Attn all northern North Island cruisers!!! Cruiser only ride 29th September

[Waylander]

Well I'll be in Auckland for the Black Label Society concert and thought, I should do that cruisers only ride I've talked to a few of you about.

Note this is for ALL cruiser riders, Harleys, Yamahas, Kawasaki, whatever aslong as it's classed as a cruiser. One or two sportsbikes will be there and that's cause they're going to the concert aswell.

Meeting up at Shell Westgate at 12:00 noon and leaving at 12:30 saturday the 30th of September.

Then heading over to scenic drive and riding down to Waiatarua where we will turn off and head to Piha for a short break and maybe a pie if any of us are hungry. Then back in to Waiatarua and back onto scenic drive heading south to Titirangi where we group up again then go our own ways.


No offence to you sportsbike riders but every now and then us on cruisers get tired of playing catch up all the time and like to ride in a wolf pack.

Ok so far for the list is as follows,

Slashwylde
Crashe
Scorpygirl
Rhino
Crusa
DiggyDog
Big Dave (maybe)
Bruiser (maybe)
Macktheknife (maybe)
Heavenly.talker (if Mack comes)
Lias (maybe. Do it ya lazy! I still havn't seen your new ride)
Outlawtorn (maybe)
Cowboy
And Divot if he decides to pull a sickie.

And ofcourse me.

[crashe]

Sounds good..........:scooter:

[SlashWylde]

...every now and then us on cruisers get tired of playing catch up all the time and like to ride in a wolf pack.

*Voice of grizzled bandito* Ketchup? We don't need no stinking ketchup!!!

Yeah I'll be there. I promise to leave my BLS vest at home...for the ride anyway :msn-wink:

[DingDong]

:dodge: we know when we're not wanted:bye:

[Waylander]

*Voice of grizzled bandito* Ketchup? We don't need no stinking ketchup!!!

Yeah I'll be there. I promise to leave my BLS vest at home...for the ride anyway :msn-wink:
Can I wear it for the ride then?

[SlashWylde]

Can I wear it for the ride then?

Out west! :shit: Are you insane? :rofl: Remember the trouble I got into back in January when I wore it to the Kumeu Car Show.

[Scouse]

Fark me this ride is Sooooo exclusive there is only two of you going on it

[Waylander]

Out west! :shit: Are you insane? :rofl: Remember the trouble I got into back in January when I wore it to the Kumeu Car Show.

Meh, they'de have to catch me first lol


And zxrer by my count it's five if Crashe is joining us.

[Scouse]

zxrer by my count it's five if Crashe is joining us.Wow a whole five man thats big

[Waylander]

Havn't seen any of the others online yet mate, give them time it's still over a month away.

[crusa]

Havent been out to piha for a few years,would be good to cruise out there with a few bikes.:yes:

[crashe]

And zxrer by my count it's five if Crashe is joining us.

Tis written in my diary.....

There is still slashwylde to read this thread... and all the other cruiser riders out there... yep there are heaps of us...
Bruisier is back riding again...
Oscar da cat rides a cruiser....
Plus many more cruiser riders....


And maybe we can talk Scorpygirl into riding this road...
as she is getting back into riding again after her layoff for sometime...

[Waylander]

Tis written in my diary.....

There is still slashwylde to read this thread... and all the other cruiser riders out there... yep there are heaps of us...
Bruisier is back riding again...
Oscar da cat rides a cruiser....
Plus many more cruiser riders....


And maybe we can talk Scorpygirl into riding this road...
as she is getting back into riding again after her layoff for sometime...
Slash is the one I was bouncing ideas off of for this lol, yea he'll be there
Pmed Scorpygirl she said her and Rhino may be a go,
Also Big Dave is a yes if he gets his trumpet back in time
And PM sent to Outlawtorn and Lias though Lias will be riding up from Hamilton if he joins in.

Do you know if Macktheknife is riding again?

[crashe]

Slash is the one I was bouncing ideas off of for this lol, yea he'll be there
Pmed Scorpygirl she said her and Rhino may be a go,
Also Big Dave is a yes if he gets his trumpet back in time
And PM sent to Outlawtorn and Lias though Lias will be riding up from Hamilton if he joins in.

Do you know if Macktheknife is riding again?

Not yet..... have to PM him to find out when he gets the all clear to ride again..

Mis-spelt Bruiser before... he rides a HOG..... and a westie... just got his bike back.

[Waylander]

Yea PMs sent. Oscar was selling his bike though from his last post on here so no idea if he still has it or what he is on now.

[crashe]

Yea PMs sent. Oscar was selling his bike though from his last post on here so no idea if he still has it or what he is on now.

He was looking at still staying on a cruiser....

[Waylander]

Ah ok cool, hope he, and the others, come along aswell.


Should mention that the title of this thread has the date wrong. My mistake for readin my calendar wrong. The ride is on the 30th of September, it's in the first post but just thought I would make sure.

[Bruiser]

As Crashe says my harley is back and looking great with the new paintjobbie.

Went for a 75k hitout last week but my leg started swelling again so have decided not to ride again until my leg will fit into the johnny rebs. The way its going that will be in a few days or so. Sooooooooo leg not withstanding I'll be on the westy ride! (Thanks Waylander for the PM)

I've put up a couple of pics of the new look bike too.

Am looking forward to catching up with you all.

Cheers,
Bruiser

[SlashWylde]

Brilliant! Glad to hear you're nearly done mending Bruiser. The bike looks awesome, look forward to seeing you both on the ride :niceone:

[diggydog]

hi guys, i would love to cum 4 a cruise on my little cruiser, you did not mention any suzuki's, i almost went pear face and sooky yarky, i'm very sensative about my bike, anyway i've never be over to piha before. what would the pace be waylander would it be medium.:done:

[diggydog]

hi guys, i would love to cum 4 a cruise on my little cruiser, you did not mention any suzuki's, i almost went pear face and sooky yarky, i'm very sensative about my bike, anyway i've never be over to piha before. what would the pace be waylander would it be medium.:done:

[Waylander]

Yea medium, 110-120 or so. Just a relaxing ride, Cruising the way it was meant to be.

[crashe]

or slower in my case... :whistle:

the roads are quite windy... so just ride it at your own speed...
People will wait at intersections.....

[Macktheknife]

I might be able to get in on this but will have to see if I get healed enough first. The chopper should be nearly ready for the road by then too so it could be a goer.
I will keep you informed.
Mack

[scumdog]

What in the wide-wide world are you North Islanders taliking about???
Cruisers? Ya gotta be dreaming.
Everybody knows that ALL cruisers are down here in the empty vastness of the deserted South Island spaces....:yes:

[Waylander]

What in the wide-wide world are you North Islanders taliking about???
Cruisers? Ya gotta be dreaming.
Everybody knows that ALL cruisers are down here in the empty vastness of the deserted South Island spaces....:yes:
Pfft, seems there are quite a few up this side aswell mate.

BTW I might just ride down your way and pay you a visit when I'm down there, since you can't make it to christchurch.

[Maha]

Would come along......only, im chewing tin foil on that very day so i will stick with option 1.....:mellow:
Oh, and i dont have a 'Ka rooza'.... minor detail i overlooked.....:scratch:

[Waylander]

Ok so far for the list is as follows,

Slashwylde
Crashe
Scorpygirl
Rhino
Crusa
DiggyDog
Big Dave (maybe)
Bruiser (maybe)
Macktheknife (maybe)
Heavenly.talker (if Mack comes)
Lias (maybe. Do it ya lazy! I still havn't seen your new ride)
Outlawtorn (maybe)
Cowboy

And Divot if he decides to pull a sickie.

And ofcourse me.

[cowboy]

You can ad me to that list. Im sick of trying to keep up with sport bikes to:bye:

[Waylander]

Sweet mate, have added ya and will soon copy the list to the first post. And if I really get bored tonight I might put the bikes people are on next to thier names

[X-Ryder]

Would love to put in an appearance, but it clashes with the Waikato Air Ambulance charity poker run on the 30th, maybe next time. :bye:

[Waylander]

Would love to put in an appearance, but it clashes with the Waikato Air Ambulance charity poker run on the 30th, maybe next time. :bye:
Gonna miss ya mate. Will keep this thread saved and let ya know when the next one is. Same for the rest of you aswell.

[oscar the cat]

hi all yes still have the virago could not bring myself to sell it at this stage . would love to make it but saturdays is a work day for me maybe next time

[Waylander]

Bumpity bump.

[Lias]

My attendance is looking more likelyish, because I'm giving serious thought to going to the BLS gig.. The only problem I have is accomodation for the night, because I dont want to try and ride home to Hamilton half pissed after the concert :scooter:

If anyone can accomodate a loud mouthed drunk (Me, not sarge!) and preferrably lives close to st james (or is going to the BLS gig!) let me know.

[Waylander]

My attendance is looking more likelyish, because I'm giving serious thought to going to the BLS gig.. The only problem I have is accomodation for the night, because I dont want to try and ride home to Hamilton half pissed after the concert :scooter:

If anyone can accomodate a loud mouthed drunk (Me, not sarge!) and preferrably lives close to st james (or is going to the BLS gig!) let me know.

Would be great if you could make it to the ride and concert mate.

[Waylander]

1 week to go folks.

Diggydog and others from Hamilton, I'll be riding up saturday morning sso can meet y'all somewhere in Hamilton and ride the rest of the way together if you're interested.

[Waylander]

Bumpy....

and ten...

[Macktheknife]

Sorry guys my shoulder is not going to be up to the task so I will not be able to attend. Damnit.
I hope you all have a great time and sink a few for me.

[Waylander]

Shame mate, would have been great to ride with you.

Will have to do another one in a few months when everyone can make it.

[outlawtorn]

sorry dude, no can do, Friday I'll be stuck in the office......but I might just see you at the gig on Saturday night, we'll see how it goes.
Just saw that the ride is on Saturday and not Friday - Doh! Still can't make it though, sorry chaps

[Waylander]

An update folks.
The ride will be cut a bit short as some want to head back into town by 2:30pm. So figure when we get to Piha we just run back and head into town then go our own ways from there.

[Scouse]

Looks like you folk would have got a drenching out west today

[crashe]

Looks like you folk would have got a drenching out west today

Now that is the understatement of the year mate....:whistle:

We all meet out at Shell westgate... it was so sunny and it was a great ride out to Piha Beach for a drink and a feed.

The boys had me lead the way as I am a westie I knew where I was going :whistle:
It was a scorcher out there at Piha... Waylander was commenting that he wished he was wearing jeans instead of his leathers....

On the way back along Piha Road the heavens opened up and I mean really opened up.
It was so hard to see, the roads were getting a bit flooded in parts and the crap off the side of the road was washing all over it. I slowed right down to a snail's pace as it really was atrocious weather to ride in all the way back to Titirangi and half way to New Lynn.
Then there was blue sky again.

I was saturated all the way throu... Yep I was wearing jeans and leather jacket. As we pulled up to New Lynn lights I waved them on as they were heading into the city to Real Groovy records and then a ride out south.
I headed home to a nice hot shower. As it wasnt worth me to continue to ride and get any colder.

When I got home I managed to get my HD boots off and then I tipped out so much water out of them... YUK.

Nice to meet DingDong as well
Yep a few made it up from Hamilton and Tauranga for the ride.

So another cruiser ride in the near future would be awesome.

[Waylander]

Dingdong wasn't there Crashe lol. That was DiggyDog. Dingdong rides a black TLS.

Was a great weekend and a great ride. DiggyDog, sorry about the short ride and the drenching mate. Have to make it up to you sometime. Comming all the way up from Hamilton for that just doesn't seem worth it. But you looked like you had a good time and I hope you did.

Crashe set a good cruising pace that had everyone riding in well in thier comfort zones and no one having trouble keeping a line in any corner that I could see. Hot indeed out in Piha and riding around slow speeds trying to find a spot for a feed soon had my radiator fluid boiling over... But other than that the bike was doin great. Bit disapointed that the whole time all I could hear was the concert of low rumbling barks from Slashwylde and Lias' bikes. I need louder exhaust, but I got back at them by showing them just a little of what my bike is capable of once we got back on the Motorway headed to East Tamaki to get ready for the concert.

On the way back from Piha just before we hit the rain we were pasing a line of stopped cars on the opposite lane. Well the first few were stopped the ones behind not quiet as me and DiggyDog were suddenly allerted by the squeeling of tyres on tarmac. DD had made it passed them but I was right beside them when the two cars hit and got myself a inpleasant shower of glass. Nothing but glass luckily and none big enough to cause damage to my tyres so I passed by with nothing more than a faster heart rate.

[crashe]

Dingdong wasn't there Crashe lol. That was DiggyDog. Dingdong rides a black TLS.

On the way back from Piha just before we hit the rain we were pasing a line of stopped cars on the opposite lane. Well the first few were stopped the ones behind not quiet as me and DiggyDog were suddenly allerted by the squeeling of tyres on tarmac. DD had made it passed them but I was right beside them when the two cars hit and got myself a inpleasant shower of glass. Nothing but glass luckily and none big enough to cause damage to my tyres so I passed by with nothing more than a faster heart rate.

Oops sorry about that DiggyDog

Gee I never saw no accident... but then I was leading the pack back as well.

Waylander - Hope you had no more problems with the radiator overheating etc.

[Waylander]

Yea the accident was when me and DD were at the back, him in front of me. The rest of you were well clear of it.

And no more troubles with the radiator though I have been rained on almost constantly since then.. so the bike would have been kept cool from that.