Sunday 8th October - Where Did You Ride Today - Practised What Strategy?

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Today over the Rimutaka Hill and practised: confidence on accelerating after the apex. A wonderful sunny and believe it or not, no wind day over the top.

Heads Up and Enjoy

[Jeaves]

stuck at home spannering on the bike .

[Maha]

Acceleration on a Ginny is unbelievable aint it??......:cool:
Just kidding Buck, what you did today is commendable so, good onya mate..:2thumbsup

[Terminated]

what you did today is commendable so:2thumbsup

Cheers maha man, each week and month is getting better and better.

Heads Up and Enjoy

[Bonez]

Sounds like a good day down your way.

Took the CX500 for a toodle over the Pahiatua track turned left half way through some nice winding roads to scuff in the replacement front tyre just fitted. Of course only the best, a Cheng Shing Hi Max, will do. Hang a right, dropped the grand daughters things off than back onto the "track" left towards balance over the Balance bridge, right to Woodville. A glass of coke and a natter to Murry at the Boots and Braces.

Up over the "Saddle" then a meander though some choice Manawatu backroads.

Fucken windy sould have gone on the GB in the morning.

Adapted my riding style to suit the shoddy squared off back tyre which get replaced in a month or so.:beer: Also reminded that I must do something about silencing the two into one a bit so as to be a bit more stealthy:cool: .

[gijoe1313]

Was tail gunner charlie for our 250 ride out Southside, helped out a fellow biker to restore his ride back to riding condition and escorted him home to make sure everything was Tickety-boo.

Enjoyed the days ride from Botany to Whitford to Kaiaua to Hunuas to Clevedon to Takanini to Mangere Bridge.

No good deed goes unpunished and ended up working in olds shop until now! Can't wait until the next group ride!

[skelstar]

Had an awesome time blasting around the rapa with some fast gentlemen. Bloody good to ride with Taz and Gunnar for (sort of) first time. Over the watertower road, Masterton, Gladstone pub (Deano got us lost again!) and back home. Bit breezy on the hill on the way back. Nevermind.

[Street Gerbil]

Just a quick ride on Auckland-Hamilton motorway. Practiced not being caught by cops for riding over 70kph and not getting creamed at the same time.
Ahhh the weather... Gorgeous! Especially at 100kph.

[kiwifruit]

few back roads :sunny:

Strategy Practised: restraint :lol:

[James Deuce]

I practised picking my bike up and learned that one should never throw away old metal bathroom towel rail pipe.

[saul]

few back roads :sunny:

Strategy Practised: restraint :lol:

Nice :2thumbsup mine was knee down:spanking: :whistle:

[mart1]

From Nelson over takaka hill and back.
Strategy practised- passing slow campervans at high speed.

[Bonez]

learned that one should never throw away old metal bathroom towel rail pipe.
I may have some.

[skelstar]

..oh, forgot. I practised restraint, and riding at my own pace (+ a bit).

[et al]

I went for a ride to top of Rimutakas mid afternoon. Oddest thing I have seen for a while was some bloke arrived on a TL wearing a kilt - yes, nothing else ie bare knees etc. I made sure to avert my eyes away when he was ready to dismount in case I was going to see something that I would never be able to un-see. I thought he was just wearing the kilt as a joke however his riding mate seemed to take exception when I commented: "now I have seen everything" and replied rather cuttingly that I looked just as funny in my suit (my full on mid-life crisis Ducati leathers). I remarked back "that may be the case but I would rather be wearing my suit than the kilt if I was to crash" - his reply was that "you just don't crash". At that point I could see no point in continuing the conversation given that the kilted one was riding an obviously well crashed TL - go figure! Has anybody else made the kilt sighting?

Lesson learned/strategy to be practised in Future: never talk to strangers.

[phoenixgtr]

I had a blast over the takas and back after I visited Wasp to see how life without a bike was treating. A very slow ride, though, due to all the traffic. Buckbuck, I saw you coming back on the Welly side.

Oh the strategy I practised today was my desperately frustrated gaze.

[Karma]

Enjoyed the days ride from Botany to Whitford to Kaiaua to Hunuas to Clevedon to Takanini to Mangere Bridge.

Yeh, figured that was you lot.

If you saw some random dude on a ZXR point at you before you left, well now you know who!

[Terminated]

I saw you coming back on the Welly side. I practised today was my desperately frustrated gaze.

What The.....:beer:

[Nutter34]

From Nelson over takaka hill and back.
Strategy practised- passing slow campervans at high speed.

Ah yeah, and what's the hill like then?

Did a basic ride along Moutere highway, Edwards road and Motueka Valley highway. Stopped in Mot at The Mooring and met Jen, had a good chat. Then took the coastal back...

Was actuall following another rider and was playing with lines, accelerating through the corner and patience...

Awesome day it was too...

[ceebie13]

Went out mid morning with a mate and his mate. Tackle? CB1300, Blackbird and Firestorm....Over the Rimutaka and straight on to Masterton. Had an all day brekkie at the Strada Cafe, then took the Castle Point road for a short while before heading over the lovely sweepy road towards Gladstone and then Martinborough. (In otherwords we went the other way round to the way most people go!). Stopped at the Fish for a latte (dahling!) a chinwag and a pee. Headed off home via Featherston. Needed petrol so pulled in at the Mobil. My ridemates buggered off towards the hill leaving me to discover that Featherston was dry!! Had to ride to Greytown to fill up and then return. Quite enjoyed it on my own actually. My strategy? To show off the CB of course! .... and to prove it will keep up with crotch rockets quite admirably.
Oh and to get those silly hairy bits of excess rubber off the new front tyre!
(Truth is I ride like a wuss and so I used a knife once I got home and where no one could see me!)

[elle-f]

hell, you guys would have passed me in the weekend! i spent the weekend riding up and down state highway 2 to masterton and then featherston and then out to the gladdy on sunday but i knew nobody! i tacked on to the back of a couple of GNs from greytown to carterton but then that was it. i managed to check out the speed of the bike since i havent been able to take it out and it goes quite a considerable speed when ticked up which is cool.....not that i spend a lot of my time speeding *eep*....the weather was awesome but on saturday when i went to featherston i didnt go over the hill because it was too windy. yep, i'm a wimp at the mo on the new bike!

[mart1]

Ah yeah, and what's the hill like then?

Did a basic ride along Moutere highway, Edwards road and Motueka Valley highway. Stopped in Mot at The Mooring and met Jen, had a good chat. Then took the coastal back...

Was actuall following another rider and was playing with lines, accelerating through the corner and patience...

Awesome day it was too...

Nice, sounds like a good ride. The hill is clean now, just a couple of gritty corners on the mot side.