Medium/fastish ride north sun 17th

[DEATH_INC.]

We're gonna head north this sunday,meet at the shell westgate at 10,leave 10.30 up old north>wellsford then on to either waipu or up to oakleigh via maungatoroto,maybe maugatapere>dargaville (dependent on time etc)then back home via 16 again.... :niceone:

[SPman]

Put me down...(shut up you)..as a ..maybe

[Motoracer]

LOL I can see what you mean Death, about people being hesitant. Don't be shy boys and girls, we won't bite.

Which means, I'll most probably join in.

[placidfemme]

*not fast enough yet*

But you guys have a great ride :)

[enigma51]

The bike is in pieces at the moment otherwise I would have tagged along. Have safe ride!!!!

[Quasievil]

I might be keen as Im in Auckers this weekend will keep an eye on developments.

Anyway must dash I can smell my box of new leather gear at the DHL warehouse time to collect it all :Punk:

[ManDownUnder]

Had I a licence.. I would be there.:mad:

uh huh - so that's a no right?

:puke:

[loosebruce]

Anyway must dash I can smell my box of new leather gear at the DHL warehouse time to collect it all :Punk:

"Bondage Gear" you can keep that shit well away from us mate, stay in Hamilton. Paula taking the smooth feel of your bald head too far? Either that or it's a Kawasaki thing.

But re ride, i'm in for sure, booked it in with the missus, so see you'all there :ride:

[madboy]

booked it in with the missusglad to see you now understand the way of my world, oh loose-san

[Lou Girardin]

*not fast enough yet*

But you guys have a great ride :)

It seems you were fast enough on Sunday!

[justsomeguy]

It seems you were fast enough on Sunday!

Sunday was a very slow ride. You joining us on Sat Lou??

[mini_me]

*not fast enough yet*

But you guys have a great ride :)

go if you want to go, im sure someone will wait up at the turn offs for you
just dont push it to hard trying to keep up (but you know that)


as for me, im doing that same route but in reverse on sunday. otherwise i'd meet you there @ westgate
mini_me

edit: oh btw im going old north road -> hw 16 on friday, but if anyone wants to go for a blast on saturday im happy to wait a day and go up saturday morning/arvo

[DEATH_INC.]

Draco's coming of course,so if you can keep up with her you'll be ok. :yes:

[crashe]

Draco's coming of course,so if you can keep up with her you'll be ok. :yes:

Draco is fast, and thats even with her new spec's.... :clap:

She flew past me.... whoosh. :ride: :ride: :ride: :ride:

[Bleck K6]

Sweet sounds good pauly told me you might be comin up this way, I will phone you tomorrow so I can sort out a place to meet.

[Lou Girardin]

Sunday was a very slow ride. You joining us on Sat Lou??

Not sure whether to do Sat or Sun. I do like 16, but Coro loop is good too. Decisions, decisions......................................

[duckman]

Not sure whether to do Sat or Sun. I do like 16, but Coro loop is good too. Decisions, decisions......................................
**It's a tough job finding the perfect ride boy ** Thanks Speights :oi-grr:

[SPman]

"ride boy"?


oh yea - thats what they call them now..!

[RiderInBlack]

Well "Roxanne's" up a running. Shake-down runs have gone smoothly, but unfortunately I am fully booked for fu*ken horse shoeing this WE:stupid: Well you cann't win them all Mate. Will have to catch a ride out with you another day Death:wavey:

[chickenfunkstar]

Not sure if you guys are going to take old north > peak rd > SH16, or are planning to take old north rd all the way to helensville.

If you do take old north all the way to helensville there's quite a nasty pot hole a couple corners past the old noth / peak rd intersection.

Just thought i'd give you guys the warning.

[DEATH_INC.]

Not sure of the names of the roads,but we come out by dairyflat,not helensville....thanks for the warning though.
The weathers looking a bit dodgy for tomorrow,you guys still wanna go?
I'm thinking we'll have a second look at wellsford , if it's good, up through paparoa to oakliegh then maybe around through dargaville,back through the paparoa rd then down to waipu then back home via 16 again.

[SixPackBack]

Not sure of the names of the roads,but we come out by dairyflat,not helensville....thanks for the warning though.
The weathers looking a bit dodgy for tomorrow,you guys still wanna go?
I'm thinking we'll have a second look at wellsford , if it's good, up through paparoa to oakliegh then maybe around through dargaville,back through the paparoa rd then down to waipu then back home via 16 again.

I'm still keen, regardless of the weather

[loosebruce]

I'll still turn up no matter the weather, see who else shows etc, dont mind a little rain,, shitte at the moment maybe it'll blow over by the morning, and if we head far enough north it may fine up, who knows, will see in the morning.

[Zed]

I'll still turn up no matter the weather, see who else shows etc, dont mind a little rain...How about if it's thunder & lightning like outside at the moment!? WOW that thundercrack seemed to be only 10m above my roof!!!

Hope it blows over and you guys get a good blast up north! :ride:

[DEATH_INC.]

Sweet,as long as it aint bucketing down I'll see yers there.

[Bleck K6]

Well its not rainin here at the moment,clouds have broken up.lots of blue sky.hopefully it dries up.

[pyrocam]

My ride right ride safe course because metservice report high wind and heavy rain. just FYI. it LOOKs like the perfect day form riding from here (central/west ak)

but like femme. im too slow for this one anyway. have fun guys

[justsomeguy]

See you there!!

[justsomeguy]

Woohooooo!!!!!! :banana:

Just got back around 25 mins ago......

Awesome ride guys.....

Quite a few of us turned up, from memory:

Death, Draco, Loosebruce, SixpackBack, Another yellow Gixxer 1000(or was it a 600), a silver GSXR750, MikeL, Another bike that looked like mike and me....(that's all I think)......apologies if I missed anyone.

First stop was at wellsford which I mistook for an early lunch break so went about tightening my chain.....:weird: ......sorry for holding you guys up....and thanks for giving it a final check and giving it the OK DEATH. :yes:

Went up north down some lovely roads and had a great time. I think todays ride was almost as long as yesterdays ride - maybe bout a bit shorter....

Lunch was very nice at a nice little restaurant called Mondos....since we had been riding for a while I was REALLLYYYYYY hungry so to the amusement of others ate like an absolute pig.....:laugh:

Luckily the weather wasn't too bad and mostly quite bearable the whole day.

Surprisingly I had NO moments today :ride: ..... riding on a near bald back tyre I had a few pretty bad wobbles in the heavy rain but luckily I was expecting it to jump around at that moment and managed to control it by standing up and letting the bike finish its dance under me. I hope I didn't give you guys following me a fright....

Also I apologise to any of you who were offended by my overtaking, I had full visibility in all those situations and pulled out and ahead only after making sure the road was clear ahead even going to the extent of standing up to look over blind crests which those of you who ride with me know I do a lot. Once again I'm sorry for any issues caused.

Highlight of the day for me was when DEATH passed me for the first time in the day doing a 10-o-clock wheelie.... the last time I saw a wheelie that high was at the Taupo track day :2thumbsup

JSG

[MikeL]

Today's ride had a bit of everything: some dry roads, some wet roads, some gravel roads, some sunshine, some rain, some wind, some magic moments, some "oh shit" moments...
But even at its worst, it beat sitting at home watching TV...
Embarrassing confession from the geographically challenged: here I was thinking the next stop was Dargaville and we arrived at Whangarei. Doh!
But I discovered some new roads...
Great ride.

Today's tip: anyone thinking of ordering lunch at Mondos in Whangarei: remember that the first to order is the last to get served.

[justsomeguy]

Today's tip: anyone thinking of ordering lunch at Mondos in Whangarei: remember that the first to order is the last to get served.

Hehehhe - for a moment there I thought someone was going to get a beating. :bash:

What does your signature mean?? What language is it?

[justsomeguy]

Hey - John - we went down that same road we all rode on your ride - today:ride:

[MikeL]

What does your signature mean?? What language is it?

It's Latin. It means "If you can read this, you're over-educated".

[Zed]

It means "If you can read this, you're over-educated".Lol, now you're talking Mike!

Glad you guys had a good ride today. And about this waiting for your order business...I really hate it when I order for two and one plate arrives 20mins before the other, so much for dinner 'together'!

[SixPackBack]

Lol, now you're talking Mike!

Glad you guys had a good ride today. And about this waiting for your order business...I really hate it when I order for two and one plate arrives 20mins before the other, so much for dinner 'together'!

Was a good day....the usuall howthefuckdoeshedoit wheelies from death.....look forward to when it's a little drier

[Zed]

Was a good day....the usuall howthefuckdoeshedoit wheelies from death.....look forward to when it's a little drierHehe, coming from the guy riding a virtual wheelie (http://www.motorcycle.com/mo_photo.motml?do_what=display&targeted_zone=Sportbikes_Top&url=/mo/mccompare/03_BestOfBest/.full/03_BofB_Gixxer_Wheelie.jpg) machine??

[SixPackBack]

Hehe, coming from the guy riding a virtual wheelie (http://www.motorcycle.com/mo_photo.motml?do_what=display&targeted_zone=Sportbikes_Top&url=/mo/mccompare/03_BestOfBest/.full/03_BofB_Gixxer_Wheelie.jpg) machine??


Need some lesson's.....

[Zed]

Need some lesson's.....You were riding with the right teachers today, you should have just asked. :Punk:

[justsomeguy]

Need some lesson's.....

Yeah matey......... for future reference...... Death and LooseBruce are among the best on KB.... in that they have heaps of track, off-road, public road experience.........and crash experience too.....:whistle:

You should also PM either Doug (Dougie)....or His Lordship Frosty for some serious tutoring..... if they are available........ all have pretty busy schedules (work, family, etc)

[loosebruce]

[QUOTE=justsomeguy]Yeah matey......... for future reference...... Death and LooseBruce are among the best on KB.... in that they have heaps of track, off-road, public road experience.........and crash experience too.....:whistle:

QUOTE]

What experience Death lacks on the track he makes up for on off road and what expericence i lack off road i make up on the track, both got a fair bit of public er track experience, although Death with the extra 30 years on me, and i think i'm catching him on crash experience, wont be long now old man.

Good day all n all, was waiting for the thunder and hail to break out as we had every other type of conditions today. Good to meet Ian and Kev, i wasn't really on it early on, could've been something to do with the 10mins sleep i got last night, had a few dumb moments :oi-grr: but after lunch i started to wake up a bit more and got my shit sorted, so to speak and me and Death put on some good pace up front, after chasing down a few riders, one on a busa :Punk: one a 996S and the other a new Repsol Blade with 1000kms on it, only he dropped it in the garage this morning, doh. As starnge as it sounds my best riding today was in the wet, felt really comfy and smooth (apart from trying to back the bike into a corner the wrong way, nice tar slicks)

Cheers for the company all, and catching Zed by Whenupai who was sleathly avoiding several cop cars :ride:

Till next weekend, but i cant wait that long so i'll hit 22 at some stage this week and waste more money on gas :no:

[BigB]

Glade you guys have a good ride.

Saw you just south of the Dargaville turn off heading north, we we're in the tin top heading back to AK. All I could think was bastards!! having fun on the bike while I'm stuck in the car.

Then to make matters worse we get overtaken by about 20 bikes just before Wellsford, most of them Ducati's.

God I hate not being on the bike when there's traffic!!

cheers