When's the next 250 ride, damnit!

[zeocen]

Topic says it all!
Gotta get in before the weather really turns to custard ! :scooter:

[xwhatsit]

Topic says it all!
Gotta get in before the weather really turns to custard ! :scooter:

Heh yeah, maybe I'd be able to make one for once.

[gijoe1313]

Howsabout one for tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday? :whistle: Gosh knows, I will be out and about to make up for all the long touring rides I have missed!

A trip to Wellywood even? :devil2:

[Black Bandit]

When's the next 250 ride, damnit!
Topic says it all!
Gotta get in before the weather really turns to custard ! :scooter:

Thanks for volunteering.:whistle:

[Maverick]

I might possibly do one next sunday :p

[Hanne]

Damn, im away until after the break :(:(
otherwise woudl be keen!

[fjones]

Family lunch/dinner thing tomorrow, I'm up for riding on Monday if anyone is interested?

[xwhatsit]

Family lunch/dinner thing tomorrow, I'm up for riding on Monday if anyone is interested?

No good for me I'm afraid. Girlfriend's daddy needs a hand shifting a couch downstairs. Apart from him it's a house of girls :)

Sunday is booked too. Damn.

[zeocen]

I'm working 1 - 11pm on Monday :(
Anytime before that as long as I'm home by 12:30ish I'd be keen though

[Donor]

I'm looking at a ride on either Wed, Thu or Fri this week...

Going to hook up with Winter and possibly another body or two.

Will post again if there seems to be an interest from the midweek slackers :zzzz:

[gijoe1313]

I'm going for a ride, a ride, a ride,
You can come too, too, too,
I'm going up and down the line,
See all the bikes, coming and going,
They're going for a ride, a ride, a ride
You can go too, too, too,
There are Beemers, Guzzis and Ducatis
A mix of Hondas, Kawasakis and Yamahas
Some Harleys, Triumphs and Suzukis
Also others that I haven't even mentioned!
They and I are going for a ride, a ride, a ride
You should come too, too, too
We're all going for a ride, a ride, a ride! *

* Sung to the tune of "We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!"

Hmmm weather looks good, Kaiaua is on! I've been given a half day pass and my little ol'Hornet and Daisy are playing rock/paper/scissors (jun/ken/pon) to see who goes for the pootle!

:scooter: :chase: :scooter: :scooter: :scooter: :scooter: :sunny:

[Donor]

I'm going for a ride, a ride, a ride,
You can come too, too, too,
I'm going up and down the line,
See all the bikes, coming and going,
They're going for a ride, a ride, a ride
You can go too, too, too,
There are Beemers, Guzzis and Ducatis
A mix of Hondas, Kawasakis and Yamahas
Some Harleys, Triumphs and Suzukis
Also others that I haven't even mentioned!
They and I are going for a ride, a ride, a ride
You should come too, too, too
We're all going for a ride, a ride, a ride! *

* Sung to the tune of "We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!"

Hmmm weather looks good, Kaiaua is on! I've been given a half day pass and my little ol'Hornet and Daisy are playing rock/paper/scissors (jun/ken/pon) to see who goes for the pootle!

:scooter: :chase: :scooter: :scooter: :scooter: :scooter: :sunny:

CURSES AND NAUGHTY WORDS!

[zeocen]

What time are you thinking of Donor? I'd be keen if work allows it

and re. your text, no I'm not.. sadly :( Had a fair too many beers last night it seems hehe

[Donor]

What time are you thinking of Donor? I'd be keen if work allows it

and re. your text, no I'm not.. sadly :( Had a fair too many beers last night it seems hehe

Spoken with GI, Thu or Fri looks likely at the moment... let me know what times you are available, we'll try and work it in around your hectic schedule :)

[zeocen]

Spoken with GI, Thu or Fri looks likely at the moment... let me know what times you are available, we'll try and work it in around your hectic schedule :)

Umm i'd have to be home by 12:30 at the latest, or if you're up for a night ride then maybe sometime after 6pm?
I'd be more keen for a night ride to be honest, haven't been on a group one at night yet!

[Donor]

Umm i'd have to be home by 12:30 at the latest, or if you're up for a night ride then maybe sometime after 6pm?
I'd be more keen for a night ride to be honest, haven't been on a group one at night yet!

Well, I WAS considering showing Dover what REAL Nana riding is about on Thursday night...

...wonder if I can con the Mrs into letting me ride twice in a whole week?

Given that I haven't done so in about 4, odds are fairly high... then again, she is a pom... them ones are weird and unpredictable...

[fjones]

Me and the missus would be up for a night ride? Are we talking tomorrow?

[Donor]

Me and the missus would be up for a night ride? Are we talking tomorrow?

There is a Thursday night ride in the Sth Auck area... I know of one member who would likely be prepared to sit back and shepherd a bunch of greenies (myself included) so as to allow the 'grown up' to zap ahead and meet us at the pub...

Alas, I am in the midst of a 7 day stretch at work finishing Tue arvo, and will probably need Wed to catch up on not being awake.

Anyone else up for Thu night?

[Winter]

I Can't do nights really, apart from monday.

Tues Wed work at 5pm,
thurs fri sat work at 6.30pm
sunday work from 2.30-5.30

[2strokegirl]

hey guys..

im planing a ride for the 13th 14th and 15th of april. leaving gizzy at about 2pm to katikati then from there to napia and back to gizzy again. i have places to stay in katikati and gizzy still pondering were to stay in napia.

basicly its sleep in tents pitch in for a bbq or some fish nd chips possibly some beer and have a good time.

let me know if anyone is interested. :rockon:

[zeocen]

There is a Thursday night ride in the Sth Auck area... I know of one member who would likely be prepared to sit back and shepherd a bunch of greenies (myself included) so as to allow the 'grown up' to zap ahead and meet us at the pub...

Alas, I am in the midst of a 7 day stretch at work finishing Tue arvo, and will probably need Wed to catch up on not being awake.

Anyone else up for Thu night?

I'm pretty keen for Thur night, would be good to have other nana 250's there so I don't get lost behind! (godamnit full licence hurry up).

I wish I could do mon night but I'm working till 11 :(

[Donor]

Well, SWMBO has given me a leave pass, so I'm definitely in...

Just got to sort out the day ride, or do we make it Thursday as well...?

[Winter]

whos up for a blat right now? with possibly some fisch nd cheeeps for dinner along the way

[fjones]

hey guys..

im planing a ride for the 13th 14th and 15th of april. leaving gizzy at about 2pm to katikati then from there to napia and back to gizzy again. i have places to stay in katikati and gizzy still pondering were to stay in napia.

basicly its sleep in tents pitch in for a bbq or some fish nd chips possibly some beer and have a good time.

let me know if anyone is interested. :rockon:

Sounds like fun, we can't go, but it still sounds fun.....

[Chisanga]

Well, SWMBO has given me a leave pass, so I'm definitely in...

Just got to sort out the day ride, or do we make it Thursday as well...?

I'm on holiday for two weeks and after I hand in an assignment on Wednesday I should be free to go riding. Gimme a yell when you want to head out :)

[Donor]

I'm on holiday for two weeks and after I hand in an assignment on Wednesday I should be free to go riding. Gimme a yell when you want to head out :)

Right well, Thursday is the go.

Riding in the morning til afternoon, then more riding in the evening...

...pinch me, I think I may *actually* be dead...

[zeocen]

I wonder if I can get work off on Thursday.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[gijoe1313]

An excuse for me to go riding? :whistle:

I'm so there! :whistle:

And, oh yeah - maybe we should do some mad gijoe1313 type milage? :whistle:

I'm so into that! :o

Now, where did I stash that 5 litre petrol can ... :scratch:

[Donor]

An excuse for me to go riding? :whistle:

I'm so there! :whistle:

And, oh yeah - maybe we should do some mad gijoe1313 type milage? :whistle:

I'm so into that! :o

Now, where did I stash that 5 litre petrol can ... :scratch:

My foot has been well and truly put down, I am going riding LOTS on Thursday.

GI, you are officially in charge of route planning :)

[Hellraiser]

GI, you are officially in charge of route planning :)


LOL you will regret that comment, I was riding with him yesterday and he was talking about a trip to Gisy and back for a burger.

Make sure you take lots of gas money

[Donor]

LOL you will regret that comment, I was riding with him yesterday and he was talking about a trip to Gisy and back for a burger.

Make sure you take lots of gas money

Gissy eh?

Obviously not feeling that adventurous...

I know I will come to regret it, but that's half the fun of putting him in charge! I still get to retain age/Nana rank though...

[gijoe1313]

I have in front of me ... the motorcycling map of NZ ... I am enjoying laying down the route we will be taking in pootling mode, plenty of things to see and do (just remember most of the seeing is through the apex of corners and doing is the things needed to navigate said corner rubber side down!)

Hellraiser : shhh! I wanted to see the suprise on their faces when we end up in Owhango! :innocent: :whistle: Nice servo there for the next blat through the deserted hill country in the wop-wops!

I'm thinking ... lighthouses, I'm thinking ... fush'n'chups down Raglan way ... I'm thinking ... Gissy by way of Whangamata ... burgers there ... I'm contemplating ... Hamiltron for subways ... I'm musing about Kaitaia for some of that nice pub grub nosh ... I was toying with the idea of blatting to Whitianga for a toastie ... tossing up the idea of doing a water crossing on a ferry of some sort ...

Moi? Plan a ride? That's like asking an alcoholic to watch over a bottle store overnight!

Now... where did I stash that 10 litre petrol can?

[zeocen]

I don't even know if my poor bike could handle such a long winded road.
But god fricken damn if it doesn't sound good.

I think the furtherest I'd be willing it go for a round trip in a day would be Whangamata, and if need be I could get the keys to our little beach house there where we could park up and rest our feet and arses for a bit.

[Winter]

This looks like it could be loads of fun. Im in for thursday, but need to be back in dorkland for work by 6pm

[fjones]

I'm throwing hints around like mad right now that I'll need thursday off :)

[Donor]

Well, as I have just finished 6 12+ hour days...

...AND BEEN BLOODY WELL CALLED IN TO WORK TONIGHT!!!

...I am SO going riding Thursday.

GI - lay in a course, warp 9!

(Ah shit, I have to lay off watching my Voyager collection...)

[toymachine]

Gah i wanna go but i'll be at uni on thurs...

plus dunno how comy the cbr would be for that distance...

[Winter]

plus dunno how comy the cbr would be for that distance...

only one way to find out!

[rookie]

Gah i wanna go but i'll be at uni on thurs...

plus dunno how comy the cbr would be for that distance...

if you're over 5'5"...you're screwed mate

[gijoe1313]

Okay gentlepeople,

I come before you to stand behind you, to tell you of something, which I know nothing about!

On Thursday, the day before Friday - but just after Wednesday, there is a legend of a ride for 250's in the making. This will be of gijoe1313 usual riding proportions and people are free to join in, catch up or leave according to their schedules.

I will say, that those who are riding in the morning, will be riding into the afternoon and into the evening (just the usual thing I do! :whistle: )

So... now for the plan ... note these ride times are generous to allow for the usual kibbitzing and gerrymandering!

Phase One : Morning Meet-up

BP Autobahn Papakura 9.00am, this will be the jump-off point
Depart BP 9.30am via Southern Moronway to Drury.

Phase Two : The back of Puke - Tuakau

Pootle via SH22 to Raglan for lunch ETA 12 noon.
Depart Raglan to fill up in the 'Tron. Depart 1.30pm

Phase Three : Fleeing Hamiltron Due to Fuel Drive-offs Without Paying

Arrive Hamiltron around 2.15pm. Refuel
Depart Hamitron 2.30pm to head along SH26 to Te Aroha (feel the love!) via Morrinsville (nice, boring and straight)

Phase Four : A turn of the screw

No, we have not been done by ecilops since we are law-abiding citizens!

Arrive Te Aroha ETA 3.30pm to head up to Paeroa to view large World Famous in New Zealand Fizzy Bottles of Stubbie Brown colouration.

Arrive Paeroa 3.50pm
Take pictures of japanese tourists taking pictures of everything.

Phase Five : Twisties! Yikes! Woo-hoo!
Depart Paeroa to ride to refuel in Whangamata via Waihi. ETA 4.15pm

Phase Six : Homeward bound

From Whangamata, it's non-stop to Clevedon via SH25A. At Waitakaruru, people who need to nick off can go via SH25 to SH2 which links up to SH1. Those who are mad will be doing the Miranda/Kaiua/Kawakawa approach.

ETA 6.30pm.

From there, night riding madness abounds! Refuel at Shell servo, have a 30 minute break at Clevedon pub. People at this stage may be inclined to pitch gijoe1313 from a bank due to saddle soreness (softies!)

Night riding will be via goat track circuit, compared to riding this day - it will be short!

Finish : God knows when!


Righto, that's the plan me hearties! Arrr! As usual, people are free to balk and bail out when they like. I will be doing this! Come rain, shine or me on my lonely lonesome! Muwahahahah!

:done: About 350-380 kms all up as the crow flies (kinda short for me, but...meh...I got others!)

[Donor]

Joy!

Well, that's you and me... now, who else?

C'mon you 250 people, are ye in, or are ye out?

Rough idea of final numbers would be handy. Don't want to leave anyone behind at the depart point due to running late etc etc...

See you there!

D.

[Winter]

Hmm, Well that looks like exactly what I'd like to do, however I need to be in auckland cbd by 6.pm.

I'm not familiar with the route, so I dont know if that is doable... You say you've been generous in your times.. how generous?

Perhaps we could meet at 8.30 and depart at 9?

If so,I'm definatly in!

[zeocen]

Oh man, so freaking tempting.
Donor you're terrible for excuses!

I sort of know the windies in Waihi -> Whangamata, but have never done them on 2 wheels... they seem pretty harsh and I think for someone like myself I may need a little break and a caffiene hit etc before doing the 1:30 -2 hour ride back home after them.

So if I come I may break off then and go at my own pace back home, or alternatively I can steal the keys to the bach and have a reasonably comfortable place to relax for a coffee before heading out again (this would mean taking longer to get home timewise though).

What do y'all think?

[Donor]

So if I come I may break off then and go at my own pace back home, or alternatively I can steal the keys to the bach and have a reasonably comfortable place to relax for a coffee before heading out again (this would mean taking longer to get home timewise though).

What do y'all think?

I think you need a harden up pill.

Plenty of opportunities to adapt as we go, and many stops for caffeine and other related necessities!

C'mon - be part of the whole package!

[zeocen]

Adapt? Okay, how about we swap bikes half way? :yes:

[Winter]

Yeah I'm worried about making it back in time. I *need* to be in auckland by 6pm..

I might have to turn around at Paeroa to come back the way I've come, or summat like that.

[Donor]

I will consult with the Route Guru this afternoon - keep your eyes peeled!

(Z, servicing Rosey this arvo, want to come have a laugh at my first attempt?? bwahahaha...)

[Maha]

Yeah I'm worried about making it back in time. I *need* to be in auckland by 6pm..

I might have to turn around at Paeroa to come back the way I've come, or summat like that.

If you leave Paeroa at around 4pm, you will be back in AKL around 5pm...leave Paeroa and head out through Ngatea..you come out just south of the Coromandel turn off on SH 27..
I made it from Paeroa to Dairy Flats BP in an Hour and 1/2 in Feb'...you'll piss in mate

[zeocen]

I will consult with the Route Guru this afternoon - keep your eyes peeled!

(Z, servicing Rosey this arvo, want to come have a laugh at my first attempt?? bwahahaha...)

Damn, I'm working till 6 but if you want to wait till then I'm keen haha, It'd be good experience for me too!
*looks at unserviced bike*

[jade]

im keen to go for a 250 ride

[gijoe1313]

Righto, just been doing a motogp servicing stop for Donor and zeozen. I was so inspired by Donor's first go at an oil change, I had to get around to doing my little ol'Hornet's one! Cue : much gnashing and turning upside down of panoply of possessions to find my oil filter! Done and done, Donor and I got down to washing our precious rides ready for the days pootle ahead.

Sorted. Zeozen came in and we all roundly mocked him for his lack of servicing! :whistle: :o Mind you, between us all, we had just enough oil to fill a tall glass! :doh: Fortunately we had all the gears and oil glugged in and bikes were happy.

Right - tomorrow, bright and early 9.00am sharp at BP Autobahn Papakura. The route I have supplied has plenty of turning back points so any people needing to be back in Dorkland can do so at strategic points ( I factored all this into the route including generous proportions of time .. after all, who really needs 50 minutes to ride 20kms? :lol: )

Check your ride - tyre pressures, indicators, lights, horns, etc.
Check yourself - spectacles, watch, wallet and testicles (no offence to any ladies showing up also! :sweatdrop )

Donor and I will be at BP Autobahn Papakura early to get in some nosh and talk general blatherskite around 8.30ish!

And yes, the ride will go on regardless of weather. I am crazy enough to do this and Donor seems to have caught that affliction as well! :innocent:

[Chisanga]

I'll hopefully see you there. Something has annoyingly happened at the last minute to maybe cause me to not be able toattend but I am doing everything I can to sort it out tonight :)

IF I come I may not be able to do the whole thing... and GIJoe I hope you don't mind my nanna speeds again :)

[Donor]

Yeah, what GI said! -----^

I have sought the blessing of the weather genie, sacrificed an oil filter to the servicing gods and sold my firstborn to a sub tribe in Zululand in return for them slaughtering several large beetles to one of their lesser weather deities to make sure of reasonable weather on the morrow.

However, if it rains, it rains - the ride will go on!

After replacing the ~100ml of oil I drained from Rosey with 1900ml of Motuls finest along with a shiny OEM filter, the gear changing is remarkably smoother...

She is washed and polished, and the rims are blingier than a blingy thing.

As GI has said, check ya bikes, check ya gear and check ya bits and bobs.

Ladies and gentlemen, see you at the Autobahn 9:00AM tomorrow!

[gijoe1313]

Good thing is this ride has so many flexible elements in it, can chop and change and pootle to where-ever, when-ever! Just turn up, and at each stop, I will loudly announce "Those who need to piss off, piss off now ... (I will point in a vague general direction down a gravelly patch surrounded by sheer cliff drops either side)"

And, the speed will not be excessive either - it is a pootling long tour for those who have never done this experience. For me, it's a normal everyday/night thing :innocent:

Trust me. I know what I'm doing (Sledge hammer). Pity Donor isn't Dori Doreau :weep:

[Chisanga]

Hmmm heres me with no protection (weather wise that is) not sure it will be too fun in leathers if it pours down.

[Donor]

Hmmm heres me with no protection (weather wise that is) not sure it will be too fun in leathers if it pours down.

Couple of rolls of Glad Wrap should fix that...

[Chisanga]

Just did a quick computation (plugging all the places into Wises) and come up with an approximate route distance of 444km from Papakura around GI's route and back again :)

[Donor]

Just did a quick computation (plugging all the places into Wises) and come up with an approximate route distance of 444km from Papakura around GI's route and back again :)

Mint huh??

[Chisanga]

Mint huh??

And 99.9% of the route on roads i've never ridden on (or driven on for that matter)

[fjones]

Dammit I just can't get off work.....

But on a side note, the picture of Sledgehammer made me laugh so hard. I used to love that show!

[Donor]

Dammit I just can't get off work.....

Got any family members (close or distant) who you never see that you can kill off?

Religious convictions that you can make today into some holy event?

Buy the company and make your own bloody rules??

No??

Sadness... :crybaby:

[Winter]

Sorry Guys, Im out.

I've only been riding a week, and I dont want to tacle such a ride in the wet.

Next time.

[Donor]

It's only water.

But fair call, perhaps use the day to pootle some quiet streets and get your confidence up.

Onya for admitting ya limits matey, and look forward to seeing you on some other ride!

[Chisanga]

It's only water.


Lol - have you looked outside :) There is a gale warning and hail and thunderstorms predicted. Not the best weather for even experienced riders I would think.

[Donor]

Lol - have you looked outside :) There is a gale warning and hail and thunderstorms predicted. Not the best weather for even experienced riders I would think.

Yup! Looked several times - and it's still not a patch on the weather I had for my very first KB ride... lol

But I'm mad, and been caged for a few weeks, damned if I'm going to let anything as silly as wind and rain take away at LEAST a good ride to the Autobahn... lol

Hmmm, must be time to start texting Zeocen if we want him there on time for a change as well...

[Chisanga]

I just don't find it particularly enjoyable to be "riding for enjoyment" when I am soaking wet, miserable and worried that I could lose traction at any moment.

Not tking anything away from those who do ride in these conditions, I would just rather have a nice(ish) day if i'm going to ride 400 odd km on roads i've never been on before.

(coupled with last minute commitmeent popping up) are the reasons I won't be attending.

Please stay sae out there and don't be afraid to call it quits if the weather gets as rancid as they are predicting.

[gijoe1313]

No hey problemo, I have literally ridden through worst on my sojourns! I have ridden at night, in hail with blustery winds ... where no sane person in a cage should be even driving (but that's just me!) I count this as practice for my mad cap plans for when I do a long motorcycle ride around the Earth later on!

I will ride ... and of course take the necessary precautions and healthy dollop of common sense along. Seems like there will be only two mad riders of the storm this fine day.

We few, we happy band of biker brothers
Come together in the spirit of biking,
We shall show restraint, we shall be humble,
Come what may, the weather's challenge to us,
We know our limitations, but also strive to better them,
Come from four points of the compass,
We shall ride ... for our own glory, our honour
And in the spirit of the ride!

Now twist those wrists and let slip our steeds of riding!

Per factum excelsior maior vitae!

[Winter]

Damn it looks better now than it did at 7am.. I could do with a blat down to the autobahn, but your all long gone!

[Lucy]

Damn it looks better now than it did at 7am.. I could do with a blat down to the autobahn, but your all long gone!

No LONG gone actually...we only left about 10am, due to Zeocen having to do his hair, or something, not sure what the hold up was, he may have been on the phone with the president?

I couldn't go on this ride either, had to work this afternoon, woke up and it was really stormy and bad and I was supposed to be packing up the house. I thought about texting or writing on here that I couldnt go, but I thought "What would GI Joe do?". So in the end I got up and rode down to the Autobahn to tell them that I couldn't make it. And then, seeing as I was already out, I thought I could join them as far as Puke or Tuakau, but when we got there it seemed like we had just started, so I carried on as far as Glen Murray. Weather wasn't nearly as bad as predicted, it was a bit wet coming home, but that soon stopped.

Can't wait to hear about the rest of their expedition!

[zeocen]

No LONG gone actually...we only left about 10am, due to Zeocen having to do his hair, or something, not sure what the hold up was, he may have been on the phone with the president?

Everyone should know by now that my hair takes incredibly long to do! I'm in my own time zone. Fashionably late is so in right now :sunny:
But i'll leave the ride details to gijoe, it'll be a doozy

*cough*438km*cough*

[gijoe1313]

Well, I couldn't get to sleep last night. Tucked in at 12pm ... got up at 2..4..5 and 6.30am respectively (I always get like this in anticipation of a great days long ride! :o )

Had all my gear packed and donned my wet weather riding gear, headed off to the Autobahn and was filling up with 98 (my little ol'Hornet always gets it!) when Donor appears. We catch up in McDeaths and discuss the finer points how we are the Ewan McGregor and Michael Boorman of this little adventure! :innocent:

Lucy pops up on her mighty Ginny and we have a good old chinwag... when zerozen texts us... and texts us... and we sit around mocking him waiting for him to show up! 9.30am was the departure time... 9.45...10... 10.05 ... by this stage I've chucked my timetable out and lo! He appears! By this stage we wondered if anyone else would show...

Nup! The others pump air into their tyres and we all pootle off! Woo-woo! :woohoo:

Now, I was point man, zerozen in second and Lucy backed up with Donor. We made a good run through Puke/Tuakau and the wind picked up, no worries! At Tuakau we pull over as Lucy had said she could only ride part of the way (good lass, she went with us to Glen Murray and turned around there!) Kudos to her ... she was willing to ride come what may! :niceone:

Well, the three amigos were now left to their own devices. SH22 beckoned and the kms pipped away quickly - I blatted ahead to discover the road ahead and gave warning where I could (pine needles on your lines are the devil, as loose metal on your line are the curse of ages).

Weather was brilliant. Wind was still blustery, but the sun was shining and there was blue in the sky. The biker gods were pleased with our efforts in sacrificing oil, filters and cleaning unguents unto them. Our determination to ride no matter the conditions was rewarded with the perfect riding conditions!

Hit Raglan after we made a drain the python stop at Te Uku. The twisties there brought a grin to my face and I had to slow down to ensure I wasn't getting too far ahead from my charges. Lunch was a sedate affair ... after I recovered from my heart attack when I thought Donor had binned it :sick: ... I rode quickly ahead so I could get a shot of Donor and Zerozen coming in to Raglan by the roundabout ... waited 1..2...3...4....5 minutes... :shit: Did something happen? Fanged it back up the road and was confronted with Zerozen with a "whassup doc?" shrug. I rode on... and on... with a sinking feeling in my stomach, I had slowed to 50-60kph looking for the signs of a bin.

The bastard. He was parked on the side of the road, looking all nonchalant as you like! :angry2: Turns out he could smell oil and pulled over. I give it a quick squizz and work out he's overfilled it from yesterday :slap: Just usual heat expansion doing it's wicked work. He's got his side to tell about this so I will leave it to Donor in his report.

Lunch. I had a kiwi big brekkie - hashbrowns, eggs, bacon, tomato, sausage, toast and mushrooms. Big basket of chips for one and all and a couple of ice cold cokes to wash it all down. Lovely. I call time and pistol whip the lads back to their bikes "we got a schedule to keep!"

Off to the 'tron and through Newstead to Morrinsville .. see Part II to continue this! :rolleyes: :baby:

[gijoe1313]

Now, Newstead to Morrinsville via the 'tron was easy as you like, 'cept for when I did the sudden lane changes forcing my buddies to do that "eek! What's he doing that mad biker?"

I also didn't pull up to visit the bike dealers there for Donor to buy a balaclava like mine (I had reasons... later...). At times, I had to slap myself to remember I had buddies depending on me giving clear leads! :o Too use to the lone wolf riding I guess! :innocent:

Anyhows, a quick fang to Te Aroha where we make a stop at the servo there, to allow numb arses and sore wrists to recover (I inwardly scoffed at such pansie delicacies - they need to harden up more with gijoe1313's patented "Long Ride Restorative via Riding Longer and Further elixir") I pointed out that holy of holies biking route down to the Opal Hot Springs, they were not worthy at that stage and I pontificated about how "they shall be treated to a spectacle of serendipitous riding" along that route another time! :Pokey:

By the time we got to Paeroa and did the mandatory "world famous in NZ" thing with our trusty steeds (we rode right past the bollards and generally behaved in a despicable biker fashion that put off visiting tourists from coming out of their cars whilst we were monopolising the site), I noted that the others were suffering from the windchill factor :cold: (serious that!) We located a local farming supply store where they purchased balaclavas made by zulu virgins rolling the supple material on their supple thighs (or so I thought when the "Swazi" brand label was revealed :spudbooge

Now we all matched. Bank robbers standing opposite the BNZ and looking so staunch... on our twofiddies! :tugger: glancing to the next locality, I saw the ominous signs of the weather gods intruding on our galloping ride of freedom!

Part the III shall contain the parts thereof, not discussed, for the sojourn pertaining to the efforts of the triumvirate.

[gijoe1313]

From Paeroa along SH26 we fanged it quickly, leaving behind the one rozzer we saw and an idiot of a pickup cager (he overtook an entire line of vehicles and us, to get to... the next turn off :oi-grr:

When we got to Kopu, I pulled over and had a confab to say we're skipping the Whangamata circuit due to the weather being an inclement shade of pissing-the-hell-down. As it was, we were riding towards the Miranda/Kaiaua route where we fanged it to be confronted by the spectacle of a heavy rain front. We U-turned and did the route back to Mangatangi ... the slow way. A 4x4 decided to show us why Remuera tractors are completely useless in the rain. Nana'ed it at a svelt 80kph all the way. When we got to the SH2 juncture, it decided to keep doing 80kph - a great line of vehicles did the conga as we all waited for the "hit the gas and speed like hell up the hill" part, finally, the rain decided to let rip at us and we pulled over to the Bombay servo to gas up and have a break to recuperate our riding energy.

But... before that happened, we were all blatting around the curve on the Waikato expressway, when bloody oath.. :shit: a frikk'n van with its hazard lights on was sheperding two cyclists (pyschoists more like! :angry2:) up that lane! Gingerly squeezing front brake and engine braking to pull up well short of it's back end. We pulled around and beetled it to the BP Bombay servo.

At this point, a large hot chocolate for me - a debrief of the good/bad moments, me laughing at the probs Donor and Zerozen had with their balaclavas (but they did appreciate them) and more cautionary words from me about how "accidents happen closest to home". What more can I say? Quick blat home with Donor in the lead (I had the lime-yellow shirt of "look! I'm a motorcyclist! Watch out!" and it was more useful at the back of the pack at this stage). I've squeezed out the wet gear and typing in all this dribble and tripe. Anyone still reading at this point is a madperson (curse this PC poppycock! Er.... poppyseed!) :bleh:

As usual, the ride was amended as circumstance dictated - still hit all the time points and anyone who needed to be home could have easily made it at the various stops. People who decided not to come missed out on a stonking road trip, but no worries, always more to come! :msn-wink:

And I think, Donor and Zerozen got a small inkling of what it is like in the mindset of gijoe1313 when he does his "I think I will go out for a little pootle" thang! :o :innocent:

Now... where shall I go tomorrow? :shifty:

[gijoe1313]

Watch this space with your occular viewing biological devices. Piccies to be transferred, photoshopped and compressed and uploaded to said thread post.

ipso facto ars incarnum funk

Photo 1 : The start of the day, Donor, Lucy and the little ol'Hornet belonging to gijoe1313.
Photo 2 : Raglan, all lined up and nowhere to go.
Photo 3 : Donor doing the staunch "biker doing the texting thang" pose.
Photo 4 : zeozen withdrawing cash to bribe the pub girls to go out with him (double points phwoar!)
Photo 5 : The other angle viewpoint, blank licence plates for rent.

[McJim]

Yup! Looked several times - and it's still not a patch on the weather I had for my very first KB ride... lol.

I remember that trip...wetter than an otter in a washing machine was a phrase which sprung irresistably to mind.

But it didn't deter us no siree!

[toymachine]

If theres one sometime next week i'm keen.

nice write up

[Chisanga]

Sounds like you guys had a good, albiet wet, time. I'm a bit annoyed circumstances dictated that I miss the ride but I probably would not have been comfortable with this weather.

Maybe when I get my new tires and patch up my Cordura so I can be a little bit weatherproof :)

I still have a week and a bit holiday so hopefully will be able to head out for my own "pootle"(tm) very soon :)

[zeocen]

You have an amazingly creative way of spelling my nickname :P

But yes, it was a great ride.. glad I participated. gijoe pretty much summed up everything that happend so I'll just add a little bit.

Highlights:
The awesome roads on the way to raglan
The freaking delicious lunch had at the raglan bar (served by hot girls too ooOooh)
Watching the odometre click over to 400km just from one days riding
Humping the L&P bottle
Flicking stones at the ZZR with my rear wheel
Donor getting told off by a roadworker!

Lowlights
Bird doing a kamakaze into my leg (although it was hilarious, enough to be a highlight.)
Pissing around with the balaclava while riding trying to get a crease pressing directly at my temple giving me a monstrous headache.
THATS ALL.

About 5 drops of rain the whole trip untill we hit the motorway home, then it pissed down.. but a hearty hot chocolate fixed that.

Now I'm at home, in my bed drinking a bourbon.. I almost feel bad for having such a great day. Mega bling goes to gijoe for sharing his adventures with us, you have found some bloody beautiful roads to ride.

[Lucy]

Bugger bugger bugger. I wish I could have done the whole trip. Was severely punished for leaving early - got rained on as soon as I turned back, so by the time I got home I was really cold. But you lot would probably still be out there if you had to keep to my GN speed anyway....ok, I'll stop blaming the GN for my speed....

Don't forget the best pies are in Raetihi!

[Donor]

Righto then...

The day had started so well.

I had managed to argue with the wife, make two kids cry, forgot to drink my morning coffee and it would seem the bastard Zulus spoke with the wrong deity and the heavens were set to muss my shiny blinged out bike!

Pootled off to the Autobahn, accumulating a light smatter of misty type rain stuffs, and espied a rather sex-ay Hornet with a rather GIjoeish charcater at the bowser topping up with Mr BPs finest.

I fed Rosey a morning snack of the same, and we pootled over to McDs where we sat and gasbagged with the lovely Lucy whilst waiting for Rip Van Zeocen to wake up, make excuses, send numerous whiny text messages, and finally turn up.

Late.

To HIS ride! (Check who started this thread!)

Anyhoo... fast forward... (I'll ignore the obvious ooh ahh bits, we all know the ride is glorious)

Heading to Raglan we were probably 5km out when I caught a whiff of burning oil while crawling around a bend, and being the paranoid b'stard I am, thought I had best investigate.

Pulled over, played with my hazard lights and igniton bypass (that ROCKS!) and got propositioned by a rather tasty bit of crumpet in a cage. (Declined, you just don't know where them Waikato women have been... :dodge: )

So I stood there for a bit on the side of the road, looking all blingy, and cool and staunch and biker-ish and stuff, when my esteemed pootling comrades rejoined me after 5km of ditch searching.

Just about to remount after final inspection, when my cellphone rang.

So I chatted to a lovely lady for a few minutes, and after hanging up, was able to put a grin on a couple of faces. (No, it wasn't the cage lady from earlier saying she had 2 friends...)

I have been offered a position with St John Ambulance starting early next month as a Patient Transport Officer (god that sounds so important dunnit??)

Not as sexy as Speedie and Riff Raffs, roles, but it's a starting point toward it. I've been a volunteer officer for 4 years, so figured they might just love me enough to pay me!

The day is a bit of a blur from there, too much whirring through my mind, and the joy of having phoned my boss and saying "I quit!".

Coming back from Raglan, there was a bit of the old "road rehabilitation" going on, with much loose metal and many signs and shovel leaners... so going through I was being VERY careful until the last 5 or 6 feet, where I 'accidentally' blipped the throttle which 'accidentally' spun up the rear tyre. Mr Stop'n'Go gave me a filthy look and an even filthier "OI!" to which I replied... "MUHAHAHAHAHA!"

The rest went thusly...

1) Got very cold
2) See 1)
3) Went to the 'tron - left hastily
4) Passed through Morrinsville, well I think we did, not big enough to notice if we did really...
5) Did some more of 1) and 2) in Te Aroha - saw some Beef Sauce for the first time.
6) Carried out incorrect passing maneuver heading to Paeroa - quite surprised neither of my colleagues pulled me up on that!
7) Bought a balaclava in Paeroa. If you don't own one, buy one. Seriously.
8) Went through Thames'ish way to Almost Kaiaua, then played follow the dumbass 4WD (4 wheels of death) ALL the way from Miranda to SH1
9) Watched fellows scoff hot choc at Autobahn.
10) Went home - total mileage from Autobahn Papakura to my garage - 403.7km

GIjoe1313 - thankyou. You are mad, no you are insane! And I am proud to have you as a biker brother and fellow pootler. You inspire me. (to bloody walk! (just kidding :) ))

Zeocen - though your ride is certainly inferior in the shininess stakes, it rides bloody nicely, and you ride it very well. Good stuff man, pleasure pootling with you, and may there be many more trips to come. (Leave your bedroom window open and a hose outside, I'll wake you up)

To those that didn't come because of the weather, pity because all up we had maybe 10 minutes of proper rain, and nobody really got WET as such. Take two harden up pills and call me in the morning.

Those that weren't sure of themselves, no problem, never good to put yourself in a tough position when you're on ya training wheels (so to speak!).

Keep an eye out for the shorter, more newer person rides, and go on them EVERY opportunity you get.

I am embarrassed that today I saw roads I have never seen before in my 33 years, and all within a couple of hours drive/ride from my front gate.

I am glad that today, I got to give some of them a jolly good Nana'ing!

I believe I learned more about my abilities and skills as a rider today than I have in almost the last 6 months.

Right, Milo time... catch you all later.

[gijoe1313]

Before we actually got started, we serviced our rides - oil filters and a wash n'wax with me bringing out my Autosol. By the time zeozen (I have decided to stop denigrating his KN nick by not mentioning the zero... :whistle:) pootled over, it was night... and just for shits and giggles, we decided to give his oil a looky... 8000kms since last service :weep: The poor bike! Has a plonkus gittus for an owner! (not maximus since he hasn't taken it flying like yours truly!)

We also lubed the chains, did a general inspection and talked blatherskite about all sorts of useless men stuff, as you do.

Ooh, blingy shiny shine and general bike pr0n phwoar! Yeah, ok, they're only twofiddies, but they're ours!

And a pic of Daisy 'cause she's hot and is smmoooookkking! (Jim Carrey Mask accent)

[gijoe1313]

The usual self-aggrandisement and ego stroking platitudes of a scrofulous and fulmigating trio of ne'er do wells, scallywags, Johnny-be-rotten and rambunctious bumpkin bikers to boot!

Photo 1 : Bike porn
Photo 2 : Long shot of bike porn
Photo 3 : Shows how the clouds roll in like a pea-souper bike porn shot
Photo 4 : Donor is ... Lord of the flatfooted dance!
zeozen is making with the Shakesperean pose huzzah! "Alas dear Yorick, I lost his skull!"
Photo 5 : Hubba-hubba, I gotta get one this big ... or ... how to crack a bottle of L&P
Photo 6 : I got nuthin' on Obelix ... or ... colour blind ninja does the funky chicken walk of death

[Chisanga]

Congrats on the new job Donor :) I will be attending next time - it just sounds like too much fun.

[Winter]

What a bugger I missed out, but I put my time to good practise, and rode to work in some of the worst conditions auckland has to offer..

Such Rain! Such Wind! Such Flooding of roads!

Congrats on the job, Donor.

Hey, if its clear tomorrow, lets ride! :P

[gijoe1313]

Did someone mention ride?

.... any excuse for a ride ... I need to do another 1000km ride (I feel like a 2000km ride actually) ... there's a burger in Gisborne that I need to eat and a little ol'Hornet for kneescraper to look at ... or failing that, a nice meal at Waiouru Army museum (ok, I confess, I just love looking at the tanks) ... or Raetihi for a pie and down to Wanganui to look at some bridges over the waters ... or ... riding around Mt Egmont via Stratford to New Plymouth ... or Hastings to Waipukurau to Eketahuna?

Decisions... decisions... oh wait... I'm gijoe1313, I'll ride them all!

[Winter]

Don't you have a job or something to do during the day?

[gijoe1313]

Don't you have a job or something to do during the day?

My son, I am a public paid minder of young cherubims whom I have been entrusted to fill their heads with learning and proper moral virtues. I am on two weeks of mental health recuperation (re : school holidays)

I have just plotted a course, around most of the lower North Island, which will satisfy even an inveterate wanderlusting fool as I.

Around 2500kms I shall say! Huzzah! I will ride it next week, oh yes, I will. Now... where did I put that pup tent?

Scary thing is ... I think it will only take me 3 days to do :sweatdrop

[Donor]

My son, I am a public paid minder of young cherubims whom I have been entrusted to fill their heads with learning and proper moral virtues. I am on two weeks of mental health recuperation (re : school holidays)

I have just plotted a course, around most of the lower North Island, which will satisfy even an inveterate wanderlusting fool as I.

Around 2500kms I shall say! Huzzah! I will ride it next week, oh yes, I will. Now... where did I put that pup tent?

Scary thing is ... I think it will only take me 3 days to do :sweatdrop

If I put my name down for this, will you pay my lawyers fees for the divorce?

[zeocen]

I need to learn to do my hair and shave before I get photos taken.. but then again, I'm not a girl.



Zeocen - though your ride is certainly inferior in the shininess stakes, it rides bloody nicely, and you ride it very well. Good stuff man, pleasure pootling with you, and may there be many more trips to come. (Leave your bedroom window open and a hose outside, I'll wake you up)

I'll shamefully agree that your bike is much glittery..er... than mine. But not sure on the whole riding thing haha, lots of room for improvement! You seemed to handle your still relatively new beast well. Was good to ride with you and Justin, and again congrats on the new job!

PS. While I'm sensually tending to the needs of a large, brown, paeroa-ian woman... you look like you're giving her what-for ! Let out that frustration on the big bottle!

[gijoe1313]

If I put my name down for this, will you pay my lawyers fees for the divorce?

I think I hear the shriek from jewels even from here! :sweatdrop And in regards to that question, I know you are running out of children to sell into slavery for ready coin. That leaves organ donation or running for a backbencher's position on a quango.

Now leave me alone, I'm writing down all the details for my pootling trip of fun and fancy free madness! :eek5:

[gijoe1313]

I need to learn to do my hair and shave before I get photos taken.. but then again, I'm not a girl.


First, you need a haircut, then, a real job - finally a mortgage on a house and boat.

Once you got that sorted, horted, you'll be a real man's man! I'm a cowardly custard since I'm living the life of Reilly. Pootling here and there, starting my own bike collection ... and posting up the usual tripe, trollop and rhubarb on KB! Oi vey! I should be so lucky! :shutup:

[Minnie]

Hey guys and Lucy, havnt had much time to be on the site lately, i see i missed out on a cool ride, glad you all had a great time, wish i could have done it, could some one pleeeeeeeease pm me next time you organise a ride so i can hopefully make it....i really dont need much of an excuse to take myself off for a ride but i love group rides too:yes: cheers. ( i will try and be good and check this site more often too:sunny: )

[toymachine]

So.

Whens the next one?

[gijoe1313]

Is someone asking gijoe1313 to organise one of his pootling rides? :innocent: I can always do a tootling ride instead of a pootling! :lol:

[toymachine]

Whether she be tootling, pootling or zootling a group ride'd be good :D

[gijoe1313]

I'm thinking about a pootle down to Te Aroha where we tootle down the lovely road that leads to some hot springs. From there a zootle around to Tauranga back to Katikati and a lootle to Paeroa.

From there it is a dootle to Kopu and a merry wootle back to Dorkland via Kaiaua/Clevedon. I have found my plans for my pootle around the lower north island in disarray due to family commitments. I will have to settle for a shorter one on Saturday.

Beginning at 6.30am... riding through SH22 and zipping across from Glen Murray to Rangiri and do through to Ngaruawahia and across Gordonton and hooking up to Te Aroha!

Around 300km as the crow flies :yes: *sigh* not the length I would like, but I think it will have to do :weep:

Anyone mad enough to join me? :whistle: It won't be ridden at excessive speeds and will be plenty of stops!

[Donor]

ARGH!

On my last weekend working - how cruel!

[Winter]

Yeah that sounds good.. AS long as im back in dorkland by 6pm :P

but 300km leaving at 6.30am sound blardy perfect!

[Winter]

Am I going to regret this? haha!

[gijoe1313]

ARGH!

On my last weekend working - how cruel!

Just for you, I'm going to do a special ride on Friday as well! A quick looky over at the Coro loop! You wish to meander along that way with me? Start early so you won't get in trouble with the missus! :lol:

I'm serious! Need to get in 2000kms somehow to make up for missing up on the mega pootle I planned! :weep:

[gijoe1313]

Yeah that sounds good.. AS long as im back in dorkland by 6pm :P

but 300km leaving at 6.30am sound blardy perfect!

Yeah baby, yeah! You know it! I will be doing the usual jump off point at BP Autobahn Papakura, outside the McDeaths there! I'll be lenient with people and just say meet there at 6.30am ... leave at 7.00am so we can merrily pootle the 300kms and be back in Dorkland before you turn into a pumpkin! :lol:

[Donor]

Just for you, I'm going to do a special ride on Friday as well! A quick looky over at the Coro loop! You wish to meander along that way with me? Start early so you won't get in trouble with the missus! :lol:

I'm serious! Need to get in 2000kms somehow to make up for missing up on the mega pootle I planned! :weep:

Still no good... I work Wed-Sun...

Dagnabbit, I'll be glad to be rid of this job and get back to good old Mon-Fri!

[gijoe1313]

Still no good... I work Wed-Sun...

Dagnabbit, I'll be glad to be rid of this job and get back to good old Mon-Fri!

Truly the biker gods look down upon you and smite you with their curses and swords of Damocles! You feel like changing some fork seals on Daisy tomorrow arvo? I'm going to do the deed since she needs her legs to be lagged! Lagged I say! (bling to whoever knows what the heck I'm referring to!)

[Chisanga]

Still no good... I work Wed-Sun...

Dagnabbit, I'll be glad to be rid of this job and get back to good old Mon-Fri!

Do you not have to do 24/7 rotating shifts as an ambo then?

[Winter]

I think tomorrow I might go for a little pootle up to omaha to catch up with some friends. I should really put the bike in for a service, but I just can part with it yet.

[ZeroIndex]

I'm thinking about a pootle down to Te Aroha where we tootle down the lovely road that leads to some hot springs. From there a zootle around to Tauranga back to Katikati and a lootle to Paeroa.

From there it is a dootle to Kopu and a merry wootle back to Dorkland via Kaiaua/Clevedon. I have found my plans for my pootle around the lower north island in disarray due to family commitments. I will have to settle for a shorter one on Saturday.

Beginning at 6.30am... riding through SH22 and zipping across from Glen Murray to Rangiri and do through to Ngaruawahia and across Gordonton and hooking up to Te Aroha!

Around 300km as the crow flies :yes: *sigh* not the length I would like, but I think it will have to do :weep:

Anyone mad enough to join me? :whistle: It won't be ridden at excessive speeds and will be plenty of stops!

Hey GIJOE, what time do you expect to arrive in Ngaruawahia? Is it this Saturday that the ride is happening? If I'm awake when you pass through Ngaruawahia, I, and perhaps a few other Hamilton bikers might come along for a bit of a um...... you call it a 'pootle'? :rofl:

[Northpoint]

Am I going to regret this? haha!

Of course you will!!!

[Northpoint]

Am I going to regret this? haha!

Knowing gijoe he will miss a turn off and you will end up in Gisborne via New Plymouth...

[Donor]

Truly the biker gods look down upon you and smite you with their curses and swords of Damocles! You feel like changing some fork seals on Daisy tomorrow arvo? I'm going to do the deed since she needs her legs to be lagged! Lagged I say! (bling to whoever knows what the heck I'm referring to!)

Fork seals could be fun, I have some chores to complete in the morn, and a shed to build... will have to see how it goes.

Hoping to try and have a stab at putting this alarm in Rosey tomorrow, but frankly it's scaring the hell out of me...

[Donor]

Do you not have to do 24/7 rotating shifts as an ambo then?

Nope, Mon-Fri regular joe hours...

Will explain more when I see ya next :)

[Chisanga]

Fork seals could be fun, I have some chores to complete in the morn, and a shed to build... will have to see how it goes.

Hoping to try and have a stab at putting this alarm in Rosey tomorrow, but frankly it's scaring the hell out of me...

Hopefully i'll be going riding tommorrow so if I'm in your area i'll text you and pay you a visit. Not that I can be any help in installing the alarm mind you but I can point at stuff and offer useless advice :)

[Donor]

Nifty... I'm up and about quite early, so whenever you pootle this way, feel free to drop in... :)

[Chisanga]

Nifty... I'm up and about quite early, so whenever you pootle this way, feel free to drop in... :)

I'm generally not up and about early ... especially if I start watching the cricket :)

[zeocen]

How the shit am I meant to wake up at 6am, I can't even meet 9:30am deadlines!


Fork seals could be fun, I have some chores to complete in the morn, and a shed to build... will have to see how it goes.

Hoping to try and have a stab at putting this alarm in Rosey tomorrow, but frankly it's scaring the hell out of me...

I'm getting the same alarm on the 2nd shipment so if you wanna wait we can freak out together ?
And you should wait till after 6pm to do the fork seals, so I can come watch!!

Can never have enough mechanical bike information in the ol memory banks!

[zeocen]

Or at least wait till I can come look at you install the alarm, so I can do it on my one!

...I have no idea how to do it :(

[Chisanga]

People steal Kawasaki's? :rofl:

[zeocen]

They do, but I'm also modding the alarm to go off whenever something gay comes within a 5 metre radius of it.

....like, say, a Honda.

*ooOOooh* We must be growing, we're no longer accepting everything.. we're slowly moving onto insulting bikes! Ahhh the road to a full licence hehe..

[Chisanga]

To continue the banter - your bike couldn't get within 5 metres of mine... maybe 5 km if you were lucky and I slowed down... rugby, lion red, grrr, grrrr :)

[zeocen]

Haha, well I do live in South Auckland, better to be safe than sorry!

[Donor]

Shit, I thought my 2 boys had leapt out of bed and started posting!

...then I realised their posts would have been more civilised :dodge:

Mat, what time are you working tomorrow?

I'm going to be home all day, feel free to pop over, we can stare at the instructions and make 'hmmm' and 'tut' sounds whilst looking all blokey and knowledgeable.

...until we con someone into showing us how it's actually done... :D

[zeocen]

I work 1 - 6 tomorrow, maybe I should go to bed now so I actually wake up early enough to do something before work!

[gijoe1313]

:lol: I'm up banging nails and doing manly man DIY stuff at the moment, with this fark'n rain, not much cop of finishing off the patio/roller gates/etc. I think I will start work on Daisy's forks since it's all under cover work!

Donor : If you need a hand with the alarm, I'm becoming a whizz at installing electrical gadgety thangs - I'll be installing a remote switch for the LED lights this arvo as well on the little ol'Hornet! :woohoo:

[gijoe1313]

Hey GIJOE, what time do you expect to arrive in Ngaruawahia? Is it this Saturday that the ride is happening? If I'm awake when you pass through Ngaruawahia, I, and perhaps a few other Hamilton bikers might come along for a bit of a um...... you call it a 'pootle'? :rofl:

That sounds like a good way to get lost in gijoe1313's pootling business! Yeah, we should be going through relatively early 8.30ish I should say (I know how it works when other people are involved in a group ride :doh: That's why I so often end up pootling around by myself! :msn-wink: )

Give me your contact details so I can give you a wake-up call! :lol:

[Lucy]

Hoping to try and have a stab at putting this alarm in Rosey tomorrow, but frankly it's scaring the hell out of me...

Must be a good alarm then, if it's scaring you and you are the owner!

[toymachine]

Egads man 6.30?

I'll try make it xD

Wonder wat 300+k straight on the cbr is like... :shutup:

[zeocen]

I slept in :(
I demand we have a mechanics for newbes night at gijoe's house tonight damnit!

[gijoe1313]

I'm all keen - apparantly I have to sit around the house waiting for a sparky to fix up a power point my dad overloaded gah!

I will be working on bikes all day! Mutter, mumble ... instead of riding them ... gnash, mutter, mumble.

So yeah, bike maintenance 101 for those who want to head on over!

[Winter]

Will 8ish be ok?

[gijoe1313]

Will 8ish be ok?

To the ride? On Friday or Saturday? :lol: The Friday one I can make it later 8.30 start! Saturday will be the early bird start so maximum daylight can be enjoyed :yes:

[zeocen]

Will bike maintanence 101 still be going on from 6pm onwards?
I'm dead keen!

[gijoe1313]

Will bike maintanence 101 still be going on from 6pm onwards?
I'm dead keen!

Yeah, I'll still be working on my pride and joys! I'll change the forks when you get around so you can see them being done (and Donor and ... :lol:)

[Jeaves]

Will bike maintanence 101 still be going on from 6pm onwards?
I'm dead keen!

I'd be keen to come south for a blat and give a helping tip or two zeocen if it goes ahead.

[gijoe1313]

Yep, bike maintenance night tonight - save me some $$'s instead of watching movies and eating popcorn :lol:

Plenty of space for bikers, the more the merrier :lol: Plenty of tools and widgets to use!

[Winter]

To the ride? On Friday or Saturday? :lol: The Friday one I can make it later 8.30 start! Saturday will be the early bird start so maximum daylight can be enjoyed :yes:

no no, bike maint101 tonight.. I'l be working till 8ish tonight.. Want to see some bikes pulled apart!

I'm good for the 6.30am start on sat :D

[Donor]

I'm in!

Rosey, the alarm and possibly a Chisanga will be there... head over 6ish?

[gijoe1313]

I'm in!

Rosey, the alarm and possibly a Chisanga will be there... head over 6ish?

Aye, that be right!

[Minnie]

I'm thinking about a pootle down to Te Aroha where we tootle down the lovely road that leads to some hot springs. From there a zootle around to Tauranga back to Katikati and a lootle to Paeroa.

From there it is a dootle to Kopu and a merry wootle back to Dorkland via Kaiaua/Clevedon. I have found my plans for my pootle around the lower north island in disarray due to family commitments. I will have to settle for a shorter one on Saturday.

Beginning at 6.30am... riding through SH22 and zipping across from Glen Murray to Rangiri and do through to Ngaruawahia and across Gordonton and hooking up to Te Aroha!

Around 300km as the crow flies :yes: *sigh* not the length I would like, but I think it will have to do :weep:

Anyone mad enough to join me? :whistle: It won't be ridden at excessive speeds and will be plenty of stops!


whoo hoo a big ride!!!!! havnt done a biggish ride for ages, im definetly in!! so meet you guys at autobarn mcD's then, 6.30am, no trouble for a dairy farmer lass like myself, but crap that will mean a 6am leave from here......5.30am get up.......all for the love of biking:love: c u there!

[zeocen]

Right, when I'm done for work at 6 I'll get my gear on and head straight over!

.....who's bringing the beer?:innocent:

[gijoe1313]

Right, when I'm done for work at 6 I'll get my gear on and head straight over!

.....who's bringing the beer?:innocent:

Arrr! I be a teetotaller laddie! Ginger or root beer with sasaparilla be my brewski!

[Donor]

Arrr! I be a teetotaller laddie! Ginger or root beer with sasaparilla be my brewski!

I believe that I shouted the last round of Gladstones, so it must be Mats turn?

[zeocen]

2 T's damnit! Matt has 2 T's! :P

I can bring maybe 2 beers, provided they don't clash together in my jacket and smash, that's my limit! (damn I need to buy some bike luggage carry..er..stuff).

[Winter]

Hey Matt,

Nice Name..

Matt.

[Donor]

4 pack of Gladstones ginger beer!

:D

[zeocen]

Well that was, how do I say... informative! Haha

The truth is out that I know absolutely 0% about mechanics :( That's what mechanics 101 is for though, damnit ! Damn mechanic jocks bullying me.. "what's this? A ratchet? It looks like a spoon."

Just wait till they have photoshop trouble, then they'll come crawling back, oh yes.

All in all good clean fun, thanks for the dinner gijoe, and donor, I hope your alarm goes off at 3am!

:D

[gijoe1313]

:lol: Well Donor finally tootled off home at the midnight witching hour - I think he started to turn into a pumpkin!

As for the horror that we could actually find a 25 year old male who has not used a ratchet ... or couldn't recognise one :gob: If'n I knew that, I would have gotten the wayward lad to get stuck in!

The funny thing about the wiring was when everyone gave the job to me! :eek5: Jeaves was the main man and he got the wiring sorted out! It was a bit funny bouncing ideas off each other ... and having the others go :shutup: :confused: :dodge:

Anyway, was good to see the crew had gotten the forks off Daisy after I had to tootle off in a cage for a wee while. Turns out they managed to make some new bike tools using available non-tool material :niceone:

And, to top it all off - I couldn't find my fork seals for Daisy! :weep: Will have to order some more ... and watch them turn up after I get the new ones! :doh:

I think this thread is turning into a bit of a monster! Will have to divvy it up into new threads so people won't get confoozled!

Nice work one and all, I'll try to get the next spanner night sorted for the forks again!
:done:

[Chisanga]

I definately had fun removing all the screws I could find from Daisy's front end and using the old wood and hammer trick to remove the forks.

Prior to tonight the most techomalogical thing I had done to a bike was lube the chain :)

Great fun and a nice ride home in the dark.

[xwhatsit]

I'm utterly confused about the 8am Friday ride. Would somebody be so kind as to explain what's going on? I'm correct in assuming this has nothing to do with Tauranga?

Lol. My thread comprehension skills begin to fail once Justin makes a string of consecutive posts :innocent:

[gijoe1313]

I'm utterly confused about the 8am Friday ride. Would somebody be so kind as to explain what's going on? I'm correct in assuming this has nothing to do with Tauranga?

Lol. My thread comprehension skills begin to fail once Justin makes a string of consecutive posts :innocent:

No-one can keep up with the way I extrapolate/interpolate/pixilate/infiltrate/defenestrate threads and posts the way I do :eek5: Not even me! :wacko: