ATNR (Auckland Thursday night ride) - Discussion thread

[ManDownUnder]

Sweet, checked his two blogs and I will follow with interest to see whether he manages to have some "real" NZ experiences!
If it's not raining stify and I might come see you lot this Thursday...
:niceone:

Yeah - he's a top man. A funny guy. Need a lid, gloves and leather for him though. A medium - anyone out there able to help?

[ManDownUnder]

Yeah - he's a top man. A funny guy. Need a lid, gloves and leather for him though. A medium - anyone out there able to help?

OK - a kind offer from a Stranger means Jonny's set to ride. The weather forecast is looking good and he emailed me confirming he's keen. And best of all - come Thursday I'll be able to shout

"Heeerrrrrrrreeeeeee's JONNY!"

See y'all there and then!

[BIGBOSSMAN]

He looks like a good laugh - it'll be great to talk shit with a Canuck! :woohoo:

[ManDownUnder]

Well the weather looks like it's going to be good. Warmish, dry ... ideal "taking a foreigner for a ride" weather.

[Pancakes]

If it's dry I'm there.

[EJK]

I'll just come by and say hello

[Aa7]

I'll just come by and say hello

hey EJ, I'm more than likely going to go on this ride tonight also so you can hang with me if you want to come along for the ride. I'll be going fairly easy and hanging near the back if your keen.

[Disco Dan]

You lot always pike before 11pm at the pub... bunch of pansies....

[EJK]

dunno I'll think about it lol

[vifferman]

This week was shaping up to be my debut at the ATNR, but I think that'll be hard with no rear wheel or shock.:mellow:

[Pumba]

Deffinate maybee for me tonight. Damm Work:mad:

[Devil]

This week was shaping up to be my debut at the ATNR, but I think that'll be hard with no rear wheel or shock.:mellow:

Cage it to the pub instead!

[vifferman]

Cage it to the pub instead!
Thinkinaboutit...
But I might just get on with some bike repairs instead.

[Pancakes]

Why does my wife invite people for dinner on Thursday nights. I was soooo keen. Still mught be able to hunt people down part way thru if I cook something yuck and they leave early! now thats a plan.

[ArcherWC]

I hope to be there tonight, I cored the pipes on the R1 yesturday, so I can be even more obnoxious





giz a cuddle Noel

[Chocky]

I'm in :niceone: I'll bring the camera but I must warn you that its a real camera so it will be a while befor I can post da pics, I'll get them developed this weekend but I dont have a scanner :(

[Big Dog]

You lot always pike before 11pm at the pub... bunch of pansies....

So either:
A\ you don't look very hard.
B\ you ignore me.
c\ you are too pansy to make it.
:Pokey:

[skidMark]

hey EJ, I'm more than likely going to go on this ride tonight also so you can hang with me if you want to come along for the ride. I'll be going fairly easy and hanging near the back if your keen.


be sure to take the lead off ya front cylinder...

[Pancakes]

So either:
A\ you don't look very hard.
B\ you ignore me.
c\ you are too pansy to make it.
:Pokey:

Dunno if he looks "hard", my wife said he looked like a drug dealer! But she is the suspicious type!

[EJK]

I'll join ya guys next week lol
btw nice ZX-14 Mr. TEC-of-the-night :drool:

[Kwaka14]

Cheers, will be back for the last of the break in this coming week.

[Devil]

Wont make the ride this week, but might make the pub.
Got the '08 Busa to check out (with drinks and nibbles heh).

[Qkchk]

Nice n Tanned from our week off :cool:


Lets see if the weather over here is gonna play ball for thursday.............?

[Xile]

Hopefully, I'll make it in time this week :p
This will be my last Thursday Ride for 2007...and hopefully, I could do some next year :(
Thanks Qkchk and Qkkid for organising it!!
Nice to meet all the people there :love:
Weather will be awesome tomorrow, I tell you! :cool:

[Morcs]

Hopefully, I'll make it in time this week :p
This will be my last Thursday Ride for 2007...and hopefully, I could do some next year :(
Thanks Qkchk and Qkkid for organising it!!
Nice to meet all the people there :love:
Weather will be awesome tomorrow, I tell you! :cool:

Yay will be good to have another Honda 400 on the ride :)

[Qkchk]

Good news - :sunny:


Looked at the Auzzie Met site and there's a HIGH forecast for the top half of the North Island! :clap:

[Kwaka14]

Looking awesome for this weeks Ride!!!!!

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Looking awesome for this weeks Ride!!!!!

Oooh yeah brother, I went to Motomail 2day and bought a back protector. Now I'll feel like a works rider (Freezing works I mean, as I'm such a big cnut...)

[Pumba]

Oooh yeah brother, I went to Motomail 2day and bought a back protector.

Not feeling the need to protect your self a bit better after Marcus's little off are we??

Oh yea I will be there :niceone:

[EJK]

Any two fiddy comming tonight?

[Xile]

Any two fiddy comming tonight?

The Scorpio is such a nice lil' bike, she'll be sweet among the bigge rones, no worries :p

[EJK]

I'll feel sorry for Mr. TEC-of-the-night :( lol

Alright I'll see you guys tonight ;)

[Qkchk]

The weather is nice, lets make the most of it!


The ride is on for tonight!

So I'll see you all at Westgate 6.30pm!

[FROSTY]

have fun folks --my xj will be seen winging its way sarf

[hospitalfood]

in , see you all there

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Not feeling the need to protect your self a bit better after Marcus's little off are we??

Oh yea I will be there :niceone:

Yip! His back protector had a nasty looking dint in it, would hate to think what would have happened if he wasn't wearing it. As it is he's got a broken lower vertebrae. I like my back a lot...

[slinky]

Well..........(melbournes) St Kilda thursday mystery ride sux - they just ride around the city through bumpy streets and stop at lots and lots of red traffic lights -the bike over heats, i overheat, left hand gets tired. though i was told last night by some of the regulars that it was a disappointment and its usually not that bad - so hopefully next time the leader will choose a less interrupted route.
I miss the ATNR.
BUT
i am yet to explore the mountains, i hear they surrounded by some awesome roads!!!!!

[Qkchk]

Awesome ride last ride Guys n Gals! Perfect conditions if not a tiny bit on the chill side but with summer just around the corner we will be able to enjoy the cool breeze of afternoon cruise!

Just a heads up for next weeks ride -

1. Since there is shiteloads of roadworks on the 'usual route' we might take a detour and head up to Walkworth (same route as the Anniversary Ride) BUt this will be WEATHER PERMITTING. Will annouce what happening the day before....

2. Tinted Visors. I know its getting brighter as we come into summer, however please take in to consideration that if we do the planned route for next week, maybe bring a clear visor since it WILL be dark after we leave Walkworth.

Lets keep our fingers crossed for good weather next week - I dont fancy riding over the roadworks and having my bike covered in lime.......

[BIGBOSSMAN]

2. Tinted Visors. I know its getting brighter as we come into summer, however please take in to consideration that if we do the planned route for next week, maybe bring a clear visor since it WILL be dark after we leave Walkworth.

Yeah, but they don't look cool like tinted ones...
:Oops:

[Kwaka14]

Awesome ride last ride Guys n Gals! Perfect conditions if not a tiny bit on the chill side but with summer just around the corner we will be able to enjoy the cool breeze of afternoon cruise!

Just a heads up for next weeks ride -

1. Since there is shiteloads of roadworks on the 'usual route' we might take a detour and head up to Walkworth (same route as the Anniversary Ride) BUt this will be WEATHER PERMITTING. Will annouce what happening the day before....

2. Tinted Visors. I know its getting brighter as we come into summer, however please take in to consideration that if we do the planned route for next week, maybe bring a clear visor since it WILL be dark after we leave Walkworth.

Lets keep our fingers crossed for good weather next week - I dont fancy riding over the roadworks and having my bike covered in lime.......

I headed up there after we stopped at Dairy Flat, they were just starting some roadworks north of the Puhoi turnoff....

[nz.craig]

You guys looked pretty damn cool screaming past last night!

You may have spotted the ZX14 going t'other way. T'was I out for a familiarisation ride on the new bike. Hope to join you's in a week or so. (Still pissing my pants - the 14 is a big step up from the ZZR1100 I've had for 12 years....)

:beer:

[Kwaka14]

You guys looked pretty damn cool screaming past last night!

You may have spotted the ZX14 going t'other way. T'was I out for a familiarisation ride on the new bike. Hope to join you's in a week or so. (Still pissing my pants - the 14 is a big step up from the ZZR1100 I've had for 12 years....)

:beer:

They're pretty awesome to ride though, I was on the other 14 going the other way, still breaking it in.....

[Maha]

2. Tinted Visors. I know its getting brighter as we come into summer, however please take in to consideration that if we do the planned route for next week, maybe bring a clear visor since it WILL be dark after we leave Walkworth.



And remember the last trip over Woodcocks in the 'Dark'.....:whistle:

[EJK]

It was a tough night... Guess Scorpios arn't designed to go fast, break hard and lean low lol

It was good ride tho! adrenalin pumping, fast pace ride for a single cylinder thumper :niceone:

[Pancakes]

............1. Since there is shiteloads of roadworks on the 'usual route' we might take a detour and head up to Walkworth (same route as the Anniversary Ride) BUt this will be WEATHER PERMITTING. Will annouce what happening the day before...................

Sounds mint QC, I think the bunch would be up for whatever eh. Everyone had their groove on last night, was great!


You guys looked pretty damn cool screaming past last night!

You may have spotted the ZX14 going t'other way. T'was I out for a familiarisation ride on the new bike. Hope to join you's in a week or so. (Still pissing my pants - the 14 is a big step up from the ZZR1100 I've had for 12 years....)

:beer:

Yeah matey, sorry about the lack of wave! I go slow enough at WOT let alone letting go of it for a second!

[Aa7]

It was a tough night... Guess Scorpios arn't designed to go fast, break hard and lean low lol

It was good ride tho! adrenalin pumping, fast pace ride for a single cylinder thumper :niceone:

EJ I hope you rode your own ride and didn't try and play catch and chase with the big boys or did you scrape a little more of those pegs away and try and pop the piston out of that wee thumper ;) If i can get my ride sorted better for next week i'll keep you company if you like cause at the moment next Thursdays going to be free again for me :banana:

[Pancakes]

He did just right and gave the little bike what your supposed to give them! Thats why you NEVER name little bikes, just like you don't name cows you plan on eating.

Come out dood! Another Ho-bag for me to ride with!

[Mom]

Just a heads up for next weeks ride -

.


At least we are in the country this time.........LOL.......be good to see you all up this way, just mind out for the scarey un-named road in the dark monster.......LOL

[Qkkid]

At least we are in the country this time.........LOL.......be good to see you all up this way, just mind out for the scarey in the dark monster.......LOL

:eek:Please remove the addy of the road we are gonna ride my sexy litle thing:bleh: TA

[Pumba]

It was a tough night... Guess Scorpios arn't designed to go fast, break hard and lean low lol

It was good ride tho! adrenalin pumping, fast pace ride for a single cylinder thumper :niceone:

Mate those scorpies seem tough enogh to take it, and you didnt seam to be going to bad for yoiu first outing (I spoke to you at dairy flat about not worrying about who is behind you and just riding your own ride)

[EJK]

Mate those scorpies seem tough enogh to take it, and you didnt seam to be going to bad for yoiu first outing (I spoke to you at dairy flat about not worrying about who is behind you and just riding your own ride)

Ah! so it was you! :eek:

Well, I will think about seeing you next week :)

[TRAINING WHEELS]

It was a tough night... Guess Scorpios arn't designed to go fast, break hard and lean low lol

It was good ride tho! adrenalin pumping, fast pace ride for a single cylinder thumper :niceone:

Good on you EJ for joining the ride .... ill grow up oneday and join in too....:baby:

[Qkkid]

I think a meeting in Auckland for all those interested about getting Frosty back as a moderator may have to happen this can be done on ATNR night for all those that hold this as a important Auckland showing there collectiveness on this issue.A mass email to spank maybe or maybe a petition what do you all think. For all those interested please email myself or Dawn and we will get back to you and turning up on thursday night would be great to discuss this issue and what to do about it , So lets hope for great weather so all ya turkeys turn up. :yes:
LETS GET A RECORD TURNOUT FOR FROSTY:niceone:

[Pancakes]

Just come out dood, really, and if your worried about the pace just nominate yourself TEC. I did the first 2 times I went out, and once after that when I felt like a ride but just a cruise, get to know the roads and no pressure.

and if the plan is what I think it is you really should come on the next one! That or EJ will just be able to PM you how awesome it was and you can wish you were there again?

[EJK]

Just come out dood, really, and if your worried about the pace just nominate yourself TEC. I did the first 2 times I went out, and once after that when I felt like a ride but just a cruise, get to know the roads and no pressure.

and if the plan is what I think it is you really should come on the next one! That or EJ will just be able to PM you how awesome it was and you can wish you were there again?

Yeah it was fun but some parts were quite scary lol
e.g. when my rear brake got locked while downshifting from high speed :shit: lol

I don't blame my bike! lol It's suppose to be a "commuter" :lol:
So, you on GT250R (U know who I'm sayin), get ur ass here lol You've got a better bike so whats the doubt? lol

[Qkkid]

I think a meeting in Auckland for all those interested about getting Frosty back as a moderator may have to happen this can be done on ATNR night for all those that hold this as a important Auckland showing there collectiveness on this issue.A mass email to spank maybe or maybe a petition what do you all think. For all those interested please email myself or Dawn and we will get back to you and turning up on thursday night would be great to discuss this issue and what to do about it , So lets hope for great weather so all ya turkeys turn up. :yes:
LETS GET A RECORD TURNOUT FOR FROSTY:niceone:


:scratch:Now i think the record is 63 bikes from memory:headbang:

[TRAINING WHEELS]

Yeah it was fun but some parts were quite scary lol
e.g. when my rear brake got locked while downshifting from high speed :shit: lol

I don't blame my bike! lol It's suppose to be a "commuter" :lol:
So, you on GT250R (U know who I'm sayin), get ur ass here lol You've got a better bike so whats the doubt? lol


Will see how i go as i believe Kitty may be joining the ride and have offered her the GTR to borrow. Thats cool it may just be the following week.....On HOLIDAY now for a week so will just have some fun ....

[Xile]

It was a tough night... Guess Scorpios arn't designed to go fast, break hard and lean low lol
It was good ride tho! adrenalin pumping, fast pace ride for a single cylinder thumper :niceone:

Good on you!
The Scorpio is fine in the corner but I agree with you that she's hard to keep at the same pace as bigger bikes on the straights! ;)
From what I saw you were really really fine :P
Enjoy!

[Morcs]

If anyone saw anything resembling a black leather wallet and a black cellphone scattered on the road last thursday can you let me know please...

Damn pocket left open. knew i shouldve worn me leathers. :mad:

[Qkchk]

Yeah, but they don't look cool like tinted ones...
:Oops:

Neither does a scratched-up bike because we failed to see that gravel on the road :p

[Qkchk]

I think a meeting in Auckland for all those interested about getting Frosty back as a moderator may have to happen this can be done on ATNR night for all those that hold this as a important Auckland showing there collectiveness on this issue.............. LETS GET A RECORD TURNOUT FOR FROSTY:niceone:


We will be having dinner in Walkworth (the Maha's will know the name of this fine establishment) so even if you cannot ride your bike you are VERY welcome to either meet us at Westgate or up @ Walkworth in your car. I may even have a spare seat on the VFR if someones wheels aint running. (PM if you want to reserve the seat - Must be able to hang on!;))
LET'S SUPPORT FROSTY!

Weather is looking apsolutely awesome this week, no rain at all until Sat. So mark down the ride for THIS Thursday!!


The latest from www.metservice.co.nz
Issued at 10:30 am 19 Nov 2007 NZDT

Wednesday
Mainly fine over the whole country, apart from cloudy areas in the west of the South Island, and some drizzle there.

Thursday, Friday
North Island, cloudy periods in the west and fine elsewhere. South Island, some rain in the west, with scattered falls spreading to Southland and South Otago on Friday. Fine in Nelson Marlborough and Canterbury.

[Pancakes]

That front should stall/drop and hold out till at least Saturday :sunny:

edit, eh Dawn you beat me to it! Your a Qk Chk alright. You trying to slow the new bike down with some extra weight? If ya get no takers I'll just swap you for the little Ho-bag for the ride instead eh? heheheheheh

[Pumba]

Wont be there this week, or next, due to me heading down South Tomorrow.

Have fun guys and I hope there is a good turn out.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Neither does a scratched-up bike because we failed to see that gravel on the road :p

Yes Mum, I have learned the error of my ways and promise not to do it again :niceone:

[Morcs]

Ill be there unless its absolutely pissing down... even then ill turn up at westgate just so I can say I turned up :first:

[Qkchk]

Who else is coming?


Lets try to beat our best turnout of 63 bikes!

[hospitalfood]

thats a maybe? you heading to warkworth though? long ride home for me after a couple.....

[BIGBOSSMAN]

I'll do my best to be there, may be going out to dinner though (Der Metz - German restaurant in Kohimaramara. Yum!)

[mitchilin]

Who else is coming?


Lets try to beat our best turnout of 63 bikes!

I'm keen to come along again.Sorry if I slowed some of you faster guys up. I was a bit wobbly around a few of those corners.I'm sure Rueben would be keen again and I've talked a mate from work into coming along.Think I'll hang at the back this time...Great fun though I was buzzing.

[Qkchk]

I'm keen to come along again.Sorry if I slowed some of you faster guys up. I was a bit wobbly around a few of those corners.I'm sure Rueben would be keen again and I've talked a mate from work into coming along.Think I'll hang at the back this time...Great fun though I was buzzing.

Glad you enjoyed the ride. I felt last weeks pace was spot-on, I thoroughly enjoyed myself even tho I have been doing the same roads for more than 2 years now! Goes to show it WAS a great bunch of riders eh....and there is no need to worry about the other riders being faster/slower, just find a spot in the pack even if you start off just infront of the TEC (Tail-end Charlie) and work your way up the group. No-one is out for a race, IT SHOULD be about the ride and the social side afterwards..... :yeah:


You can bring your mates and get them to bring their mates. Just got 1 houserule.

1. Don't endanger any other rider by either cutting them off or by being blatantly stupid.

As you know I give a short brief before we take off and if you wanna do warp speed, you can (at your own expense). Everyone is reminded of the risks involved. I dont care who comes as long as they don't endanger anyone else and they enjoy their ride. See you on Thursday, the weather is set to be awesome! :sunny:

[Qkchk]

Just a couple of things:


We will be having dinner up at the Bridgehouse Lodge in Walkworth, not at Bar Africa (this week only)
Could be a presence of Roadworks. Parts of the usual ATNR are in gravel/limestone however we should miss the majority of it this week. (With all this good weather they should be sealing the roads sometime this week)
Second mention about Tinted Visors. Feel free to use but take into consideration that we will be having dinner at approx 8.30pm so IT WILL BE dark when we leave the premises. Probably wearing sunglasses and a clear visor wouldn't be a bad idea.
Rant Over. :msn-wink:

[ArcherWC]

Was a good ride, pitty about the old lady on the black VFR slowing things up. hehe

see yas on thursday

[Kittyhawk]

Have fun everyone....wont be able to make it this week.

[Kiwibloke]

Hey guys, Reuben here. ast week was a hoot! Had an absolute ball so count me in! Cheers.

[Qkkid]

Hey guys, Reuben here. ast week was a hoot! Had an absolute ball so count me in! Cheers.

:psst:See you turkey lurkeys at Westgate tomorrow night gonna be a beautifull :chase: nite:sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::wari::wari:

[Kwaka14]

:psst:See you turkey lurkeys at Westgate tomorrow night gonna be a beautifull :chase: nite:sunny::sunny::sunny::sunny::wari::wari:

Don't forget this time.... lol

[Kittyhawk]

Was at the pub tonight, and saw a cop car drive up. Parked on the other side of the road in a driveway, and waited.

Some poor newbie was followed by cop car...not sure what happend weather he was pulled over or not...but he wasnt doing anything wrong when he left.

Then saw cop car patrol the area hardcore!! as well as what looked like an under cover car..

[TLMAN]

Was at the pub tonight, and saw a cop car drive up. Parked on the other side of the road in a driveway, and waited.

Some poor newbie was followed by cop car...not sure what happend weather he was pulled over or not...but he wasnt doing anything wrong when he left.

Then saw cop car patrol the area hardcore!! as well as what looked like an under cover car..

What colour was the undercover??

[Chrislost]

dark fooken blue
with two lights that didnt look like standard holden ones in the front window

and the wheels, ohhh the wheels

[NinjaNanna]

What colour was the undercover??

Seems like there's a whole new batch of assorted unmarked cars in the Albany area now. :2guns:

Let's start a new consiparacy theory and say that every Cop now has the salary sacrific option to get a "Company Vehicle" and as long as they write $1000 worth of tickets a month they get free fuel too. :whistle:

Complete bullshit of course but I'm sure it wouldn't take long for this to become part of KB Folk Lore - "Yeah everyone knows that; they've been doin' it for years" :2thumbsup

Anyway on the serious side it's now at a point where I have to think that every car is an unmarked cop car because there seems to be so many on the roads now. And the real scary part is you don't even know they're there until you see them pull someone over - but that's the whole point I guess - Score 1-0 to the cops:argh:

[Morcs]

dark fooken blue
with two lights that didnt look like standard holden ones in the front window

and the wheels, ohhh the wheels

I take it you got home then eh.

Me and Timaa took the right turn from the bar, and the copper (who was leaving the roundabout) pulled a Uey straight away.

He didnt come after us though.

[Xile]

Hey guys!
Might come from the far and dark Leigh to meet you at Warkworth...will be pretty short ride but never did at night yet!
Roadwork is mostly between Warkworth and Matakana, but as they decided to rebuild every f...g single road in New Zealand these days :mad:, better being prudent ;)
See you all tonight! :love:

[Qkchk]

Was at the pub tonight, and saw a cop car drive up. Parked on the other side of the road in a driveway, and waited.

Some poor newbie was followed by cop car...not sure what happend weather he was pulled over or not...but he wasnt doing anything wrong when he left.

Then saw cop car patrol the area hardcore!! as well as what looked like an under cover car..

Yeah they did mention it in the AWNMR thread. Someone got busted leaving BAR AFRICA (in a car and not one of our guys) last Thurs night just before we all got there. I think he may have been given a free ride to the clink for DD. So they are in the area but if you behave there's nothing to worry about. :innocent:

[EJK]

I might come tonight, so who wants to company me?

[Aa7]

I might come tonight, so who wants to company me?


I'll come along if i can find some brake seals that fit by this afternoon but otherwise your on your own EJ, have fun and ride safe everyone :)

[T.I.E]

hoping that some may tag along if thats ok and meet yall in waLkworth??????
i know its south of whangarei somewhere. but hope to meet yall there.

[Kittyhawk]

Yeah they did mention it in the AWNMR thread. Someone got busted leaving BAR AFRICA (in a car and not one of our guys) last Thurs night just before we all got there. I think he may have been given a free ride to the clink for DD. So they are in the area but if you behave there's nothing to worry about. :innocent:

Deary me..glad it wasn't one of our lot!

[Qkchk]

hoping that some may tag along if thats ok and meet yall in waLkworth??????
i know its south of whangarei somewhere. but hope to meet yall there.

Dunno, Ive heard you Norfland bunch are a bit rough........... :lol:

[T.I.E]

Dunno, Ive heard you Norfland bunch are a bit rough........... :lol:

a diamond in the rough??????
but we have a problem roadworks are effecting the norflanders from moving about. lots and lots of bloody roadworks everywhere. and really crappy ones at that.

heaven forbid a bit of loose metal should effect the crew.

see yall there

[EJK]

Guess I'll be sitting this one, I should save petrol

[Qkchk]

a diamond in the rough??????
but we have a problem roadworks are effecting the norflanders from moving about. lots and lots of bloody roadworks everywhere. and really crappy ones at that.

heaven forbid a bit of loose metal should effect the crew.

see yall there

Funny how that stuff seems to follow you around eh? Thats what we are trying to escape from down here but I guess it good to "Tar roads while the sun shines..." as long as do it now and not later in summer.....

See you @ Walkworth.....

[Morcs]

See you sunny day riders at westgate :girlfight:

[Qkkid]

Don't forget this time.... lol

:girlfight:Forget what honey:hug:
:bleh::bleh::bleh::bleh::bleh::bleh:
nothing wrong with a bit of xtra road:rolleyes:

[Qkkid]

Just a couple of things:


We will be having dinner up at the Bridgehouse Lodge in Walkworth, not at Bar Africa (this week only)
Could be a presence of Roadworks. Parts of the usual ATNR are in gravel/limestone however we should miss the majority of it this week. (With all this good weather they should be sealing the roads sometime this week)
Second mention about Tinted Visors. Feel free to use but take into consideration that we will be having dinner at approx 8.30pm so IT WILL BE dark when we leave the premises. Probably wearing sunglasses and a clear visor wouldn't be a bad idea.
Rant Over. :msn-wink:

:wari::wari::wari::wari::wari::wari::wari::wari:

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Second mention about Tinted Visors. Feel free to use but take into consideration that we will be having dinner at approx 8.30pm so IT WILL BE dark when we leave the premises. Probably wearing sunglasses and a clear visor wouldn't be a bad idea.[/LIST]
Rant Over. :msn-wink:

This ones for you Dawn lol !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXw4qqQqTrY

ps Great ride tonight, hope the 2 guys who had an 'incident' are ok...

[westie]

Saw quite a few coppers around the bar africa albany area tonight. Some in a black holden hiding in the bushes. One following us stopped then kept following again.
Its getting to be quite the hot spot for getting picked up by cops if thats what you're into.
Unfortunately I missed out tonight. Lol

[mitchilin]

I'm apologising for my neighbour to the guy from Silverdale who offered to get his ute and pick up his crashed bike.Reuben after doing a postmortem on his off decided to ride it back.He called me a the pub to try and find someone who knew you to try and phone you ,but apparently it was your first time.I reckon he owes you a beer or twenty for your good deed.How he rode home still has me fucked.

[Qkkid]

ps Great ride tonight, hope the 2 guys who had an 'incident' are ok...

let us know how you are and that ya got home alright :msn-wink:
What a awesome ride tonight great riding with ya hedgie babe:bleh:
Musta been a good 50+ at Warkworth pub :niceone:
Cheers to the 5 Wangarei crew for coming down to see us:eek:
Nice seeing ya Xion
And of course MAHA and MOM:rolleyes:
This is kiwibiker at its best
cheers Steve and Dawn

[TLMAN]

ps Great ride tonight, hope the 2 guys who had an 'incident' are ok...

Another brand spanking new gixxer for the scrapheap....

[mitchilin]

The zxr1200 made it home.Someone saw the gixxer(?) being loaded onto a trailer.His rear brake siezed and I could smell brake pads for a hundred metres.I felt like a cunt for leaving my mate there but I was tail end charlie and had conflicting emotions.Really I justed wanted to ride my new bike that I just got a couple of hours earlier.The TL has got me absolutely gobsmacked.I should have got one years ago.You guys are a bad influence.I was happy with the katana until I went on the ride last week....

[TLMAN]

I was right behind the ZX following the same line as it went off the road, im still amazed I kept mine on the tarmac.
Will definately buy a lotto ticket tomorrow.

[mitchilin]

How did the gixxer get involved?Did he fall of in sympathy or was there something else?

[mitchilin]

I was right behind the ZX following the same line as it went off the road, im still amazed I kept mine on the tarmac.
Will definately buy a lotto ticket tomorrow.Yeah that is lucky.Its easy to get target fixation.Buy a couple of lotto tickets.

[TLMAN]

How did the gixxer get involved?Did he fall of in sympathy or was there something else?

I think he came around the corner too fast and got a fright when he saw us all down the bank picking up the ZXR and rider, he then clipped my bike and another bike parked off the road before he took a tumble down the bank too. It was a fucker of a corner though, it was downhill and the camber was off.

[mitchilin]

Rueben thinks the guy in front of he suddenly slowed because of a car coming in the opposite direction and he had a choice of hitting the bike in front or sticking it down the bank.He reckons ,now he chose wrong.He couldn't go around cause of the oncoming car.

[CBR97]

:clap:xclent ride tonight people,
i hope the two who binned are ok, and not to much damage done.
as this was my first, i will be going again,

look forward to next time

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Sorry we couldnt make it last night but this is why.




Kiri-Anne Leigh 7 pounds 11

[Qkchk]

I think he came around the corner too fast and got a fright when he saw us all down the bank picking up the ZXR and rider, he then clipped my bike and another bike parked off the road before he took a tumble down the bank too. It was a fucker of a corner though, it was downhill and the camber was off.

Unfortunately, I witnessed the whole incident of the Gixxer in my mirror.

One thing I MUST point out here is:

If someone comes off their bike, PLEASE think of YOUR safety first! Your'e no good to a person who has just come off, if you end up laying in the paddock next to them. As in last night my personal opinion is that those bikes that were hit were parked in the worst spot possible. Pretty much side-by-side and right at the exit point of a corner on a blind corner. Imagine a car coming around the corner instead of the Gixxer, the car would of wiped out the 2 bikes completely! I feel that the "Gixxer" was not entirely in the wrong and I will back him up if need be.

If someone comes off, ride past the incident site (get off the road completely if possible) send someone back up the road to warn oncoming bikers and always be cautious about being on the roadside. Common sense is your best friend.

[Maha]

let us know how you are and that ya got home alright :msn-wink:
What a awesome ride tonight great riding with ya hedgie babe:bleh:
Musta been a good 50+ at Warkworth pub :niceone:
Cheers to the 5 Wangarei crew for coming down to see us:eek:
Nice seeing ya Xion
And of course MAHA and MOM:rolleyes:
This is kiwibiker at its best
cheers Steve and Dawn

Heaps of youngins there last night, the place was pumpin'. Must be the 'pay day' thing. Food looked awesome as did the montage of bike parked up, you guys must leave an imppression cos when i rang and told them ya'll were turning up they remembered you from last time....:devil2:

[T.I.E]

was good to see most of yall made it their safely. and nice to see a few old faces. but they are getting young. lol. no im getting old.
see yall around somtime.
keep rubber side down.

[Disco Dan]

Spent the evening at work driving a fricking cage.. a 07 hyundai Getz of all smegging things too... arggh and it was auto..

Looks like another eventful night though! Hope those two are ok!

[TLMAN]

Unfortunately, I witnessed the whole incident of the Gixxer in my mirror.

One thing I MUST point out here is:

If someone comes off their bike, PLEASE think of YOUR safety first! Your'e no good to a person who has just come off, if you end up laying in the paddock next to them. As in last night my personal opinion is that those bikes that were hit were parked in the worst spot possible. Pretty much side-by-side and right at the exit point of a corner on a blind corner. Imagine a car coming around the corner instead of the Gixxer, the car would of wiped out the 2 bikes completely! I feel that the "Gixxer" was not entirely in the wrong and I will back him up if need be.

If someone comes off, ride past the incident site (get off the road completely if possible) send someone back up the road to warn oncoming bikers and always be cautious about being on the roadside. Common sense is your best friend.


The bikes were lined one behind the other and the tyres of both bikes were on the white line to the left side of the road 20 metres past the corner, not side by side as "seen in your rear view mirror". About 15 other bikes came through and did not have issue.
It was the bikers speed that was the cause of the crash.

[NinjaNanna]

As in last night my personal opinion is that those bikes that were hit were parked in the worst spot possible. Pretty much side-by-side and right at the exit point of a corner on a blind corner. Imagine a car coming around the corner instead of the Gixxer, the car would of wiped out the 2 bikes completely! I feel that the "Gixxer" was not entirely in the wrong and I will back him up if need be.

QKCHK, I'd say I'd have to agree, I came through about 6 bikes after the 'bin' and those 2 bikes should not have been there. I know that both of the riders are insured and I think in all fairness they should claim on their own insurances - I think they were both at fault to some degree and it was just an unfortunate incident.

[jrandom]

Always a bugger when someone comes off, I came up to that corner a few moments after the ZRX went into the ditch, saw the cloud of dust and grabbed some brakes before turning in because I knew what would be happening next...

Even after slowing down I had to swerve almost all the way to the opposite edge of the road to get around all the bikes being randomly stood up and panic-braked.

I'm not at all surprised that someone behind me stuffed their bike into a parked one and joined the first guy.

I second Qkchk's comments; guys, please, when someone bins, hold your line, ensure your own safety and the safety of those behind you, don't panic in the middle of a corner just because a bike in front of you goes ditch surfing. Nothing worse than bikes taking each other out on a ride.

Anyway, apart from the little mini-binfest, that was a fucking mint evening and ride last night, no better way to end a day.

Top marks Qkkies!

:2thumbsup

[Cr1MiNaL]

QKCHK, I'd say I'd have to agree, I came through about 6 bikes after the 'bin' and those 2 bikes should not have been there. I know that both of the riders are insured and I think in all fairness they should claim on their own insurances - I think they were both at fault to some degree and it was just an unfortunate incident.

I'd have to disagree with that mate, and Dawn too... so long as the bikes were parked past the exit of the corner and on the other side of the white line, I see nothing wrong. They were only stopping to help and there were blind corners one after the other so pulling over too far away was out of the question. I have been in this sort of a situation more than once myself.

Whose ever bike it was that clipped the two bikes should not have been nailing it so hard so as to not be able to stay on the road. I believe speed was an issue here.

Hence, I was riding slowly... nevertheless, Hedgier1, Qkkid and JRandom appeared to be having a tough time passing Vale on his 600 puddlejumper until he backed off on the straights and let them pass ? Muaaahahahaa :beer:

[Qkchk]

Whose ever bike it was that clipped the two bikes should not have been nailing it so hard so as to not be able to stay on the road. I believe speed was an issue here.


And this folks comes from one of the best ambassadors.............. Yeah Right.


On a more truthful note,
I dont want to see any naming of any parties involved unless they have given prior permission.

[Cr1MiNaL]

On a more truthful note,
I dont want to see any naming of any parties involved unless they have given prior permission.

Didn't name anyone who binned Dawn,

n I'm sure the others know I was takin the piss.

[The Stranger]

The bikes were lined one behind the other and the tyres of both bikes were on the white line to the left side of the road 20 metres past the corner, not side by side as "seen in your rear view mirror". About 15 other bikes came through and did not have issue.
It was the bikers speed that was the cause of the crash.

It didn't appear to me that Qkchc was saying they caused the crash, only that they were stupidly parked and as a result contributed to their own demise.

[Qkkid]

It didn't appear to me that Qkchc was saying they caused the crash, only that they were stupidly parked and as a result contributed to their own demise.

well done Noel green bling for you :laugh::laugh:
Sounds like you wer there:bleh:

[Qkkid]

Hence, I was riding slowly... nevertheless, Hedgier1, Qkkid and JRandom appeared to be having a tough time passing Vale on his 600 puddlejumper until he backed off on the straights and let them pass ? Muaaahahahaa :beer:

:oi-grr:You were holding us all up pal:Pokey:

[The Stranger]

I have been in this sort of a situation more than once myself.



If so, you really should appreciate that your first course of action should be to secure the scene and ensure no one else gets hurt.

For example, if there were twisties either way as you describe, did 2 of the first bikes there take the iniative to post riders both in front and behind to warn approaching motorists? Or did they simply run around like headless chooks?

Ok, I wasn't there so none of my comments are specific to this case, however they are relavent in all cases.

[Qkchk]

Or did they simply run around like headless chooks?


I wouldnt say headless chooks, more along the lines of "too eager to help". One of the worst things that can happen if you are one of the first to come across a crash scene - Tunnel Vision. One can become so focused on helping someone that they can forget the basics about looking after No1 and things can turn nasty real quick.

I hope at least we can all learn from this unfortunate experience. :yeah:

[jrandom]

...Hedgier1, Qkkid and JRandom appeared to be having a tough time passing Vale on his 600 puddlejumper until he backed off on the straights and let them pass ? Muaaahahahaa

Eh?

The only person I remember passing all evening was Xile; I was in "cruise without passing" mode.

(Girls don't count, you see. ;) )

[Mom]

Not sorry I missed all the on road action, but man it sure was good to see you all up here last night! Something pretty cool about seeing a pile of bikes roaring into our local!

[Mom]

Eh?

The only person I remember passing all evening was Xile; I was in "cruise without passing" mode.

(Girls don't count, you see. ;) )

:girlfight: geez you talk crap sometimes!

[Cr1MiNaL]

If so, you really should appreciate that your first course of action should be to secure the scene and ensure no one else gets hurt.

For example, if there were twisties either way as you describe, did 2 of the first bikes there take the iniative to post riders both in front and behind to warn approaching motorists? Or did they simply run around like headless chooks?

Ok, I wasn't there so none of my comments are specific to this case, however they are relavent in all cases.

My point still stands, if the bikes were on the other side of the white line they had no business bein run into. If they were parked on the road they were right to be run over. I don't know the guy on the gixxer and no offense meant to him whoever he is I'm sure he is a more experienced rider then myself. Say there was a pedestrian jogging on the side of the road would you blame him Noel? I think not. Think of the bike parked on the side of the road as a jogger just doing his thing and BANG.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Eh?

The only person I remember passing all evening was Xile; I was in "cruise without passing" mode.

(Girls don't count, you see. ;) )

Meeeh meeeeh foooookin neowww... :chase:

[Cr1MiNaL]

Not sorry I missed all the on road action, but man it sure was good to see you all up here last night! Something pretty cool about seeing a pile of bikes roaring into our local!

Was gr8 chattin wid ya last night Anne. :argue::hug:

[Qkchk]

My point still stands, if the bikes were on the other side of the white line they had no business bein run into. If they were parked on the road they were right to be run over.

If my recollection of the road condition is correct, there was only a <1ft strip on the outside of the soild white line so it seems a bit suspect if the bike was said to be parked on the left of the solid white - but hey what would I know, I only saw it happen 20M behind me in my mirror. So it would be interesting to go and have a look at how wide the tar extends out to the left of the left soild white line. Cause who in their right mind would park their bike stand in the loose gravel on a slight downhill slope? But hey at least we are getting constructive now.........

Its prob the same reason why I decided to stop where I did further down the road cause the gut feeling was "Shouldnt park here its too close to the line of fire" and that is the honest truth.

[TLMAN]

If my recollection of the road condition is correct, there was only a <1ft strip on the outside of the soild white line so it seems a bit suspect if the bike was said to be parked on the left of the solid white - but hey what would I know, I only saw it happen 20M behind me in my mirror. So it would be interesting to go and have a look at how wide the tar extends out to the left of the left soild white line. Cause who in their right mind would park their bike stand in the loose gravel on a slight downhill slope? But hey at least we are getting constructive now.........

Its prob the same reason why I decided to stop where I did further down the road cause the gut feeling was "Shouldnt park here its too close to the line of fire" and that is the honest truth.



Tit tat tit tat. We can go back and forth with this for another week......

Accident dealt with between involved parties......:done:

Another awesome gixxer in the gravel :crybaby:



Qkchk....I read through the previous pages of this thread and its the same bullshit that repeats over and over.

Issue with you involved or in the middle of it trying to prove you are right every time and have the last say.......:whocares:

I am not going to get sucked into this bollocks on an internet forum with you, if you want to discuss the issue further why dont you ring me - you have my number.........

[Qkchk]

Qkchk....I read through the previous pages of this thread and its the same bullshit that repeats over and over.

Issue with you involved or in the middle of it trying to prove you are right every time and have the last say.......:whocares:

I am not going to get sucked into this bollocks on an internet forum with you, if you want to discuss the issue further why dont you ring me - you have my number.........

Thats fine, I dont want to continue on with the banter either. Got better things to do.

[The Pastor]

How did the gixxer get involved?Did he fall of in sympathy or was there something else?

He was looking at my lovely bike and wanted its wing mirror.


QKCHK, I'd say I'd have to agree, I came through about 6 bikes after the 'bin' and those 2 bikes should not have been there. I know that both of the riders are insured and I think in all fairness they should claim on their own insurances - I think they were both at fault to some degree and it was just an unfortunate incident.

yeah where we were parked was not a good spot. The zrx1200 binned right in front of me and I pulled over to see if he was ok, I wasn't thinking about my bike, just the dude in the fence...

It looked like the giiixer just took off sv's indicator and my mirror - no real damage.

To be fair, when he binned, we slowed down (he was right in front of me) and pulled over at the nearest spot, on the exit of the corner? Perhaps, but you'd have to be riding pretty damn close to the edge to come anywhere near the bikes.

Stupid place to park, stupid place to bin. Everyone was in the wrong place on that corner! Let this be a reminder to give the guy in front and behind you a good cage length of space.

On a side note, I think that will be my last ATNR, I haven't been on many, but its just too big. Whats the bin count at now? It will be pretty high I'm sure. It was a great time riding with you all, big thanks to the qkkidd + qkchk [insert name here if you helped as well] for organizing it - you've done a great job.

Remember to keep it EZ

Rm

[Qkkid]

All that matters is no one was hurt and we dont have many bins do the numbers 35 bikes and up to 60 in the peak of summer every thurs night.:2thumbsup Our last binn would have been 4 months ago maybe longer matey.

[Qkkid]

:yes:26 bikes have binned over 2 and a half years about 3000 bikes have done our ride.:yes: do the math i cant be bothered:rockon:

[Pancakes]

:yes:26 bikes have binned over 2 and a half years about 3000 bikes have done our ride.:yes: do the math i cant be bothered:rockon:

~0.86%, your more likely to sleep with someone with chlamidiya (sp?), if it was at the Outback in Hamilton, 10x more likely, if it was in the Outback in the 'Tron with Carver 10,000x more likely!

The point that I can see is most accidents (and I have been involved in reserching accidents in outdoors pursuits) is that very few accidents have ONE cause. Most have 4 or more contributing factors that were all needed to have the event. I'm never saw the bins and don't assume to have any idea to what happened but would encourage people to think through what they need to do in emergencies maybe when your in the shower and relaxed. It is alot better place to form some ideas in, if the first time you've had to consider your actions is in an emergency they will be very clouded with adreneline and emotion. Also, there can be trucks, cows, gravel etc all over the road. The thing being hit isn't as important as the fact that it got hit. Again, planning and knowing your limit. Target fixation too is a major.

Hope everyone involved has intact egos and wallets and friendships too and glad there are no Doctors bills to be paid.

Have to add that the bins I have seen on the ride havn't been regulars and they might forget others know the roads a bit better. Very handy when the road has ripples and holes on the exits of lots of the corners.


See you punks next week!


Nice leading of our little bunch HospitalFood.

[Toaster]

your more likely to sleep with someone with chlamidiya

Is that a threesome? She must get around that girl!

[skidMark]

all the ones who crash are muppets i mean heck....

i hardly stay on a bike long enough to call it riding it, and i havnt crashed on the ATNR!

i mean if i havnt crashed on it like...wtf lol

they are not tricky corners.....people just get cocky in groups...hey they can do the corner at this speed i must be able ot too...i will just take a slightly different line oh look i'm running wide oh noes it's beoynds saving think of t3h chidrenz! stand it up on the picks....slides out from under them = one newb (with more soon to follow as they go omg oh noes somebody come off i will look at them instead of where t3h fux i'm goingz! )in a ditch with bike sliding next to them. :buggerd:

as you were :)

[The Stranger]

My point still stands, if the bikes were on the other side of the white line they had no business bein run into. If they were parked on the road they were right to be run over. I don't know the guy on the gixxer and no offense meant to him whoever he is I'm sure he is a more experienced rider then myself. Say there was a pedestrian jogging on the side of the road would you blame him Noel? I think not. Think of the bike parked on the side of the road as a jogger just doing his thing and BANG.

That's the spirit Raj, in true KB tradition, someone will always be there to argue against a patently self evident truth.

As for the new topic of who was to who was to blame for the second accident.
I was not there, so really am in no position to comment authoritatively, however I believe it was the jogger jumping unexpectedly in front of the gixxer.


PS. I am notifying Spank of your second log on JSG.

[The Stranger]

yeah where we were parked was not a good spot. The zrx1200 binned right in front of me and I pulled over to see if he was ok, I wasn't thinking about my bike, just the dude in the fence...

It looked like the giiixer just took off sv's indicator and my mirror - no real damage.

To be fair, when he binned, we slowed down (he was right in front of me) and pulled over at the nearest spot, on the exit of the corner? Perhaps, but you'd have to be riding pretty damn close to the edge to come anywhere near the bikes.

Stupid place to park, stupid place to bin. Everyone was in the wrong place on that corner! Let this be a reminder to give the guy in front and behind you a good cage length of space.

On a side note, I think that will be my last ATNR, I haven't been on many, but its just too big. Whats the bin count at now? It will be pretty high I'm sure. It was a great time riding with you all, big thanks to the qkkidd + qkchk [insert name here if you helped as well] for organizing it - you've done a great job.

Remember to keep it EZ

Rm

A good post RM.

As to the second bin. In all honesty, this happens a bloody LOT. The comotion distracts a following rider, they target fixate and by the time they realise what is happening, it's all gone south.

It is not the ride that is dangerous, it is the rider that makes it so. If you choose to ride in a sane fashion you are no more likely to bin on the ATNR

[The Pastor]

A good post RM.

As to the second bin. In all honesty, this happens a bloody LOT. The comotion distracts a following rider, they target fixate and by the time they realise what is happening, it's all gone south.

It is not the ride that is dangerous, it is the rider that makes it so. If you choose to ride in a sane fashion you are no more likely to bin on the ATNR
Not true.

You get a large hall and blindfold two people and tell them to run around in any way they want. Then do the same with 30 people.

Which group is going to have the most accidents?

The first accident happened because there simply wasnt enough room on the coner for all the bikes.

[The Stranger]

Not true.

You get a large hall and blindfold two people and tell them to run around in any way they want. Then do the same with 30 people.

Which group is going to have the most accidents?

The first accident happened because there simply wasnt enough room on the coner for all the bikes.

So let me get this right, you are saying Not true to my assertion "It is not the ride that is dangerous, it is the rider that makes it so. If you choose to ride in a sane fashion you are no more likely to bin on the ATNR"?

Then you proceed to support my argument by pointing out that it was clearly rider error in your last sentance.
Why would you do that?

The blinfold analogy is really not worth addressing as, knowing you, I am sure it is a piss take anyway.

[The Pastor]

there is a little bit of truth to both our arguements. Yes it is 100% the riders fault that the accident occured. Would it of happend in a smaller group? I don't think so.

[mitchilin]

all the ones who crash are muppets i mean heck....

i hardly stay on a bike long enough to call it riding it, and i havnt crashed on the ATNR!

i mean if i havnt crashed on it like...wtf lol

they are not tricky corners.....people just get cocky in groups...hey they can do the corner at this speed i must be able ot too...i will just take a slightly different line oh look i'm running wide oh noes it's beoynds saving think of t3h chidrenz! stand it up on the picks....slides out from under them = one newb (with more soon to follow as they go omg oh noes somebody come off i will look at them instead of where t3h fux i'm goingz! )in a ditch with bike sliding next to them. :buggerd:

as you were :)

That's a little harsh.The guy's been riding since he was a kid.He' got a garage full of motorcycles.His kids have been bought up on bikes and are on their fourth or fifth now.He hasn't binned a bike on the road in over fifteen years,so he's no learner.He might be new to these rides but he's no newb and he's not a muppet.He was a victim of his own enthusiasm,fair enough,but he's feeling pretty stink about the whole deal at the moment and has just reduced the value of his pride and joy significantly.His computers fucked at the moment(like his bike) so I'm sticking up for him while he can't.Let's drop the whole subject and take it as a valuable lesson for all involved and be grateful noone was hurt.

[Kiwibloke]

I guess at the end of the day if i'd been doing 30 or 40kms less and traveling a bit closer to the speed limit i could have just dribbled around the corner and popped out the other side with a smile on my face... As it was i guess i had limited my options a little by being pretty committed to passing the guy in front of me. As soon as his line changed (maybe due to the car coming the opposite way?) i rekon i had 3 choices. 1, carry on with what would have been a pretty dodge pass getting close to another rider and a car coming the opposite way. 2, hit the anchors while stacked over and maybe run up the date of the guy in front and see what happens. Or the 3rd option which i thought was the safest was stand the bike up, brake hard to wash off as much speed as i could and take my chances in the ditch on the side of the road. I've done heaps of dirt biking over the years and grass ditch option didnt seem like a bad one at the time. I thought it was going ok until i got sight of the timber post which jumped out of nowhere and planted itself right in front of me! Anyway, shit happens. I dont blame anyone else for what happened, it was all pretty much self inflicted. I guess it'll probably make me think a little harder before commiting myself to passing for a while. Hey and besides, i was having so much fun on the ride the grin inside my helmet was pretty much ear to ear! I should know by now that when my smiles get that wide i should button off a bit... Oh well. Oh and while im thinking of it, huge apologies to the guy who was gonna pick me up on his ute, i should have grabbed his mob number but he had bailed by the time i thought of it. I managed to ride the bike home without too much drama in the end. And also cheers for the hand to lift my bike back up who ever you are. Nothing like good help when you need it. As for my mint ZRX1200R... Ive had the bike for just over 2yrs and its the first time its tipped over. Bugga! Suprisingly the damage wasnt too bad, the old girl actually crashed quite well. The bars are toasted, the tank got a good punch, the gauges are damaged beyond repair and the bikini fairing exploded into a million pieces. The engine cases came thru it looking suprisingly good with barely a mark and the radiator managed to get thru unscathed too. If it hadnt been for that dirty rotten 4x4 post it could have been a lot less i rekon. I think i had got rid of most of my speed by that stage but who knows... Ask the guy behind me he would have got a shit hot veiw! Hey and i rekon he did alright not to get target fixation and sail off the road with me. Anyway i wont let that little mis-hap stop me from riding bikes, but it'll probably slow me down...for a while anyway.

[hedgier1]

Hey guys, Get over yourselves...... The ride is over and yes there were bins.....So what. It is part of riding a bike. Everyone has one at sumstage. Who is at fault????The rider is at fault.
The Qkkies have done an outstanding job organising the ATNR for ages. Big ups for them.
QKkid was great riding with you again.
Yamahar64life (Raj) get an R1 and maybe you will be faster and be able to ride.
I am not a fast rider.
Have a great time next thursday guys.
Archerwc great skills dude. have to sort my bike out for next time and learn the roads (the only advantage ya had) hehehehehehe

[Qkchk]

Wont be doing the ride this week - too busy. If someone else want to conduct it, good luck.

[Pancakes]

Anyone feel like some variation? Whats this road like? Looks nice and wiggly.

[TRAINING WHEELS]

Anyone feel like some variation? Whats this road like? Looks nice and wiggly.

Not to bad.....Its not that well maintained the further out you get with logging trucks using it ...Also it turnes into gravel road once into the park area...

[Morcs]

Ideally you need a loop. The only problem with heading up that ways is that you are limited to routes back.

10 laps of the Whenuapai GP circuit will do nicely tho... :banana:

[Pancakes]

Ideally you need a loop. The only problem with heading up that ways is that you are limited to routes back.

10 laps of the Whenuapai GP circuit will do nicely tho... :banana:

Sweep off the west end of Kauri Rd and get some timing lights. That 90 degree corner on Totara will catch some people for sure! No bitching about traffic giving you a bad time either! Wonder if Westie will poke his nose in here and let us know what his best time is?


p/t

[Mom]

Anyone feel like some variation? Whats this road like? Looks nice and wiggly.


Been out there a few times, north of the Shelley Beach turn off is lovely...........until it turns to gravel. Not sure taking a heap of bikes to a place that you have to all do a U-turn on off camber loose metal is a wonderful idea really...LOL

[Pancakes]

There's everything! Open sweeper, blind sweeper, straights, hairpin, chicanes. Such a shame it's how I HAVE to get home!

[EJK]

Oh! I thought you were talking about the Airport lol damn...

[Pancakes]

It's massive but poo to ride, is made of seperate concrete hexagons. Not that flat. Flatter than some parts of Meremere tho!

[Morcs]

Sweep off the west end of Kauri Rd and get some timing lights. That 90 degree corner on Totara will catch some people for sure! No bitching about traffic giving you a bad time either! Wonder if Westie will poke his nose in here and let us know what his best time is?


p/t

Personally Id start at the very top of trig road, then go into the loop.

[Pancakes]

Personally Id start at the very top of trig road, then go into the loop.


Mmmmm yeah, I'm getting that long right down pat too, those people always track mud and stones out of their massive drive on the mid/exit tho. Anti clockwise is best eh.

[Morcs]

Mmmmm yeah, I'm getting that long right down pat too, those people always track mud and stones out of their massive drive on the mid/exit tho. Anti clockwise is best eh.

Yep its quite exciting when it a tad greasy tho as there is one pot hole right on your line, so you adjust outwards, then theres another pot hole on that line so you cut back inside...

[westie]

Ah the isle of the pai!
Yes quite varied, you can go one way then turn around and go the other way.
Lots of busy body nosey neighbours to tell you off.
Ask morcs about "angry lady"
I'm surprised she is not a kb member and a frequent user of the rant and rave thread.

The H I cannon ball run must be coming up soon?

[westie]

Oh! I thought you were talking about the Airport lol damn...


It's massive but poo to ride, is made of seperate concrete hexagons. Not that flat. Flatter than some parts of Meremere tho!

Yes the airport should be turned into a motorsport park.
I think the north shore council would like to see this happen. I would be pretty stoked too as I live at the northern end of the main runway.
Its like I'm in the castle movie.
Gunna go dig some holes now dad:laugh:

[Kittyhawk]

Just go for a blat and see where ya all end up :lol:

[Pancakes]

Yes the airport should be turned into a motorsport park.
I think the north shore council would like to see this happen. I would be pretty stoked too as I live at the northern end of the main runway.
Its like I'm in the castle movie.
Gunna go dig some holes now dad:laugh:

For sure. But I'm gonna stop there, I'll get infracted again.


Just go for a blat and see where ya all end up :lol:

I'll bring it up on the night I recon and see if I get snobbed or not.

[Chocky]

Kind of glad I missed the ride last week, I would have been the one fixated on the bike in da drain :mellow: it's just something I do :doh:
Anyway I'm still waiting on the rotors and pads (the girl is soooooo clean!!!!)
hopefully I will have them by thurs then all I have to do is fit them re-assemble the calipers, bleed them, get my gear on, have a BIG cone ( so I dont push them to hard) and get out to westgate all in an hour and a half :done:

[Pancakes]

Your supposed to put "just kidding" after the big cone bit. I'm not anti people doing what they want to do but getting wasted and riding, BRRRP BBRRRRRP.

Getting wasted and potentially being the rider infront of me, or going around me. I'd rather not.

Why not have a mean ride then go home and enjoy a doob.

[Kittyhawk]

Your supposed to put "just kidding" after the big cone bit. I'm not anti people doing what they want to do but getting wasted and riding, BRRRP BBRRRRRP.

Getting wasted and potentially being the rider infront of me, or going around me. I'd rather not.

Why not have a mean ride then go home and enjoy a doob.

Just do what I did once on ATNR...when an incident happend...do it off road style....say as many swear words as you can in a split second then sigh relief when you have recovered!

Make sure your pillion has an extra pair of underpants *whispers poor skidmark* hahaha

[Pancakes]

I'm not sure we're on the same page..............

[westie]

I'm not sure we're on the same page..............

New page.
What do you mean by getting infracted? What for?

[Pancakes]

For going off topic... HI GP etc...

Oh I tried to be good.

Yeah man they have got the OK to hold two motorsport events there in the future but keep it hush hush. Waitakere City Council gave the approvals but I think they don't want it to seem viable as the debate for use goes on.

Manukau has approval for more runways as needed anyway and is barely at the good economy of scale point without half their traffic getting nicked.

Infratil just set up the business, they don't run it. Build, sell, see ya! Man it would become a slum eh. Hundreds of people working part time for minimum wage, awesome.

I think the only smart thing to do is motorsport park. Friday night drags, car club events, teaching/testing facility. There's a reason why they also race jetboats at Meremere and that international racers won't normally run there. It's a swamp and is all sunken and wavey compared to "normal" strips.

Mega access once the new M'Way is in.

[007XX]

Just do what I did once on ATNR...when an incident happend...do it off road style....say as many swear words as you can in a split second then sigh relief when you have recovered!

Make sure your pillion has an extra pair of underpants *whispers poor skidmark* hahaha

That's called elegant chaos...fairly familiar I am with that concept! :laugh:

And i thought Skiddy wasn't scared of anything? :innocent:

[Kittyhawk]

That's called elegant chaos...fairly familiar I am with that concept! :laugh:

And i thought Skiddy wasn't scared of anything? :innocent:

He's scared of gay people! And me following him on a bike behind him (cos I ran him off the road once)

Never would have thought I'd seen the day but when he found out a good mate of mine is gay...he ran a mile! Every time I mention it he cringes :bleh:

[007XX]

He's scared of gay people! And me following him on a bike behind him (cos I ran him off the road once)

Never would have thought I'd seen the day but when he found out a good mate of mine is gay...he ran a mile! Every time I mention it he cringes :bleh:

Aaawww that's so cute! I wonder what he's worried about, cos really, who would want to play with that scrawny backside? :rolleyes:

:killingme

[Kittyhawk]

Aaawww that's so cute! I wonder what he's worried about, cos really, who would want to play with that scrawny backside? :rolleyes:

:killingme

Bwwhahaha. I REALLY dont need that kind of a distraction while Im busy working on my assignment!

[007XX]

Bwwhahaha. I REALLY dont need that kind of a distraction while Im busy working on my assignment!

:killingme

So what are you doing on here then, eh? :spanking:

[Kittyhawk]

:killingme

So what are you doing on here then, eh? :spanking:
Cos studying up on public sectors and private institutions is utterly boring~!!

Speak of the devil...skidmark just turned up ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!

[Morcs]

Not sure if ill be there this week.

Cant seem to find the motivation at the moment :(

[Devil]

On a side note, I think that will be my last ATNR, I haven't been on many, but its just too big. Whats the bin count at now? It will be pretty high I'm sure. It was a great time riding with you all, big thanks to the qkkidd + qkchk [insert name here if you helped as well] for organizing it - you've done a great job.

Remember to keep it EZ

Rm

You were on the ride?
:wacko:

ZRX guy: More practice at the corners and less at the throttle. You overtook me right before a corner before we'd even got to Kaukap without paying any attention to how quick I was going around the corners (much faster than you, but much slower on the straights). Thats not cricket, man.

[loneranger]

who's leading this weeks ride? and are we doing the usual ride, haven't been for a while and sounds like i missed out on a good ride last week... see ya's at westgate, 2up this week...

[hospitalfood]

I will offer to lead on a suzuki A100, but will probably follow on my buell........if it is not raining.

[EJK]

Weather doesn't look good.

I might show up

[ArcherWC]

Im not going tonight, i melt in the rain and Im going to take the missus to the movies instead

[hospitalfood]

not looking good for me....not keen on rain.

[vifferman]

Im not going tonight, i melt in the rain and Im going to take the missus to the movies instead
Melt! :shit:
That's unusual (unless you have a very low melting point, and the rain is very hot).

Unless... you don't mean dissolve, by any chance? :confused:

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Weather is getting better...

[Chocky]

I'm getting the runaround from Fed-X with my brake parts so I wont be there till next week :bye:

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Can't be arsed now, good luck y'all!

[Cr1MiNaL]

meh fuk it I aint comin...

[Mom]

Not sure if ill be there this week.

Cant seem to find the motivation at the moment :(

Please dont tell me you are taking a leaf out of your sisters book? <_<


not looking good for me....not keen on rain.

Rain is good for the vege garden.....repeat after me.......rain is good for the vege garden. Tis chucking it down here after threatening all day, still daylight though, nope I am with you on this, stay home and stay dry......LOL

[Pancakes]

My wife let me know yesterday that she took a job tonight, even after I asked her to leave Thursdays free. So yeah rain and all that but I wouldn't have made it anyway.

Just out of interest and don't say what you think people want to hear. Do you guys want to ride shorter? Longer? Earlier?

[nudedaytona]

I couldn't make it to the start, but went to Bar Africa and waited there from about 8.20, and none of yuuse fellas showed up. It had stopped raining for ages, don't know why y'all wimped out.

[Kwaka14]

I went, but branched off at Kaukapakapa and headed up to Wellsford for a run, There were 6 bikes that left the shell at Westgate and the rain held off for the whole of the ride (at least for me).

[Chocky]

I would'nt mind a bit longer??

[Pumba]

Shit it has been an interesting couple of weeks, glad I missed it.


Just out of interest and don't say what you think people want to hear. Do you guys want to ride shorter? Longer? Earlier?

Hey Pankakes in my opinion the ride is just about perfect as it is. As much as the ATNR is about getting a mid week blast, to me, it is about meeting people and socilising and generally talking shit.

And besides if the ride was any longer and I would be so thirsty and hungry by the time I got to the pub I would fade away.

[tide]

And besides if the ride was any longer and I would be so thirsty and hungry by the time I got to the pub I would fade away.

Tui....

:killingme:killingme:killingme:killingme:killingme :killingme:killingme:killingme

[Pumba]

Tui....

Yes Please :drinkup:

[Harry the Barstard]

Shit it has been an interesting couple of weeks, glad I missed it.



Hey Pankakes in my opinion the ride is just about perfect as it is. As much as the ATNR is about getting a mid week blast, to me, it is about meeting people and socilising and generally talking shit.

And besides if the ride was any longer and I would be so thirsty and hungry by the time I got to the pub I would fade away.

Yeah this guy has got it right. +1

As for timings we could leave there a bit closer to 1830 as we do seem to piss about at the servo a wee bit. That cuts into beer time.......For shame:spanking:

[mitchilin]

I'd be rich.Since going three weeks ago I've now got seven people keen on the next.Guy at work may be keen.Reckons he's done IOM at 111.6 MPH on Superstocks.Another bloke says last week, he saw *73 down p*** on the weekend.I'm volunteering for TEC this week.

[Morcs]

he saw *73 down p*** on the weekend.

Yeah Id agree as ive seen *73 down p***, but no way could he have done *73 down p***.

:whistle:

[Cr1MiNaL]

meh Im in this week girls...

[Chocky]

well after 2 weeks of PISSING ABOUT!!! and a lot of :argue: I went to fed-ex at the airport and picked up my :drool: new EBC rotors and hh pads :drool: troubl is I'm skint so I have to wait till thurs so I can buy locktight and brake fliud and put the whole lot back together, so chances are I wont make it this week

[Qkchk]

Yeah this guy has got it right. +1

As for timings we could leave there a bit closer to 1830 as we do seem to piss about at the servo a wee bit. That cuts into beer time.......For shame:spanking:

If you fellas think you can run the ATNR - be my guest.

[Morcs]

Hope the weather brightens up eh.

[gunnyrob]

Hi All, can't make it tonight, but be advised that for the last couple of days there has been about 10 or so motorcycle cops operating out of the airbase. Don't know if they'll crash the party, but keep a good look out for them.

See you next Thursday.

[Harry the Barstard]

If you fellas think you can run the ATNR - be my guest.

One should not shun suggestions, as at times there may be room for improvment.

No one is moaning about how it is run, but enquiring wether or not a lil tweeking would be in the best interests of the ride. It may very well turn out that it is currently set up perfectly but you will never know unless the question is asked.

[Pumba]

Well I cant be arsed riding in this wet weather. Anyone going to the pub?

[R6_kid]

Will be at the pub at about 7.30.

The ATNR is something of an institution now. It's fine as it is, and allows for some variation.

If you want to go for a longer ride then fine, but don't hijack someone elses pre-organised event. If yours is 'better' then surely people will follow. But you can start you're own thread for your own ride. Or just organise with people at Westgate who is going North and who is going East at Kaukapakapa and make sure that people don't follow you accidently.

[Morcs]

Was a good ride last night... dont know where everyone else got to... :yawn:

[Chocky]

Hi ppl (and nutters) I finaly got the pics developed from 3-4 weeks ago, a cpl of good ones, I dont know how to post them but if you want I can email the fullsized ones PM me

[Morcs]

My way to do it would be:

make copies of all the files.
Resize all the files to say 640x480
Then click add reply on this thread
then select the paperclip icon, and upload a load, as they are smaller they wont take as long, and then people can pm you for the full size ones


hope this helps.

[Chocky]

cheers dude will do

[Chocky]

just a test. more later must go ride

[Chocky]

is there a rule about posting to many replys in a row?
also, I'm not impressed with the qulity of the digi photos,the real ones are a LOT clearer

[Pancakes]

One should not shun suggestions, as at times there may be room for improvment.

No one is moaning about how it is run, but enquiring wether or not a lil tweeking would be in the best interests of the ride. It may very well turn out that it is currently set up perfectly but you will never know unless the question is asked.

Thats about it. Just asked a question out of curiosity. Nothing more, nothing less.


Will be at the pub at about 7.30.

The ATNR is something of an institution now. It's fine as it is, and allows for some variation.

If you want to go for a longer ride then fine, but don't hijack someone elses pre-organised event. If yours is 'better' then surely people will follow. But you can start you're own thread for your own ride. Or just organise with people at Westgate who is going North and who is going East at Kaukapakapa and make sure that people don't follow you accidently.

There's no "other" ride and no hi-jacking. I'll follow the group on a group ride and go on my own if I want to do my own thing. Didn't think there would be such a passionate response but written stuff is easy to read a bunch of ways. We talked a few weeks back and I thought your a good dude and good on ya for saying what you think. Just wanted to clear the air and say I'm just chatty, not trying to steal the ATNR!

[R6_kid]

All good mate. I just know from past experience how messy it gets when people start discussing two very similar rides in the one thread. People get confused and sometimes because of that won't come at all.

[hedgier1]

I think that the qikkies have done an outstanding job for the time the ATNR was organised and they should keep running it. There have been other rides on at the same time and people have continued to do the ATNR. Everyone knows the roads so it becomes a safe ride. Yes there are a few offs but that that is due to people not riding to the road and their capabilities. If people continue to attend the ATNR then they will get to know the road. Personally I love the ride and was a regular attendee when I lived and Aucks. I still come back to Aucks to attend the ATNR and catch up with friends. Mainly I have to say a big ups to the qikkies for the ATNR.

[Qkchk]

Mainly I have to say a big ups to the qikkies for the ATNR.

Thanks Hedgie.......:love:

[vifferman]

Thanks Hedgie.......:love:
Oooh - can I have one of those too? :confused:

Howbout .....hmmm....

I really like your bike - it's very kewl!
And you look great riding it!

*waits anxiously to see what happens....*

[Qkchk]

One should not shun suggestions, as at times there may be room for improvment.

No one is moaning about how it is run, but enquiring wether or not a lil tweeking would be in the best interests of the ride. It may very well turn out that it is currently set up perfectly but you will never know unless the question is asked.

The questions have been asked time and time again. There is a reason why the ATNR does a certain route:

I have seen and/or been directly involved in approx 15 bins. Even after the pre-ride briefing, you still have people who 'gotta prove themselves' and 'dont give a shit about other riders' (not saying all bins have been related to this) and by limiting them to certain roads I hope to lessen the risk of bins or at least not give them a stretch of road that they could potentially kill themselves on. Get sick of picking up bits of bikes and bodies.

However, Im not saying NO to a change - as long as we can work it into our route without hassle and it suitable to use for the ATNR.


The ATNR is something of an institution now. It's fine as it is, and allows for some variation.

I hope I answer this correctly on behalf of the senior ATNR members:

Sure, some members are saying 'leave the ATNR alone'. They have seen it before with new riders trying to change the route and meeting place/time etc... The ATNR is based on the 'if its not broke, dont fix it' theory. I know its not fair on you newish guys but as soon as someone else new comes along - do we have to change things to suit them?


Hope this clarifies and not angerfies.........

[Qkchk]

Oooh - can I have one of those too? :confused:

Howbout .....hmmm....

I really like your bike - it's very kewl!
And you look great riding it!

*waits anxiously to see what happens....*

Just because you ride an awesome bike, it doesnt mean that youre immune........:bash:

[vifferman]

Just because you ride an awesome bike, it doesnt mean that youre immune........:bash:
:crybaby:

Wot did I do to deserve that? :confused:


Oh - that's right: I'm the Vifferdork. :buggerd:

[Mom]

The ATNR is based on the 'if its not broke, dont fix it' theory. I know its not fair on you newish guys but as soon as someone else new comes along - do we have to change things to suit them?
Hope this clarifies and not angerfies.........

Crazy, if the old hands are happy to pottle along the same, or similar route each week, then the new ones should follow along. Of course if you came north to Warkworth each week that would suit me really well.....:blip:

Seriously though you say if it is not broke dont fix it, I say why re-invent the wheel?!

[Qkchk]

:crybaby:

Wot did I do to deserve that? :confused:


Oh - that's right: I'm the Vifferdork. :buggerd:

Shit-stirring :p

[Qkchk]

Of course if you came north to Warkworth each week that would suit me really well.....:blip:


Me thinks we will be heading your way more often........

[Qkchk]

Looking promising:


Extended Brief New Zealand Forecast
Issued at 1:08 pm 10 Dec 2007 NZDT

Thursday

North Island, cloudy and still humid in the north with some drizzle or showers, but mostly fine elsewhere, apart from afternoon showers about the ranges. South Island, rain continues on the West Coast, and drizzle and low cloud over eastern Otago and parts of Southland. Cloudy periods over the rest of the South Island east coast and mostly fine elsewhere.

[Qkkid]

I think that the qikkies have done an outstanding job for the time the ATNR was organised and they should keep running it. There have been other rides on at the same time and people have continued to do the ATNR. Everyone knows the roads so it becomes a safe ride. Yes there are a few offs but that that is due to people not riding to the road and their capabilities. If people continue to attend the ATNR then they will get to know the road. Personally I love the ride and was a regular attendee when I lived and Aucks. I still come back to Aucks to attend the ATNR and catch up with friends. Mainly I have to say a big ups to the qikkies for the ATNR.

:spanking:However we do vary it :niceone: We have lotsa different routes infact i can think of at least 7 varieties of the ATNR that :cool:we take so it is not always the same.

[The Stranger]

:spanking:However we do vary it :niceone: We have lotsa different routes infact i can think of at least 7 varieties of the ATNR that :cool:we take so it is not always the same.

Seems like evertime Steve leads we go a new route - then back again to the correct turn off.

[Qkchk]

There will be a special ride back up to Walkworth on the 21st December! (Friday night, cause Ive got a dinner on Thurs)


SEE HERE (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1335322#post1335322)for those details...

The ATNR this week will still be on this Thursday as per the norm. (Providing the weather plays ball.......:sunny:)

[Qkchk]

Seems like evertime Steve leads we go a new route - then back again to the correct turn off.

Green bling for being so honest! hahahaha :rofl:

[Qkkid]

Seems like evertime Steve leads we go a new route - then back again to the correct turn off.

:shit:Red coming your way :done:

[Pumba]

I hope I answer this correctly on behalf of the senior ATNR members:

Sure, some members are saying 'leave the ATNR alone'. They have seen it before with new riders trying to change the route and meeting place/time etc... The ATNR is based on the 'if its not broke, dont fix it' theory. I know its not fair on you newish guys but as soon as someone else new comes along - do we have to change things to suit them?


Hope this clarifies and not angerfies.........

I dont consider myself senior just yet (I still like to consider myself young) but you have hit the nail on the head.


Seems like evertime Steve leads we go a new route - then back again to the correct turn off.

So cause Qkkid is worried about losing his last demerits there is a good chanace the route will be come repetative cause someone with direction will be leading :lol::dodge:

[Xile]

Of course if you came north to Warkworth each week that would suit me really well.....:blip:
+1 :p

Me thinks we will be heading your way more often........
yeah!!!
but will need to find nice roads to ride to Warkworth then and ride alone :(...anyone with me (from Leigh)?

[Maha]

+1 :p

yeah!!!
but will need to find nice roads to ride to Warkworth then and ride alone :(...anyone with me (from Leigh)?

Are you going to come up to Mangawhai on sunday?

[The Stranger]

Are you going to come up to Mangawhai on sunday?

Yeah, come on. It's only a 24hour flight away.

[Xile]

Are you going to come up to Mangawhai on sunday?


Yeah, come on. It's only a 24hour flight away.

haha!!
yeah would have love to come on Sunday, but can't ride the bike from France so no interest to come: airplane is boring...:cool:

[Chocky]

I have my work doo on friday 21. Big time Bummer as I missed the last ride up there too

[Gubb]

Keen to meet you guys tomorrow.

Only moved to Auckland on Saturday, so need to make some new friends/learn the good roads.

Hopefully your not too quick for me.

Look forward to seeing you there, unless I get lost on the way.

[Pancakes]

Thursday eh?

Your coming from the shore too? If you think you will get lost or just can't be stuffed using your map I'll meet up at yours and cruise to Shell'gate with you if ya want?

[Qkchk]

I have my work doo on friday 21. Big time Bummer as I missed the last ride up there too


Yeah its the worst time of the year for many reasons - Work parties, tacky decorations, irate People fighting over the last car park and of course the worst thing of all - cheap Xmas Midi's that the Supermarkets play while you try and dodge swarms of people.

Becides all that - The ride will still be on for Thursday night, so you can still make one more for the year..... :niceone: Weather is shaping up nicely too.

[Qkchk]

Keen to meet you guys tomorrow.

Only moved to Auckland on Saturday, so need to make some new friends/learn the good roads.

Hopefully your not too quick for me.

Look forward to seeing you there, unless I get lost on the way.

Good on ya for joining the Rat-Race! :dodge:

The ATNR would be a good starting point for you, many a friend you will make - as long as you ride safely and dont run anyone off the road ;) We have quite a few Hyosung owners that come along, so it might be a good oppotunity to get some advice from other riders etc..

We have a mixed bag of different riding levels and the tail end charlie will make sure you dont get lost while on the ride. As long as you can do 100kph on the open road, then we will love to see you @ Shell Westgate 6.30pm on Thursday. (Provided it doesnt piss down) :cool:

[Gubb]

Thursday eh?

Your coming from the shore too? If you think you will get lost or just can't be stuffed using your map I'll meet up at yours and cruise to Shell'gate with you if ya want?

Sounds good, wouldn't turn down free directions. Where is it easiest to meet you?

I'm in Glenfield

[Pancakes]

Where ever. You still have my number a. Text your address if you like or a nearby meeting point. Let me know what you decide on the day. I won't take me long to get to most places in Glenfield.

[Chocky]

called the orifice today and told them I wont be making it to the doo as something came up. :buggerd: I love you guys :love:

[Qkchk]

called the orifice today and told them I wont be making it to the doo as something came up. :buggerd: I love you guys :love:

Now THAT is commitment............. :yeah:

[Qkchk]

So who's coming tonight? The weather is :sunny: the traffic around town is :crazy: so why not be a :devil2:, escape for a few hours and go for a :ride: and a :drinkup: with dinner?

[Pumba]

We will see. I still have some things to finish off on the Bucket to get it ready for Saturday.

If I dont make it on the ride I will proablly make it to the pub.

[ManDownUnder]

Plod'll be out in force... booze buses too (not that it's a problem - just a heads up saying there's more blue lines out there than usual...)

:Police::Police::Police::Police:

Play nice!

[more_fasterer]

See you kids tonight :scooter:

[jrandom]

Stickchick and I will meet youse fullas at the pub for a :apint: or two.

:niceone:

[Devil]

Might make it to be tail end charlie. We'll see.

[Devil]

Argh, perhaps not.

[vifferman]

Argh, perhaps not.
*waits to see if there's a "Yay! Perhaps yes", followed by an "As you were - AAAaaargh, actually definitely not."

[Chocky]

your not the first to say I should be commitited :weird:
I have to show tonite... how else am I going to show off my new *bling*:2thumbsup