North Auckland Ride This Saturday – 23/07/05 [Archive]

Zed

19th July 2005, 23:44

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Meeting Place: Shell Service Station, Westgate, Auckland.

Destination: Waipu Cove for lunch.

Time: 9.15 am to depart at 9.30 am sharp. Should be back in Ak around 2-3 pm.

Note: Weather permitting. I will not be riding if it’s wet!

Ride at “your own pace” and enjoy!

I hope to see you there. :wavey:

Zed

Waylander

20th July 2005, 00:43

Why do you peaple always make these in black? Gets annoying for us darksiders.

chickenfunkstar

20th July 2005, 18:49

Count me in.

I'm assuming you don't mind waiting at major intersections etc.
I know you're quite a quick rider.

Zed

20th July 2005, 18:55

Count me in.

I'm assuming you don't mind waiting at major intersections etc.
I know you're quite a quick rider.Hi man, you're from Helensville so you should know SH16 well enough to know the route to Wellsford (1st stop) then up SH1 to Maungawhai Rd turnoff through to Maungawhai (2nd stop) then on to Waipu Cove for lunch. Probably ride same way back! You'll be sweet as on your SV. :Punk:

I just want a:sunny:fine:sunny:day for it, that's all I'm asking!

Madmax

20th July 2005, 19:10

may be in just need to work around house hunting stuff
:devil2:

chickenfunkstar

20th July 2005, 19:10

Cool bananas.
I'm not ultra slow, but i'm not an overly quick rider.
I can find my way up old north rd > peak rd > SH16 ok.
Bit unsure after that though.

oldfart

20th July 2005, 19:13

I'm a definite starter :ride:

pyrocam

20th July 2005, 19:20

posting a 'pencil me in'

Motu

20th July 2005, 20:02

I'm doing an arvo ride up that way - but you won't see me.

Rincewind

20th July 2005, 20:18

God how old am I, I knew the song as soon as I saw the first line,must go polish me zimmer !!!!

oldfart

20th July 2005, 21:12

I'm doing an arvo ride up that way - but you won't see me.

Thanks for the warning. Guess ya won't see me neither :whistle:

MikeL

20th July 2005, 21:42

Not SH 16 again? This is getting boring...

:whistle:

J/k
See ya there.

Motu

20th July 2005, 22:09

Not SH 16 again? This is getting boring...

:whistle:

J/k
See ya there.

There are other roads north,if you know where to find them.... :ride:

loosebruce

21st July 2005, 01:02

If by some freak miracle the missus is working i'll come out, here's hoping.

Madmax

21st July 2005, 22:44

bugger i have to take the ZX10R for a service
may chase down the 250 riders later though
:devil2:

steved

22nd July 2005, 18:04

If postponed till Sunday due to weather, I'll be there.

mini_me

22nd July 2005, 19:15

justsomeguy

22nd July 2005, 19:34

well ill be there sun or rain. i gotta head all the way up to whangarei this weekend and a nice jaunt up 16 should balance out a shitty week.
m/m

hey mate hows the new 400 going?? Happy to maintain $2.00 like your ZXR??

mini_me

22nd July 2005, 19:54

hey mate hows the new 400 going?? Happy to maintain $2.00 like your ZXR??

its all a lie i tell you.

RiderInBlack

22nd July 2005, 20:47

Watch-out for me and "Roxanne" heading the otherway:ride: Going down to Taupo Sat morning. Might see you guys at Wellsford Caltex:Punk:

2_SL0

22nd July 2005, 22:36

For us slow of learning peeps where is Westgate Shell Station. As I may pop up, its this or my beloved 22.

Zed

22nd July 2005, 22:41

For us slow of learning peeps where is Westgate Shell Station. As I may pop up, its this or my beloved 22.Hi Kawa, simply get on the North Western motorway from town heading out west Auckland and go right to the end of the motorway, turn left at the lights and it's 400m along on the LH side of the road. :ride:

Ps. The North Western motorway is actually SH16.

Zed

22nd July 2005, 22:56

Zeddy.

If you are coming back near silverdale at all, why dont you drop by Silverdale ambo station since I'll be working there tomorrow.
Just come past..if I'm there I am.. if not.. then I'm not.
That goes for anyone in the area wishing to have coffee/smoke/chat.. whatever.Will do if time allows Speedy!

FEINT

22nd July 2005, 23:31

Will be meeting up with you all at Westgate. Won't be riding to Wellsford, will turn off at Kaukapakapa. See you all in the morning.

:D

MagicMarker

22nd July 2005, 23:34

Will be going aswell if the weather is good, but not all the way to Wellsford. To kaukapakapa aswell, following feint :D

mini_me

23rd July 2005, 08:05

It appears SOMEONE at PAPAKURA station has phoned in sick for their 9 to 9 shift..... I wonder who that could be..hmmmm:whistle:

You have a couple of hours to redeem your self and phone in UNSICK so i dont have to go all the way down there.....you know who I'm talking about miss SV rider.:mad:

ahahahahahahahaha
sorry for laughing but it is funny.
m/m

Zed

23rd July 2005, 08:05

Ride is a go!

Weather from here in Hobsonville looking okay, overcast with some blue sky in the background...roll on Mr :sunny:

2_SL0

23rd July 2005, 08:36

whoops, slept in a little.

chickenfunkstar

23rd July 2005, 08:47

Weather seems ok from where I am.
Roads should be pretty dry.
See you all soon. :ride:

mini_me

23rd July 2005, 08:47

anyone thats coming along got a vfr400 toolkit?
i need to borrow the c-spanner to adjust the chain
m/m

sorry fullas, not gonna be able to make the ride on time
need to fix my chain
m/m

Riff Raff

23rd July 2005, 10:15

Matt... cancel that meeting at silverdale.

It appears SOMEONE at PAPAKURA station has phoned in sick for their 9 to 9 shift..... I wonder who that could be..hmmmm:whistle:
So I get a friken phone call from Muzz at 0500 this am asking me to instead of going to Silverdale (9ks from home) could I go to Paps (50ks from home).
I told him I aint going that far.. so now I have to go to Mt Well and pick up an amb and then go to Paps at 0900..... SO.. You have a couple of hours to redeem your self and phone in UNSICK so i dont have to go all the way down there.....you know who I'm talking about miss SV rider.:mad:
Casting aspersions on my good character Mr Speedy?????? Since you're sitting right next to me and we are working together I will be expecting lots of chocolate today to make up for your slurs. But oh how convenient, you have forgotten your wallet!!!!

White trash

23rd July 2005, 10:17

Working together? Ummmm, seems to me you're hanging around doing sweet FA.

Riff Raff

23rd July 2005, 10:21

Working together? Ummmm, seems to me you're hanging around doing sweet FA.
We're making sure Pukekohe is safe from hoons on motorbikes and youngsters thinking they know how to drift.

Zed

23rd July 2005, 12:56

Working together? Ummmm, seems to me you're hanging around doing sweet FA.So what's your excuse for being anti-social and not riding with us 2day WT? :whistle:

oldfart

23rd July 2005, 12:58

Cheers for the ride Zed. Nice tootle in the countryside. Look forward to the next one :ride:

Zed

23rd July 2005, 13:14

Well about 10 bikes turned up at Westgate for a 9.40am departure. Roads were still dampish with patches of dry coming through pretty much all the way to Wellsford. At the start of Peak Rd Bruce and I swapped bikes until Kaukop and I had my first ever ride on a Gixxer1000 - what a rocket!! Several riders only went as far as Kaukop and then turned off to Silverdale. I had a couple of minor hairy moments in the wet up to Wellsford with the rear end of my 'Bird sliding about a foot, once on a white line and the other time thru a puddle...was still fun.

We all stopped at Wellsford where we had a snack and a chat for 20mins (we were joined by the infamous RiderInBlack who escorted us back to Ak) and decided it was looking too wet up north so back to Auckland we went. Road was predominately dry on the way back down so we opened it up a bit more and had a blast! Joined up along the way with some Ducati riders who were keeping a good pace...not fast enuf for Loosebruce though!

Nice to meet some more KBers for the first time: motobob, oldfart, etc.

Pity about the rain but them's the breaks. Looking forward to the next ride! :Punk:

Zed

Zed

23rd July 2005, 13:17

anyone thats coming along got a vfr400 toolkit?
i need to borrow the c-spanner to adjust the chain
m/m

sorry fullas, not gonna be able to make the ride on time
need to fix my chain
m/mToo bad you couldn't join us dude, I saw you riding north as we were coming south thru Kaukaupakaupa, looks like you got your chain sorted! :yes:

motobob

23rd July 2005, 13:25

Zed

23rd July 2005, 13:40

Ta for the ride 2day Zed. It was good to get out there and meet you guys. I had a lotta fun 2day. It would have been cool if the road had stayed dry into Wellsford but then again I need to build that wet road confidence. Yeah cool ride.Nice bike you got there man, you kept up with the pace at the front well!

Roll on summer! :sunny::ride::sunny:

chickenfunkstar

23rd July 2005, 14:25

Cheers for the ride Zed. Shame about the weather on the way up. Was quite nice on the way back though.
I followed SH16 back to Helensville but decided I couldn't resist one last lap of old north rd before going home. I was just behind Zed, LooseBruce and motobob as they turned off peak rd on to old north rd.

P.s. That was some pretty impressive 'monocycling' near the end by LooseBruce and Zed. Certainly put a smile on my face :)

loosebruce

23rd July 2005, 15:52

Yep good ride today guys, good company, the wet roads didn't worry me too much, only in the dry my rear tyre was scearming enough abuse, so a quick trip into see Chris at Haldanes had me rolling out on a 2nd hand racetec all ready for the Sunday ride and Taupo track on tuesday, will put the racetec front on, on monday, and leave whats left of the power for tomorrow's ride, just in case the weather turns shitte. And hoping my new tyres turn up by the time the racetecs are toast (7 days).
Good to meet RIB, Motobob (catch ya on monday :Punk: ), Zed, how soon until you buy a Gixer?, Feint and M/maker, bummer you couldn't come all the way, MikeL again, man you must rack up the K's mike, Oldfart, love the sound of your Kawka GPZ mate, and Chickenfunkstar, good pace near the end mate, nice riding, Ninja Boy and one other sorry didn't catch your name.

Until next weekend, only the missus spat the dummy and said no riding next weekend, :mad: , as i went riding last sunday, then riding wedensday, then test rode a K5 on thurs, ride today, ride tomorrow and then the track on tuesday, not enough cuddly time according to her, damn it all. maybe she'll come around.

Cool

Zed

23rd July 2005, 16:03

Zed, how soon until you buy a Gixer?I'm not quite sick of the Blackbird yet Bruce. You never know though, I am a frequenter of TradeMe Motorcycles so if the right deal comes along...:Punk:

Madmax

23rd July 2005, 16:21

had to have a service done (2 hours plus)
they found a noise behind the clutch
(i thought they all had it,has had it from new)
may be a faulty alternator gear drive
(I just thought it was noise from the slipper clutch)
had to content myself with a blat round the piha road
sort of slow like (not), as i dont want to damage any thing.
the new muffler sounds flatter the the orginal and has
a nice burbble about it
:devil2:

2_SL0

23rd July 2005, 17:05

Im just to lazy and slept in, soz. I did mow my lawns if that counts.

Zed

23rd July 2005, 17:09

Im just to lazy and slept in, soz. I did mow my lawns if that counts.You are a disgrace to mankind!

MikeL

23rd July 2005, 17:18

man you must rack up the K's mike

23,000 since I bought the XJR just over a year ago. Almost all weekend riding since I use the Honda for commuting.
At least Kawagreen gets to mow his lawns...

Weather was a bit of a disappointment considering today's forecast. However the roads were mainly dry until Wellsford, so not too bad.

NhuanH

23rd July 2005, 18:07

[Originally Posted by Kawagreen
Im just to lazy and slept in, soz. I did mow my lawns if that counts.]

You are a disgrace to mankind!
I don't think you woulda liked the ride anyways P. Your Ninja may have gotten dirty.... :shake:

justsomeguy

23rd July 2005, 18:16

Hey Zed - was that you and Loosebruce or some other silver gixxer we saw today?? Was somewhere along the route between 11:30 -12:30ish......??

We were about 9-10 250's.........

Zed

23rd July 2005, 18:23

Hey Zed - was that you and Loosebruce or some other silver gixxer we saw today?? Was somewhere along the route between 11:30 -12:30ish......??

We were about 9-10 250's.........Yep that waz us, I waved to ALL of you and only 3 or 4 waved back...I'm deeply brassed off with the lot of you! :mad:

Seriously though hehe, I saw you were about 4th from the front, think I saw crashe too coming about 2nd to last?

Joni

23rd July 2005, 18:25

You are a disgrace to mankind!
As always mate - you have a way with words :rofl:

Zed

23rd July 2005, 18:28

As always mate - you have a way with words :rofl:I'll feel horrible if he takes me seriously? :pinch:

Thanks Jo! :spudwave:

justsomeguy

23rd July 2005, 18:41

Yep that waz us, I waved to ALL of you and only 3 or 4 waved back...I'm deeply brassed off with the lot of you! :mad:

Seriously though hehe, I saw you were about 4th from the front, think I saw crashe too coming about 2nd to last?

Yeah -was caught up in traffic. I did lead for a while until.....:weird: (but I got to work on my lines they are crap)

Later we sort of got separated...... 4 of us idiots wanting more value for our money - more than a $1.00 took off and left the pack behind then stopped to regroup and then realised we morons didn't know where we were going......:wait:

Several text's, calls and about nearly an hour later we rejoined the group at their lunch stop........

Zed

23rd July 2005, 18:45

Later we sort of got separated...... 4 of us idiots wanting more value for our money - more than a $1.00 took off and left the pack behind then stopped to regroup and then realised we morons didn't know where we were going......:wait:

Several text's, calls and about nearly an hour later we rejoined the group at their lunch stop........Tut tut, you've done that b4 havn't you Mr J! :nono:

You need to save your pennies and invest in a full GPS navigational system. :scratch:

2_SL0

23rd July 2005, 18:47

I don't think you woulda liked the ride anyways P. Your Ninja may have gotten dirty.... :shake:

LOLOL, It would just give me a excuse to clean the bike. Infact ill clean it anyway. I did go for a short ride out to Puke so it needs a full strip down and clean. Havent done one since last week. :yes:

FEINT

24th July 2005, 09:01

LOLOL, It would just give me a excuse to clean the bike. Infact ill clean it anyway. I did go for a short ride out to Puke so it needs a full strip down and clean. Havent done one since last week. :yes:

Must be the colour GREEN that gets dirty easily! he he he

Thanks ZED for the ride! It was great as usual. Enjoyed it, but had to hang back with m/marker... Had to also turn off at Kaukapakapa. Till next time!!

Here are the photos.... :D :D

mini_me

24th July 2005, 16:51

Too bad you couldn't join us dude, I saw you riding north as we were coming south thru Kaukaupakaupa, looks like you got your chain sorted! :yes:

yeah, i went into mt eden m/cycles and borrowed a couple of tools and took some links out of my chain and readjusted it, and by that time i was well and truly behind schedule

i didnt come across any rain on the way up except for a tiny shower when i got to wellsford but that was it

i saw all of you's on your way back and figured you can't have gone on to mangawhai

oh well next time hopefully

mini_me

Krayy

25th July 2005, 09:02

.. I had a couple of minor hairy moments in the wet up to Wellsford with the rear end of my 'Bird sliding about a foot, once on a white line and the other time thru a puddle...was still fun.
Ditto. I had to cut a few corners just to keep on the cam so I wouldn't lose too much ground on you guys due to my complete lack of acceleration, and had the back slide once or twice on the white lines. Also on the way back to Akl, was on the inside of a left hander and hit some bare tar, which had me uncerimoniously sliding back on to the rougher stuff.

We all stopped at Wellsford where we had a snack and a chat for 20mins (we were joined by the infamous RiderInBlack who escorted us back to Ak) and decided it was looking too wet up north so back to Auckland we went.
Hell, I shoulda stuck with you guys for another 10 minutes then. As it was, my plan to get back in time for the 250 ride feel through. Got stuck for 10 mins at the long bit of road works north of Kaukap and didn't make it back in time. Excellent ride to where I left you guys though. Now to work on the wife to let me graduate to a 600 something-or-other.

Krayy

25th July 2005, 09:03

Must be the colour GREEN that gets dirty easily! he he he

Thanks ZED for the ride! It was great as usual. Enjoyed it, but had to hang back with m/marker... Had to also turn off at Kaukapakapa. Till next time!!

Here are the photos.... :D :D
Hey Feint,

Thats a neat trick, taking photos and making sure that you're in them :clap:

FEINT

25th July 2005, 11:06

Hey Feint,

Thats a neat trick, taking photos and making sure that you're in them :clap:

hehehe.. magicmarker actually took the photos...... i just posted them. He is too lazy to post them..

You should be a little worried if I get photos and I am in them..... you don't know who / what is watching you hehheheh :clap: :clap: