22 cruise this saturday

[bugjuice]

weather permitting, going down the 22 and back this saturday. I'm not a fast pace, so suit any speed..
catch up at the Paps SP at 10 :ride:

[Devil]

Might see if I can make it along. Havent done 22 for a while. Weather permitting of course. paps SP?

[justsomeguy]

It's BP I guess.......:whistle:

[bugjuice]

Might see if I can make it along. Havent done 22 for a while. Weather permitting of course. paps SP?
papkura service park. the usual spot

[dss3]

might ride some of the way back up with you assuming I get my bike going on saturday morning...

_daryl

[Devil]

papkura service park. the usual spot
Service Park. aahhhh thats a new one. Autobahn!

[Firefight]

will also be doing 22, but a but a bit eariler, will look out for you guys.



F/F :ride:

[sAsLEX]

come do it again sunday!! .......... please

[bugjuice]

come do it again sunday!! .......... please
I will be - in the car..

[bugjuice]

*bomp*

just checkin up peeps

[pyrocam]

22, where to from? you will have to scuse my jafa ignorance

what do you mean I dont get to put stupid tags on my posts :(

[bugjuice]

22, where to from? you will have to scuse my jafa ignorance

what do you mean I dont get to put stupid tags on my posts :(
the short version - Puke to Hammy.

grub waiting in hammy too, care of the awesome Quasievil (who turns old today)

[pyrocam]

the short version - Puke to Hammy.

grub waiting in hammy too, care of the awesome Quasievil (who turns old today)

hammy eh. thats not to bad.
proberly keen.

how long est would it take to get down.

and is it even worth me thinking about this. you know my bike. might be able to make l plate fall off.

edit. love the sig btw. talk on icq?

[bugjuice]

hammy eh. thats not to bad.
proberly keen.

how long est would it take to get down.

and is it even worth me thinking about this. you know my bike. might be able to make l plate fall off.
would take about an hour and a half at a sensible pace. Your bike should be fine, after all - it's a road, not a race track. There is a little bit of motorway riding involved, then it's onto the twisties of the great.
It's a good road for learning on, that's for sure

[pyrocam]

would take about an hour and a half at a sensible pace. Your bike should be fine, after all - it's a road, not a race track. There is a little bit of motorway riding involved, then it's onto the twisties of the great.
It's a good road for learning on, that's for sure
only a little bit of motorway? I thought it was all motorway down that way.


..... wait. before I have to pull out the [stupid] tags again ill go check wises.

[bugjuice]

only a little bit of motorway? I thought it was all motorway down that way.


..... wait. before I have to pull out the [stupid] tags again ill go check wises.
nope, the motorway is 1, which we have to go down on to get to the service park (you know where that is, don't you..??), then on a bit further to Puke, then it's country til hammy, but even that is just single lane road after we join. It'd be no fun if it was motorway all the way, that'd be boring..

[pyrocam]

ah. I see.
can you mspaint me the route you think. sounds like a definate for me then. dont have spare 2t oil do you. or anyone?

[bugjuice]

ms paint? pfft, photoshop..
anyway, done at the same time.
and 'fraid I don't have any 2t(??) oil..

[pyrocam]

ms paint? pfft, photoshop..
anyway, done at the same time.
and 'fraid I don't have any 2t(??) oil..

ahh 2stroke. im hella poor and need a new bottle :( ill go buy some cheap stuff I spose.

actually I dont know where it is but let me just have a look on dar map.

btw, actually important. know what the whethers meant to be like?


*edit I only offerd paint incase you dont have anything better at work. pfft photoshop. paint shop pro :whistle:

[bugjuice]

This (http://wises.co.nz/map/default.asp?street=ALBERT+Street&suburb=PAPAKURA&town=Auckland&sttype=&id=43913|2&svctype=1&zoom=3&mapwhich=0&mapsize=2&width=512&height=512&businesses=1&brad=25&color=-1&filled=0&routemethod=0&s_id=&radius=&a=0&e=2682280&n=6456040&move=true&zoomin=true) is the service park, at the bottom of the map. You'll need to leave around 9.30 at the latest (doing 100kph on the motorway), else adjust for slower/faster speed.

On the Beach Road bridge, there's a sign for the service park 500m further on. Be in the left lane then, then turn off.

Dr Quasievil has assured me he did his anti-rain dance, so the weather should be good. If it rains, blame him. If it's hacking down in the morning and doesn't look like it'll clear, then it could be off.

021 234 7744

[pyrocam]

This (http://wises.co.nz/map/default.asp?street=ALBERT+Street&suburb=PAPAKURA&town=Auckland&sttype=&id=43913|2&svctype=1&zoom=3&mapwhich=0&mapsize=2&width=512&height=512&businesses=1&brad=25&color=-1&filled=0&routemethod=0&s_id=&radius=&a=0&e=2682280&n=6456040&move=true&zoomin=true) is the service park, at the bottom of the map. You'll need to leave around 9.30 at the latest (doing 100kph on the motorway), else adjust for slower/faster speed.

On the Beach Road bridge, there's a sign for the service park 500m further on. Be in the left lane then, then turn off.

Dr Quasievil has assured me he did his anti-rain dance, so the weather should be good. If it rains, blame him. If it's hacking down in the morning and doesn't look like it'll clear, then it could be off.

021 234 7744

Righto.
already got no# :)

you will be in the orange beast I assume? I think I would have to leave about 8 cos I get lost.

[bugjuice]

Righto.
already got no# :)

you will be in the orange beast I assume? I think I would have to leave about 8 cos I get lost.
in? on, yes, with pillion to scare.
reeeeeeally gotta do some work now.. :whistle:

[pyrocam]

oop. and in a flash of lightning i realised that I know exactly how to get there. well. ive only ever been as far as the airport but I know the route and ive been to that service place before. easy as pie.

im all excited now.

edit. if anyones intrested here is my map.
which is kinda silly because its a straight line to get there and doesnt have any hamilton parts in it.

I intend to follow roadsigns if I get lost.
gonna sellotape this to my tank none-the-less

[bugjuice]

oop. and in a flash of lightning i realised that I know exactly how to get there. well. ive only ever been as far as the airport but I know the route and ive been to that service place before. easy as pie.

im all excited now.

edit. if anyones intrested here is my map.
which is kinda silly because its a straight line to get there and doesnt have any hamilton parts in it.

I intend to follow roadsigns if I get lost.
gonna sellotape this to my tank none-the-less
lol.. love the map.
We're not going to Raglan tho, so you'll save a fair bit there, and it's not all the way into Hamiton, just the skirts. I've done this ride a heap of times before, you'll be fine dude..

And I won't be going that fast, so keeping up will be fine. If I can ride it how I do tomorrow, then anyone on anything can ride it. We will be stopping énroute just for a catch up at 2 points. It'll be 'your' choice to stop for a couple of mins, or to keep on motorin.

Once on the 22, it's straight on all the way until the end. And you'll know it's the end, so the chance of getting lost is really slim, unless you turn off, in which case, you weren't listening :p

[pyrocam]

lol.. love the map.
We're not going to Raglan tho, so you'll save a fair bit there, and it's not all the way into Hamiton, just the skirts. I've done this ride a heap of times before, you'll be fine dude..

And I won't be going that fast, so keeping up will be fine. If I can ride it how I do tomorrow, then anyone on anything can ride it. We will be stopping énroute just for a catch up at 2 points. It'll be 'your' choice to stop for a couple of mins, or to keep on motorin.

Once on the 22, it's straight on all the way until the end. And you'll know it's the end, so the chance of getting lost is really slim, unless you turn off, in which case, you weren't listening :p

:) cheers.

The raglan thing is a bit of an overstatment but Id rather be safe than sorry.
ive put most of a tank in now so its just a filler at the stop and in hamilton and I should be fine.

curiously. how long do you intend to stay down there and whats your plan on arrival.

I dont hactually have anything to do there nor do I know anyone.
I was going to have a sqiuzz at the dicksmith powerhouse because I gave 3 years to DSE and im quite intrested in how they finally did it.

but basically Im just going for the ride :)

[SPman]

.....(who turns old today)
George Carlin's Views On Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives

when we like to get old is when we're kids?
If you're less than 10 years old,

you're so excited about aging

that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!"

You're never thirty-six and a half.
You're four and a half, going on five!

That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back.
You jump to the next number ...

or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!"
You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your life ...

you become 21.
Even the words sound like a ceremony . . .

YOU BECOME 21.
YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30.
Oooohh .what happened there?
Makes you sound like bad milk.
He TURNED; we had to throw him out.

There's no fun now.
You're just a sour-dumpling.
What's wrong?
What's changed?

You BECOME 21,

you TURN 30,

then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa!
Put on the brakes. it's all slipping away.
Before you know it, you REACH 50 ...

and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!!
You MAKE IT to 60.
You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21,

TURN 30,

PUSH 40,

REACH 50 and

MAKE ITto 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70!
After that it's a day-by-day thing;

you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle;
you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there
Into the 90s, you start going backwards ...
"I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens.
If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again.
"I'm 100 and a half!"
.

[Sheep Dags]

Hey guys I'll be keen to come on my VFR400. What's the plan? Meet at Papakura Autobahn at 10.00am then ride for a few hours down 22 then come home? Sounds good to me! I'll see you tomorrow morning if the weather's good!

- Mike


EDIT: - Bugjuice, saw that you live in Takapuna, I'm in Devonport, could meet you on Barry's Point Rd, or you just keen to get going and meet up at AB?

[2_SL0]

Ill be on that road at some point so I might catch u guys. :D

[NhuanH]

in? on, yes, with pillion to scare.
reeeeeeally gotta do some work now.. :whistle:

wow, i'm impressed, the Seat CoverTM is still down with perching on the back of the Ninja - despite last weekend's shenanigans! :ride:

That's a keeper right there BJ :niceone:

[bugjuice]

wow, i'm impressed, the Seat CoverTM is still down with perching on the back of the Ninja - despite last weekend's shenanigans! :ride:

That's a keeper right there BJ :niceone:
yeah, she's game ;)


As for what we're up to tomorrow, some people seem a bit concerned on times.. My intentions (not changed) is that we get to Hamilton and rest up for half an hour at Quasi's while having a burger and/or sausage on the barbie, then back up the 22. I reckon we'll be back in auckland by 2.30, 3pm. Anyone who needs to be back earlier, let me know and I'll tell you the quicker way back if you want to do some of the 22, or just head back up SH1 and go the boring way..

Deinfitely, the more the merrier tho!! Weather forcast says a bit of cloud, but dry, so should be good..

[FEINT]

Buggy, will try to make it there at 10:00, might be slightly late. U keen on meeting up then heading down? Call u in a while.

[mono]

If the weathers good, I'm Keen. :niceone:

[bugjuice]

Hey guys I'll be keen to come on my VFR400. What's the plan? Meet at Papakura Autobahn at 10.00am then ride for a few hours down 22 then come home? Sounds good to me! I'll see you tomorrow morning if the weather's good!

- Mike


EDIT: - Bugjuice, saw that you live in Takapuna, I'm in Devonport, could meet you on Barry's Point Rd, or you just keen to get going and meet up at AB?
yeah, meet at Cycletreads (opposite Honda Cyclespot) at 9.45, will be meeting Feint there, then we can cruise down

[surfchick]

surfchick come too? what does some of your bikes look like case i wander up to the wrong clump of bikers that will inevitibly be hanging round there

[Zed]

yeah, meet at Cycletreads (opposite Honda Cyclespot) at 9.45, will be meeting Feint there, then we can cruise downWeather is SPECTACLUAR today!!! I'm in. :ride:

Will meet u guys at Cyclespot too but we'll be hiking it to make Papakura in 15mins...more like 25mins, so hopefully peeps will wait around for us till 10.15am?

[Devil]

surfchick come too? what does some of your bikes look like case i wander up to the wrong clump of bikers that will inevitibly be hanging round there
Easily recognisable bike would be bugjuices pimpin orange ZX636. Looks like we'll have at least one blue R1 and prob a black one too.

[pyrocam]

awesome weather woohoo

chances are im going to be there hella early so Im a blue rgv150 with a purple tank. v.little stickers. prob parked outside mc'ds for breaky

[crashe]

yep I shall be there....riding in my usual fashion.... at the rear....
thats where the "Queen of Slow" ends up....lol.
:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:

[Madguitarist!]

Guys,

My mate Dave is coming along for today's joy ride!
If you see him b4 I get there (I"m in purple honda CBR) pse say hi to him.
He's in a '02 black/yellow CBR fireblade. I'll be cruisin down with Bugjuice, Feint, Zed, Surfchick, Sheep Dags........

See you guys soon!! :ride:

[mono]

Looks like a good day to make Hay, See you guys there. :D

[FEINT]

Weather is good, see you guys there at cycletreads 9:45 and you other fellas at Autobahn shortly after!

[Eyetie]

See you peeps at the AB this morning weathers good out this way as well, so should be a good day for heading south.

[Gazzar]

see you there. :ride:

[MikeL]

Two weeks ago it was fog, today we had some rain and the road was a bit slippery...

But hey, 22, throw everything you've got at us... we can take it.

(I hope I'm not jumping the gun here...)

[2_SL0]

The damn rain cloud followed me up and down 22. :D

[SPman]

Hey it started off fine - and whats a little rain - just livens up the road surface and makes you concentrate a bit more. (even though I was bitching about it)
After leaving everyone at Quasi's, shot back to Ngaruawahia to met FF at the gas station - taking the quick way up SH1...then we waited for Paco and Devil to get there - just leaving when they turned up. Went back up through Huntly, Rotowaro - lovely dry winding road - beeyootiful. First time Ive done it and Dave is just the man to follow! A briskish pace was set and the little 250 kept up admirably, Paco with his tankcam following each of us in turn, so we can hopefully get a few pointers off the footage. Started getting a few showers after we got back on 22 - we all had a few "moments" at various places - kept us on our toes. - Up to the Bombay Autobahn for a coffee. Then Dave took off for work - having done 2 loops of 22 today - straight from work!, and the 3 of us took a brisk trip back up the motorway - keeping the hovering black clouds behind us!

[Madguitarist!]

I know it got abit crazy after awhile (Murphy's law aye!) but I'm sure all would have to say it was a good ride regardless! :niceone:

Thanks heaps for organising it bro! And thanks to Quasi for playing host and having awhole pile of Kbers crash his cul-de-sac!! :yes:

Anyone know how Surfer Chick is doing with her puncture???

[pyrocam]

Your Live action News reporter Pyrocam Checking in with the latest

from my POV this is how it went down.

wake up nice-n-early to prep, shot down to AMPS and got Lou's freaking AWESOME gloves ( :niceone: Lou!) and then went down to the AB to get some breaky, When I arrived there was one other person there and I thought cool, another rider has turned up. then another and then a group and then there was 19 odd bikes all ready to go. I was rapt!

anywho. off we went through a shortcut to the 22 and everything was pretty sweet. I got overtaken lots which was expected as I was on the slowest bike there. not too long before I was last but thats pretty cool since I would rather not have to keep an eye out for anyone overtaking :) Surferchick was infront of me with the next fastest bike so I was quite happy to maintain this pace. everything was going pretty smoothly until me and SC got stuck behind a lane-fat camervan just before the tuakau bridge. we lost everyone but we still had the car behind us so I wasnt too worried. then SC slowed down a bit and then eventually just pulled over. :no: Flat front tire :no: as Im sure many of you are aware.

Me SC and support car (Ashley: legend) stopped and I called the AA they said it was sweet they will pay for the first $40 of a tow. BJ and (err. memory like a sieve again sorry) came back but were unable to enact any repairs as it was a tube.

Anyways tow truck came after about 2 hours or so (yay chain smoking without breakfast :sick: I never did get anymore than a milo bar:( and some kind moro offering from SC ;) thanks again.) and It was towed back to pukekohe (again Gazzar, your a freakin legend!) Following the cage down to Hamilton on the SH1 was rather un-eventfull except when my bike stoped going ??? and I was furious but it turns out I accidentally hit the kill switch (dumbarse) Arrive at Quasi's just in time to take the leak I had been dying for since 2 hours prior before we left (ahhhh phew)

then we went back up the 22 (well first time all the way through for me) Brilliant!! absolutely fantastic ride. I have to :2thumbsup: BJ for being kind enough to not go to fast and warn me of the road dangers. I few very close calls but overall I got there safely.

Unfortuantly my front headlight blew altogther half way along so I rode to Gazzar's in pukekohe to get looked at at the same time a SC's front tire. unfortuanly repco was closed and no stations had it. but at the same time it was pissing down with rain at this point so the chances of me getting to auckland with no light and in a downpour went from slim to none as it got darker.

freindly everybody all up. Im really sorry that I didnt remember the names and faces and nicks of hardly any of you. next time

Re SC's tire: she will be calling up her guy and perhaps some other suppliers in the morning to see if it can be repaired or replaced and then we will head back down there. If course my bike will be sleeping (hope he doesnt get any ideas's :D ) there also and I can hopefully put a new bulb in tomorow.

So many people helping each other out. bloddy brilliant.

Im absolutley cut after that much riding though

See you all next time I Hope!

edit: added crappy phone pic of us waiting for the towie
http://www.pyrocam.orcon.net.nz/KB/stopped.jpg

[bugjuice]

wow, everything was going really really well today - until I got up..
my whole day was one thing after another, so may be it was all my fault.

Anyway, huge thanks to everyone turning up, sooooooo didn't expect that turn out. I looked thru the thread before setting off this morning and counted about 6 or 7 definites, and another 1 or 2 'maybes'. 19 turn up!! awesome turn out, and completely threw me off. As a result, I forgot to mention some things of point and that didn't help some of the slower riders. I assumed that everyone knew the rule about the second person at the front pulling over, but apparently not. I'll remember to clarify that before we go. Also stick to the planned route too..

Two things that couldn't have been helped was a front puncture for SurfChick (great start to the KB land!), and Pyro's headlight going out. Both bikes are still at Gazza's (?? sorry), so big thanks to him for looking at the tyre and trying to sort the bulb out.. As it goes, neither could be fixed, so I'm picking up SC and Pyro tomorrow to go get their bikes back. Least they didn't get wet on the way home, Nhuan and I did, but dried up as we got to Auckland. Dropped both SC and Pyro off, and just got home to my cozy couch. I'll be sat in the same spot for a while now.

Unfortunately the tyre going (altho no ones fault at all), really just threw it all out. Luckily we had the [moral] support car for help..

what a day.. sorry if some of this doesn't make as much sense, I'll read it again later and retype it!!

And sorry for hackin off a few people, I'm sure the frustrations of the day didn't help the smooth things, but hey, s**t happens and we gotta do what we gotta do. The next one will be better, promise!!!

And thanks Quasi for letting us crash your place for a little while! Quite handy you being at the other end!

the cage driver was me bro, Ashley. Big up's to him.. :niceone:

bug juiced.

[crashe]

And sorry for hackin off a few people,

Hey for a start off, you didn't hack anyone off..... we all had fun....It was a great day.... thank you for organising it.

Some off us rode down a different road to get to Hamilton....lol....
I took the high road instead of the low road on H22....lol.
We came out at the back of Huntly... the 4 of us ( MLcrisis, Limmy and Feint)....lol.

But we all ended up in Hamilton.... and thanks Quasi and Paula for your wonderful hospitality....and Paula is now eyeing up a cruiser to learn to ride on.... yep she sat on mine and likes them.

I rode back up SH1 with 3 guys (Feint, Limmy and ???) a good ride back....
I did spot you bugjuice heading towards Quasi's again, as we were leaving and I waved as you looked over.

I did pass a red ducati on the southern motorway with a KB sticker on it....
so I gave a footwave to the rider.....

:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:

I shall be looking forward to riding again in a few months time...

[Zed]

I woke up this morning and parted the curtains to reveal an amazing blue sky...I thought - YES! It's amazing to think that at one end of Auckland it's blue, cloudless skiies, but at the other end rainclouds! O well, I counted my blessings that at least I would be "riding". :ride:

1st stop was Cycletreads, Takapuna. I was 10mins late and arrived to meet up with five others at 9.55am - we were supposed to be at AB, Papakura at 10.00am!! I hate being late, but it didn't really matter cos everyone was in a fairly relaxed mode. :niceone: The ride down to AB was uneventful (well I somehow managed to separate myself from the small group), riding the motorway system is so monotonous. On arrival at AB I was pleasantly surprised to see a large group of motorcycles (considering only 8 or so KBr's advised they were coming on this thread) parked up, I estimated around 20 bikes.

After a quick briefing by Mr Bugjuice of our intended route and rest areas, we all departed south at around 10.45am at a fairly slow pace so that we wouldn't get separated. Thankfully we ALL made it safe and sound to the infamous SH22 in one group, then it was basically no holds barred and everyone rode at their own pace until we met up at our first rest area about 20kms down. It was here that we met up with Firefight and also learned that Ms surfchick had had a puncture :mad:, so the honourable Mr BugJ & Madguitarist headed back to the Tuakau bridge (ring any bells Justsomeguy?) to help her out while the rest of us continued down 22 in the drizzle to meet up at BP Ngaruawahia. Later we were told that the puncture couldn't be fixed because the tyre was not 'tubeless' so the bike had to be towed home. Real sorry that your day was ruined by this surfchick!

Overall the ride down 22 was rather slow paced & tainted by the damp road conditions, at one stage my rear tyre uncontrollably slipped about 20cm over one of those glossy patches of road...I'm just glad it wasn't my front!

Eventually most of the group (about 12?) bowled up at the legendary Quasi's in Hamilton for a chat. Good to meet up with you again Bret, and sorry I didn't get to say goodbye. :wavey: Looking forward to reading some race reports from you on that lil' Gixxer!

I ended up riding back home from Hamilton alone, detoured off at Ngaruawahia and took the back roads (parallel to SH1) through to Rangariri bridge and onto SH1 again. Managed to open the 'Bird up to some nice speeds in the *dry* :yes: and met up with a wannabe roadracer on a ZZR1100 who provided some last minute entertainment before arriving home to wash the bike!

Good meeting & riding with some more new KBr's; Sheep Dags, Crashe, Mono, Gazzar, mlcrisis, Feint, Limmy, Devil, etc...and good to ride with some old (not old age :msn-wink: ) KBr's; SPman, MikeL, Paco27zim, nhuanh.

O yeah, never got to meet pyrocam! I heard you were trailing us and I think I waved at you as I was leaving Hamilton after waiting on the side of the road with BJ for his bro in the car...hope you had a good experience overall dude despite being alone for most of the ride. :niceone:

[Firefight]

finished night shift looked out the window, :sunny: looked like it was going to be a great day, so a quick pre ride ride down 22, to Nargawhia, cross to huntly, called up my good mate Paco to see what time the main ride was departing, seems they were not all there at that stage, so did a quick blat up to Glen Murray, grabbed some more gas, meet up with judderbar and his cool new bike, talked some guy talk with Paul, then rode around a bit more then I got the txt from Paco, the ride was finally on the way, so headed North to meet them chased by some dirty old rain clouds, meet the group at Rangariri-glen murray rd intersection., time for a quick chat, meet up with some of my good kb mates, meet some new faces, at this stage, Kit got the news about the flatty, so he :niceone: shot back to sort that, we headed off into the rain.

Weather wasn't too bad, the group spread out a bit, the normal faster guys too the front, we stopped for a bit to let the others catch up, after a while when no one turned up, the front group left while I rode back to find the straglers, 25 ks north of the Hot pools-no sigh of them, so I figured they had either gone to raglin by mistake or been abducted by aliens, either way I figured they were not my problem now(sorry guys), so I rode back via Rotowaro, road had dried now, down to BP Naragwhia, only to find they were all at Brets place eating his food!!!!!. :whistle:

After a shortttttttttttttttish wait my old mate John (SPM)turned up, a bit later my other old mate Paco turned up with Matt,(sorry if I got the your name wrong man) so we did the return :ride: via Rotowaro and 22, lucky we found some more rain, but not too much, back to AB Bombay, talk some shit, drink some coffee, and off to work., Missed the dude who wanted the gloves and oil, carried the darn shit round all day, hope you got sorted man.

Rider of the day, bit hard for me to call this out of the whole group as I was not with you guys for the whole ride, but would have to say :first: SP man, keeping a good pace on a road you had not been on before well done.

F/F

[Gazzar]

I know it got abit crazy after awhile (Murphy's law aye!) but I'm sure all would have to say it was a good ride regardless! :niceone:

Thanks heaps for organising it bro! And thanks to Quasi for playing host and having awhole pile of Kbers crash his cul-de-sac!! :yes:

Anyone know how Surfer Chick is doing with her puncture???

I took the wheel off the bike and tried to fix it but the tube had a split in it
so took tyre with her and hopefuly will have it fixed tomorrow.

[FEINT]

Thanks to Bugjuice for organising the fantastic ride this morning. The turnout was amazing, I was told that there would be a few bikers going down, didn't know there would be 19!!! The weather did turn sour halfway down SH22. Myself, Limmy, Crashe and MLCRISIS got lost on the way to hamilton. I wasn't too fussed, just follwed and eventually arrived at the BP.

A big thanks to Quasi and Paula for having us over at their place! Another big thanks to Gixxerboy for lending us his Pajero to take to Burger King.

CRASHE, on the way back, if that is your idea of 'puttering' .... you putter rather quickly! :msn-wink: I had a hard time keeping up! I have never seen a person "TUCK-IN" while riding a cruiser! My tank bag lifted off the tank on the straights, so that was a sign to slow down :no: :no:

Good to meet a few more KB'ers! and good on SC and Pyrocam for coming along! Will organise a Newbie cruise for you guys. I like newbie cruises. :yes:

Last but not least, here are the photos!

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[loosebruce]

Really got to get my bike fixed, missing out on some good lookin rides :no: oh well off to aussie for a week on monday :drinknsin hopefully all the parts i need are in the country bu the time i get back.

Oh yeah got pulled up today, wasn't doing anything wrong the HP just said he took one look at my bike and decided to pull me, farkin :bs: , does it look dodgey or something? :killingme.

[Firefight]

Really got to get my bike fixed, missing out on some good lookin rides :no: oh well off to aussie for a week on monday :drinknsin hopefully all the parts i need are in the country bu the time i get back.

Oh yeah got pulled up today, wasn't doing anything wrong the HP just said he took one look at my bike and decided to pull me, farkin :bs: , does it look dodgey or something? :killingme.


ah, how can we tell you man, its not the bike that looks dodgey :devil2:

F/F

[Lord Pac]

Thanks peeps- it was a good ride! Good to meet more KB's.

Good to catchup with the regulars!

Always a pleasure riding with FF- nice one Dave :niceone:

Spman/devil/FF- will organise cd later this week. Cheers

[NhuanH]

wow, everything was going really really well today - until I got up..
my whole day was one thing after another, so may be it was all my fault.

Anyway, huge thanks to everyone turning up, sooooooo didn't expect that turn out. I looked thru the thread before setting off this morning and counted about 6 or 7 definites, and another 1 or 2 'maybes'. 19 turn up!! awesome turn out, and completely threw me off. As a result, I forgot to mention some things of point and that didn't help some of the slower riders. I assumed that everyone knew the rule about the second person at the front pulling over, but apparently not. I'll remember to clarify that before we go. Also stick to the planned route too..

Two things that couldn't have been helped was a front puncture for SurfChick (great start to the KB land!), and Pyro's headlight going out. Both bikes are still at Gazza's (?? sorry), so big thanks to him for looking at the tyre and trying to sort the bulb out.. As it goes, neither could be fixed, so I'm picking up SC and Pyro tomorrow to go get their bikes back. Least they didn't get wet on the way home, Nhuan and I did, but dried up as we got to Auckland. Dropped both SC and Pyro off, and just got home to my cozy couch. I'll be sat in the same spot for a while now.

Unfortunately the tyre going (altho no ones fault at all), really just threw it all out. Luckily we had the [moral] support car for help..

what a day.. sorry if some of this doesn't make as much sense, I'll read it again later and retype it!!

And sorry for hackin off a few people, I'm sure the frustrations of the day didn't help the smooth things, but hey, s**t happens and we gotta do what we gotta do. The next one will be better, promise!!!

And thanks Quasi for letting us crash your place for a little while! Quite handy you being at the other end!

the cage driver was me bro, Ashley. Big up's to him.. :niceone:

bug juiced.

nah, props to you Buggy for making it happen :niceone: Someone's gotta do it eh?

Let's just try and blame the supposed supa-organiser Quasi for his failed dance of honour to the weather gods as arranged. It's alright Q, seeing as the rally was such a big freakin' hit, we'll forgive you letting the Brotherhood-Of-The-636TM down this time mate :cold:

Good to catch up with some familiar faces and meet some new ones :ride:

And to harp on about the 636 thing (it's alright, I know y'all love it out there :D ), that return ride up 22 was the Brotherhood at work again - 3 636s, with 2 interlopers. AND the final two bikes on the road were our Ninjas. Along a particularly unlit stretch of greasy highway from Puke back to Drury.Heavy rain coming down.Silly-for-the-situation tinted visor - oh that's what they mean by "Daytime Use Only"!Well fook me: visor up = rain stinging my eyes; visor down = can't see sheeite!On even sillier Supercorsas... :whistle: Umm....80kp/h anyone?

Still a good day ride that evolve into an epic. Special props to KB ride newbies pyrocam and surfchick - that's about the typical state of shenanigans a KB ride descends towards! Y'all come back now, y'hear?

[Motu]

What about that blue Pajero going the other way? He flashed his lights,betcha you thought there was a cop ahead eh?

[crashe]

Question for all those that rode 22 that day...

How many of you noticed the off road bike riders in the paddock...?
They were on the right hand side.... There was a whole bunch of them all together riding.

:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:

[Zed]

Question for all those that rode 22 that day...

How many of you noticed the off road bike riders in the paddock...?
They were on the right hand side.... There was a whole bunch of them all together riding.

:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:No time to be gazing out over paddocks when riding at pace down 22 lady, especially in the wet! ALL concentration is on the road ahead.

One day I might slow down and hold the 'rear guard' like you do and then I'll give a report of events taking place "off the road". :D

[Firefight]

Question for all those that rode 22 that day...

How many of you noticed the off road bike riders in the paddock...?
They were on the right hand side.... There was a whole bunch of them all together riding.

:ride: :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:



You mean at thunder valley ?

if so its been a bike park for a couple of years.

F/F

[crashe]

You mean at thunder valley ?

if so its been a bike park for a couple of years.

F/F

I have no idea of the name....
I just spotted them all in the paddock.....
and one of two waved out, as I went by. :ride:

I just wasn't expecting to see them in there....lol.

[750Y]

dirtbikers waving from the paddock? you musta been adjusting your plastic bag! lol 8-)

[pyrocam]

dirtbikers waving from the paddock? you musta been adjusting your plastic bag! lol 8-)

:laugh: :laugh: classic

but seriously, how far down where they? I of course only got the first 36 k's down on the first time but I did manage to make it all the way up on the way back.

[bugjuice]

What about that blue Pajero going the other way? He flashed his lights,betcha you thought there was a cop ahead eh?
was that you? :confused:
confused the crap out of me.. cos no one else did it!

[Motu]

Yeah,I was trying how to figure out how to say giday,but all the knobs and buttons got me fuddled and I just settled for the flash.I should put on the hazzards (where's the switch?) I forgot I had my headlights on for the rain further back so coulda flicked my spots too.Lucky you didn't meet me on a corner - I take racing lines and I own the road.

Whoever it was in the lead with headlamps on full - not good from my end,I had no idea what was coming towards me,just a bright glare...you don't want a blinded Pajero driver wandering over into your lane do you?

[bugjuice]

Yeah,I was trying how to figure out how to say giday,but all the knobs and buttons got me fuddled and I just settled for the flash.I should put on the hazzards (where's the switch?) I forgot I had my headlights on for the rain further back so coulda flicked my spots too.Lucky you didn't meet me on a corner - I take racing lines and I own the road.

Whoever it was in the lead with headlamps on full - not good from my end,I had no idea what was coming towards me,just a bright glare...you don't want a blinded Pajero driver wandering over into your lane do you?
quite possibly Nhuahn. not sure if it's purposely on or just by accident, but he often rides full beamed.
Must admit, I thought there was something afoot, so backed off until a few more cars had passed, and no one made the same jesture. So I concluded either a) you were a nutcase and love bikes, or b) you *thought* you saw something of warning, altho no one else did...
Kinda settled with 'a'..

[surfchick]

just wanted the thank bugski and for all the other (about 10 people) who helped out when i got my flat. pyrocam volunteered his AA tow call out, the follow car was full of friendly faces and also bugjuice and co. who drove back with repair kits- and to gazzar for the garage and limmy (sorry the name things might not be spelled right) for ripping off the tire.

I was so gutted that the tire went flat, not to mention frieked out and it was totally awesome to have a friendly face with me on my first rural breakdown. I'm really sorry to the guys who that slowed down- with all the going backwards and forwards- and thanks for the massive amount of waiting around and driving that bugJ and co. did on sunday. I can't say how awesome this KB family is- also indicated by the outpouring of grief and condolances to Sam's friends and family in the last 24hours.

We did get the tire fixed sat avo, but when we got it on on sun me and pyro went a short way down the 22 and she went flat again. i should have known it was going flat when i had to sort of steer the opposite direction than normal into the corners- but i thought the wheel balance thingi had dropped off & that i'd get home. It went FLAT again. 3rd flat in 3 weeks. bit frieky as twice on the open road at 100kms & once just after a patch of diesel... boo hoo. Apparantly they tire is a tubeless tire & it's been sold to me with a tube in it. also with a slightly big inner tube. each puncture has been a pinched hole... I think i took all the KB flat front tire bad luck for the whole weekend. :msn-wink:

it's on tow truck again now :no: to see if red B can fix it.

thanks again people- and may-be i'll see you again when i attach a uni-mog tire or road-roller wheel to me bike.

xx
SC

[surfchick]

"gazzar for the garage and limmy..."

sorry- it was nhuanh who stopped back to help rip off ze tire- special cheers dude- sorry got lost in the pseudonyms and AKA's. XX

[chickenfunkstar]

Good to hear that it was generally a good ride.

I think i saw you guys at the Autobahn just as I was heading down to Coromandel for the night.

[Waylander]

Really got to get my bike fixed, missing out on some good lookin rides :no:...


You and me both mate.

[crashe]

Surfchick I do hope you do get that tyre sorted out.....
cos 3 times in three weeks aint a good look..lol.

Tis about as bad as my poor wee bike loosing bits and pieces at the mo...lol

[NhuanH]

Whoever it was in the lead with headlamps on full


quite possibly Nhuahn

Umm..couldn't have been me, I deny all - I have never led! :whistle:

[surfchick]

Surfchick

Tis about as bad as my poor wee bike loosing bits and pieces at the mo...lol

cheers re the tires. i feel a bit cursed with them- but I'm fast becoming an expert at pulling over with a floppy flaccid front tire flapping in the wind.- i wrote you a rascals arse reply about you loosing your bits in the other thread :devil2: may-be its SH22 that's a bit of a trickster run?!

[SPman]

Umm..couldn't have been me, I deny all - I have never led! :whistle:

Aaaah - so it wasn't you behind me going down 22 with the beam from on high!
Strange.....it was you when I passed you............

Musta been them aliens again......:drinknsin