.

By the way, "Been_There" had a fan of his bike. (pic 2, well it was a bird)

And you are right some warm dry clothes can not be over rated

[KiwiPhoenix]

Glad you all got back safe and sound! Weather has been crap here today, cloudy and very windy! I was tucked up in bed at lunchtime and had myself a nanna nap before CBRTom's party tonight!

[yokiniqu]

Well the ride started off dry, but that changed to damp after Jacksons and to wet after Springs Junction.

Good ride apart from being bloody cold and wet after Springs Junction, and started to clear after Culverden.

By the way, Been there had a fan of his bike.

And you are right some warm dry clothes can not be over rated
well - was a bloody good run - despite things getting a bit damp.
Im looking forward to doing that one when again .....

[laRIKin]

well - was a bloody good run - despite things getting a bit damp.
Im looking forward to doing that one when again .....

Next weekend if dry.:corn:

[Jenny]

well we got soaked coming home! but all's good :)

[Emlyn]

Was a great turn out... thanks guys for making the ride a bit more interesting... always great to get to know some new faces a bit better :)
Three of us carried on from Jacksons too meet my Mum in Hokitika. We had great weather for the rest of the journey to Hoki, nice lunch there, then us on bikes went through to Grey to catch the BNZ bank (no public holiday meant able to cash a cheque for Mum) while the cage went through to Jacksons to meet us again. We got a bit of rain as we went through Inchbonnie but otherwise just chilly through the Porters as the snow was only about 10 metres higher than we were! :) We got back to Goon town around 5.30 pm.
Cheers again, and look forward to seeing you folk again soon :)
Em :)

[fireliv]

Sounds like you guys enjoyed your ride more than Phoenix and I did. We went to Kaikoura, but didnt leave till about 10am so was right at the front of the front the whole time! Completely saturated and the wind just made it so cold!:cold:

Lucky for us Phoenixs brother was home and lit the fire to dry all our gear out before the ride back which was heaps better but still cold!!!

[Vgygrwr]

Well the plan was to extend to a 300km ride to build up to going to Burt Munroe, 500km with rain wasn't necessary especially given the new back tyre on Monday. But we enjoyed the ride, and the company, and now know what leaks in the rain: everything.

[KiwiPhoenix]

and now know what leaks in the rain: everything.

I hear you on this! I realised that the fabric piece in my boots leaked one very wet Wed night ride! Thank goodness for Scotch Guard.

[laRIKin]

now know what leaks in the rain: everything.

Yeah sounds about right to me.
If it rains hard enough and long enough, it does not matter what you wear.
Sometimes you just get wet (or damp).:cold:

Good to ride with you and yours as well.:scooter:
Glad you enjoyed the ride.
Would have been a lot more fun if the weather gods played the game.
In the end we just wanted to get home to get warm and dry, sorry if we buggered off to quick.:Oops:

[SeanG]

Well I'd like to say thankyou to you all for your hospitality towards the newbie :) First time to Arthurs Pass in the daylight, and first time in a group. What a great ride, despite getting a little damp on the run back into town!

SeanG

[Emlyn]

Well I'd like to say thankyou to you all for your hospitality towards the newbie :) First time to Arthurs Pass in the daylight, and first time in a group. What a great ride, despite getting a little damp on the run back into town!

SeanG

Good on you for coming along SeanG... there are a great bunch of people round here. I know the feeling well, of being the newbie... and it takes no time at all to feel like part of the furniture when you get in amongst it! :) :bleh: Look forward to riding with you again soon :)
Cheers
Em :)

[Emlyn]

Well the plan was to extend to a 300km ride to build up to going to Burt Munroe, 500km with rain wasn't necessary especially given the new back tyre on Monday. But we enjoyed the ride, and the company, and now know what leaks in the rain: everything.

Yes, shame about the weather... but great idea building up for Burt! :) Pleased you both had a good time and look forward to seeing you both again soon :)
Cheers,
Em :)