PDA

View Full Version : Auckland Rescue Helicopter Ride


meteor
26th February 2012, 19:53
Travelling out for a trail ride this morning I headed south at the Highbrook on ramp and saw a the biggest group ride ever! There were bikes solid in lane 3 as far as I could see. I finally got to the end of the group as I was going under the Manukau off overpass. Holy cow, that's bloody impressive, never seen anything like it. For those that don't know Highbrook to Manukau is about 6 km ish, and I was going the opposite way at 100kph. Wonder how many riders there were? hundreds...
iYRe
26th February 2012, 20:31
no idea.. but I was in the middle somewhere, right behind hellokitty :P
psykonosis
26th February 2012, 20:47
Pity that you weren't there to join us! It was an excellent turn out today
hellokitty
27th February 2012, 11:37
no idea.. but I was in the middle somewhere, right behind hellokitty :P

:lol: Yeah I am hard to miss!
Murray
27th February 2012, 11:56
Yeah I saw you and you were not WAVING. How rude
hellokitty
27th February 2012, 12:39
Yeah I saw you and you were not WAVING. How rude

:mad: OMG how rude! Burn him!!!!!!!!


or are you talking about me? :crazy: if so whoops
TrentNz
27th February 2012, 13:32
Jeez most ive ever seen was 20-30 riders
must of been a helluva sight
meteor
27th February 2012, 13:46
must of been a helluva sight

Absolutely was (despite the lack of waving and yellow invincibility vests) was bloody awesome and if I hadn't promised the sons a day at Thundercross I'd have been there. Really suprised it wasn't on the news... probably coz it was a good news story about bikers, the filthy unwashed heathens, no one wants to hear that!
iYRe
27th February 2012, 16:44
:lol: Yeah I am hard to miss!

hard enough.. I was following behind so I had plenty of time to figure out who it was :P
Sis
27th February 2012, 21:35
Wonder how many riders there were? hundreds...

Over 500 bikes :cool:
The most for the Helicopter Ride has been 1500, when it was thought that we would be forced to stop doing it anymore.

Now there are so many other bike events on that 500 is a good number.

Always looking for ways to increase numbers without distracting from the purpose of the ride.
Sis
27th February 2012, 21:38
Absolutely was (despite the lack of waving and yellow invincibility vests) was bloody awesome and if I hadn't promised the sons a day at Thundercross I'd have been there. Really suprised it wasn't on the news... probably coz it was a good news story about bikers, the filthy unwashed heathens, no one wants to hear that!

We are always trying to get TV coverage.
And I think you are right- not interested when it is good news.

There were a few people on the overbridges but did any of the cagers really know that we were supporting the Helicopter that everyone uses
hellokitty
29th February 2012, 08:01
I wonder how much money was raised?
I thought ordering the badges was a good idea, as apparently in previous years, there have been badges left over and money lost that way. So pre-paying makes more sense.
iYRe
29th February 2012, 08:26
I wonder how much money was raised?
I thought ordering the badges was a good idea, as apparently in previous years, there have been badges left over and money lost that way. So pre-paying makes more sense.

yeah.. also the westpac helicopter caps.. wickedly good.. I have a bunch of caps from various places (working in IT, alot of our vendors give us things like that), but the westpac ones.. really good.
Old Steve
29th February 2012, 19:19
I wonder how much money was raised?
I thought ordering the badges was a good idea, as apparently in previous years, there have been badges left over and money lost that way. So pre-paying makes more sense.

On charity rides I don't take a badge, its an extra cost so it doesnt go to the charity. I just make my donation, take whatever raffle ticket is going, and ride.

Badges cost the organisers about $5 or more, so more than half of the donations dont go to the charity but to the badge manufacturer.

BOYCOTT CHARITY RIDE BADGES!
nzvlogger
29th February 2012, 19:23
heres the video... uploading now... taking ages lol itl work whenits finsihed uploading
hellokitty
1st March 2012, 08:10
On charity rides I don't take a badge, its an extra cost so it doesnt go to the charity. I just make my donation, take whatever raffle ticket is going, and ride.

Badges cost the organisers about $5 or more, so more than half of the donations dont go to the charity but to the badge manufacturer.

BOYCOTT CHARITY RIDE BADGES!

awwww thanks for spoiling that for me.
So are we not to buy them? Then those that have badges like WIMA for the pink ribbon ride will be left with unsold badges and they lose money? Is that better?
So why do they sell the badges if they only make a few bucks? I must ask the girls on the next WIMA ride why they do badges if it is such a bad thing.
iYRe
11th March 2012, 16:46
has anyone heard how many bikes were there yet? Someone was counting with a clicker.. enquiring minds...
hellokitty
11th March 2012, 21:04
has anyone heard how many bikes were there yet? Someone was counting with a clicker.. enquiring minds...

I thought the number was announced on the day as being 500ish?
iYRe
11th March 2012, 21:18
dunno.. didnt hear it.. and it seemed like more to me lol