Early-Mid Jan Night Ride

[justsomeguy]

Date: Saturday January 6th 2007. If the weather isn't conducive to riding and or depending on interest levels I may postpone to Saturday January 13th 2007.

Departure time: 7:00pm meet for a 7:30 pm departure.

Ride Distance: 450 - 500 kilometres - smooth tarsealed roads.

Meeting Point: Papakura Autobahn

Rider Experience Level Requested: At least 500 kilometres of nighttime country riding.

Please Note: Riding after 10pm while on a learner or restricted license carries a fine of around or more than $400. You will in most cases not be able to continue riding if stopped and may have to make arrangements to transport your bike home. Please evaluate any risks you decide to take.

Please also Note: There will be no stops at any Pubs.

I look forward to all your posts if you all have something positive to contribute or would like to attend the ride and seek further information about it. PLEASE DON'T waste my time with nonsensical or derogatory noise. Thanks, JSG

[justsomeguy]

......Shall be posted soon.......

[ZeroIndex]

......Shall be posted soon.......

tip #1.. wearing a tinted visor while it's raining at night isn't as fun as it sounds.... (did that on the way back from Whangamata beach hop earlier this year)

[bugjuice]

can I just ask... why..??

I'm a little shy of the 500km night time requirement (376km), can I still come pleeeeeeeeeease?

[SwanTiger]

Sounds interesting, what sort of ride is this? Your typical KB race or a cruise?

[Zapf]

cruise... ride for your personal enjoyment... well depends on what you enjoy.

Being in the dark will limit you top speed. Which is not a bad thing.

Make sure your headlights work well enough to your liking.

And please... when you are following someone don't put your lights on high beam if possible.

[gijoe1313]

Dizzam, I just rode like 500kms in the night yesterday! Good to see people are out there riding just for the fun of it! :yes: Even at night in the rain out in the wop-wops!

[Zapf]

Dizzam, I just rode like 500kms in the night yesterday! Good to see people are out there riding just for the fun of it! :yes: Even at night in the rain out in the wop-wops!

I find riding in warm misty rain most enjoyable...

[gijoe1313]

I find riding in warm misty rain most enjoyable...

Oh no you don't sonnyjim me lad! That was a metaphor for a golden shower wasn't it? :p Dem azianz and dere atrockious sexual habitz! :msn-wink:

But I do know what you mean, I love watching the contrails from the vortex trails created by other riders! :Punk:

What I don't like is the sudden rain when you're making a declining gradient, decreasing radius left hander, off camber corner! :sweatdrop

[Zapf]

any chance of doing the same thing Friday night? I need company to run the XX in for Sat.

[justsomeguy]

any chance of doing the same thing Friday night? I need company to run the XX in for Sat.

I'm working Fri night.

Office job 8:30-5:30
Hells: 6-11....

Happy to go for a ride after that if you want. Just make it a slightly shorter one - and a slow cruisy one.

So leave from my house at midnight and perhaps go to Wellsford - or somewhere not too long.

I'll spend the rest of Sat afternoon sleeping, have stuff to do in the morn.

Oh yeah - only invite people we've ridden with for the Fri night run. Keep it private.

[Zapf]

well anyone who is keen can PM either me or JSG.

[justsomeguy]

Dizzam, I just rode like 500kms in the night yesterday! Good to see people are out there riding just for the fun of it! :yes: Even at night in the rain out in the wop-wops!

So you turning up "Oh Edewcatid One"

[justsomeguy]

Meet at 7pm Papakura Autobahn

1st post edited.

[RM125king]

count me in i will see you saturday.

[gijoe1313]

So you turning up "Oh Edewcatid One"

Oi Vey! More like Misedumacated! Nuffink would give me greater pleasure, but it seems I am to be flipping burgers and insulting the customers at my old's chineez fush n'chup chop! :no:

Therein lies the rub 'tis life making plans for me as I try to make plans for myself!

*sigh* When I'm not working, I'm working - but it's better when I'm working so I can actually ride my bike and get paid to do it, the other working is for the love of it all :doh:

Anything changes, you'll see the twin red wheels of my little ol'Hornet flashing to get to the meet point! :yes:

[busaman]

I'm keen, the Hayabusa needs a good run.

[justsomeguy]

I'm keen, the Hayabusa needs a good run.

PM sent mate. See you there :niceone:

[justsomeguy]

Oi Vey! More like Misedumacated! Nuffink would give me greater pleasure, but it seems I am to be flipping burgers and insulting the customers at my old's chineez fush n'chup chop! :no:

Therein lies the rub 'tis life making plans for me as I try to make plans for myself!

*sigh* When I'm not working, I'm working - but it's better when I'm working so I can actually ride my bike and get paid to do it, the other working is for the love of it all :doh:

Anything changes, you'll see the twin red wheels of my little ol'Hornet flashing to get to the meet point! :yes:

Hey Joe - my rides are numbered as I'll be selling my bike soon - it'll be off to Mt Edens for Callum or Silo/Soli (can't remember his name) to sell off. So it would really suck if you couldn't make it.

If you come - I think I may be able to convince duckaddict to turn up as he's scared of the rest of us..... maybe you can talk some sense into the kid.....

[justsomeguy]

count me in i will see you saturday.


Always love to see a beaut blue R6 :yes: Only thing I'm scared of is that coke can you call an exhaust will wake up every cop till Wellington....:dodge: Did you get your power commander set right?? Last time I saw you Murray was trying to set it inbetween sessions at Puke.

[Gremlin]

it'll be off to Mt Edens for Callum or Silo/Soli (can't remember his name) to sell off.
That would be SELBY... the mad one :rockon:

[justsomeguy]

That would be SELBY... the mad one :rockon:


Yup - he's the one.

Mr. 2006 Special Edition 636 with the full Muzzy Titanium system running shreded stradas the last time I saw him.

:love: the bike.

By the way - anychance of seeing you and the Fat Girl??

[Gremlin]

By the way - any chance of seeing you and the Fat Girl??
only its arse :moon:

nah, riding on sunday, so don't feel like going for a tootle on the saturday night, with an early start sunday...

[justsomeguy]

only its arse :moon:

nah, riding on sunday, so don't feel like going for a tootle on the saturday night, with an early start sunday...


Aww come one mate...... it'll be fun.

Where's the Sunday ride?? Is it private or public??

[RM125king]

Always love to see a beaut blue R6 :yes: Only thing I'm scared of is that coke can you call an exhaust will wake up every cop till Wellington....:dodge: Did you get your power commander set right?? Last time I saw you Murray was trying to set it inbetween sessions at Puke.

yeah we got the power commander sorted by i have changed exhaust system now. i got a full graves motorsports system thats 10 x louder than the coke can. hahahaha

[busaman]

PM sent mate. See you there :niceone:

Cheers, see you then. I now hope the body is up for it.

[RM125king]

anyone else coming to this?

[Dodgyiti]

I am keen, but one question.
I only have a 220km range, have you sussed a gas stop that will be open that time of night?
Otherwise cool, love the night riding when joe pubic is safely tucked up in front of the telly.

[RM125king]

yeah so do i but there will be something open

[justsomeguy]

No problems Mr. Guzzi - have done the route a few times before at night. We will be well catered for.

Do you still have that classic bike?? The red one with the brass discs???

See you all soon:scooter:

[Dodgyiti]

No problems Mr. Guzzi - have done the route a few times before at night. We will be well catered for.

Do you still have that classic bike?? The red one with the brass discs???

See you all soon:scooter:

The Mk1 LeMans? Yeah mate, to be sold over my still warm corpse.
Hey, with the spits of rain I turned back, I just got a set of Diablo Corsa's put on the new bike with no kays on them and chickened out. I will scrub then in the dry methinks. Sorry to dick you around and hope you guys enjoy the evening as it has stopped raining now and was probably only limited to out west where I am :bye:

[justsomeguy]

The Mk1 LeMans? Yeah mate, to be sold over my still warm corpse.
Hey, with the spits of rain I turned back, I just got a set of Diablo Corsa's put on the new bike with no kays on them and chickened out. I will scrub then in the dry methinks. Sorry to dick you around and hope you guys enjoy the evening as it has stopped raining now and was probably only limited to out west where I am :bye:

That bike is properly beautiful:love: hope to see it someday, whenever, glad you have no intention of selling.:done:

Was it wet out west?? Cos I saw the biggest yellowest moon and lots of stars throughout the night. It was easily one of the best rides I've been on, if not the best.

[justsomeguy]

Five of us were supposed to meet but one of us got called away by personal matters.

I arrived late as usual to find three beautiful bikes waiting for me, all brand new and as shiny as the day they were assembled. A 2006 Hayabusa, a 2006 Gixxer thou and a 2006 R6.:love:

We took off down SH1 and turned off towards Coro onto SH2 and continued until we hit the Miranda turnoff. Reached SH2 again and went round the loop clockwise.

As for the ride…… a Hayabusa being thrown around like a 125GP bike, a R6 spitting blue flames into the night and making as much noise as a factory race bike and a gixxer thou being ridden exactly how it should be ridden.:rockon:

No cops, possums, moments, gravel or anything untoward got in our way.
Deciding who the rider of the night was is quite hard.:mellow:

Busaman – as you said you’ve been riding since you were a kid and it shows, full respect to anyone who can fling a busa around like that, I guess you'll need tyres soon though.:Punk:

Puddy – Mate I’d thought you’d fallen asleep looking at your smooth riding style, but then I wondered why I was nearing red line in 5th and on the rare occasion 6th trying to keep you in sight. :not:

RM125King – The fastest blind rider I’ve seen and that bike – that noise – those flames…. I guess all those 1:05 laps around Puke came in handy :niceone: :first:

THANKS TO ALL YOU GUYS FOR TURNING UP. :clap: WHAT A RIDE:gob:

I really enjoyed my last group ride. The bike’s off the Mt Edens next week…… I think I’m going to go cry now, can’t bear giving it up…:bye:

[RM125king]

HAHAHAHA nice post

yes this is the best ride i have ever been on. Bloody great.

Thanks very much.

[busaman]

Thanks jsg for arranging a brilliant ride, enjoyed the pace and route. Hope things go well overseas for you.
Good to meet you other guys too, excellent group of people to ride with.

[gijoe1313]

:gob: Crapola! I think my little ol'Hornet would have been left sweeping up the bits of rubber left behind by you lot if I managed to attend ... you would have all been home and hosed by the time I pootled up to the gas pumps! :shit:

Sounds like it was one of those awesome rides where you had to be there ... glad to hear all made it without any hairy moments I trust! Ah well, all good things take time and I'm a patient soul! :yes:

[Zapf]

yea sorry JSG missed the ride with you. But maybe later on you can try out the 900 Hornet that you loved so much.

I am at Rotovagus with the 2 birds. getting there the long way around of course. and tomorrow will be cris crossing the NI to stay at the Skotel tomorrow night.

GiJoe, you can come ride with me next time. But I have ran away from JSG around the loop in the past... well depends on which bike I am on.

[justsomeguy]

:gob: Crapola! I think my little ol'Hornet would have been left sweeping up the bits of rubber left behind by you lot if I managed to attend ... you would have all been home and hosed by the time I pootled up to the gas pumps! :shit:

Sounds like it was one of those awesome rides where you had to be there ... glad to hear all made it without any hairy moments I trust! Ah well, all good things take time and I'm a patient soul! :yes:


Hahaha, I heard of some bikers who did Kopu to Kopu in one hour forty minutes, minus any time spent at stops and made it from Kopu back via Kaiaua to Botany Downs in well under an hour. So perhaps a two fifty may not have suited the pace those riders rode at. :innocent:

But then I woke up and saw I had been dreaming..... hmm, have to go to work soon, holidays over.

[justsomeguy]

yea sorry JSG missed the ride with you. But maybe later on you can try out the 900 Hornet that you loved so much.

I am at Rotovagus with the 2 birds. getting there the long way around of course. and tomorrow will be cris crossing the NI to stay at the Skotel tomorrow night.

GiJoe, you can come ride with me next time. But I have ran away from JSG around the loop in the past... well depends on which bike I am on.

Give us some notice ... wont be a next time given the circumstances, but you know what I mean.

Hmm.. two birds to play with huh? Every red-blooded blokes fantasy.

As for running away from me....well ....I wasn't red lining it in 5th and getting part way there in 6th back then was I....:shutup:

Who cares in the end mate - as long as we're having fun and you with your two birds are ---->:Punk:

Catch ya later - don't let the fat boy ruin the hornet - let him play with his fat girl.

[justsomeguy]

Thanks jsg for arranging a brilliant ride, enjoyed the pace and route. Hope things go well overseas for you.
Good to meet you other guys too, excellent group of people to ride with.

My pleasure mate. Hope you find future KB rides equally enjoyable.

[justsomeguy]

HAHAHAHA nice post

yes this is the best ride i have ever been on. Bloody great.

Thanks very much.

Thanks for the fire show... now go rest those eyes.

Ciao and goodnight all.

[R6_kid]

went out thru some north-shore back roads last night with a couple of mates and had an absolute blast. Just as we were coming to an intersection after making some noise through the rural roads we were greeted by a patrol car that drove past slowly and checked us out... guess we pissed someone off, or is it wierd to see a small group of sportbikes out those ways at 10.30pm :gob:

All I can say is that it was a totally different experience to any other riding i have done before, in some ways i felt faster as i couldnt get distracted by roadside objects as i was purely focussed on seeing where the road was going.

Apart from one of my retard friends wearing a dark tint visor it was a great time, if im more organised and have some spare cash i'll join you on your next one JSG, keep me informed!

p.s. also went for an afternoon blat out to piha and across scenic drive... sound familiar JSG? :Punk:

[Zapf]

small group of sportbikes out those ways at 10.30pm :gob:

All I can say is that it was a totally different experience to any other riding i have done before, in some ways i felt faster as i couldnt get distracted by roadside objects as i was purely focussed on seeing where the road was going.

haha... me and JSG was parked up on 16 at 2:30am and a patrol car drove pass.. :P

Yes night riding is awesome, less cars to say the lease.