19th, Sat, slow / med ride - clevedon, hunua, Marinda area

[Zapf]

UPDATED 3:00PM FRIDAY.

Date: 19th, Nov. SAT
Meet: 9:00am mission bay... meet around the corner of the icecream shop.... next to where Old MacD's used to be on the wide foot path outside star mart.
Ride area: Clevedon, Hunua, Miranda then perhaps back to Bombay and Hunua or option of venturing down the "GOAT TRACK"
Current ride plan:
1.) Coffee at one of the cafe's (e.g Mecca) till 9:45 or 10am.
2.) Ride out to Clevdon thru East Auckland -> Whitford -> Maraitai. (note might be newly re surfaced roads out that way)
3.) Meet at Clevdon Shell petrol station at around 11:00~11:15am
4.) Ride down the coast to the fish and chips shop for lunch... get there around 12 to 1 ish (guessing). And decide from there what we want to do.... (e.g Hunua / Miranda)
5.) Leave empty for decision then
5.) Cruise to Bikini Bike Wash day at Mt.Eden with some nice HOT BIKERS in LEATHER arriving on warm RUBBER... Time:?

All welcome
Speed: Slow / med... I'll probly be on my Nakked.... so will only just top the 3 digite mark..

Register your interest :)

My number 029 241 0185 (vodaphone network, if you missed us or want an update. can't promise to reply right away during the trip [because I am riding!])

[Gremlin]

How could you do this Zapf?? On Bikini Bike Wash day... :bash:

What botanical gardens would those be??

[danb]

I may be interested - see how it goes..

[Back Fire]

How could you do this Zapf?? On Bikini Bike Wash day... :bash:

What botanical gardens would those be??

I agree :blank:

[SlowHand]

and wheres Marinda? WTF is with the spellin!!

[dveus]

Date: 19th, Nov. SAT
Meet: Botanical gardens. 10:00am
Ride area: Clevedon, Hunua, Marinda then perhaps back to Bombay and Hunua or option of venturing down the "GOAT TRACK"
All welcome
Speed: Slow / med... I'll probly be on my Nakked.... so will only just top the 3 digite mark..

Register your interest :)

You might want to rethink your meeting place. The garden show is on there this weekend.

[Riff Raff]

You might want to rethink your meeting place. The garden show is on there this weekend.
Yep - you don't want a whole lot of nana's with zimmerframes and walking sticks chasing away you bad biker types from their beloved Ellerslie Flower Show.

[crashe]

Not only is there the Bikini Bike wash on at Mt Eden's bike shop..
There is also StrayJuliet and Wolf's BBQ at there house in Hamilton as well....

Why not go to the Bike wash for a quick lookie and then all ride on down to Hamilton to the BBQ and then have a fun ride back up again...

Just a thought and idea...

[swanman]

Hey Felix,

I'm in for a cruz. That seems a good length of ride too. IF you want to change the meeting place/time I'm flexible.
Good wheelie practice zone around Miranda.

[bugjuice]

the bike wash is 9-5, so plenty of time to get a wash in.
I was arranging a smaller ride the same way, might as well just join this.

What about meet at Mission bay around 9ish or so, then cruse round the coast that way to the roads..?
I'm also not one for a cruse, but happy to 'reflect' on my ways..

[juzzer]

Yep - you don't want a whole lot of nana's with zimmerframes and walking sticks chasing away you bad biker types from their beloved Ellerslie Flower Show.

Thats no way to take about Frosty....:blip:

[mv.senna]

at the risk of hijacking the thread....:whistle:

if anyone's keen, there's a couple of us meeting at mission bay
(the carpark opp starbucks) round 9am, for a coffee, prior to cruising via chowick to hook up with zapf's sthn ride....

....then it's off to the Bikini Bike Wash.....Lance in a bikini...:love:

[aff-man]

hmmm i'll pop along to something.... probably meet mission bay.

[Keystone19]

I'll be in. Meet you's at Mission Bay at 9am.

[mv.senna]

I'll be in. Meet you's at Mission Bay at 9am.


cool, will be good to see ya :2thumbsup

[Zapf]

right... looks it it will be mission bay then... 9:00am mission bay... meet around the corner of the icecream shop.... next to where Old MacD's used to be on the wide foot path outside star mart.

Coffee till 9:45 or 10am.

Ride out to Clevdon thru East Auckland -> Whitford -> Maraitai. (Mission bay to East Auckland takes around 30mins at most)

Meet at Clevdon Shell petrol station at around 11:00~11:15am

Ride down the coast to the fish and chips shop for lunch... get there around 12~1 ish (guessing). And decide from there what we want to do....

Leave EMPTY for decision then.

Cruise to Bikini Bike Wash day at Mt.Eden with some nice HOT bikers leather and warmed up rubber...... time:?

[bugjuice]

not fussed, just want to ride..
can't make the hammy thing tho..
I thought we'd be going from Mish to the ride, then head back to dorkland for the wash, around 1ish..

[mv.senna]

not fussed, just want to ride..
can't make the hammy thing tho..
I thought we'd be going from Mish to the ride, then head back to dorkland for the wash, around 1ish..


....so that our bikes are nice and DIRTY ay Buggy :devil2: :lol:

[Fart]

Are you sure Mecca Mission Bay is open at 9am?

Anyway, may see you guys there.

[Leong]

Slow / med... I'll probly be on my Nakked.... so will only just top the 3 digite mark..


This could be my speed but we talking km/h or mph? Oh I'll just come along and find out!!

[N4CR]

This could be my speed but we talking km/h or mph? Oh I'll just come along and find out!!

It's in Metres per second mate... ms^-1 still keen :D?

[aff-man]

This could be my speed but we talking km/h or mph? Oh I'll just come along and find out!!

Faster riders will go up front , then med riders then slower riders... like almost every other ride.

Will probably be there at 9. Dunno if i'll ride first then car wash or vice versa , don't really wanna be trying the rachtechs out in the wet:doh: :blink: :blink:

[aff-man]

It's in Metres per second mate... ms^-1 still keen :D?

ahh well in that case you can drag your slow ass along:lol: :lol: :lol:

cause zapf will only be doing 360km/h roughly

[Keystone19]

I agree with Buggy, any chance we can ride first and do the bikini thing on the way back?

I'd rather show off my bikini on the return trip in case I get wet ya know...

[swanman]

See you there.:yes:

[bugjuice]

....so that our bikes are nice and DIRTY ay Buggy :devil2: :lol:
fuck yeah


I agree with Buggy, any chance we can ride first and do the bikini thing on the way back?

I'd rather show off my bikini on the return trip in case I get wet ya know...
and fuck yeah :yeah:

[Waylander]

You know you guys could always do 22 down and get to the end of it at about 11 then head just a little bit farther down the road for a feed. Then back up 22 afterwards or some could head to Rags for a quik look at the beach and the chicks in bikinis there.:blip:

[bugjuice]

22 is crap at the moment. I don't think it'd be that good until the summer has dried the road out for a month or so..

[N4CR]

ahh well in that case you can drag your slow ass along:lol: :lol: :lol:

cause zapf will only be doing 360km/h roughly

Hahaha the tow rope will break trying to tow my slow bike :P

Zapf has only got quad turbos...can't be that hard to be faster.

If my meetup with John falls through i'll be on this ride most probably.

[Zapf]

updated... Mt.Eden visit moved to end of ride.

[danb]

Can someone post up a map or street name (i.e. a side road that comes of the main road) where the mission bay meet up is?
Looks like the weather is going to be good all day tomorow. :yes:
Saturday:

Max: 22°C Min: 13°C
(Day) (Night)
Fine, mostly sunny. Afternoon sea breezes.

[danb]

Last weekend there was road works on the main road in Clevdon.
Bike got covered in lime and well "sheep shit n piss" from being behind a truck :doh:

[boomer]

have fun!


029 241 0185 vodaphone network

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[bugjuice]

Can someone post up a map or street name (i.e. a side road that comes of the main road) where the mission bay meet up is?
Looks like the weather is going to be good all day tomorow. :yes:
Saturday:

Max: 22°C Min: 13°C
(Day) (Night)
Fine, mostly sunny. Afternoon sea breezes.
http://nzmaps.co.nz/viewmap.php3?Map=bm26
main drag and averill Road. It's a T junction with lights, and there's a bus stop/pick up point on the other side of the lights (you'll know when you see it), plus a few bikes to give it away..

[danb]

http://nzmaps.co.nz/viewmap.php3?Map=bm26
main drag and averill Road. It's a T junction with lights, and there's a bus stop/pick up point on the other side of the lights (you'll know when you see it), plus a few bikes to give it away..


Cheers - sets the alarm clock

[Karma]

http://nzmaps.co.nz/viewmap.php3?Map=bm26
main drag and averill Road. It's a T junction with lights, and there's a bus stop/pick up point on the other side of the lights (you'll know when you see it), plus a few bikes to give it away..


There's a nice bakery there run by this Chinese family. I usually stop in there on my way to work to get a sandwich or two.

Seems I have to take the cage for it's service tomorrow, otherwise I would have been out and about with you all. :bash:

[aff-man]

oooooo arrrrrrrrr tis a fine day to be sure to be sure......

[Divot]

Thanks everyone for letting the hog to ride along with you today. Great fun. Sorry I had to split on the way back at Clevedon, had a couple of jobs to do. Thanks!:yeah:

[Jeremy]

Some photos.

[swanman]

Good weather for it. Not the best roads for my bike as they are often kinda twisty.
Felix cheers for letting me ride your bike, that bike has great potential.
Some of those chicks at the bikini wash were hot. One bizarrely looked 5 months pregnant, WTF!

My bike is proving hard to do extended wheelies, about 350 kg with pilot, on a 170 rear, so I must practice more.

[Keystone19]

Thanks for the ride Felix. 'Twas most enjoyable!

Great to meet you at last MV Senna!



And as for the 51/2 months pregnant chick at the bike wash, I think that is a normal size for chicks in bikinis these days isn't it? Didn't you know they've changed dress sizes to match our growing waistlines. She's still only a size 8.

Besides - she cleaned my bike ok so I'm not complaining...

Well, ok, I'm just complaining a little bit 'cause I thought there'd be some guys in speedos to clean my bike...:blink:

[danb]

Yea was a good ride - was about time I did another one.
The pace was neither to fast nor to slow - just right.

Cheers

[Leong]

Thanks for organising the ride Felix. Great weather, and nice roads, not too many cars, good fish n chips too, and the show and photo session after lunch was quite cool too Swanman!!

Almost got crunched on the way home after splitting with you guys. I was third in line taking off from a set of lights, and the car at the front brakes suddenly to avoid BALLOONS. Everyone slows except the guy behind me. And all just to avoid hitting BALLOONS??? Still blaming the lady up front rather than the guy behind. Also got me thinking this wouldn't have happened if I'd filtered to the front!!

Thanks too for showing me the "lines". When I started riding I thought that roads would seem so wide, cos bikes are so narrow compared to cars, but really I guess there is so much less margin for error or the unexpected, that you really can't use all the road like you can on four wheels.

[Zapf]

cheers for joining guys. Towards the end of the ride I showed the guys a back road way to bombay... nice and twisty and like a roller coaster :)

Hopefully see you guys soon for a Longerrrrr ride.

Sorry about the slow pace from Mission bay to east auckland.... I didn't want to loose anyone if I started filtering

Swanny... CB900 + Pipe + Great suspension Fr/Rear + Screen + Flatter bars + Power commander + steering damper... now that would be too much fun....

Leong... interesting about what you said about the lines... made me think...I no longer think of that anymore but yes I am a cautios rider but I do like to keep it nice and flowing....
And about the cage incident... they say always have a planned escape route.. I generally get unconfitable if there is no escape routes...

Photos will be up tonight / tomorrow... haven't a SD card reader at home and cable for camera is at work.

[Leong]

interesting about what you said about the lines... made me think...I no longer think of that anymore but yes I am a cautios rider but I do like to keep it nice and flowing....
And about the cage incident... they say always have a planned escape route.. I generally get unconfitable if there is no escape routes...


That road to Bombay was great, and smooth too. I enjoyed following yr lines, at a distance I was comfortable with... didn't want to get sucked into entering a turn at a pace I couldn't handle!! Thanks again, that was the most fun part of the ride fior me. :2thumbsup Going riding with a friend early tomorrow, will probably do the same route again. ( hadn't been on the Kaiaua coast road - Mangatangi road before either )

And the cage incident.... I stopped to the left of the cage in front, must be yrs of defensive driving. Still no fun hearing screeching from behind tho:bash:

[danb]

Where this is cage thing happen?

[Zapf]

Good weather for it. Not the best roads for my bike as they are often kinda twisty.
Felix cheers for letting me ride your bike, that bike has great potential.
Some of those chicks at the bikini wash were hot. One bizarrely looked 5 months pregnant, WTF!

My bike is proving hard to do extended wheelies, about 350 kg with pilot, on a 170 rear, so I must practice more.

yes... quite right... riding your bike it feels like it'll be more suitable for open sweeping roads than twisties... and your bike does go.. feels good on the faster sections of Gt south Rd.

[Leong]

Where this is cage thing happen?

At the Dawson Rd intersection on teh road that becomes Chapel Rd at the Howick end, Cheers Danb, good to meet you today.

[Zapf]

didn't want to get sucked into entering a turn at a pace I couldn't handle!! Thanks again, that was the most fun part of the ride fior me. :2thumbsup Going riding with a friend early tomorrow, will probably do the same route again. ( hadn't been on the Kaiaua coast road - Mangatangi road before either )


Self restrain is a great thing is it not :) I'll see what I am doing tomorrow might come out that way again, what time you plan to head out?

[Leong]

We leave Howick at 7am..... Spent enuf too much time away from the family already this weekend, hence the early mornings..

[danb]

Looks like another good day for it,
Sunday

Max: 22°C Min: 12°C
(Day) (Night)
Fine. Light winds.

Would come but to lasy to get up that early again :doh:.

[Zapf]

We leave Howick at 7am..... Spent enuf too much time away from the family already this weekend, hence the early mornings..

wow... early... yes... really early... mind you the sun is fully out then anyway..

[Fart]

Can someone post up a map or street name (i.e. a side road that comes of the main road) where the mission bay meet up is?
Looks like the weather is going to be good all day tomorow. :yes:
Saturday:


Mission Bay is like, the smallest area in Auckland. You will not miss a bunch of raggy bikers early in the morning. Usually there are only morning runners, dog walkers and cyclist having breakfast that early. We will surely disturb the piece with our loud aftermarket cans. :2thumbsup

[aff-man]

Mission Bay is like, the smallest area in Auckland. You will not miss a bunch of raggy bikers early in the morning. Usually there are only morning runners, dog walkers and cyclist having breakfast that early. We will surely disturb the piece with our loud aftermarket cans. :2thumbsup

Shit that lady was so funny... (for those that didn't notice there was this old lady yelling at us for ages while waiting at the lights at mission bay...... wished i had an aftermarket can.. or if i had my old tyres on it would have been burnout time)

Cheers for the ride.... was a bit of fun. Sorry we had to turn back early but wanted to stop in at mt eden before 21st gift shopping.

Good paced and the weather was great. Sorry i took off from the bp (with a raggedy bunch) but the bike was getting to like 110deg So i needed to get some wind into the radiator...

Swanny.... next time we'll go have a play somewhere did some good wheelies on the way home hahahaha

[danb]

Mission Bay is like, the smallest area in Auckland. You will not miss a bunch of raggy bikers early in the morning. Usually there are only morning runners, dog walkers and cyclist having breakfast that early. We will surely disturb the piece with our loud aftermarket cans. :2thumbsup


Yea well the funny thing was, I was the first one there and I did meet up with 3 other non KiwiBikers who where off to the bike wash at Mt Eden.
They where basically in the same area as where we where meant to meet.

[Zapf]

Shit that lady was so funny... (for those that didn't notice there was this old lady yelling at us for ages while waiting at the lights at mission bay...... wished i had an aftermarket can.. or if i had my old tyres on it would have been burnout time)

yea .. what was she on about? didn't hear a word she said

[Keystone19]

yea .. what was she on about? didn't hear a word she said


:rofl: :rofl:

She'd been sitting there for about 30 minutes eating her breakfast and was too scared to come and say anything to us about parking on the footpath until we'd all ridden off. Then she decided to stand on the side of the road yelling at us about it.

Poor dear, all she had to do was approach us nicely and mention that she'd prefer us not to park on the footpath...

[danb]

:rofl: :rofl:

She'd been sitting there for about 30 minutes eating her breakfast and was too scared to come and say anything to us about parking on the footpath until we'd all ridden off. Then she decided to stand on the side of the road yelling at us about it.

Poor dear, all she had to do was approach us nicely and mention that she'd prefer us not to park on the footpath...


LOL stupid bitch... :shake:
Parking on footpaths is why we have bikes right... :2thumbsup

[Zapf]

LOL stupid bitch... :shake:
Parking on footpaths is why we have bikes right... :2thumbsup

Well... it is the culture of the place that decides that...

In Melbourne, you can walk into nice office buildings and have bikes all lined up and parked in the lobby. :2thumbsup

Maybe next time we can angle all our bikes nicely.. (guess she was scared of leather clad bikers... and rightly so :yes: )

Photos of my biking weekend (http://60.234.65.19/_/photos/200511_19_weekend_EastRide_BikiniWash_JazzaLastRid e/)

oh and check out this mad biker! :) (http://60.234.65.19/_/photos/200511_19_weekend_EastRide_BikiniWash_JazzaLastRid e/images/P1010422.jpg)