Port Waikato Thursday 2nd Feb

[Fishy]

Hey everyone,

Come along for a ride to Port Waikato for a burger, chips and meet a few people.

Auckland riders I will meet you at 6pm at the Bombay Macdonalds carpark (exit 471 off motorway turn right and pull into the BP - Macdonalds is in the lower level of shops) and leave by 6:30pm.

Any Waikato/Hamilton riders if you wanna come up 22, we will meet at the Tuakau Bridge at around 6:45pm.

All riders welcome!. So come along you will enjoy it:ride:

Have just checked the weather forecast and its looking good at this point, just hope it stays that way. :2thumbsup

[Momentum]

dude thursday is out for me working till 8:30

[Mental Trousers]

Sounds like a plan

[Qman]

Sorry cant do Thursday, flying to Christchurch

[beyond]

Should be good for me. Hope the weather is good though. Been real changeable for this time of the year.

[Fishy]

Yeah I bloody hope so!. Was gonna head out today for a look but its bloody raining here already :thud:

You should bring some marshmallows along to roast on the fire that spits out your twin exhausts :2thumbsup

[Fishy]

dude thursday is out for me working till 8:30

Hmmmm got any sick days owing???? hehe

[Momentum]

nuh man have not been working there long ay

[Leong]

I'll try to make Thursday, but If I'm not there by the specified time, don't wait!! WEathers looking good up here today, dying for a ride after yesterday..... but too much time of away from the family already and on KB too....

[Big Chim]

Yay, fingers crossed for good weather this week. I'm keen as a bean, will see who else form hams is keen

[beyond]

Not intending to piss on anyones parade at all, as I am as keen as the next man for this run, but the lousy weather forecast is now showers all darned week. :weep:

Hopefully they will be wrong. :sunny:

[APPLE]

Apple is keen as mustard?weather permitting of course fish?ill hav 2 finish work a little early,

[Fishy]

Yep weather permitting Apple, I don't like rain riding especially when I don't own any wet weather gear.

[Mental Trousers]

Gonna have to give this one a miss now dammit.

[peripheral]

Not intending to piss on anyones parade at all, as I am as keen as the next man for this run, but the lousy weather forecast is now showers all darned week. :weep:

Hopefully they will be wrong. :sunny:

Hopefully it's the same as today, weather report showed showers and it turned out to be fine all the way out to Port Waikato and back and then for the rest of the day :sunny:

[Warr]

Thursday.... What happened to Wednesday ??
Not sure I can make that... will see what happens :)

[Momentum]

cant do thursday but looks like my old man might be planning on going out there on sunday so i might tag along with thim then

[Leong]

If the weather's good on Thursday, any East Aucklanders want to ride to Bombay via Clevedon and Hunua? Timed myself today... 40min from WHitford Rd roundabout in 5pm traffic.. ( any excuse for a ride eh!!)

[2_SL0]

Cant do this week, soz. Next time.

[Fishy]

Have just checked the weather and it looks like it may be a little better than today. Will be grey and humid for sure but it may not be a wet one. Bloody hope so thats for sure!

[beyond]

Yep, hope it's ok but it looks like we may be ok/maybe not.

Oh. well, it's going to be one of those pot luck rides I think. Could be dry, maybe wet.

Man it's hard to pick one with this weather we are having.
I suppose we just meet at Macdonalds Bombay at 6.30 and take whatever the weather throws at us eh? If it's wet, we just take it easy and have wet fries with the burger. :)

[boomer]

i won't be able to make it, have fun guys and cheers for the PM Fishy :scooter:

[peripheral]

Looks like we've got some competition from the westies :)

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=24034

[Fishy]

Nah not any competition, West is to far for any of us to go on a night ride and our ride is to far for any of them to come on our ride. We all get to ride so everyone is a winner! .

[SlowHand]

No its not, I commute from there every day. Currently in Wiri. Might come down if I can find some decent 2stroke oil around here.
(ahh dangit, Ive become waylander of the two stroke world)

[Fishy]

Well the weather is looking like its gonna hold out. See you all at 6ish.

[Blackbuell]

My first offical kber ride,managed to get off work early,should be there by 6.30ish,look forward to meeting new people.

[beyond]

Hiya Shotgun,

Hey, hope you get this. Might have confused some with my earlier post.
Meeting at 6.00pm leaving 6.30pm from Macdonalds, Bombay.

Hope that clears it up. For some reason I thought we were meeting at 6.30 but thats the departure time.

Thanks

[Blackbuell]

Yeah got it,will be there

[Momentum]

grrrrrrr stuck at work till 8:30

[Leong]

See you there!

[Big Chim]

Been held up in hams and the weather is good dammit.

You guys have a good one

[Warr]

Yea missed it too :(
Wednesday would have been no better as I was still working in Auckland GlenInnes and was in a cage..

Wednesday would suit next time ... tho not next week!!!

[Fishy]

Well all went well, met up in Bombay 9 bad ass machines in all and headed out through Tuakau then stopped after the bridge to check everyone was still with us and also to have a look around for any Hamiltron riders but none could make it unfortunately. Found that we had a late arrival (Peripheral on the VTR250) just saw us leaving Bombay - Perfect timing eh Kurt.

Roads were slighty damp in places but roads were ok in general.

We all made it safely to the takeaways and convienent pub next door which we didn't realise was there till tonight - Bonus! . Food was ok but took for ever!. The blondies behind the counter were more interested in talking to the local stud muffin and Apple. :love: Apple got his meal hand delivered with a smile :love: (must be that horny looking red TL-R of his :niceone: ) - everyone else had to wait and wait and wait and then remind them of their orders then wait some more. Food was excellent value for money but super slow service.

All in all was a good after work ride and was good to meet some new faces.

Good to see Leong putting that new SV through its paces down that straight mate!.

Look forward to the next one guys!. :niceone:

[Blackbuell]

Great place to go for a ride,it might pay to eat something in bombay,the service was crap,food not to bad,
Met some new kbers,had a good ride look forward to the next one.

[Big Chim]

Awsome to here you guys had a good one, will look out for the next one

[Leong]

Good ride guys, nice to meet a few more KB'ers, and some who live nearby too. First evening KB ride for me, and was cool following all you guys on the way home at sunset. Interesting watching the string of bikes ahead and the lines you were taking.

Shot1gun - Next time we'll have to meet earlier and head down via Hunua!! Shame we were so late leaving, otherwise we could have goen home that way too.

[oldguy]

Hey fishslayer, thanks for putting on a great ride, when,s the next one.
good ride down to the port, had a burger and chips very slow service, the little blonde behind the counter made the wait worthwhile. food was good when it finaly arrived
Met some great people, we all had a bite to eat or a drink had a good chat with
some of the other KBer's while still "waiting" for my order, by the time it arrived it was near time to leave.
Had a great ride back need to practice my cornering ran wide couple of times more rides like this and should get it sorted.
cheers guys that was fun.

[Blackbuell]

Great photos oldguy, nice to meet you

[boomer]

looks like another good nite out :D nice pics

[beyond]

Thanks Josh and Sarah and thanks to the rest for the company.

Good ride out, nice pace.

The wait for grub kept my worms singing and yodeling for a while but as was said, the friendly jail bait behind the counter made it reasonably worthwhile.
:)

The ride back a little more relaxed as it was dusk, but heading home from Drury, I think I picked up a sizeable amount of New Zealand's insect population. One of the hassles of riding at night in summer, is the fact you are going to get the internals of numerous endoskeletons plastered all over your jacket and visor. :(

[Fishy]

Yeah tell me about it!, I had to ride most of the way back with my visor up as its to dark to have it down once the sun goes down, got a big mutha f*cker of a terodactile hit me in the corner of the eye at about 130k - was bloody stingin all the way home!.

[beyond]

Mate, thats no good. :(
You're gonna have to get a clear visor for the evening rides aye?

Bit dangerous riding at dusk with the visor up when all the critters are out looking for peepers to poke.

[Fishy]

Yeah think I will invest in a clear one soon, maybe next week some time.

[Leong]

The wait for grub kept my worms singing and yodeling for a while but as was said, the friendly jail bait behind the counter made it reasonably worthwhile.
:)


Yes, she will go far me thinks, knows how to handle people - (called me "sir" twice too). And anyone who can make people wait 45mins? for $2 chips, and not get any real complaints must be doing something right....

[sAsLEX]

Yeah think I will invest in a clear one soon, maybe next week some time.

nah then its a pian to carry round, buy some cheap clear sunnies/saftey glasses from somewhere and keep them in your bike

[Fishy]

Nah its cool, will just fit it if I know I'm gonna be out after dark otherwise it will stay at home.

[peripheral]

Yeah, managed to pull into bombay, ride past the servo and catch the tail of the group as you were leaving. Good timing perhaps, though I was a little rushed so didn't get into much of a groove on the way out to PW.

They seemed to be snappy with some of the guys food, what do you have to do to get that kind of service I wonder. Nah nevermind.

Good to meet a few more KB'ers. We'll have to keep doing after work rides while it's still summer and light.

I didn't realise you guys were gonna take so long to leave, I took off thinking you'd soon catch up, but didn't see anyone til the motorway. I'll have to be a bit slower leaving next time.

Got into the groove a bit on the way back, even managed to get some boot scrapping action :)

[Fishy]

Yeah we waited till everyone was ready before we left. I couldn't go to quick as I had to ride with my visor up the whole way back and it felt like I was going through a bloody meteor shower with the amount of bugs that hit me in the face. Bugs are always a problem at the time in the evening but oh well...bit of protein I guess.