Ride to Big Boys Toys with Charlie from "The Long Way round" Sat 12th

[Test Pilot]

Ride to BBT with Charlie Boorman

Heard that they were meeting Sat 12th at BMW headquaters in Mt Wellington at 11:30 ending up at big boys toys. All are welcome Great chance to meet Charlie if you watched the series on TV2 over the last 2 months.


<center><div style="width:480px" align="center"><fieldset><legend>SpankMe</legend>Event confirmed at BMW Owners club (http://www.bmwor.org.nz/view_event.cfm?eventid=148)

<a href="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=635&day=2005-11-12">Register your attendence here.</a>

Lets try and get as many bikers on this high profile ride as possible.
Don't forget to wear your KB shirt.</fieldset></div></center>

[parsley]

Just heard about this in his interview on bFM. It's raising money for children's charities. Not just from BMW to Big Boys Toys - it'll be into the city and across the bridge.

Anyone up for it? Probably get yourself on the TV, and it's good PR for bikes and bikers. :2thumbsup

[Test Pilot]

Was hoping someone out there could fill in the blanks. I will definatly be there, something a bit different

[bugjuice]

I'm so there...

[Youngjim]

Not 100% certain, so ask at BMW Headquarters on the day, but I believe that if you buy a badge it gets you into Big Boys Toys and half of the fee goes to Cure Kids.
The ride is going over the bridge and back and ends up at the Manukau road entrance to Big Boys Toys.
I think parking is organised for us too.

[T.I.E]

yep ill be there. for a chance to meet a few more kbers and photos.
and who knows maybe the charlie himself. doubt it but it will be a fun run anyway. so i'm keen. yeah.
were are the kb flags and who has one?

[S&S]

Tickets for BBT will be supplied at BMW Saturday, so bring cash, this will allow those who pay before hand to ride straight into BBT to organized parking after the ride with Charlie.

S&S :niceone:

[Postie]

i'll be there, on the back of Buggy with the camera rolling.....

[Riff Raff]

Working *sigh*

[bugjuice]

North Shore lot...

meet at Barry's Point road around 10.45, to leave 11 sharpish..

***WARNING ABOUT THE MEETING SPOT***
The usual spot has been fenced up, so there's no longer access to the big parking space that we all love (except when it's wet and we skid and fall over). There should still be plenty of room to park up, but just please be careful about pulling in/out of that area, and there's two shops that are open that have people wondering around that aren't looking at you (believe it or not), so just have your wits about you. If it really does get too crowded, then think on your feet and park across the road..

[SPman]

No bike *sigh*

[SpankMe]

No bike *sigh*

Want to borrow the GB600?

[SPman]

Thanks Wont be able to ride for a week or so yet - frigging left foot and ankle is still like a balloon!
GB600!

[bugjuice]

Thanks Wont be able to ride for a week or so yet - frigging left foot and ankle is still like a balloon!
GB600!
can you shape it into balloon animals? I'd like a giraff please..

[Smorg]

See you there:rockon:

[outlawtorn]

bugjuice, just want to confirm that we are meeting outside Suzuki yes?

See you there.....

[bugjuice]

inbetween 'zookie and 'onda.. keeps those two happy, just need to find a kawa and yama meeting spot now..

[outlawtorn]

inbetween 'zookie and 'onda.. keeps those two happy, just need to find a kawa and yama meeting spot now..
thanks bugjuice :rockon:

[bugjuice]

thanks bugjuice :rockon:
no no.. thank you...

[parsley]

no no.. thank you...
Get a room, you weirdos. :puke:

[bugjuice]

Get a room, you weirdos. :puke:
you're just jelous.. you can join too if you want..



BTW - peeps, since this could be a pretty damn big ride, just remember to keep the following distances reasonable and keep fingers on the brakes to avoid shit like this (http://ccc.ru/web/moto/16.jpg) happening..

[Postie]

since i'm gonna be on the back of Buggy's bike for the day, does any body have a spair pair of boots i might be able to borrow (size 10 UK). I have the rest of the gear, just no boots since my last pair did a great job before they got sliced off after my accident.
or who wants to do me a great deal on a good pair?

[outlawtorn]

Get a room, you weirdos. :puke:
makes you nasty jealousy does, hmm?

[SpankMe]

Get a room, you weirdos. :puke:

There is a room. It's called the chat room. Stop dragging threads into off topic drivel.

[sels1]

Represent us well you guys. Wish I could be there. However on Sat. I am going to Taranaki to pick up my new bike.:banana:

[T.I.E]

i had a query for the BMW guys, but due to size and questions it has been opened up. see letter below.





Peter

It was just going to be a BMW ride but I have had so many enquiries from other brand owners that I am seeing now how big it will get.

So come along. $16 per person & 12 pm sharp at BMW New Zealand, Pacific Rise, Mt Wellington.Proceeds to Cure Kids. I'd appreciate the exact cash as there will be a huge number of people there. That cash will get you a ticket to Big Boys Toys & you'll have a chance prior to speak to Charley. We are selling his DVDs at the BMW stand.

Thanks for your enquiry & kind regards

Kent Neville-White
Experience BMW Motorcycles

[Indiana_Jones]

Can someone pick up like a bunch of radio Hauraki stickers for me? I only got one on my bike and i need more :D

-Indy

[Postie]

Can someone pick up like a bunch of radio Hauraki stickers for me? I only got one on my bike and i need more :D

-Indy

what, to hold it together??

[Indiana_Jones]

what, to hold it together??

And to support the RAKI :D

Mark Pary, Dean Bulter, Willy Dewit, Indiana Jones

MORNING PIRATES! :D

-Indy

[Postie]

And to support the RAKI :D

Mark Pary, Dean Bulter, Willy Dewit, Indiana Jones

MORNING PIRATES! :D

-Indy

dude, when ever i read your post's, its like a whole other language, its really early to be :doobey:

[bugjuice]

just when you think Indy couldn't get any more obscure..

[pyrocam]

indy is all class. I was thinking about nominating him for the 'royals' flame warrior.


but yeah what bugjuice said, this will be HUGE so be careful of people like indy riding
but im gonna be glad im apart of it.
SEE you guys there!

[pyrocam]

btw website said to let him know numbers so I emailed

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Subject: Charity ride


Not sure if your aware at least 20 of us from www.kiwibiker.co.nz (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz) will be in attendance

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=19981


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[lewises]

Yahoo, my lucky stars must be out 'cos I am able to attend tomorrow as a first outing to meet some other kiwibikers. How will I know who they are or will it be leathers off showing the kiwibike colors?? Look forward to meeting some of the people behind the handles.:banana: By the way, keep an eye out for my ride and flag me down. I promise not to be an embarrassment.

[Big Dave]

Had a chat to the long way round guys out at the show today - they are looking forward to a convoy and are expecting a few hundred bikes.

So you there.

[Damon]

I'm going to be meeting TLRulz at the wendys on the mt wellington highway at 11:30 if anyones keen to meet up before hand.

[pyrocam]

good ride. look forward to the footage.

[Youngjim]

Yep it was a good ride and many thanks to the Bikey Cops who escorted us.

They were extremely professional in getting us through all the intersections in the Saturday traffic, and bloody good riders to boot !!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys

[crashe]

Yep the bikey cops were great...
Well done to the three cops getting us though the busy intersections as well.
The one that lead us over to the shore, is great at lane splitting at a decent speed. But like all good folks, we (the lead group) all followed him at the same pace.

Great to chat to Charlie Boorman as well... I chatted to him and asked him if he would like to get a group pic with the KBers.. He willingly agreed, and chatted to everyone from KB. A nice bloke.

Bugjuice, Postie amd MacD's partner (Linda ?) took some pic's and Postie also took a video of the ride. So looking forward to seeing them.

Charlie was rather good at doing the odd wheelie directly behind the bikey cop.... all caught on film. While the rest of us (ahem cough cough) all behaved ourselves :rofl: :rofl:

We all wandered around BBT and some of us went in different directions.
Caught up with Big Dave who was very busy chatting and selling a bike or two. Eventually caught up with SARGE and Cibby Chick at the Suzuki stand.

Checked out the bikes.... and the cars and boats... well a quick wander past the boats.

Yep they do have hotdogs, chips and drinks at BBT.
Oh and they have beer there... for free... and they all rushed over when that stall opened up... SARGE even got a drink of the FREE beer as well or should I say a mouthfull to swallow. :rofl: :rofl:

It was a great day.......:banana: :banana: :2thumbsup

[parsley]

Checked out the bikes....
Yeah, Crashe was checking out all the big bikes.

[Krayy]

Is Charlie Boorman short or what? Surprised he could even touch the ground on an 1150GS. Nice bloke and very friendly too.

[SpankMe]

Some images from when we stopped at Northcote. Too bad I couldn't get any photos of Charlie doing wheel stands behind the bike cop down the side streets just before we hit BBT.

[SpankMe]

And some of the show girlies.

[HDTboy]

I call first dibs on the girl on the trail bike

[texmo]

who is this charlie fellow?

[Smorg]

who is this charlie fellow?

I heard he owns a choclate factory:blip: spacka

[pyrocam]

who is this charlie fellow?
your not serious? and if so. read first post. or even the thread title.


looking forward to the kiwibiker group pics from the start

[Smorg]

your not serious? and if so. read first post. or even the thread title.


looking forward to the kiwibiker group pics from the start

I got a couple will post them when i find my camera cable..........was good to put a face to the name Pyro:doobey:

[Scorpygirl]

who is this charlie fellow?

Where have you been?!!!! :doh: :lol:

[MacD]

Here's a few photos from the meeting point at BMW Mt Wellington. Crashe occasionally let somebody else speak to Charley :niceone:
(I don't have a good group photo unfortunately)

Lots of fun lane splitting up the Southern Motorway with Police escort and then circling the arena on arrival at BBTs!

[texmo]

Where have you been?!!!! :doh: :lol:
at home? whats the long way round?

[lewises]

Great ride, good to meet a few of you. Awesome having the escort and ending up at BBT without having to worry about parking or errant cars that knock over bikes in parking lots.3 police on bikes, great job guys!!!:2thumbsup

[parsley]

Awesome having the escort and ending up at BBT without having to worry about parking or errant cars that knock over bikes in parking lots.
Don't know about the rest of you, but my bike was an interesting yellow colour when I came to leave. Last time I park in a giant sandpit when it's windy!

[PuffMan]

What a Great Day this was... I had no idea we were going for a mass ride over the bridge nor that we were getting a Police escort through town, nor that we were going to be paraded through the showground arena!

I had to beg the missus to come with me on the bike, (It ruins her hair & she can't wear her Jandals don't you know....silly moo) but even she had to admit she had a wicked time.

Great to meat Charlie, I watched the series back home in the UK and it totally inspired me to get on a bike.....

Top Bloke, I shamelessly got a Cheezy photo of me and 'The Borman' too which i'll send home to the Old Man and make him even more upset he has had to put his bike away for the british winter......

[outlawtorn]

Just want to say a big thanks to everyone for riding safe and it was really enjoyable meeting other k'bers and saying hi to Charlie.:2thumbsup

All in all a good day and a kickass ride to the BBT, really enjoyed the lap of honour (???) round the stunt arena although my bike was covered in dust when I left.

Here are some pics I took of the meet at BMW and the last two were at the Telstra Clear building on the shore.

[outlawtorn]

They also had the original Indian from "The World's Fastest Indian", really cool to get a close up look at the bike and to see how basic and dangerous it is/was.

Check out Crashe's new ride.....cool hey?

[Smorg]

Whos the guy with the long blonde hair that rode the Hornet?

[T.I.E]

sorry guys finally got these pics up and running enjoy.
ok soon i figure out how i will post them.oh bugger

[T.I.E]

sweet here ya go

[T.I.E]

and just a few more my pretties

[parsley]

Whos the guy with the long blonde hair that rode the Hornet?
Me. Well, unless there's two of us here.

[nadroj]

Quick trip up from the Naki & caught up with big Dave & checked out the scenery.

[Ghost Lemur]

Thanks Spank. Can always count on you to provide us with the important pics. :niceone:

Mmmmm Yammy Girls.

Sounds like you guys had a blast.

[Big Dave]

I got to go to BBT for free. It was in the ambo.. even got to drive in "The Arena", picked up the guy that threw his CBR down the road during a stunt show. He busted his clavical (collarbone) and asked if he wil be ok to stunt tommorow.. ummmm NO.


So in the evening session Kiwi Rider's own 'Stretch' jumps on the guy's blade and does us proud. Huge wheelies stoppies rolling burn outs and a tyre poppin' performance. he da man.

[Big Dave]

Quick trip up from the Naki & caught up with big Dave & checked out the scenery.


Just like to clarify - that's not me in the photo.

[sAsLEX]

Just like to clarify - that's not me in the photo.

thanks for that! get any pics of the stunting?

[Big Dave]

thanks for that! get any pics of the stunting?

Nah - not really comfortable taking and the leaving my camera around the stand all day.
But have organised a photo shoot with Shane King and his Speed Triple at Meremere for a feature in KR. We'll get Stretch there as well.

[noyz]

Hi all met up with a few KB's at the ride ive been a long time "guest" so i thought it was about time i joined, my Bike and my mates we both covered in the lovely golden dust too but we both took them up on stage at the Vixen Valet and had ten tarts clean them for two bucks!!
then parked in the VIP parking for the rest of the day.

[T.I.E]

and i couldn't believe i cleaned the bike the day before. oh that parking sucked a fat one. the only place free was a dust zone. next rime i'll be parking in a seperate area. overall it rocked and it was neat to meet up with a few new faces, hell most of you guys are new to me. looking forward to another run.

[parsley]

and i couldn't believe i cleaned the bike the day before. oh that parking sucked a fat one. the only place free was a dust zone.
Look on the bright side - my bike's all dirty now, ready for the bikini wash... :banana:

[boomer]

nice :2guns: crash

[crashe]

test test test test test

hehehehe good one SpankMe... :msn-wink:

[RiderInBlack]

test test test test testGot E-mail Update:2thumbsup

[bugjuice]

ok, a few shots of my contributions.

What an awesome day. Really enjoyed myself and the turn out was pretty good. Charlie is an awesome top dude (cha, like we didn't know already), and had a heap of fun working my way thru the crowd on the SH1 up to the front where Postie (on the back with a camcorder) and I found Charlie, so he started having some fun for the camera. Got some good wheelies in from Charlie, plus the footage gives a nice view of the scope of the turn out, and how cool it was to buzz thru traffic lights on the wrong side of the road - cos the cops told us to! bloody awesome. Then into the BBT arena. There's a fair bit of footage (about 40 mins), so I'll chop it up into sections when I get the chance soon, and also (if Spank wouldn't mind hosting it), might edit it into one big ride.

Anyone who didn't make it for whatever reason, shame on you!! You missed out on something a bit special that day. And a huge thanks to Spank, cos I know I wouldn't have done anything like this unless I had found this site.. So cheers dude! :niceone:

[bugjuice]

few more......:doobey:

oh, footage also includes whoever was riding the Goldwing, lighting up the rear a bit, which nearly resulted in me sending the vid to AFV cos he nearly have stacked it!

[Big Dave]

Nothin better for looking cool and on top of it than standing around in an open flip face helmet is there?

[bugjuice]

Nothin better for looking cool and on top of it than standing around in an open flip face helmet is there?
just lazy.. take yer lid off..

[Paul in NZ]

So I take it KTM didn't sponsor the event?

[bugjuice]

So I take it KTM didn't sponsor the event?
they were asked, but they didn't think that Charlie could pull it off, so backed out a few days before the event

[pyrocam]

ok, a few shots of my contributions.

why has no-one ever told me I have a freakishly small head. this explains a bit.

[bugjuice]

why has no-one ever told me I have a freakishly small head. this explains a bit.
we thought you knew.. :bash:

[texmo]

please click here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=20200)

[Test Pilot]

hey bugjuice any joy with that footage yet??

[bugjuice]

not yet, I will try to get it posted asa tho.. just been a real busy long week
Charlie wants it too, so I'll have to get it sorted..