gijoe1313 250 Ride 29/7/07 [Archive]

gijoe1313

23rd July 2007, 22:47

Checking updates and looking at isometric bars, consulting my dad's-never-wrong-weather-back-lumbago ... :angry2: :weep: :doh:

RIDE IS CANCELLED

Will have to plan anew for the week after next ('cause Mav's got his one on! Huzzah!)

Greetings 250 riders,
For those who were not riding last year, Maverick, and McJim organized a series of rides aimed at 250cc riders who were on their learners or restricted licenses.
The goal was to provide a safe but challenging environment for newer bikers to learn skills and gain experience on the open road and to meet other bikers at a similar level.

I was privileged to start my riding career on the second of these outings and got so much learning out of them, safely! (edit : apparantly due to a repressed memory dredged up by McJim, I will now have to take to some self-flagellation :pinch:)

This ride will be a nice run out through the country, with a lunch stop on the way, more details to come shortly.

It is not "limited" specifically to 250cc bikes, (previous "graduates" and others are more then welcome) but please be aware that we will be going at a sensible pace.

If you want to sign up for the ride to be sent details you can do so here:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=1333&day=2007-7-29&c=1

I hope that we will see a few old faces and a few new ones,

GI

PS - If this post seems perzackerly the same as a certain other's posts. I'm just dotting my i's and crossing my t's! :whistle: And d'oh! :doh: Just worked out how to allow people to sign on or up for the event :p This forum thing can get hard even with the number of posts I have!

McJim

23rd July 2007, 22:59

I thought your first experience was binning on the Ardmore village corner with The_Dover.:rofl:

May turn up - need to check the number of brownie points I have.

gijoe1313

23rd July 2007, 23:04

I had managed to repress that memory of The_Dover :eek5: Thank you for making me... mummy... safe place, safe place ... safe place ... :baby:

Thanks to that, I can bin very nicely all on my ownsome now! :p :o

Actually before that, I think I kept stalling on the lights on Gt Sth Rd. before the Takanini on ramp to go north :eek5: Fortunately I could push my bike to the side like a scooter and make funny flapping gestures as I wondered how to start it up again! :rofl:

Oh yeah... I forgot to sign myself up for the ride event as well! :doh: :stupid:

EJK

24th July 2007, 19:00

Would you guys be riding at 100kph?

Donor

24th July 2007, 20:21

Would you guys be riding at 100kph?

Some will yes... others may even exceed that if they wish.

But there will be a TEC (Tail End Charlie) who will ride at the pace of the slowest rider, sort of the nanny of the group.

Nothing wrong if you're a rider who likes to take ya time and ride within the law as it may apply to your conditions.

These rides (specifically gijoe1313 and Maverick organised ones) are VERY newbie friendly.

kiwifruit

24th July 2007, 20:43

Have signed up to offer my body/tools/sexy-time/mentoring services for when/if you guys head south-ish. :scooter:

thats good of you bro :rockon:

Antipigs

24th July 2007, 20:54

i did see the above post's on this forum, however i was just wondering where this ride will be starting from.. going to.. and finishing at?? if somebody could help me out that'd be great :yes:

McJim

24th July 2007, 20:59

These rides (specifically gijoe1313 and Maverick organised ones) are VERY newbie friendly.

Are you saying that my rides to Waiuku in top gear and at redline on a VTR 250 were not Learner friendly then?

(throws toy out of pram) I ain't gunna organise no more rides den! Waaaaah!

gijoe1313

24th July 2007, 21:07

i did see the above post's on this forum, however i was just wondering where this ride will be starting from.. going to.. and finishing at?? if somebody could help me out that'd be great :yes:

Heehee... well people who have been pootling with me find out my love for just riding... and riding... and more riding...

PM sent!

gijoe1313

24th July 2007, 21:20

Are you saying that my rides to Waiuku in top gear and at redline on a VTR 250 were not Learner friendly then?

(throws toy out of pram) I ain't gunna organise no more rides den! Waaaaah!

I remember a ride coming back in the twilight to darkness falling from Kaiaua. You were point and cracking along at a brisk pace :eek5:

I think that was good practice before I did that ride out Gizzy way one night/day! :whistle: :lol:

And anything involving a Scotsman always invariably turns out to be a surreal experience anyhows :sweatdrop

Maverick

24th July 2007, 21:24

anything involving a Scotsman always invariably turns out to be a surreal experience anyhows :sweatdrop

Surreal is when the Scotsman organizing the ride dissapears in the middle of it and winds up somewhere completely different from the rest of the ride!

:cool:

gijoe1313

24th July 2007, 21:32

Surreal is when the Scotsman organizing the ride dissapears in the middle of it and winds up somewhere completely different from the rest of the ride!

:cool:

I didn't hear about this story! Details! :rofl:

WarlockNZ

24th July 2007, 22:05

I wont be able to make this one :( .. i have a birthday party to go to .. i'll try and make mavs one tho

gijoe1313

24th July 2007, 22:14

I wont be able to make this one :( .. i have a birthday party to go to .. i'll try and make mavs one tho

But have you checked on your electric mango in teh gargre?

WarlockNZ

24th July 2007, 22:20

She's been all alone for a week :(

I've been down in chch .. oh and not one kb'er from chch offered to show me a good pub ...

I did meet some bikers tho ... something about wearing a yellow bike jacket in a bar makes them come up and say hi ... damn those south islanders are friendly.

LOL

But have you checked on your electric mango in teh gargre?

gijoe1313

24th July 2007, 23:04

She's been all alone for a week :(

I've been down in chch .. oh and not one kb'er from chch offered to show me a good pub ...

I did meet some bikers tho ... something about wearing a yellow bike jacket in a bar makes them come up and say hi ... damn those south islanders are friendly.

LOL

:lol: But not friendly enuff to give you the loan of a bike?

WarlockNZ

24th July 2007, 23:09

:lol: But not friendly enuff to give you the loan of a bike?

LOL ... well no ... not that friendly ....

gijoe1313

24th July 2007, 23:13

LOL ... well no ... not that friendly ....

So how is CC at the moment? Did ya spit out of the Church tower? Ride on the tram? Wander the local Hogwarts school? Check out the museum? Drool at the local bike dealers? Hmmm... I recall spending a lot of time in the local wargaming/comic shop there! :o

WarlockNZ

24th July 2007, 23:17

So how is CC at the moment? Did ya spit out of the Church tower? Ride on the tram? Wander the local Hogwarts school? Check out the museum? Drool at the local bike dealers? Hmmm... I recall spending a lot of time in the local wargaming/comic shop there! :o
Try 6 days of solid work with a couple of drunkin evenings ... LOL ... no time to even find one of the local dealers of two wheeled machines much less drool over said pieces of exquisite machinery.

EJK

25th July 2007, 10:26

gijoe1313

25th July 2007, 10:45

Hmm... I wish I could join (really).
But I guess at the moment, Im just too noob to ride over 80kph :( lol
But mainly Im scared if my Scorpio will get blown by the wind at 80kph+

Well have fun guys :)

No worries, Maverick's next ride is down south ... and I will be organising another ride similar to his after that (unless he does it first again!)

There will always be more opportunities for newbie friendly rides 'cause Maverick/McJim/others and I will always be doing them (we enjoy pootling along and don't have that "need for speed")

And hey, when you do feel confident, you know you'll be ready for them! :yes:

babyblade250rr

25th July 2007, 18:25

anyone have a scope of the weather outlook for saturday??

gijoe1313

25th July 2007, 18:27

anyone have a scope of the weather outlook for saturday??

Why? You want to go on a Saturday ride as well? :msn-wink: I think we'll all be borrowing Maverick's weather-genie (TM) when we want to head out!

babyblade250rr

25th July 2007, 18:33

hmm good plan mate,

hey make sure you all wait for me on the ride i've herd about gijoe's claims of slow and casual riding, apparently he has his fully ground down knee sliders hidden in the bat cave somewhere!! :apumpin:

breakaway

25th July 2007, 20:41

No worries, Maverick's next ride is down south ... and I will be organising another ride similar to his after that (unless he does it first again!)

There will always be more opportunities for newbie friendly rides 'cause Maverick/McJim/others and I will always be doing them (we enjoy pootling along and don't have that "need for speed")

And hey, when you do feel confident, you know you'll be ready for them! :yes:

So there will be absolutely no hooning? Not even a little? :shutup:

xwhatsit

25th July 2007, 21:04

Hmm... I wish I could join (really).
But I guess at the moment, Im just too noob to ride over 80kph :( lol
But mainly Im scared if my Scorpio will get blown by the wind at 80kph+

Well have fun guys :)

Hahah your Scorpio will be fine, my bike's lighter than yours and it still feels rock solid at 140kph. In actual fact, the faster you go, the more `locked in' a bike seems to get, due to gyroscopic stuff and the wind head-on perhaps, I don't know.

These rides are very laid back -- you can ride as slow as you like, the hardcore sportsbikers welcome the opportunity to rest their numb arses and wrists while they wait for the slower riders to catch up haha. In fact, the roads are nice and twisty, so even the experienced riders will be doing less than 80kph a lot of the time.

If you do come along, you won't be much slower than me anyway, so there'll be somebody to keep you company -- I'm Tom, the ultra-Nana :D<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>

delusionz

25th July 2007, 21:24

I feel locked in when my tacho needle is pointing close to red line :D

I like your profile picture btw Donor thats pretty cool

gijoe1313

25th July 2007, 21:53

So there will be absolutely no hooning? Not even a little? :shutup:

Well you sprotsbikers on them thar CBR'RRRRRRs are more than welcome to "hoon" on up ahead! I'll be nana-ing with Xerxes and the rest. My little ol'Hornet just loves the pootlin' speeds!

By the time we catch up, you'd have rested all your sprotsbiker bits and we can toodle off again! Heheh...

breakaway

25th July 2007, 21:57

Sounds good, but 1 problem: If I was at the front of the pack I'd get lost as I don't know the roads too well :shutup:

I'm sure Raj (R6forlife) won't mind hooning a bit with me :p.

NhuanH

25th July 2007, 22:12

Sounds good, but 1 problem: If I was at the front of the pack I'd get lost as I don't know the roads too well :shutup:

I'm sure Raj (R6forlife) won't mind hooning a bit with me :p.
:rofl::rofl:
Mr Raj not know those roads none too well either. Nor does he hoon. Well, maybe he'll be able to with you 250s on Ls and Rs.

gijoe1313

25th July 2007, 22:33

I show map, we talk route and guidelines. If you know where next stop is, then is obvious where we are to be meeting hokey-dokey! :lol:

zeocen

25th July 2007, 23:23

I can pretend to hoon with you? I'll fall behind at about, oh, 40kmph though.. but I can at least pretend damnit!

EJK

26th July 2007, 00:09

Hahah your Scorpio will be fine, my bike's lighter than yours and it still feels rock solid at 140kph. In actual fact, the faster you go, the more `locked in' a bike seems to get, due to gyroscopic stuff and the wind head-on perhaps, I don't know.

Ah really? do you thinkso? lol
My bike... its.... quite.... still.... err.... its dodgy lol
It swirves side to side when a strong wind blows... TAHT scares me the most.

I really want to join you guys.... omg but.... Im too scared! lol
Well I will join you guys when I get some more experience and courage :)

Thanks y'all

zeocen

26th July 2007, 00:25

It seems a weird thing to say to someone who's new to riding, but that sounds perfectly normal. You honestly just eventually get used to it and adapt and learn how to position yourself in strong wind. Do a search for something wind and riding in this section and a few threads should pop up, they all give great advice on how to better yourself in the wind.

breakaway

26th July 2007, 09:29

Ah really? do you thinkso? lol
My bike... its.... quite.... still.... err.... its dodgy lol
It swirves side to side when a strong wind blows... TAHT scares me the most.

I really want to join you guys.... omg but.... Im too scared! lol
Well I will join you guys when I get some more experience and courage :)

Thanks y'all

I think you should come. Nothing like a long ride to get your confidence up.

gijoe1313

26th July 2007, 09:35

Aye, I remember the last ride I did out that way with Winter and co. and he was saying things like "eek! That wind is blowing me around!" ... and you know, it wasn't a problem with him in the end, he got used to it and just handled the jandal (I told him actually that wasn't so windy as opposed to how windy it could get! :lol:)

I think it was just 'cause we ended up in Dargaville after doing the Brydnwyns and I felt the need to keep going after Ruawai! :innocent: :whistle:

Grahameeboy

26th July 2007, 09:43

Nice out there.................

Hellraiser

26th July 2007, 19:46

weathers not looking good for sunday ......

breakaway

26th July 2007, 20:54

Harden up, just a bit of wind :p

I can pretend to hoon with you? I'll fall behind at about, oh, 40kmph though.. but I can at least pretend damnit!

You bet.

gijoe1313

26th July 2007, 21:21

weathers not looking good for sunday ......

Aye, if weather be bad, no good to be riding out with newbie riders! ( I do recall one mad-cap owner of Daisy doing it though! :sweatdrop )

If'n that's the case, ride will have to be cancelled and we can all put our feet up and polish our bikes ... :weep: Still, always other days for riding ... and we got Maverick's to come :msn-wink:

McJim

26th July 2007, 21:38

So who fancies a learner friendly pootle on Saturday? The weather looks like it may get nasty and wet for Saturday and I thought I might send the missus out on her 150 since it needs a bit of a run. Not a long distance ride since we can only really get 3 hours at a time due to the kids and the lack of family/babysitters (hence we get ruled out of too many rides!).

carbacca

26th July 2007, 21:41

the crap comes through on sunday but saturday looks good. hm might just go on a saturday ride incase sunday really does turn out crap. looks like northlands gonna get it again

http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/2007072600/rain-nzni-2007072600-72.gif

gijoe1313

26th July 2007, 21:49

:weep: Well looks like family commitments got me tied up on Saturday, dismantling the old's kitchen :doh: Unless I pull a cunning trick from the exceedingly cunningly cunning hat I may miss out on riding my bike on Saturday! :eek5:

But on the plus side, I think I have been invited to go go-karting since it is my mate's birthday in the evening! :woohoo: Yeah yeah... they got four wheels, but it's still hooning! :devil2:

Squiggles

27th July 2007, 00:25

Sat looks good, Sun looks pretty sad for the whole day
Uni bike ride on sat :rockon:

zeocen

27th July 2007, 00:56

I may be keen for a Saturday ride, what starting time were you looking at McJim ?
A certain bike needs to have a good go at the outdoors just to keep it feeling wanted, if it's a short and steady ride I may be tempted to take it instead of me ol' 250

Maverick

27th July 2007, 07:42

Updated weather forcast for lunchtime sunday,
That red stuff? Its rain off the top of the scale, 20mm of rain or more in a 6 hour period.

gijoe1313

27th July 2007, 09:56

Yep, bad day for a ride .... unless a nuclear effect in the troposphere suddenly dispels the storm front, looks like I'll be doing more spannering in the carport on Sunday and catching Maverick's ride next weekend :bye: bye -bye ride!

breakaway

27th July 2007, 11:22

Ah ****. I was looking forward to this ride.

gijoe1313

27th July 2007, 11:46

Of course... plans are flexible and we'll see how it all pans out first! (now where does Maverick keep that weather-genie(TM) :sunny:)

Winter

27th July 2007, 12:53

gijoe1313

27th July 2007, 13:13

You failed to mention the SEVERE WIND WARNING placed smack bang over that high ridge line we were riding on.

I still haven't felt wind like that since!

You mean you didn't ride over the harbour bridge several weeks ago? :lol:

And you handled it...thus making you capable of riding in "SEVERE WINDS" ... heck that ain't nuffink! I once rode around a corner without doing anything because the wind was so severe it just did it for me! :eek5: :woohoo:

And oh yeah... I think the phrase is take some HTFU pills! :rofl: Either that ... or ride a naked bike! :devil2:

All aside, you handled the jandal well - so when are you coming out on another "pootle" with me? :innocent:

Winter

27th July 2007, 13:17

well sunday would have been the go...

as long as its not dargiville

gijoe1313

27th July 2007, 13:28

well sunday would have been the go...

as long as its not dargiville

funny you should mention that... :innocent:

delusionz

27th July 2007, 15:18

I'm ready to bring on Kawasaki Time™

McJim

27th July 2007, 16:57

I was thinking of a Learner friendly pootle on Saturday - probably only about 200km all up - I'll be acting as meat shield in a cage (TEC) with my children and will let Chickadee (my wife) get some kms on her angry little 2 smoker.

What would people prefer? Early morning, late morning or early afternoon?

Shame the weather looks piss poor for Sunday Justin. I know you have commitments (great DVD can I borrow it?...tat's shoite!) but if you could get away for a wee while it would be good to see you out on t'road.

Maverick says he may or may not bring his weather genie...it depends on whether or not he gets laid the night before.......don't all look at me in that accusatory manner thanks very much - he's not my type (never owned a Honda).

Will speak to SWMBO when I get home and will log bnack in to see if there's any interest.

This will not be a balls out 'how big is my penis' 250 race - it will be a learner friendly pootle at legal speeds along some quiet country roads. Big bikes are welcome so long as they appreciate this is for the newer riders.

zeocen

27th July 2007, 17:44

Lunchtime/Early afternoon would suit me perfectly!

I'm sure it suits everybody else too, right guys? RIGHT?

:D

McJim

27th July 2007, 18:49

Cool - I'll slap it up as a calendar event then - let me know who's attending too.

BigRed2007

27th July 2007, 18:57

looks like rain!!!!???????

carbacca

27th July 2007, 19:02

hahah we still on for sunday???

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McJim

27th July 2007, 19:05

So neither of you have seen the thread or calendar event for tomorrow?

McJim's short notice noobie ride.

Go look for it and stiop whingeing about the weather on Sunday!

carbacca

27th July 2007, 19:13

i was gonna go tag along the cruiser ride but looks like i got choices now yay. is yours going kawakawa way??

Cr1MiNaL

27th July 2007, 19:28

:rofl::rofl:
Mr Raj not know those roads none too well either. Nor does he hoon. Well, maybe he'll be able to with you 250s on Ls and Rs.

:killingme:killingme:killingme Well said my friend, well said...

gijoe1313

28th July 2007, 18:19

johnnyflash

29th July 2007, 10:46

i was gonna go tag along the cruiser ride but looks like i got choices now yay. is yours going kawakawa way??

Poor choice huh !!! :yes: the cruiser run was great, a beaut sunny day in the north, great dry roads, couldnt have been better... Hope next time some of you can make it, you are more than welcome,:D

babyblade250rr

29th July 2007, 11:18

breakaway

29th July 2007, 13:06

There's always the next weekend, and then the next, then the next ;)

delusionz

29th July 2007, 16:43

Heh, Just aswell the weather sucked cause I had stuff to do today, but that did include me riding back home this morning from my mate's place in the Waitakeres back to Mt Eden so I suppose I got my ride in anyways

McJim

29th July 2007, 16:47

Poor choice huh !!! :yes: the cruiser run was great, a beaut sunny day in the north, great dry roads, couldnt have been better... Hope next time some of you can make it, you are more than welcome,:D

He was fine - he and gijoe1313 came on my run out east - a fine day and some fine Fish and Chips were digested.