obstacle
8th December 2007, 20:05
Wow! that was a great day for a ride. Woke up to blue skies, texted Discotex and got up to start the day.
About an hour later, after drooling over the new CBR, we're on the road leaving my place heading up 16 to old north road. A nice run up to Kaukapakapa where we stop for "breakfast" (a chocolate bar) then up the hill to the scenic lookout to take some pics of bikes and stretch the legs. I gave DT the camera and ended p with a heap of pictures of his bike and 2 of mine. Oh well, his bike is sexier than the hornet, but not by much.
After our little rest we headed up to Wellsford then down to Warkworth and out to Snells Beach for lunch with the family. A little handy work on the bach and some food later and we're back on the road ready to see what happens.
Gas in Warkworth where we see 2 seagulls taken out by a car in the main street, 20 metres later someone tres to take us out by backing out of a carpark with looking and then someone tries to turn into us over the top of a traffic island. Fuck this main hghway stuff we're off down Woodcocks to see if it really does link back to 16 as I remembered.
Woodcocks road is amazing - no tightening corners, just perfect tight, windy corners back to back all the way to 16. It sucks in a car but is a dream on the bike. Come out north of Kaukapakapa again and head south until the turnoff to Albany via old albany hwy, which is really straight and fast but slow as hell at 100km/h all the way. Wave goodbye to Discotex at Lonely Track Road and then head home via the new North-West motorway, pretty nice for a motorway if I do say so myself.
Then home at last, my legs are aching but other than that i'm still buzzing.
Thanks DT, it was rad.
So, where did you ride today?
About an hour later, after drooling over the new CBR, we're on the road leaving my place heading up 16 to old north road. A nice run up to Kaukapakapa where we stop for "breakfast" (a chocolate bar) then up the hill to the scenic lookout to take some pics of bikes and stretch the legs. I gave DT the camera and ended p with a heap of pictures of his bike and 2 of mine. Oh well, his bike is sexier than the hornet, but not by much.
After our little rest we headed up to Wellsford then down to Warkworth and out to Snells Beach for lunch with the family. A little handy work on the bach and some food later and we're back on the road ready to see what happens.
Gas in Warkworth where we see 2 seagulls taken out by a car in the main street, 20 metres later someone tres to take us out by backing out of a carpark with looking and then someone tries to turn into us over the top of a traffic island. Fuck this main hghway stuff we're off down Woodcocks to see if it really does link back to 16 as I remembered.
Woodcocks road is amazing - no tightening corners, just perfect tight, windy corners back to back all the way to 16. It sucks in a car but is a dream on the bike. Come out north of Kaukapakapa again and head south until the turnoff to Albany via old albany hwy, which is really straight and fast but slow as hell at 100km/h all the way. Wave goodbye to Discotex at Lonely Track Road and then head home via the new North-West motorway, pretty nice for a motorway if I do say so myself.
Then home at last, my legs are aching but other than that i'm still buzzing.
Thanks DT, it was rad.
So, where did you ride today?