Mom's Easter Weekend Adventure

[Mom]

I know it is early, but my Easter weekend break starts when the sun rises in the morning. I am very excited :yes: This is my first weekend away on my lovely new bike. I already have two thousand odd, "get used to her" k's on the metre, some fooling around, and most commuting to my fantastic job (no sarcasm either).

Millie is gassed up, the trip metre is set to zero. The cat is in care. I have a LARGE Ventura pack to load up with essentials, I bought my own pack, that way I can find room for the lippy AND the hairdrier :gob:

I can't wait!

[Hitcher]

It's nice to see somebody else madly and passionately aroused by a Suzuki inline four.

[Grant`]

So where ya off heading? North or South?

So where ya heading? North or South?

[FJRider]

So where ya heading? North or South?

I believe the destination was ... away ... where else is there to go ... that matters ... :innocent:

[Grant`]

I believe the destination was ... away ... where else is there to go ... that matters ... :innocent:

Sarcasm yay :facepalm:

Have fun away on your trip :sunny:

[FJRider]

Sarcasm yay :facepalm:


Actually ... no.

There are times when the destination is of NO importance ... going somewhere ... anywhere ... is good.

Try it ... you'll love it ...

[98tls]

Actually ... no.

There are times when the destination is of NO importance ... going somewhere ... anywhere ... is good.

Try it ... you'll love it ...

Easy to say when you have webbing between ya toes.:innocent:Buy a Farley you old romantic bugger.:yes:Have fun Mom.

[Mom]

It's nice to see somebody else madly and passionately aroused by a Suzuki inline four.

What can I say :o IL4 is to me as if 3 in a row :drool:

I fear I may be a cylinder flibberdygibit :shit: Whichever/whatever, I am in love with my Millie. Christ :gob: I have not gone arousal yet, but warming to the thought...

Best you alert Maha to his fate :love:


Sarcasm yay :facepalm:

Have fun away on your trip :sunny:

The Naki is calling me this weekend.

[FJRider]

Easy to say when you have webbing between ya toes.:innocent:Buy a Farley you old romantic bugger.:yes:Have fun Mom.

I've found the webbing only helps when you're (I'm) swimming ... and if I'm supposed to be ON the bike ... I just hope swimming will not be required ... :facepalm:

OH ... have fun Mom .... :yes::yes::yes:

[Mom]

I bought my own pack...

Technically I just told a Porky :pinch: ...

Maha paid for my new pack.

I reckon he only did it so he can fit his new undies in "his" pack.

[Maha]

Technically I just told a Porky :pinch: ...

Maha paid for my new pack.

I reckon he only did it so he can fit his new undies in "his" pack.

My undies...(eight pairs, how long are we away:blink:) and your root all packed, oh and my hand/head creme..:love:

[98tls]

My undies and your root all packed, Save room mate,simply get her root to wear your undies:woohoo:

[Mom]

What a fantastic trip! One that I most definately will be repeating again soon.

Left home about 8:30am Thursday and had possibly the most effortless, traffic-less trip through the shitty I have ever had. No traffic to speak of at all. Stopped at Mercer for breakfast.

I learned there that having a cup of coffee can become one of the funniest things you can do :yes: When the really friggen hot coffee made contact with my lip I jumped, squeezing the paper cup at the same time, causing a veritable Ruapehu erruption of coffee up my nose :shit: Not sure if the tears were from laughing or scalding the lining of my nostrills really. Made a hell of a mess on the table I know that.

Having regathered ourselves, we headed out south to Rangiruri, and turned off to enjoy the back roads down the country. We stopped in Piopio for lunch. The left hand mirror on Mille was loose and kept turning in so I went to King Country Honda to see if the mechanics might have a socket to tighten it. I had asked the Sulco Tool Man at Otorohanga if he had one when we had a Pitt Stop for Maha ( I swear that mans bladder only holds a teaspoon of piss at a time :love: ) and he had nothing.

After a few "sweet's" and "true's" the very lovely man there actually turned down one of his sockets so it fit in the mirror stem and tightened the nut for me! What a top bloke. Big Rpas for them from me. The toasted sandwhich we had from accross the road was very yummy too :yes:

[Mom]

We continued down through the Awakino Gorge. That has to be the most orgasmic road I have ever ridden on :o The fun I was having made me laugh out loud many times. I found myself going around one long, continuous, sweeping right hander, under the paint and rolling on more and more throttle, going WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

The rolling twisties were just the bomb for this girl :yes: Millie appears to love corners, and most loves the ones that are marked 35/45 kph. We were headign to Pussy's house for the night but formulated a plan to stop in and hug Martybabe on the way. After over shooting his turnoff, we turned back and arrived at chez MB in grand styles. Just as well really, cos the way I left was not so grand :pinch:

This provided us with the first of many "yeah right" moments of the weekend.

[Mom]

I forgot to mention Mt Messanger. Now that has some cool corners :yes: They have laid ashphalt on the southern side and thqat makes for some very nice smooth riding. There were a few road works to be negotiated up there - slips beign sorted etc, but not a bad bit of road all the same.

[Mom]

Had a very lovely time with MB and The Bride, so much so that plans were kind of put aside (sorry darling man) and I decided I would rather come back and stay a night with MB than in a motel in Taumaranui. The weather forcast was shite for the day we intended to ride the Forgotten World Highway, and continued to be shite until the day we planned to ride it (yesterday) and the weather was perfect :pinch: Still, I dont guess it will be going anywhere in the meantime, and it gives us an excuse to come back down there :yes:

It was coming on dusk when we ledt Martybabbes house. I got to the end of his driveway and started my turn out thinking "this is a bit tight, hope I dont end up in that drain over there"

By the time that thought had crossed my mind I was riding along the very edge of the unsealed shoulder, on the other side of the road, with the rear wheel skipping along the very edge of the drain :shit: FFS! ANNE!!!!

I have to say here that years of pootling around off road, really helps in these situations. I was sure I was going to ground, I could feel the rear slipping and the reflexes were screaming at me to brake and STOP!!!! The calm, adrenaline fuelled brain said, open the throttle Anne, look where you need to be and ride it out. I did!

Once I re-gained the tarmac I started laughing big time. How close I came to throwing myself and Millie on the road :facepalm:

BIG lesson learned. After spending a day on the road, then spending a couple of hours relaxing and talking shite with a friend, do NOT, I repeat NOT look where you DONT WANT TO GO! You will go there. It also highlighted just how tired I was.

We pootled into NP and found our way to Pussy's abode.

[Edbear]

Good to hear you had a great trip! :sunny: Fabulous roads down there!

[Mom]

Safely settled at Pussy and Gassit Girls house felt so wonderful.

A big day, coupled with a lovely feed and some good company, made for the completion of a fantastic first day of our trip. I slept like a log, and was woken up, with a cup of coffee in bed and being told how beautiful the weather was. I was shown a picture of the mountain taken out Pussy's kitchen window as evidence.

[Maha]

While on the subject of Pussy and Gassitgirl, I left some undies there in a supermarket bag, and Im not talking about the ones that landed in the North bound lane while we were stopped at Oakura the following day...:corn:

[Edbear]

You two are a worry... :bye: Just can't take you anywhere, can we? :facepalm:

[Maha]

I will let Anne continue once our Pizzas are in the oven, she is much better at this than me..I would just load all the pics and add, ''yeah sweet as''...see ya next time..:yes:

Although....Martybabe did try and charge me the cost of my new jacket for staying there, the Naki easter sur-charge is alive and well but not inforceable in this instance...put down the 60% dram MB....if you know what I mean:rockon:

[Fatt Max]

Love that Awakino Gorge, driven it a few times and looking to take a spin on the bike down that way before Christmas.

Take care tomorrow eh guys, weather could be a bit shite

Cheers

[Mom]

While on the subject of Pussy and Gassitgirl, I left some undies there in a supermarket bag, and Im not talking about the ones that landed in the North bound lane while we were stopped at Oakura the following day...:corn:

You and your knickers. I think the flick of the wrist in Oakura, and me having to recue your skids from the middle of the road, was even funnier than me burning the inside of my nose with coffee :killingme I am sure Martybabe thought by now I was a giggling blonde :innocent:


You two are a worry... :bye: Just can't take you anywhere, can we? :facepalm:

No, apparently not Ed, Maha is SOOOOOOOOOOO embarassing :love:


I will let Anne continue once our Pizzas are in the oven, she is much better at this than me..I would just load all the pics and add, ''yeah sweet as''...see ya next time..:yes:

Although....Martybabe did try and charge me the cost of my new jacket for staying there, the Naki easter sur-charge is alive and well but not inforceable in this instance...put down the 60% dram MB....if you know what I mean:rockon:

I just hope they got a wee lie down after we left in anticipation of the next guests to arrive.


Love that Awakino Gorge, driven it a few times and looking to take a spin on the bike down that way before Christmas.

Take care tomorrow eh guys, weather could be a bit shite

Cheers

All I have to do tomorrow FM is "drive" out to Leigh, and play last post for them.

[Mom]

I just know I am leaving out stuff, but bear with me, I can always fill you in later.

We spent Good Friday ticky touring around the greater Taranaki area, abley assisted by the lovely MB. We left Pussy's place (he was heading down to the air show in Blenheim) and headed north to visit with Patrick. Found him and his wonderful family, after a bit of a detour :facepalm: even though it is explained to you, apparently some of us :shutup: dont listen, and in this instance it was not me :sunny:

Martybabe met us there and eventually we got back on the road. That Patrick bloke, just talks, and talks and talks :yes: :innocent:

We went to Stratford and stopped for a bit of a feed (pie and a chicken breast and a V) I do have to at this point make a comment on the dress styles of the local population in these parts. What the hell drugs are they taking when they get dressed in the morning that makes them think "Shit, I look GREAT in this outfit" For decency sake I refrained from taking pics :pinch:

From there, it was a cruise around the mountain. I assume it was the mountain, MB could have been a big tease, remind me about Pukekco Cottage a bit later, all I know is I saw no mountain, and there are a hell of a lot of one lane bridges, and yumpties (Whoop whoops???) out there. Also quite a lot of wind. MB took us to Pukekura Park too, that is a place we need to re-visit..
What is with the order tht pics upload???

Pic 3 clearly shows the mountain beautifully framed by the lake and trees...

Yeah Right

[Mom]

Eating time

[Mom]

Apparently over run by these birds we saw none :blink: It also gets beautiful sunsets :woohoo: NOPE!

We put that with the non existant mountain and well MB may or may not be full of it :yes: The bride on the other hand makes a mean feed :yes:

[Gone Burger]

Great reading Mom. Did you give Pussy a great big butt squeeze for me?

Mille sounds cheaky and fun loving and I like what I hear. Fab weekend out on the roads, and I can't help but sit here in envy as I was planning to do that myself this weekend. Longest I have ever not ridden since I started. POO!!!!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend you two. I'll come visit up in Auckland later this year is I get my R6 back, and show off my new personalised plate that I'm so in love with.

xxx Shiny side up you crazy kids

[ynot slow]

Welcome to the Naki weather report "if ya can see the mountain it is about to rain,if not seen it is about to clear" hope the govt hasn't sold the mountain and it's been relocated.

Should've headed up Pembroke Rd to end of road,usually see the hill at 800mts lol.

[Mom]

North we go, over the same roads we have already travelled :woohoo: I get to do Awakino Gorge again :sunny: Mt Messenger is better (for me) northways. Raglan is our destination. We took a bit of a detour into Waitomo to visit wht hotel there to find some ghosts.

We did not see any, but found 3 young local lads that had been booted out of the pub down the road, and come up to the hotel to continue drinking. Funny as! Apparently they had been boozing since 7am, this was about 1pm. I stood in preference to being sat upon by the fella next to me, Maha was not so lucky, he got a bit up close and personal with one of them when they were also booted out of the hotel :killingme

[Fatt Max]

North we go, over the same roads we have already travelled :woohoo: I get to do Awakino Gorge again :sunny: Mt Messenger is better (for me) northways. Raglan is our destination. We took a bit of a detour into Waitomo to visit wht hotel there to find some ghosts.

We did not see any, but found 3 young local lads that had been booted out of the pub down the road, and come up to the hotel to continue drinking. Funny as! Apparently they had been boozing since 7am, this was about 1pm. I stood in preference to being sat upon by the fella next to me, Maha was not so lucky, he got a bit up close and personal with one of them when they were also booted out of the hotel :killingme

Wey fecking hey, a bot of Maha-ggro in the boozer, the only way to enjoy a weekend away.

As for the hotel in your pictures, well, dont shoot the messanger but if you look at it quickly it resembles an iconic English holiday destination. Have a look for yourself.....

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[Mom]

Raglan is our destination. I have some romantic teenaged perspective on the place. First time I nearly drowned in surf :yes: I got rescued :blink: The yummy guard did not give me mouth to mouth :crybaby: Only time I have attempted to stand on a board, I can still feel the lump where the fucker got me :angry:

Imagine my total surprise, finding the seething holiday weekend mess Raglan turns out to be :shit:

To improve things we have booked in at the Pub where there is a live band playing :woohoo: :facepalm:

Had a lovely meal there, went for walks, watched the sun set :love: Turned in at bed time and waited for the rest of Raglan to catch up with us. Early closing Easter and all that. Mid night apparently!

Have you any idea how long it takes to close up a pub? Forever whould be my spin. Emptying the club across the road takes longer. At last we get quiet, and then we get the staff, preparing the hotel guest accomodation for the night. Just as you think all is good, they start opening up :shit:

[Smifffy]

Sounds like a great time!!

[Mom]

Wey fecking hey, Have a look for yourself...

What can I say :laugh:

Brekky this morning and the cafe opposite the hotel looks the go. Finishing our coffees and this bloke comes in and parks outside. He is wearing Q-moto gear and most likely will be a KB'r. We leave and take a look at his very lovely bike and Maha calls him out. Yes, it IS Slowfox :D Wag the chin a bit and he has to head home to pack boxes!

We head back to the hotel and pack ourselves and head home.

Tootle up the main drag, we turned off and did the Waingaru Springs way, would have been really cool bar the road works :angry: Mile after mile of unswept, loose chip, new seal was not appreciated by this gal. I had thought of the Kaiaua Coast and SH16/Woodcocks Road home route, but after doing that crap, was very pleased to be doing the boring way.

Got home and unloaded. Went out, got some fresh milk etc, came home and had a nana nap :shutup:

[Mom]

Just for you...

This is what that Palm Tree at yours will grow uo to be...

[Grahameeboy]

All I hear is eruptions and orgasms Mom......you can wake up now as Mark has a cuppa ready for you:blink:

[Tink]

Great Read... was Waingaru SH22? Loved the bit how you rode out the near off,... and how pubs don't close when they should... who was the band? :)

[Grahameeboy]

Great Read... was Waingaru SH22? Loved the bit how you rode out the near off,... and how pubs don't close when they should... who was the band? :)

I did SH22 and was not too impressed..it was wet but road surface was hard work..I kinda enjoyed the struggle as it is good experience

[Maha]

Wey fecking hey, a bot of Maha-ggro in the boozer, the only way to enjoy a weekend away.

As for the hotel in your pictures, well, dont shoot the messanger but if you look at it quickly it resembles an iconic English holiday destination. Have a look for yourself.....



Flowery Twats?...
Great old Hotel at Waitomo, didn't see any spooks but one or two local soused twats was a good enough substitue.

[Maha]

Great Read... was Waingaru SH22? Loved the bit how you rode out the near off,... and how pubs don't close when they should... who was the band? :)

Bit of a feck up there really, I had the directions all locked and loaded before we left Raglan. I wanted to go through Waingaro/Rotowaro/Glen Murray rd to Rangiriri (Glen Murray rd) but end up in Ngaruawahia shaking my head as to where I went wrong...it was only then that I stopped to look at the map...:blink:

And the near off in the drain bit?...I was a 100mts up the road watching it all unfold in my mirrors thinking, where the hell are you going? we dont need any water cress au? then the head light pointed in the rigth direction just in the nick of time one might say...:facepalm:...Marty and the bride stood guard the following day, acted as a human barrier...:yes:

Found where I went wrong...
Ohautira rd (17.4km) turn right onto Waingaro rd for 7.7km then turn LEFT onto Rotowaro rd, dont go straight which takes you to Glen Massey, should have gone through Glen Afton on Glen Murray rd....too many bloody Glens going on....

But look what I found in Piopio....:love:

[martybabe]

Hey, what a great time we had with the Warkworthians.

It was a time of many nearlys. We nearly saw the Mountain, we nearly saw a starlit sky, we nearly saw the Pukekos play at sunset, I nearly blagged a new jacket off Maha, Mark nearly kept his undies under control and Mom nearly saw the inside of a hedge on a motorbike :facepalm:

I thoroughly enjoyed the 'around the cloud ride', formerly the 'around the mountain ride', bugger all Traffic except for one rather large wayward bus and no road works...result.

All in all a bit of a no show Taranaki trip, couldn't even buy alcohol!!! crazy laws but hugely enjoyable meeting Mom and Maha for the first time, both top blokes and I can't wait till you come back to see beautiful Taranaki in it's full glory.

In the mean time check out the pics you should have taken back. The mountain framed by lake and bridge :p, The Chinese Wing Wong :lol: and some pukekos.

Miss ya already, come back soon x x x x




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P.s. After the big roast on Saturday with yet more 60% solution and mucho wine, we just lay around all day Sunday getting over the excesses of the Easter weekend...cool, later x

[ynot slow]

Marty for a bloody import you and Mrs Marty are bloody great hosts,that road is choice from Waitara to Te Kuiti must do again for sure.Travelled it numerous times via car,but once by bike and was a great day,we did it albeit December holidays and little traffic.Very underated road trip from NP-Te Kuiti on the bike.

[Maha]

Marty for a bloody import you and Mrs Marty are bloody great hosts,that road is choice from Waitara to Te Kuiti must do again for sure.Travelled it numerous times via car,but once by bike and was a great day,we did it albeit December holidays and little traffic.Very underated road trip from NP-Te Kuiti on the bike.

It really is. Every now and then theres a little nugget of biking greatness then back onto the sweepers. I had no problem with doing the return trip on Sunday. Will definately get back soonish and have another play around in the King Country/Naki.

[martybabe]

Marty for a bloody import you and Mrs Marty are bloody great hosts,that road is choice from Waitara to Te Kuiti must do again for sure.Travelled it numerous times via car,but once by bike and was a great day,we did it albeit December holidays and little traffic.Very underated road trip from NP-Te Kuiti on the bike.

Thanks Tony, shame we didn't meet up on Friday, long time no see, As for the road it has become my home turf, pukeko cottage to Awakino for a quick blat, onto Te kuiti if I have more time to play...Fabo! Get yourself up mount messenger soonish if you can, a great bit of Tarmac heading North, so good they'll probably dig it up soon :yes:

[Smifffy]

Yeah great roads, last year we decided to do SH3 from one end t'other, just because.

It was great.

[Edbear]

Yeah great roads, last year we decided to do SH3 from one end t'other, just because.

It was great.

And isn't that the best reason to do it? :yes:

[Maha]

And isn't that the best reason to do it? :yes:

I would like to do Rangriri/Te Awamutu/Mangakino/Bennydale/Te Kuiti/Eight mile/Tauramanui/Kuratau area...be a good three day weekend ride.
Maybe throw in SH43 while Im at it.

[Maha]

A puzzling moment as we entered the Naki region on the way down...
I saw a lot of vapour trails in the sky....there seemed to be about 6-7 all at different angles.
You may see one up this way (or anywhere else for that matter) from time to time but to see so many at once was surreal, so much so that I thought for a moment that once we stopped someone would say something about meteors.
Next morning, same thing, walked outside with a coffee and there were even more than the day before. Early morning Sky traffic?
Just another daily occurrance over the skies of western NZ.

Which brings me to my next point...
Why isn't it the West Cape?
We have North and East Cape...:corn:
Cape Egmont maybe, but it should be renamed West Cape.

[martybabe]

A puzzling moment as we entered the Naki region on the way down...
I saw a lot of vapour trails in the sky....there seemed to be about 6-7 all at different angles.
You may see one up this way (or anywhere else for that matter) from time to time but to see so many at once was surreal, so much so that I thought for a moment that once we stopped someone would say something about meteors.
Next morning, same thing, walked outside with a coffee and there were even more than the day before. Early morning Sky traffic?
Just another daily occurrance over the skies of western NZ.

Which brings me to my next point...
Why isn't it the West Cape?
We have North and East Cape...:corn:
Cape Egmont maybe, but it should be renamed West Cape.

I know all the flights between Aukland and Taranaki fly just off the west coast and the same line would take you to Wellington and Christchurch, almost, so I guess a great deal of the North south air Traffic between major cities wazzes over Taranaki, in sight of Cape Egmont (something else you'll have to see next time. :yes:


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[Maha]

I know all the flights between Aukland and Taranaki fly just off the west coast and the same line would take you to Wellington and Christchurch, almost, so I guess a great deal of the North south air Traffic between major cities wazzes over Taranaki, in sight of Cape Egmont (something else you'll have to see next time. :yes:



I understand its sealed out to the light house?
Purdy sure thats what John said.
I wanna go sing Poi E in Patea too....:woohoo:

[FJRider]

A puzzling moment as we entered the Naki region on the way down...
I saw a lot of vapour trails in the sky....there seemed to be about 6-7 all at different angles.
You may see one up this way (or anywhere else for that matter) from time to time but to see so many at once was surreal, so much so that I thought for a moment that once we stopped someone would say something about meteors.
Next morning, same thing, walked outside with a coffee and there were even more than the day before. Early morning Sky traffic?
Just another daily occurrance over the skies of western NZ.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line ... Auckland - Wellington -Christchurch ... The trails will be at different altitudes too ...


Which brings me to my next point...
Why isn't it the West Cape?
We have North and East Cape...:corn:
Cape Egmont maybe, but it should be renamed West Cape.

We ALREADY have a West Cape ... Its in Fiordland ...

[martybabe]

I understand its sealed out to the light house?
Purdy sure thats what John said.
I wanna go sing Poi E in Patea too....:woohoo:

Yup she's a good road but if the mountain doesn't come out to play (like when we were in the vicinity) it's just a tall white building, Mountain sun and lighthouse = one of the best views in NZ I reckon.

Jeeze Mark you were lucky with the weather, it's gone all evil down this way since yous two buggered off.

[Mom]

Jeeze Mark you were lucky with the weather, it's gone all evil down this way since yous two buggered off.

I know, we just saw some of it on the box. Not that pretty up here, a tree blew down some power lines south of town last night, they were still clearing it when I went to work this morning. Rain, lashings of wind and a sky down to the ground.

How about that truck getting blown over? I know it was windy down there but that is a bit OTT :yes:

[Edbear]

I know, we just saw some of it on the box. Not that pretty up here, a tree blew down some power lines south of town last night, they were still clearing it when I went to work this morning. Rain, lashings of wind and a sky down to the ground.

How about that truck getting blown over? I know it was windy down there but that is a bit OTT :yes:

Somebody farted... :yes:

[Mom]

Somebody farted... :yes:

Like I said, Maha is SOOOOOOO embarrassing. I notice he has been VERY quiet about his undie issues down the naki :yes:

I got a text regarding detol today, apparently 20 ltrs is being delivered tomorrow :facepalm:

[slofox]

What can I say :laugh:

Brekky this morning and the cafe opposite the hotel looks the go. Finishing our coffees and this bloke comes in and parks outside. He is wearing Q-moto gear and most likely will be a KB'r. We leave and take a look at his very lovely bike and Maha calls him out. Yes, it IS Slowfox :D Wag the chin a bit and he has to head home to pack boxes!

Quite made my day meeting these two - I just knew I'd run into them one day!

[Maha]

Yup she's a good road but if the mountain doesn't come out to play (like when we were in the vicinity) it's just a tall white building, Mountain sun and lighthouse = one of the best views in NZ I reckon.

Jeeze Mark you were lucky with the weather, it's gone all evil down this way since yous two buggered off.

We struck it just right for sure...
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Quite made my day meeting these two - I just knew I'd run into them one day!

Says the Piano man..sing us a song will....:drinkup:
Good to meet you too, hope the shift goes well.

[martybabe]

PS: Have I found something for you...
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l.

Come on now, we both know your jacket is in the post to me ya kidda :wings:

[ynot slow]

Flew to Wellington years ago(hungover)on first flight from NP on a Saturday,pilot announced he was giving us a treat,seems he was granted a flight path over top(looked like)of mountain,looked like we could see anyone tramping we looked so close to the top and sides,was a truley magnificant view,only guy not awestruck was the dude behind me our PM at time big Dave.

[Mom]

Well, I have finally found the time to stop and clean my poor Millie. She was so bug splattered and road sploodged it was embarrasing to say she is my pride and joy :pinch: She cleans up a treat, even went out and bought special cleaning aparatuses/aparati, including a chamois :sunny:

I also finally rounded up all the fuel dockets, this little hunny averages just over 22 kms per litre of fuel. What an economical ride :yes: Best of all with the 20L tank I have such a good range now, the Radian SUCKED :yes:

The commute uses more funnily enough.

[Edbear]

Well, I have finally found the time to stop and clean my poor Millie. She was so bug splattered and road sploodged it was embarrasing to say she is my pride and joy :pinch: She cleans up a treat, even went out and bought special cleaning aparatuses/aparati, including a chamois :sunny:

I also finally rounded up all the fuel dockets, this little hunny averages just over 22 kms per litre of fuel. What an economical ride :yes: Best of all with the 20L tank I have such a good range now, the Radian SUCKED :yes:

The commute uses more funnily enough.

60mpg??? :gob: That's as good as my bike! :blink:

[Maha]

The Furtin Undy managed a respectable 18.65 K's Per....:scooter:

[Mom]

60mpg??? :gob: That's as good as my bike! :blink:

I know Eddy Bear, but your bike was too BIG for me :yes:

I have taken the car to work this week, had a few tweaks done to Millie :yes:

Even given the crappy weather, I would still have preferred to have ridden rather than driven.

Apparently we are about to get hit again :sunny: Lets see how brave I am on Monday :woohoo:

[Edbear]

I know Eddy Bear, but your bike was too BIG for me :yes:

I have taken the car to work this week, had a few tweaks done to Millie :yes:

Even given the crappy weather, I would still have preferred to have ridden rather than driven.

Apparently we are about to get hit again :sunny: Lets see how brave I am on Monday :woohoo:

I don't think I could get that out of my old 600... Pretty impressive!