The great calliper hunt.. (ride up noth sat 8th)

[aff-man]

Well as i've lost my calliper I'm going on another ride up north.... Will be taking pretty much the same route as last time....

meet westgate.... fuel in wellsford.....then on to the place starting with a P.... then onto that gas station we stopped to refill at........ then on to dargaville......

Now it gets tricky.... Cause i'll be stopping off for a bit for a thourough search for my calliper... Then on through the forest etc etc etc...

Leaving westgate at 9:45. might be more suited to the medium riders.

[steved]

Cheaper to buy Jono, or is this something you need to do and it's a mint ride up North?

[DMNTD]

...or is this something you need to do and it's a mint ride up North?
:killingme yep I think it maybe the 2nd part mate. Would've been frustrating losing it that close to the best part of monday's ride.
Shouldn't be a problem sorting a few of the boys 'n girls out from up these ways to show you guys some more on offer up here....oh and look for the caliper too:Oops:
Got a new front tyre yesterday and it needs a scrub'n I tell ya!

[Postie]

Dude, are you waiting till April?? thats the next Sat 8th :confused: :slap:

[aff-man]

modified I meant the 11th...

Hey TL how do i add this to the calendar

[Slingshot]

If you find it will it become an "offering to the gods of speed"?

[FROSTY]

aff man--gimme a yell-- There is NIO FUCKING WAY you are riding all that way with only one bloody brake caliper--0210354615
I will Loan you for the day my complete 6 pot setup off the SV

[DMNTD]

Hey TL how do i add this to the calendar

:eek5: you expect me to know? Bloody hell:rolleyes:
Ummmmmmm...click on Calendar and add an event...somehow :dodge:
I do truely hope that this has been of help to thee Affman.
This message was brought to you by Education Northland and the letter p :doobey:

[R6_kid]

aff man--gimme a yell-- There is NIO FUCKING WAY you are riding all that way with only one bloody brake caliper--0210354615
I will Loan you for the day my complete 6 pot setup off the SV

jono you owe this man LOTS of beer!

[RiderInBlack]

Might be home for this. Not planing to go to Tauranga this WE, and I need to tidy up the house, so could be looking for an excuss to ride to take the mind off thing.

[Korumba]

Im interested in this one...will go look in the shed for my Calliper Detector..it puts a huge load on the battery but should be ok as we are hunting in the daylight...

[motobob]

If TL Rider and the Northern crew are on the Great Northern Calliper hunt, then how may I ask is one to spot a dirty calliper lying in the grass at 200 Kmh plus.

[aff-man]

jono you owe this man LOTS of beer!

No need to fear people..... I am getting the caliper replaced... I just want my new Pads out of it and if it's in good nick i'll sell it to recouple some of my losses.....

So you gonna come motobob what's this 200 kmph thing.....???

[skidMark]

for my bike i can get complete calipers for like 20 bucks...ahhh the luxury of small bikes......

lol

got a twin pipe zorst for it today...ooo ahhh pretty....now where the hell i'm gunna put the plate i dunno :Oops:

[skidMark]

yeah i'm gunna do that now have a shelf with offerings to the god of speed on it ....

put all my bus crash parts that got munted on it......i'm a horder i never throw anything away lol well anything motorcycle related at least....hmm gotta finish the mini chopper frame....then it will actually be a rideable "bike"

[motobob]

So you gonna come motobob what's this 200 kmph thing.....???

Maybe might have to look after the kids on the WE. :love: Let you know a bit closer to the day.

Yeah I forgot that gixxer 6 Hundies can't get past 200Kmh. Custard said he had his yellow peril up to some ungodly speed chasing TL Rider and crew. That was one wicked section of road from P. :headbang:

[N4CR]

for my bike i can get complete calipers for like 20 bucks
There is a difference between chinese and japanese products, namely price and quality...


hmm gotta finish the mini chopper frame....then it will actually be a rideable "bike" Since when were mini shoppers bikes?

[skidMark]

There is a difference between chinese and japanese products, namely price and quality...

Since when were mini shoppers bikes?

thats why i said "bike" lol

and affman :

if the caliper came off......how did it manage to break the hydralic hose?.......

did the caliper go through the wheel i'm guessing and just ripped the hose off?

[aff-man]

thats why i said "bike" lol

and affman :

if the caliper came off......how did it manage to break the hydralic hose?.......

did the caliper go through the wheel i'm guessing and just ripped the hose off?

Nope i got braided likes but the bit that snapped was the bit that the hose connects to ... So the brake line is fine but the end bit snapped.

[skidMark]

ahhh lucky.....did you feel a big jolt or anything when it happened? wonder why it came lose? / bolts snapped or whatever the hell happened

[aff-man]

ahhh lucky.....did you feel a big jolt or anything when it happened? wonder why it came lose? / bolts snapped or whatever the hell happened

Thought i'd gone over a rock untill i had no brakes going into the next corner... that was interesting....

[DMNTD]

...Yeah I forgot that gixxer 6 Hundies can't get past 200Kmh. Custard said he had his yellow peril up to some ungodly speed chasing TL Rider and crew. That was one wicked section of road from P. :headbang:

:Pokey: LOL!! You'll never take me alive!! And what's this 200 bizzo? :eek5:
Good golly gosh now that's just being a nutter :innocent: :whistle: We're all way too innocent for that sort of carry on...

Well it looks like at least 5+ riders from these ways that'll be in for saturday's ride so will be fun...oh and we can also look for said caliper too right?

[skidMark]

Thought i'd gone over a rock untill i had no brakes going into the next corner... that was interesting....

yeah especially when you expect there to be brakes to slow you down and when you don't have them it gets messy ......geez i'm guessing you wernt going too hard into the corner then or just really had to go hard lean through it?

[aff-man]

yeah especially when you expect there to be brakes to slow you down and when you don't have them it gets messy ......geez i'm guessing you wernt going too hard into the corner then or just really had to go hard lean through it?

Yeh if you read my thread about said incident you'll notice i made a quote::

Kornholio says: if you want to go faster through a corner.... loose the ability to brake.

[Zapf]

LOL... fat chance of finding the said Calliper.... but heck... I might come and look for it on the road.... (hopefully I don't run over it)

Will be good to see u Aff. :)

[skidMark]

i'm predicating it has most likely been squished by a vehicle with at least 18 wheels .....at least 50 times

either that or it's happily off to the side of the road

[aff-man]

I've done the whole event , say you're coming thing

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=728&day=2006-2-11&

Just let me know cause we will be leaving pretty romptly from westgate.

[Qkchk]

I would love to join you on the hunt but Im still trying to find that damn turkey................or was it sunstrike?

[Warr]

Dont want to be a wet blanket on your search, but we lost the pack ..,shown, on the road north of Taumarunui. Now it happens to be a bit bigger than a calliper, and we never found our pack. So like me you will just have to accept it as one of those embarrassing events that happen occassionally !!

[aff-man]

Dont want to be a wet blanket on your search, but we lost the pack ..,shown, on the road north of Taumarunui. Now it happens to be a bit bigger than a calliper, and we never found our pack. So like me you will just have to accept it as one of those embarrassing events that happen occassionally !!

Ahhh but do you know the exact place it came off.... within about 5m??

I do and that there is probably the difference.

[2much]

Plus if someone spots a pack they're likely to grab it. Who wants an old fucked caliper that's been bounced down the road at 120k's that probably looks like a rough rusty hunk of metal by now? Bahahahaha!!!

Sorry Aff, hehe.

[aff-man]

meh......

Weather is starting to look good... see ya all there?

Hey if anyone reads this Do you know how far it is from wellsford to poriroa (Is that the place we are meeting the northern peoples not to sure of the name) If it's not to far we'll just fill up there instead of wellsford..

[DMNTD]

... Do you know how far it is from wellsford to poriroa (Is that the place we are meeting the northern peoples not to sure of the name) If it's not to far we'll just fill up there instead of wellsford..

Paparoa dude :nya: You'll be sweet for gas up until Paparoa mate.
We'll be there around 11:15am ish so don't latte about ya hear :niceone:
Weather is MINT! :sunny:

[aff-man]

Well After getting the new calliper on yesterday. I decided to go looking for the other one (not a chance in hell but hey i get to finally do the forest road...

Get to westgate to meet up with DM and one of Zapf's mates.... but no Zapf.... Wait fro 20mins after the leave time and still no Zapf. So the three of us head off at a moderate pace up to wellsford where DM and Zapf's mate decide to head back...

So I trundel on to meet some of the northern boys at papamoa?

To make a long story short we headed out did some riding did a little searching and talked some shit...

Had a great day and after 716km of beautifull roads I'm sure i'll be up that way pretty soon...

Good roads, good company (except for the cheeky fella on the gixxer thow) and great weather, what more could you want..

Highlight of the day: doing the forest road... it is most excellent..

Bad point of the day: Going to have to tell the bike shop that there is a difference between a little spoungy and "oh my God I'm gonna die"

Cheers ladies and gents , I'll see ya soon

[DMNTD]

Good roads, good company (except for the cheeky fella on the gixxer thow) and great weather, what more could you want..

Hey who the fark are you referring to fluffy-I-need-to-condition-my-hair fulla? Eh eh eh?
Who got the riders together and showed you a real riding road ya cheeky little shit eh? Bloody hell woman...ooops my bad:eek:
Good day all in all...pity the Aucklander's couldn't handle the jandle but understand that there's only so much foam in ya latte's lovey :buggerd:

[aff-man]

Hey who the fark are you referring to fluffy-I-need-to-condition-my-hair fulla? Eh eh eh?
Who got the riders together and showed you a real riding road ya cheeky little shit eh? Bloody hell woman...ooops my bad:eek:
Good day all in all...pity the Aucklander's couldn't handle the jandle but understand that there's only so much foam in ya latte's lovey :buggerd:



hahahahahahhaahhaah

Well I handeled the jandell so what does that make me.....

p.s. as i told TL ... dodgeing suicidal hedgehogs at speed makes riding at night more interesting hahaha

[DMNTD]

hahahahahahhaahhaah
Well I handeled the jandell so what does that make me.....

Mate ya leaving yourself wide open there buddy! But hey I noticed ya liked that ya hot little thing you :blip:
Oh and I was wondering when you were gonna pas this old man in the corners too...you were catching me right? :bleh:

[N4CR]

Saw you heading up on the moronway, that yellow helmet is so arse dude :P

Gizz us a kiss tl rider, you homo!

Finding things dropped off bikes is hard, even a wallet which spills cards everyhere cannot be found (gareth_d). We spent hours riding around albany once looking for the friggen thing.

Ohhh well.. time to visit the wreckers eh?

[nodrog]

The great "calliper" hunt.. fuck i thought you said "caterpiller", i wasted all that time looking for insects!

[Zapf]

Zapf.... sorry ... had a (big) fare drop in... left my cell phone at office..... sorry for making u wait... :msn-wink:

seen u nice time I hope... :)

[John]

tl you fucken gay fuck i waited at bk and your fucken gay ass didnt show up, and your sentra blew its ass open wide for me to.

[aff-man]

Mate ya leaving yourself wide open there buddy! But hey I noticed ya liked that ya hot little thing you :blip:
Oh and I was wondering when you were gonna pas this old man in the corners too...you were catching me right? :bleh:


meh... I had to hang back cause of all the sliding and dirty stone slinging you were doing:thud: :thud:

Hey nodrog.... you ge any good caterpilla"s ????

[2much]

Saw you heading up on the moronway, that yellow helmet is so arse dude :P

Bawahahahaha!!! He's got a point aff! Don't know why you bother to be honest, that hair would provide enough protection anyway!!!:lol:

[nodrog]

meh... I had to hang back cause of all the sliding and dirty stone slinging you were doing:thud: :thud:

Hey nodrog.... you ge any good caterpilla"s ????

the only insects i found were all the bumble bees and wasps plasted to the front of me bike!

[SwanTiger]

I passed some homos in Wairau on gixxers, must of been you lot, you snobby lot, didn't even get a wave back!

[Korumba]

Good ride Guys and Gurl...Sry I had to leave early but my "Slap Upside the Head Detector" was in the orange,

New front tyre going on this week so will be keen to try up to and around the 100kph mark next time we ride...

Love the $4.00 Quarties!

[DMNTD]

I passed some homos in Wairau on gixxers, must of been you lot, you snobby lot, didn't even get a wave back!

Homo's on Gixxers? Nah mate,just the one homo this time and he wasn't anywhere near Wairau.


Good ride Guys and Gurl...Sry I had to leave early but my "Slap Upside the Head Detector" was in the orange,
New front tyre going on this week so will be keen to try up to and around the 100kph mark next time we ride...
Love the $4.00 Quarties!

...and the $4.50 bourbons mate!! Mint deals and has been officially put on "drop in" list ;)
I have no idea what the 100km mark refers to either as I thought that would've been our top speed surely :bs:

[aff-man]

Bawahahahaha!!! He's got a point aff! Don't know why you bother to be honest, that hair would provide enough protection anyway!!!:lol:

And where pray tell were you????

And the hair would produce a nice cushioning effect wouldn't it....

I would buy a new helmet.... If i didn't give all my money to bike shops.

[2much]

We went for a cruise across to Kawhia and back, great ride except for all the gravel.

Don't worry bout getting a new helmet... it makes you easier to pick out in a crowd:bleh:

[aff-man]

We went for a cruise across to Kawhia and back, great ride except for all the gravel.

Don't worry bout getting a new helmet... it makes you easier to pick out in a crowd:bleh:

Only problem was riding home at night.... was like a frikken bug beacon.

[DMNTD]

Only problem was riding home at night....was like a frikken bug beacon.
Mate ya just sucked some bugs man :corn:
Hey Jono,did ya ever find that reciept? :shifty:

[aff-man]

Mate ya just sucked some bugs man :corn:
Hey Jono,did ya ever find that reciept? :shifty:

I looked "pretty" hard.... to to no avail..

Unfortunatley I might have to come up that way again. I think if i ride the roads up that way a couple of times I might hopefully be able to remember where i dropped it :shifty::shifty::shifty:

Here are some bug pics... couldn't see no caterpilla though http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=24593