placidfemme
12th September 2005, 07:56
Date: Sunday 11th Sept 05
Destination: Wellsford (178km+/-)
Bikers Confirmed: 20 odd (52 on actual ride)
Well the day started off good. The plan for the day was to take Sam on a slow/medium group for her first group ride… well slow went out the window… as did medium lol Had a lot of bikers saying “If this is a slow/medium ride then I’m not going on any fast rides” lol
Started off meeting Bugjuice, Gr81 and a few others at Cyclespot in Takapuna, then had a quick blat up Upper Harbour Dr to the gas station there to wait for someone who didn’t show up (or just a miscommunication…) had fun watching Bugjuice and gentleman on the GSX1000R pulling wheelies with the cager in the lane next to them looking pretty shocked lol
Arrived at Shell Westgate and was totally surprised to see the amount of bikes already there and still about 15+ minutes for more to arrive…
Again another fantastic turn-out… Sports bikes, Cruisers, a Goldwing, Moto Guzzi, dirt bikes, young, old, men and women
I must admit my organization skills in regards to the ride were rather crap and I constantly had people asking me what the plan was, where and when and so forth lol.
The ride up to Kaukopakopa was choice… good weather and just a slight amount of drizzle. Only had one breakdown (not sure what caused it but apparently some smoke was involved). After our brief stop at Kaukopakopa we continued on to Wellsford via Old North Road. Managed to get my bike up to 170kph without shitting myself… and didn’t have any “close” calls at all this ride. I managed to keep up with a few of the bigger bikes… spent a lot of time following the guy on the yellow bike (has an X in the number plate lol… I know I’m shocking).
Got to Wellsford where even more bikes from up North had been waiting… Finally got to meet a few more KBer’s that don’t come down to Auckland much… also got to meet John and give him shit about my alarm (lol) and tried my best not to drool on his bike *sigh*
After about a 25 min stop at Wellsford gas station, a few dropped off to do some off roading, a few split to head up North for the “fast ride” and the rest of us cruised down SH1 to Puhoi pub and chilled out there for some time. Then all split our own ways back to Auckland.
Thanks to everyone for showing up. Thanks to everyone for putting up with my not so great organization skills lol and again thanks to Bugjuice and Crashe for helping out with directions, leading, following and general support. You guys rock!
I’ve only been on two KB rides, and both times I’ve enjoyed the company of everyone I’d meet, and learnt some good lines following the more experienced riders and got to push myself a little bit further.
So yeah all in all a great ride.
Can’t wait for the next one!
(pictures have been posted in the original thread)
Destination: Wellsford (178km+/-)
Bikers Confirmed: 20 odd (52 on actual ride)
Well the day started off good. The plan for the day was to take Sam on a slow/medium group for her first group ride… well slow went out the window… as did medium lol Had a lot of bikers saying “If this is a slow/medium ride then I’m not going on any fast rides” lol
Started off meeting Bugjuice, Gr81 and a few others at Cyclespot in Takapuna, then had a quick blat up Upper Harbour Dr to the gas station there to wait for someone who didn’t show up (or just a miscommunication…) had fun watching Bugjuice and gentleman on the GSX1000R pulling wheelies with the cager in the lane next to them looking pretty shocked lol
Arrived at Shell Westgate and was totally surprised to see the amount of bikes already there and still about 15+ minutes for more to arrive…
Again another fantastic turn-out… Sports bikes, Cruisers, a Goldwing, Moto Guzzi, dirt bikes, young, old, men and women
I must admit my organization skills in regards to the ride were rather crap and I constantly had people asking me what the plan was, where and when and so forth lol.
The ride up to Kaukopakopa was choice… good weather and just a slight amount of drizzle. Only had one breakdown (not sure what caused it but apparently some smoke was involved). After our brief stop at Kaukopakopa we continued on to Wellsford via Old North Road. Managed to get my bike up to 170kph without shitting myself… and didn’t have any “close” calls at all this ride. I managed to keep up with a few of the bigger bikes… spent a lot of time following the guy on the yellow bike (has an X in the number plate lol… I know I’m shocking).
Got to Wellsford where even more bikes from up North had been waiting… Finally got to meet a few more KBer’s that don’t come down to Auckland much… also got to meet John and give him shit about my alarm (lol) and tried my best not to drool on his bike *sigh*
After about a 25 min stop at Wellsford gas station, a few dropped off to do some off roading, a few split to head up North for the “fast ride” and the rest of us cruised down SH1 to Puhoi pub and chilled out there for some time. Then all split our own ways back to Auckland.
Thanks to everyone for showing up. Thanks to everyone for putting up with my not so great organization skills lol and again thanks to Bugjuice and Crashe for helping out with directions, leading, following and general support. You guys rock!
I’ve only been on two KB rides, and both times I’ve enjoyed the company of everyone I’d meet, and learnt some good lines following the more experienced riders and got to push myself a little bit further.
So yeah all in all a great ride.
Can’t wait for the next one!
(pictures have been posted in the original thread)