Come one Come all

[strayjuliet]

As the title says, Wolf and I would like to meet other KB'ers around the area, so we have thought of having a BBQ lunch at our place on the 19th november 2005 at around noon. We would like to meet riders from Auckland and other areas as well. So those of you out there who would like to come please do - as it is a lunch time BBQ, you should have time to get here and home again afterwards. You can pm myself or Wolf for more details. Bring the family and make a day of it! kids also welcome (we have a big fully fenced yard for the kiddies so they will be safe.)

Usual deal: BYO drinks and something to throw on the BBQ, maybe even a salad for those who are not pure carnivores...
Please note: If bringing alcoholic drinks, please bring your own designated driver/rider.

[Zapf]

could be a plan... :spudwave:

[TonyB]

Come one, come all? For a moment there I thought you were organising an orgy...

[Sniper]

Dirty bugger

[bugjuice]

Come one, come all? For a moment there I thought you were organising an orgy...
let just stick with that idea.. I'd be up for that..

btw, where is middle earth? Kinda lost it on the map...

[ManDownUnder]

let just stick with that idea.. I'd be up for that..

btw, where is middle earth? Kinda lost it on the map...

Dunno but combine "middle earth" with the orgy idea and it kinda suggests somewhere about the groin...

Failing that - yeah - if I'm in town - I'm always up for a BBQ

[DMNTD]

Would be keen to meet some KBers for sure.
Where the heck is Narnia middle earth? In a waredrobe in Taupo?

[ManDownUnder]

Would be keen to meet some KBers for sure.
Where the heck is Narnia middle earth? In a waredrobe in Taupo?

And when the BBQ's over - and we all come out of the closet... do we all need to put on feather boas...?

... you guys all HAVE feather boas right...?

[DMNTD]

... you guys all HAVE feather boas right...?

Don't be stupid of course we do :dodge:

[strayjuliet]

Sorry people I forgot I didn't have Hamilton on there but yes it's in Hamilton. No it's not an orgy, but 1 can wish lol.

[bugjuice]

bring our own orgy then may be..?

[socialites]

So...this orgy in middle earth,its open to one???/...or to all???....mmm might just attend then...never had one in middle earth...niether in the middle of the day.....but always open to new experiences...

[socialites]

No seriousely...yes...we would be keen to join in the bbq thing...the orgy as well for that matter....lol....put us down as 2....and send some address details.

[RiderInBlack]

Please note: If bringing alcoholic drinks, please bring your own designated driver/rider.Will tent do instead? I'm not good @ sharing "Roxanne" and get might jelious if I catch her letting someone else ride her:whistle:

[DMNTD]

Will tent do instead? I'm not good @ sharing "Roxanne" and get might jelious if I catch her letting someone else ride her:whistle:

Come on now share your voluptuous "lady" with all ya nana :whistle:

[TonyB]

umm, sorry strayjuliet! I seem to have caused a slight hijacking...

[Wolf]

umm, sorry strayjuliet! I seem to have caused a slight hijacking...
Typical South Islander! Jealous that the Hamiltonians are having a BBQ and have invited the Aucklanders, BOPers, and anyone else who can get a bike to Hamilscum...

:devil2:

[strayjuliet]

Now now Wolf don't be too hard on him after all he did say sorry.

TonyB I accept your aplogies (sp) and I will let you off, this time... :devil2:

[Wolf]

Just giving this thread a "bump" so that people can see it and decide if they want to come to the BBQ.

[strayjuliet]

Yer right mr Wolf, I know you too well. :devil2:

[Wolf]

Yer right mr Wolf, I know you too well. :devil2:
Then you should know I always speak the truth...

[RiderInBlack]

Soooo, is there tent space? Cause I don't want to have to ride back to Whangarei after a few:apint:

[Wolf]

Soooo, is there tent space? Cause I don't want to have to ride back to Whangarei after a few:apint:
If you bring a sleeping bag we could peg you up on the line...


OK, maybe only if you're lighter than one of our kids - it's a stretch picking them up for a hug when you get to my age.

Not really much in the way of tent space unless you have a small tent. There's more room now we've taken down the swing-and-slide set.

[RiderInBlack]

If you bring a sleeping bag we could peg you up on the line...


OK, maybe only if you're lighter than one of our kids - it's a stretch picking them up for a hug when you get to my age.

Not really much in the way of tent space unless you have a small tent. There's more room now we've taken down the swing-and-slide set.OK, I'll leave the "Big Top" at home and only bring the little 2-man-cycle tent. You'll be surprised where I can fit that. Great for hiding your bike in a bus-stop-shelter too (See attached pics):whistle:

[strayjuliet]

OK, I'll leave the "Big Top" at home and only bring the little 2-man-cycle tent. You'll be surprised where I can fit that. Great for hiding your bike in a bus-stop-shelter too (See attached pics):whistle:

Yeah, there's plenty of space for a 2 man tent either out the front or out the back. You are more than welcome to pitch a tent and stay the night, would rather people stayed than driving/riding after a few, :drinkup:

[Lias]

*wibble*.

I may come.. its pay week n all.. Bloody long way to come thou :-P

[strayjuliet]

*wibble*.

I may come.. Bloody long way to come thou :-P

Well, you would live on that side of the river. :devil2:

[Waylander]

Ooh another BBQ.... Can meet peaple at the BK off SH1 just inside Hamilton coming in from Auckland and guide you to the spot. (is at your place aye Juliet?) Or you could take the turn off at Toupiri and get yourselfs that much closer on a road that is much more fun than SH1.

[Wonko]

There's a good chance I'll be there, even if it's only for the BBQ.

[HDTboy]

I'd be keen for that but I have a feeling I've got some Hamilton drinking buddies coming here that weekend, will confirm next week

[strayjuliet]

Ooh another BBQ.... Can meet peaple at the BK off SH1 just inside Hamilton coming in from Auckland and guide you to the spot. (is at your place aye Juliet?) Or you could take the turn off at Toupiri and get yourselfs that much closer on a road that is much more fun than SH1.

Yes it's at our place. thank you for putting ya hand up to be tour/native guide.


Or you could take the turn off at Toupiri and get yourselfs...

Lost.





Especially if you try to find a place called Toupiri instead of turning at a place called Taupiri. :devil2:

[Waylander]

Bla blah blah I don't stop to look around there I just ride through it or turn around and go down the road again.:ride:

[Wolf]

As it's this weekend, I'd best bump this up the list again...

[Phurrball]

Am investigating the logistics of Mrs P and I making our merry way down to the 'Tron for the BBQ Wolf and StrayJuliet are kindly putting on.

I'd very much like to meet a few more of the crew down that way - I'm sure LiasTZ and I will enjoy animated discussions over burned offerings and (a) brew ;)

Will let you know if we can make it...

[HDTboy]

I'm in

[Wolf]

I'd very much like to meet a few more of the crew down that way - I'm sure LiasTZ and I will enjoy animated discussions over burned offerings and (a) brew ;)
So what makes you think I'm going to let LiasTZ do the cooking?

[Phurrball]

So what makes you think I'm going to let LiasTZ do the cooking?

More of a BBQ metaphor - I'm sure if Wolf is behind the BBQ it will be meats cooked to perfection sans charring and foodbourne illness - I'll be checking your foodsafety plan! *PT*

I'll be tucking in to the plant matter personally, but I agree, it would be a worry if LiasTZ was doing the cooking ;)

[Wolf]

More of a BBQ metaphor - I'm sure if Wolf is behind the BBQ it will be meats cooked to perfection sans charring and foodbourne illness - I'll be checking your foodsafety plan! *PT*
Which, by my definition is: reheated to body temperature and still bleeding. "Of course it's ready to eat, it's stopped moving, hasn't it?" My taste for "blue" steak is legendary in some quarters: "A good vet could get it up and running again in five minutes", "he doesn't cook it, he brings it back up to body temperature", ""He doesn't actually cook his food, just shows it a photo of a candle", "he could set his plate in the corner and whistle his steak over to him" - all that and tortured squeals or plaintive "moos" when sticking the fork in...


I'll be tucking in to the plant matter personally, but I agree, it would be a worry if LiasTZ was doing the cooking ;)
Ah, a vegetarian. Very handy to know that if the meat supply is running low we have extra herbivores at hand... :devil2:

Wot? You were thinking the on-line name was just a "catchy nickname"?

A mate of mine once wrote an article for the Auckland Uni student rag entitled "Vegetarian Cooking or Cannibalism and You." Opening line: First catch your vegetarian..."

[Lias]

Which, by my definition is: reheated to body temperature and still bleeding. "Of course it's ready to eat, it's stopped moving, hasn't it?" My taste for "blue" steak is legendary in some quarters: "A good vet could get it up and running again in five minutes", "he doesn't cook it, he brings it back up to body temperature", ""He doesn't actually cook his food, just shows it a photo of a candle", "he could set his plate in the corner and whistle his steak over to him" - all that and tortured squeals or plaintive "moos" when sticking the fork in...

Hes not wrong you know.. If its warm and still mooing, he'll eat it... After hes given it his err special sauce marinade. Extra flavour he reckons *shudder*


A mate of mine once wrote an article for the Auckland Uni student rag entitled "Vegetarian Cooking or Cannibalism and You." Opening line: First catch your vegetarian..."
I think I'd have liked that man

[Phurrball]

Ah, a vegetarian. Very handy to know that if the meat supply is running low we have extra herbivores at hand... :devil2:

Like it says below...you'd have to catch me first...of course, that would be easier if I'd already been self-marinated with free beer...;)


A mate of mine once wrote an article for the Auckland Uni student rag entitled "Vegetarian Cooking or Cannibalism and You." Opening line: First catch your vegetarian..."

That sounds hilarious! If you've a copy on hand, bring it out for my edification...

[Wolf]

That sounds hilarious! If you've a copy on hand, bring it out for my edification...
I've never seen it and don't have a copy, heard about it tho'. Apparently it was aimed at the Future-Fantasy Role-Playing crowd and was not so much about cooking 'em as catching 'em - it then goes on to suggest the weapons that you could use to "catch your vegetarian" and included a variety of futuristic weapons such as "Fusion Gun, Man-Portable" that would probably either cook the vegetarian for you or ensure that all that was left would make roast quail look like a large portion...

[strayjuliet]

:woohoo: Woohoo a vegetarian to eat if meat runs low. :devil2:
Hmmm I wonder if vegetarian's taste different than a Christian?
I also wonder if my Deites would mind a vegetarian as a sacrifice rather than the traditonal Christian? :lol: soo many questions so little time, hehe.
Oh, alright, if I have to be serious :angry2: I look forward to meeting you all at our infamous BBQ.
All that are traveling I wish you a safe and happy journey, those of you in Hamilton that are gonna call over drive/ride safe.
Take care everyone, see you on Saturday.

[Waylander]

What are the plans for those comming down from Auckland(and other places north of here)? You comming down as a group or seperate? And wich way? If as a group and entering via SH1 into Hams then I can meet y'all at the same place as where folks met up here for the Waikato rally earlier this year or if you head straight through those two roundabouts you'll be on Te Rapa. a bit farther down and you will pass three bike shops. (Hamilton motorcycles on the left and Boyd Honda and Road and sport on the right) Can meet at one of those and guide you to the BBQ spot. At say 11:30?

[Warr]

Sorry guys for letting the team down, Dont know how I've missed this thread since it was posted in plenty of time. But have plans 4 weekend that dont include staying in hams :(

[Wolf]

Sorry guys for letting the team down, Dont know how I've missed this thread since it was posted in plenty of time. But have plans 4 weekend that dont include staying in hams :(
Bugger, was hoping to catch up with both you and Clare. We were just about to send you a PM to see if you'd seen the thread.

Will catch up some other time then.

[Phurrball]

What are the plans for those comming down from Auckland(and other places north of here)? You comming down as a group or seperate? And wich way? If as a group and entering via SH1 into Hams then I can meet y'all at the same place as where folks met up here for the Waikato rally earlier this year or if you head straight through those two roundabouts you'll be on Te Rapa. a bit farther down and you will pass three bike shops. (Hamilton motorcycles on the left and Boyd Honda and Road and sport on the right) Can meet at one of those and guide you to the BBQ spot. At say 11:30?

The weather is looking good for tomorrow, and the bike is happy again (Story to tell at BBQ). Mrs P is still umming and ahhing, but I reckon we'll make it. Have looked up a map (Thank you wises.co.nz) and the location doesn't look too difficult to find from SH1...(furiously reaches for nearest wooden object...)

We'll be lateish I think, so don't sweat it looking out for us waylander (Top offer though - blardy good idea meeting people. You may yet be sent out as a search party ;))

See you all tomorrow I hope. Look forward to meeting you all :)

[strayjuliet]

Ok I admit I'm getting quite excited now, I feel like a little kid eagerly awaiting a big christmas party and unwrapping a heck of a lot of presents (not that it ever happened to me.) Wolf and I are looking forward to meeting a lot of you and just chilling and enjoying ourselves in good company. We look forward to meeting you all tomorrow have a good safe trip to our place from where ever you are traveling from. Take care, it's a mad world out there as if you didn't already know. lol :2thumbsup

[RiderInBlack]

Sorry Guys, I'm going to be a totally lame c*nt. Not coming down. Know I'll regret it as it should be an awesome BBQ:doh: Have received a call from a follow Northlander that I haven't ridden with for awhile. He's asked me if I wanted to ride with them up here tomorrow. I'm torn, but at the end of the day this is closer for me (been a hard week so a close ride will be better for the body). Hope you have a good one, hope to catch you another time:niceone:

[strayjuliet]

:2thumbsup A big thank you to all that turned up and helped make it a wonderful day. Off the top of my head thank you to Crashe, Waylander and Road Rash, HDT Boy, Momentum, Phurrball, LiasTZ and those who brought their Girlfriends, Wive's etc... If I have missed anybody, I am sorry. Thanks again for turning up. Without you it would have just been a boring hot day with nothing to do. lol. I hope you all had a great safe ride back to your homes. Take care. :wavey: .

[marty]

wasn't the weather just GREAT!!! i spent ALL weekend at BMX, would have loved to have come for a ride and some burnt sausages.....

[skidMark]

damn i missed it :crybaby:

it seems some funny stuff has been said in this thread... for another time can someone lend me a boas ahahahahaha dont even know if i spelt that right ahaha

[crashe]

Cheers to StrayJuliet and Wolf for putting up with us all...lol:banana:

[Wolf]

Cheers to StrayJuliet and Wolf for putting up with us all...lol:banana:
Ah, 'twas great. Our pleasure.

Phurrball and his lady arrived after everyone but thee had buggered off to ride to Raglan and you'd headed off. We'd even tidied up and "done the dishes" (involving a plastic rubbish sack and 3 minutes' work, gotta love plastic plates (oops, losing my Eco-friendly-Hippy cred, does it help that the rubbish bag is recycled plastic and biodegradeable?))

So we had "BBQ MkII" with Phurrball and his lady and discovered that an FXR150 is too tall for Stray but the Bandit 250 is an ideal size for me. (Tho' the FXR's economy is a major selling point - they both started at full and the Bandit used 3/4 tank while the FXR used only a quarter.)

Was saying to Stray that perhaps it was just as well that we don't have a bike at the moment or we'd've probably phoned Stray's parents and got them to baby-sit the cubs while we joined the others on the Raglan ride - and we'd've missed meeting Phurrball and Mrs P.

[crashe]

Ah, 'twas great. Our pleasure.

Phurrball and his lady arrived after everyone but thee had buggered off to ride to Raglan and you'd headed off. We'd even tidied up and "done the dishes" (involving a plastic rubbish sack and 3 minutes' work, gotta love plastic plates (oops, losing my Eco-friendly-Hippy cred, does it help that the rubbish bag is recycled plastic and biodegradeable?))

So we had "BBQ MkII" with Phurrball and his lady and discovered that an FXR150 is too tall for Stray but the Bandit 250 is an ideal size for me. (Tho' the FXR's economy is a major selling point - they both started at full and the Bandit used 3/4 tank while the FXR used only a quarter.)

Was saying to Stray that perhaps it was just as well that we don't have a bike at the moment or we'd've probably phoned Stray's parents and got them to baby-sit the cubs while we joined the others on the Raglan ride - and we'd've missed meeting Phurrball and Mrs P.

Plus this time StrayJuliet got to sit on my bike as well.. and had no trouble reaching the ground.

Im interested in knowing how she gets on when she sits on Waylander's Honda Rebel 250 as well. Height and seat width wise.
For me its the air boxes on the side that make the seat to wide for me and then I cant get my feet to touch the ground.. Bad designing there Honda.

Isn't it amazing which bikes people think you can sit comfortably on and yet the bike is so deceptive in height and seat width.

I sat on the GN250 and it was miles to high and that seat was so uncomfortable and hard.

[Wolf]

I sat on the GN250 and it was miles to high and that seat was so uncomfortable and hard.
Countersteers well, tho'

[HDTboy]

Cheers for the BBQ guys, was good to meet a few of the H-town crew. Sorry I gapped it early, but 22 was calling and I had a bit to do in Auckland before sundown

[Wolf]

Cheers for the BBQ guys, was good to meet a few of the H-town crew. Sorry I gapped it early, but 22 was calling and I had a bit to do in Auckland before sundown
Just glad you made it down before your SH22 run. Was good meeting you - always nice meeting someone with a suitable capacity for steak (even if you do prefer it "cremated"...)

[crashe]

(even if you do prefer it "cremated"...)

That aint cremated, that is just cooked to perfection...
a steak should be eaten when you know it is DEAD and has no blood dripping out of it.

[Wolf]

That aint cremated, that is just cooked to perfection...
a steak should be eaten when you know it is DEAD and has no blood dripping out of it.
I kinda figure it's dead when it stops screaming and trying to get away...





...which is usually more cooked than I like it, I must confess...

[strayjuliet]

I kinda figure it's dead when it stops screaming and trying to get away...





...which is usually more cooked than I like it, I must confess...

He aint called Wolf for nothing :devil2: HDTboy don't feel bad about leaving early just be glad you turned up after all we are. Again a big thanks to all that turned up was a lovely day. I was glad I was able to meet a lot of new people who enjoy motorbikes as much as wolf and myself do. I am thinking of having another BBQ, maybe next year after baby is born so that the KBers can meet the new edition to the wolf clan, and I hope you will all turn up for that as well. Take care and always be safe.

[Waylander]

Was heaps of fun, Good grub and great folks. Found it interested that for me to be comfortable on the GN250 have to sit on the back seat. I mean all the way on the back seat, and 250CBRs hurt my nuts...

Have to do t again sometime definately. Glad the weather wasn't like it is now.

[Wolf]

Was heaps of fun, Good grub and great folks.
Can only take credit for the great folks (some of 'em, anyway) as you brought your own grub - all I did was move it around on the hot plate until it stopped squealing...


Found it interested that for me to be comfortable on the GN250 have to sit on the back seat. I mean all the way on the back seat
Well, you would be a "long lean streak o' weasel piss". I'd hate to think what you'd be like on some of the bikes I've ridden where I've had to slide onto the back seat area to uncramp my legs.

[Phurrball]

A big thanks are due to Stray & Wolf for putting up with us late-comers! Cheers folks - it was well worth the trip to meet you at last...shame we were so late!

We took fashionable lateness to a new level - none of it helped by Mrs P thinking it was an evening BBQ, and my 'overly-complicated' oil change...Never mind. (Think rounded sump plugs and wrong oil filters :whistle:)

A great trip had - much learned by myself and Mrs P about our bikes on long trips (It was our first long jaunt together)

[HDTboy]

Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.
Foo Fighters - Have a Cigar

Sorry thread hijacking. Way man, Who sings that song?

[Waylander]

Sorry thread hijacking. Way man, Who sings that song?
Foo Fighters did a remake of it on a movie album. Not sure who sings the original.

[HDTboy]

I'll give you a clue

Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.
Foo Fighters - Have a Cigar

[Waylander]

I'll give you a clue
Pink Floyd, now I remember. Like the FF version better though. Good seein you again BTW. Shame you couldn't join us out to Raglan.

[HDTboy]

Yeah sorry bout that. I had a squid-run to do, I checked out the road that links 22 to Raglan, yeah there's a fair bit of gravel.

PS. If you've got the pegs on my bike scraping, and you're still running wide. It's possible that you're going too fast for the corner

[Wolf]

Yeah sorry bout that. I had a squid-run to do, I checked out the road that links 22 to Raglan, yeah there's a fair bit of gravel.

PS. If you've got the pegs on my bike scraping, and you're still running wide. It's possible that you're going too fast for the corner
And the uncomfortable sensation in the trousers means you know it...

[HDTboy]

Either that, or it means you like it

[Wolf]

Either that, or it means you like it
and so we return to certain other KBers' interpretation of the thread's title. **BLING**