Coromandel in the dark

[Blackbird]

As soon as I get home from work tonight, the Blackbird is getting wheeled out and I'm off from Tokoroa to Coromandel Township. It's the first time I've been up the Thames coast road in the dark since fitting twin 100 W Xenon bulbs - should be awesome in the twisties.

Night riding is great fun, made even better riding by the water in pitch black conditions and minimal traffic. Hope that it's a magic run.

Nice to have a 3 day working week for a change :whistle: See y'all when I get back on Sunday night :ride:

[feistyredhead]

As soon as I get home from work tonight, the Blackbird is getting wheeled out and I'm off from Tokoroa to Coromandel Township. It's the first time I've been up the Thames coast road in the dark since fitting twin 100 W Xenon bulbs - should be awesome in the twisties.

Night riding is great fun, made even better riding by the water in pitch black conditions and minimal traffic. Hope that it's a magic run.

Nice to have a 3 day working week for a change :whistle: See y'all when I get back on Sunday night :ride:

cool good for you..nice to see i am not the only one from this neck of the woods have fun and watch out for the nutters....and no i do not mean me! :scooter: :bye:

[vifferman]

Bastard.

As soon as I get home tonight, I think I'll sit in the gargre and sulk.

[Blackbird]

Hiya Feisty

Thought that there were only a couple of us from Tokoroa - great to see someone else!

Hello Ian - have been suffering withdrawal symptoms since the Southern Cross, need to get a decent ride in! It's not all play though - got to move furniture for the carpet layers. Yeah, bet you're really sympathetic :motu:

Geoff

[mstriumph]

:grouphug: commiserations
Bastard.

As soon as I get home tonight, I think I'll sit in the gargre and sulk.

[vifferman]

:grouphug: commiserations
That's very kind of you.
At least I didn't post my original reply, which had to do with death... LPG... big explosion... house and family in fragments...

[Hammer]

Let me know how those bulbs go Blackbird as I have some on order. Enjoy the ride.

[Pixie]

So nothing's melted yet,then?

[idb]

As soon as I get home from work tonight, the Blackbird is getting wheeled out and I'm off from Tokoroa to Coromandel Township. It's the first time I've been up the Thames coast road in the dark since fitting twin 100 W Xenon bulbs - should be awesome in the twisties.

Night riding is great fun, made even better riding by the water in pitch black conditions and minimal traffic. Hope that it's a magic run.

Nice to have a 3 day working week for a change :whistle: See y'all when I get back on Sunday night :ride:
I rode over the Haast and up to Fox in the dark earlier this year.
Possums were the biggest worry - they all seemed to appear at the same time.

[outlawtorn]

enjoy the ride, I'll be doing it in October, but during the day though!

[Blackbird]

The trip to Coromandel on the 'bird in the dark last Weds night was superb. Virtually nothing on the road except for me and my thoughts. The run up the coast road was nothing short of sublime with the calm water reflecting all the stars and ripples. The only drawback was that for the last 50 km of the trip, the cool conditions had made my bladder fill and I REALLY felt every bump in the road. Come on female KiwiBikers, you know that guys never stop for anything when on a journey! I had a couple of days on my own working at the bach and on Friday afternoon, rode 50 km back down to Thames to meet my wife on her way up from Tokoroa.

Several hundred bucks the poorer after a bit of shopping, she got away to Coromandel in her MX5 whilst I was still kitting up so it was a great excuse to have a bit of a chase. Just north of Thames, I came whistling round a bend to find a Highway Patrol car pointing towards me. Fortunately, the occupants were stopping southbound traffic for some unknown reason so it was a bit of a let-off. After that, the rest of the trip was pure magic, one of those rides when you can drop into a "Zen state" and travel rapidly and ride well with no apparent effort - wish all rides were like that! The trip home was a bit of a mission yesterday with torrential rain and gale force winds. At one stage, I got blown across the road and also had a 2-wheeled slide when I rode over a slick strip of tar on a bend near Paeroa. Nonetheless, it was still quite enjoyable and was a good skills refresher.

All in all, a great few days - pity about having to go to work!

[LB]

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Good to hear you had a great ride and that you're back safe and sound Blackbird.

While you've been away a new KBer from your neck of the woods has signed up.
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