cowboyz
24th May 2010, 21:27
well, thanks to all the support for those who know the outcome but before that we were having a magic weekend. So this is my ride report for Fri to lunchtime sun (its been covered what happened after that!)
Anyhow..,
So Fri forcast was for showers. We dont care. Havent been away 2 up for a long time and keen to get out on the bike. Spent all week prepping the bike ready for the trip and keen to go. Then Thurs night BR kindly offered a chance to test out the BT Interphones he has recently purchased so we really needed to hook up and collect these. Lunchtime Fri was the only chance so we headed to BRs place andwaited for him to come home for lunch. Spent a whole 15 mins setting up the mounts and headsets in the helmets and then we were off. Instantly it become apparent how much value the interphones added to the trip being able to chat away to each other as the scenery went past. I expected to be riding on wet roads but predicted that we would miss all the weather. Vinegar hill went by real quick and had an awesome time over it. As soon as we hit the main road it started to rain. That was alright... it couldnt possibly last long. Mother nature has a reall bad sense of humour but again, having the ability to talk as we rode passed the time as we rode through the rain to Taihape for a hot chocy and a smoke.
Carried on up Desert road where carb icing was introduced to the trip. Damn it got cold so we had a bit of a moan to each other and put our heads down and got away from the traffic to make good time past the mountain. By the time we got to Turangi we were soaking wet where we met a guy and his wife, both on HDs. The guy had huge ape hangers and didnt look like he was having muh fun at all so I couldnt pass up the oppourtunity to take the piss out of him. We jest for a bit, nice guy really.. before he lead us round the lake to show us how HD can handle just as well as sportsbikes. (ahem... he did really well tbh and we werent in a hurry)
real keen to get to the Huka Falls resort and have a nice hot shower to warm up.
The resort itself was ok. Not really impressed but it was warm and dry and after 3 hours in the rain thats pretty much all we were looking for. Had an awesome dinner at the resorts resturant. One of the best steaks I ever had! and then it was relax for the evening.
Anyhow..,
So Fri forcast was for showers. We dont care. Havent been away 2 up for a long time and keen to get out on the bike. Spent all week prepping the bike ready for the trip and keen to go. Then Thurs night BR kindly offered a chance to test out the BT Interphones he has recently purchased so we really needed to hook up and collect these. Lunchtime Fri was the only chance so we headed to BRs place andwaited for him to come home for lunch. Spent a whole 15 mins setting up the mounts and headsets in the helmets and then we were off. Instantly it become apparent how much value the interphones added to the trip being able to chat away to each other as the scenery went past. I expected to be riding on wet roads but predicted that we would miss all the weather. Vinegar hill went by real quick and had an awesome time over it. As soon as we hit the main road it started to rain. That was alright... it couldnt possibly last long. Mother nature has a reall bad sense of humour but again, having the ability to talk as we rode passed the time as we rode through the rain to Taihape for a hot chocy and a smoke.
Carried on up Desert road where carb icing was introduced to the trip. Damn it got cold so we had a bit of a moan to each other and put our heads down and got away from the traffic to make good time past the mountain. By the time we got to Turangi we were soaking wet where we met a guy and his wife, both on HDs. The guy had huge ape hangers and didnt look like he was having muh fun at all so I couldnt pass up the oppourtunity to take the piss out of him. We jest for a bit, nice guy really.. before he lead us round the lake to show us how HD can handle just as well as sportsbikes. (ahem... he did really well tbh and we werent in a hurry)
real keen to get to the Huka Falls resort and have a nice hot shower to warm up.
The resort itself was ok. Not really impressed but it was warm and dry and after 3 hours in the rain thats pretty much all we were looking for. Had an awesome dinner at the resorts resturant. One of the best steaks I ever had! and then it was relax for the evening.