Sunday ride (13 January)

[Jeaves]

Anyone keen?



Righto, I've rolled some die (plural of dice you oiks!) and it means Southside trip via SH22 to Raglan and back via the luvverly twisties ne'er Huntly?

Meet at BP Autobahn as the fixture? Say 10.30am for 11am departure? Really really late for me but I know people aren't as crazy as me! Will be a sedate zootle, no idiotic antics or speed freaks need apply. Will have lunchies in Raggies with the hippies, hopefully see some titties (of the luscious well developed feminine kind, no moobs allowed :sick:), but more for the ride! :msn-wink:

10:30 BP Autobahn
See you all there

[gijoe1313]

No!

(I have to say that otherwise if I say yes, than I can't come ... but even when I do say no, sometimes I can't come ... :shutup:)

But to feel jealous and all, where'dya fancy going to? Just out of side interest? :whistle:

[rphenix]

Anyone keen?

Where are you thinking of going?

[breakaway]

Maybe, need to scrub them new tyres in, and now that bikes' road legal again, might as well start riding :ride:

[Jeaves]

No!

But to feel jealous and all, where'dya fancy going to? Just out of side interest? :whistle:

Kawakawa bay? , Piha? , Muriwai?....Where ever the road takes us Gi . Open to suggestions , long or short as long as i get out on the road :Pokey:

[Gubb]

Im interested, let us know a time, possible destination, and i'll get back to ya.

[TOTO]

Damn Work , i cant but I wish I could. Next time.

[breakaway]

I hear a vicicous squeal coming from my front wheel, so I'm out for the count till further notice :(

[xwhatsit]

Possibly.

May or may not be spending the day with the girl again. Christ, I thought my bike was high maintenance.

But I need to cover some kilometres.

[Gubb]

Sorry, I have to pike now too, gotta do some yard-work instead.

Boo.

[rphenix]

This ride still on?

[xwhatsit]

Where we going? Got leave pass from girl. Want to come, provided we leave at a decent time (i.e. definitely not before 10am, preferrably later).

[gijoe1313]

aye, this ride going anywhere? :lol: Otherwise people will faint if they find out gijoe1313 is available to ride and lead ... :innocent: :whistle:

ooh, I see you there Jeaves ...

[Jeaves]

refer first post

[Jeaves]

Otherwise people will faint if they find out gijoe1313 is available to ride and lead ... :innocent: :whistle:


What are your thoughts chap.....anywhere in particular you feel like heading? :cool:

[gijoe1313]

What are your thoughts chap.....anywhere in particular you feel like heading? :cool:

I'm thinking of some nice twisties out Whangamata way, come back via the Kaimais and Te Aroha and a jolly good little pootle in between said points :whistle:

Otherwise, Hunuas to the back of Mercer, back up SH22 and tootling around Waiuku ....

Or .. out to the Bryndwyns and a look at the toilets in Dargaville ...

You know the madness that strikes me as I need to lay down rubber on those lanes of freedom! :woohoo:

[Jeaves]

I'm thinking of some nice twisties out Whangamata way, come back via the Kaimais and Te Aroha and a jolly good little pootle in between said points :whistle:

Otherwise, Hunuas to the back of Mercer, back up SH22 and tootling around Waiuku ....

Or .. out to the Bryndwyns and a look at the toilets in Dargaville ...

You know the madness that strikes me as I need to lay down rubber on those lanes of freedom! :woohoo:

Alright everyone , whada ya say ^ ?

[gijoe1313]

The biker gods have smiled upon me and made it so...

I can ride! :woohoo:

Righto, I've rolled some die (plural of dice you oiks!) and it means Southside trip via SH22 to Raglan and back via the luvverly twisties ne'er Huntly?

Meet at BP Autobahn as the fixture? Say 10.30am for 11am departure? Really really late for me but I know people aren't as crazy as me! Will be a sedate zootle, no idiotic antics or speed freaks need apply. Will have lunchies in Raggies with the hippies, hopefully see some titties (of the luscious well developed feminine kind, no moobs allowed :sick:), but more for the ride! :msn-wink:

[Jeaves]

done deal! , See you all there for the the Sunday ride.........kindly organised and sorted by GIJOE1313 :Punk: .

Will update the first post

[turtleman]

Righto, I've rolled some die (plural of dice you oiks!) ...

Oiks ?? :scratch:

Other way round - the plural of die is dice......!! :bleh:

[gijoe1313]

Oiks ?? :scratch:

Other way round - the plural of die is dice......!! :bleh:

Huzzah! I was hoping someone would get my back to front way of doing things! (Y'know, going home from Alfriston to Takanini via Whangamata....)

I take it you are a fellow purveyor of cubes of random probability generation? :msn-wink: Used to be an old joke in my paper and dice/die (geddit... roll some dice to see if you die...no?... :pinch:) RPG sessions (ahh miss those d4s, d6s, d8s, d10s, d12s, d20s, d30s, d100s ... :rolleyes:)

[PirateJafa]

Sounds like a plan!

See y'all there. :)

[gijoe1313]

'Tis looking good! I wish we were riding now!! :weep: But needs must ... 10.30am at the Autobahn.

Meh, meh and meh :oi-grr:

[xwhatsit]

This isn't fair. Three inline-four screamers so far, and just one slow thumper.

I'm going to have to go ape-shit on you guys and change my main jet from the 125 to the 122. Just you watch.

[gijoe1313]

This isn't fair. Three inline-four screamers so far, and just one slow thumper.

I'm going to have to go ape-shit on you guys and change my main jet from the 125 to the 122. Just you watch.

as screaming as 250s can get :o :lol: 'sides this is just a jolly little jape and pootle to parts known and unknown for some!

[The Pastor]

have a nice ride guys, as far as screaming 250's go, mine is the king ;)

[TOTO]

I just pulled a sickie. I'm with you.

[TOTO]

Just to clarify, autobahn is the resting place and petrol station on motorway 1 near papakura yea ?

[discotex]

Just to clarify, autobahn is the resting place and petrol station on motorway 1 near papakura yea ?

AFAIK... When you heading down? I'll head down from Browns Bay. Was going to head out to Botany but just saw this :)

[TOTO]

yea man join us gonnna be fun

[discotex]

yea man join us gonnna be fun

Sweet as.. On my way :)

[gijoe1313]

Righto, little ol'hornet is washed, de-greased, pre-shine polish, polish and final waxing done and done! :love:

Getting the gears ready, going to the BP to gasgas and meet and greet and then scoot and poot! :ride: :woohoo: :scooter:

Spotcha two wheeled fellow purveyors o'fun at the BP! :msn-wink:

[Donor]

*sigh*

:bye:

[TOTO]

Bloody brilliant ride GiJoe, loved it. Thanks so much for showing us your secret twisties. You get the cup :first:

Favourite moment: Long left downhill 55km/h corner with beautiful seal, so loved it.:love:

Least favourite: 90 degree right corner with recommended speed 25km/h in one of the vilages on the way back. Estimated it wrongly and ran wide into the dirt, but lucky it was 5cm into it and it was not a weired angle coz I would have had my first bin story.:shit:

Overal very happy and would gladly do it again at a moments notice. Glad I pulled that sickie too - nuffin better than getting paid and doing something you love at the same time.

I couldnt figure out at the end when you two in the front took off did you go straight onto the motorway on ramp which was 700m down the road or did you go somewhere else? We turned on it and didn't see you since so we decided to go home. I have the gut feeling we missed some of your twisties at the end with that move but if that's the case, you can show them to us next time :soon:


Managed to snap some pics too. I'm putting them on...

Thanks for the great day everyone :woohoo:

[TOTO]

and some more ...

[PirateJafa]

I couldnt figure out at the end when you two in the front took off did you go straight onto the motorway on ramp which was 700m down the road or did you go somewhere else? We turned on it and didn't see you since so we decided to go home. I have the gut feeling we missed some of your twisties at the end with that move but if that's the case, you can show them to us next time :soon:

Nah, we just hung a left and gapped it down the motorway at a great rate of knots. Wait who am I kidding? We're on two-fiddeys. :P

Excellent ride (apart from the twat in the white car who tried to say hello to GIJoe) , and I look forward to doing it again!

Looking less forward to going back to work tomorrow :crybaby:

[xwhatsit]

That ride I enjoyed the most in my (short) history of motorcycling. Managed to get into this curious rhythm through certain bits of SH22 that suited the bike to a tee. Could feel forks winding and unwinding, touch of swingarm flex, but in certain strings of twisties this all seemed to bend me into the next corner as if it was designed that way. Weird.

Had a ball. Thanks guys.

Bike didn't lose any more oil. Not sure why the oil dropped from full to 1/4 from the low mark within 200kms, but on the ride home it stayed at 1/4. Will top it up to full again and see what happens.

So the rest of you guys in front peeled off onto the motorway immediately as well? We couldn't see you in front, despite having a very clear view of a long strip of motorway. Peeled off at Ramarama to have a chat about where you guys went, decided it was too late and carried on up the motorway.

[Jeaves]

Great ride today chaps , had a blast and there was plenty of twistys to keep us all entertained . :banana:

[discotex]

Nah, we just hung a left and gapped it down the motorway at a great rate of knots. Wait who am I kidding? We're on two-fiddeys. :P

Ahh yeah I kinda lost sight of you guys for a sec cause I wasn't paying attention. Thought I saw a bike head on the motorway so went down the ramp but I was clearly mistaken as there wasn't anyone there once we hit the motorway.

See what happens when you get tired! :doh:

Much apologies to those behind me. I'll have to organise another ride to pay back the twisties you may have missed.

On the plus side, after a day of non stop cornering your tyres probably needed some squaring off on the motorway :msn-wink: :chase:


Was a bloody great day out. Thanks Jeaves for taking TEC on the way back so I could have a play up the front. Loved the roads. Great choice GI!


The only downer to my day was being attacked (read attempt to ram me twice) by a cage just now on the way back west. Got his plate and called 111 on his arse. Fingers crossed they caught up to him (or even bothered looking).

[discotex]

Least favourite: 90 degree right corner with recommended speed 25km/h in one of the vilages on the way back. Estimated it wrongly and ran wide into the dirt, but lucky it was 5cm into it and it was not a weired angle coz I would have had my first bin story.:shit:


Was that that corner between the last place we stopped and the motorway? If it's the one I'm thinking of it was a real nasty corner. Over a rise, off camber, and tightening quicker than you expect.

Kicks all the survival reactions in eh! Bloody glad you didn't drop it in the dirt :shit:

[TOTO]

Ahh yeah I kinda lost sight of you guys for a sec cause I wasn't paying attention. Thought I saw a bike head on the motorway so went down the ramp but I was clearly mistaken as there wasn't anyone there once we hit the motorway.

See what happens when you get tired! :doh:

Much apologies to those behind me. I'll have to organise another ride to pay back the twisties you may have missed.

On the plus side, after a day of non stop cornering your tyres probably needed some squaring off on the motorway :msn-wink: :chase:


Was a bloody great day out. Thanks Jeaves for taking TEC on the way back so I could have a play up the front. Loved the roads. Great choice GI!


The only downer to my day was being attacked (read attempt to ram me twice) by a cage just now on the way back west. Got his plate and called 111 on his arse. Fingers crossed they caught up to him (or even bothered looking).
Was that after I left you? Damn. I was thinking of going the long way with you for company to grefille or wherever, sad I didnt. Will stik tobether. You got his rego ? we can amm you know ..:bash::ar15::2guns::thud:

[gijoe1313]

Well what can I say, you gentleman are a pleasure to ride with. Now where do I start? Lets go from the beginning!

I'm sure this ride was organamised by Jeaves, but somehow the planning details of the ride was left to me!? :scratch: Anyway I rolled some dice and voila! Instant route (of course abled to be modified at a drop of a clutch by me!)

The meet up was awesome, plenty of bikers and bike pr0n to ooh ahh over :drool: Xerxesdaphat was your typical coy biker with his "I won't be there" .. "oh yes, I will be!"

Anyway, we zip off to the beginning of SH22 and head out to the twisties, was luvverly and the only incident was at the Waingaro pub where a frikk'n lady in a white car was on the wrong side of the road turning into the driveway! :gob: I had slowed down because of this area, but I was still emergency braking like crazy! Felt the back fishtail, released pressure and looked to the clear space to the left and kept it rubber side down.

Only to also see PirateJafa zip to the right of me (thank gosh!) we pulled over at the side of the road, I allowed my heart to sink back into its right place and my sphincter to get out of my mouth :sick:

I tracked down the erroneous driver and it turned out to be a dear old maori lady (her race has nothing to do with this, but I thought I'd mentioned it) she was delivering birthday cakes and we had a good chat, I wasn't going to rip her head off since it wouldn't have helped ... she reckons she always does that and nary had a problem .. till now :slap:

Anyhoo, all good, just another moment in the day of a biker! :oi-grr:

Off we tootled to Raglan and had lunch there, I think PirateJafa and Xerxesdaphat are batting for the other team they were ensconced thick as thieves behind another guy!

Saw plenty of bikes and admired the view with some moments of ornithology :love:

Anyway, we are bikers so off we zootled back to Ngaruawahia and did the river road ride and cut back to SH22 via the tunnel (always good to rev the ol'engine going through it!) Conditions were hot and the tar was running, we rode with circumspection and I'm sure the guys behind thought their ride captain was a random rider doing all these weird little jinks and movements ... and then they understood when the usual appellation we give to NZ road quality was made abundant!

Deja Vu struck again when at Onewhero golf club, a crazy cager was overtaking at the intersection ... with me in that section of the road :gob: Emergency braking again, pulled hard left to the shoulder and all was good. PirateJafa even zipped by me on the right again! :sweatdrop

Anyway got to a banjo playing village (okay it was Tuakau) and we did the last bit of twisties and we flanged home. And yes, we did take the left turn onto the moronway, but we were matching speed with the cagers and doing a fair rate of knots! :innocent:

Piccies to come.

[discotex]

Was that after I left you? Damn. I was thinking of going the long way with you for company to grefille or wherever, sad I didnt. Will stik tobether. You got his rego ? we can amm you know ..:bash::ar15::2guns::thud:

Nah that was on my way back from Browns Bay to Blockhouse Bay. It made me realised I couldn't live in the US. I'd arm myself and kill one of these road rage pricks and end up in jail.



Anyway, we are bikers so off we zootled back to Ngaruawahia and did the river road ride and cut back to SH22 via the tunnel (always good to rev the ol'engine going through it!)

Ahhhhhhh that's how that worked. I couldn't work out how we did so much of 22 when we went the other way back.



Anyway got to a banjo playing village (okay it was Tuakau) and we did the last bit of twisties and we flanged home. And yes, we did take the left turn onto the moronway, but we were matching speed with the cagers and doing a fair rate of knots! :innocent:


So I wasn't going nuts? Thank the biker gods! I was getting a case of the guilts for cheating everyone out of more curvy roads.

I've never ridden any of those roads but I sure will be again sometime soon!

[gijoe1313]

Pic1 : Waingaro stop to check for my brown stains
Pic2 : The sign says keep left!!! :angry2: Car was right where the driveway is by the signs. And me zootling along around the corner .. and :eek5: :gob: I always ride with the thought "what if...." and boy bloody hell was it a "what if" day! :angry2:
Pic3 : Whatta motley crew
Pic4 : And one is worse than the lot put together!
Pic5 : The sordid evidence of two stalking an unwary lad...
Pic6 : Ooh! Red ones go faster! And they did get lots of looks! :love:

More pics to come

[gijoe1313]

The banjo town beckons...

We had a brief stop to hear the duelling banjoes ... Jeaves was like a local and fitted in wonderfully, you could hear the thick accent and the drawl coming through!

PirateJafa needed to make some quick cash on account of all the extra fuel he used following gijoe1313's patented pootling planner! :innocent:

[gijoe1313]

wonce agwain, ninja rucks you!

It has been wrong time for a wrong wide, so ninja make up for it natuwally!

Ruck you! Now ninja techwique velly shlong! Rook carefuwwy and see if big-nosed gaijin can see ninja!

Yes? No? Ruck you!

Ragwan was velly entertwaining, many notawable bikes make for gwood camofwage!

In Banjo town of six toed, three nwippled pweople who are all bwother, swister, mothwer and fawther, ninja werry afwaid. Thwese pweople are velly scary! :eek5:

Just as well ninja have camofwage! See? No? Ruck you!

[TOTO]

wonce agwain, ninja rucks you!

It has been wrong time for a wrong wide, so ninja make up for it natuwally!

Ruck you! Now ninja techwique velly shlong! Rook carefuwwy and see if big-nosed gaijin can see ninja!

Yes? No? Ruck you!

Ragwan was velly entertwaining, many notawable bikes make for gwood camofwage!

In Banjo town of six toed, three nwippled pweople who are all bwother, swister, mothwer and fawther, ninja werry afwaid. Thwese pweople are velly scary! :eek5:

Just as well ninja have camofwage! See? No? Ruck you!


muahahahahaha , zat is hurarious. Vere ze The Ninza ? Ninza hezzen well. *thick eastern european/bulgarian accent* ;)

[gijoe1313]

Least favourite: 90 degree right corner with recommended speed 25km/h in one of the vilages on the way back. Estimated it wrongly and ran wide into the dirt, but lucky it was 5cm into it and it was not a weired angle coz I would have had my first bin story.:shit:


:shit: Crapola! Glad you kept it rubber side down and at least you learnt a passle load from it ... I should have tapped my brakes to warn you of that corner, but I guess I was too busy negotiating it myself! :innocent: :o


Ahh yeah I kinda lost sight of you guys for a sec cause I wasn't paying attention. Thought I saw a bike head on the motorway so went down the ramp but I was clearly mistaken as there wasn't anyone there once we hit the motorway.

See what happens when you get tired! :doh:

Much apologies to those behind me. I'll have to organise another ride to pay back the twisties you may have missed.

On the plus side, after a day of non stop cornering your tyres probably needed some squaring off on the motorway :msn-wink: :chase:


Was a bloody great day out. Thanks Jeaves for taking TEC on the way back so I could have a play up the front. Loved the roads. Great choice GI!


The only downer to my day was being attacked (read attempt to ram me twice) by a cage just now on the way back west. Got his plate and called 111 on his arse. Fingers crossed they caught up to him (or even bothered looking).

Crapola! Sounds like you had my third strike for stupid cagers today! :sweatdrop Yeah, I thought everyone had heard me when I said we'd be coming up to the moronway and we would all be flecking off home at that. And yes, there are more twisties, but I gathered everyone was feeling the pinch and needed to have a wee rest (imagine if we met at 6.30am ... oh the routes and roads I could have shown you! :innocent:)

And no, no-one missed out on any twisties, PirateJafa is my witness that I went on the straight moronway back to my batcave!

Next time my padawans, next time my preccciouuuusssssssss! :baby:

[discotex]

wonce agwain, ninja rucks you!


:killingme

Ruck you FTW!

[discotex]

Crapola! Sounds like you had my third strike for stupid cagers today! :sweatdrop Yeah, I thought everyone had heard me when I said we'd be coming up to the moronway and we would all be flecking off home at that.

Yep that's why I went that way. But then I couldn't see you guys on the motorway. Must've been the ninja camouflage ;)

Totally got the 3rd strike.. Guess after 500km in a day you'd expect to see a few dodgy cages tho. Best back to work event ever.

[xwhatsit]

Least favourite: 90 degree right corner with recommended speed 25km/h in one of the vilages on the way back. Estimated it wrongly and ran wide into the dirt, but lucky it was 5cm into it and it was not a weired angle coz I would have had my first bin story.:shit:

Yes, I was behind you when you did that, it was right at the end of the ride coming out of our last stop. It was an odd corner, looked like it could be safely taken at 50kph (which felt slow and harmless compared to the open road after a while), but the road surface and camber spat us out to the other side of the corner pretty quickly. I backed off after seeing you run wide. You were pretty upright by then so it was fine.

How many kilometres all up then?

[TOTO]

...

How many kilometres all up then?

I'm not sure coz I forgot to zero my trip meter but I'm guessing around 400 km total today (rough estimate) can anyone confirm ?

[gijoe1313]

I'm not sure coz I forgot to zero my trip meter but I'm guessing around 400 km total today (rough estimate) can anyone confirm ?

Not enough by my reckoning .. with a 6.30am start you can do 800-900kms in a good riding day by gijoe1313 standards! :innocent:

Funnily enuff, it seems only I get the sane sense of this! :scratch:

Remember, by riding with me, you are practicing gijoe1313's patented ironbutt riding bike-fu! :devil2:

Anytime when you have to fill up at least 5 times in a trip is a good 'un!

[Donor]

Can't have been THAT good a ride...

...I didn't have to run a jerry can of petrol out to you...

[McJim]

gijoe1313.....

I am overwhelmed with a sense of incredulity that you are permitted to be in charge of children.

You need to ease off those drugs man.:rofl:

[TOTO]

I'd actually be quite keen for a 6:30 start on any given saturday or other day that I dont work. would be nice ...:rolleyes:

[gijoe1313]

Can't have been THAT good a ride...

...I didn't have to run a jerry can of petrol out to you...

Sheesh, you just jealous is all, and I have put some character points into my Profile RPG sheet "Fuel Management Strategies" ... leveled up again and put some more points into it! :innocent:

You were there in spirit, when I was purveying hot young things I instantly thought of you and your pr0nographic memory!

Sides, you were on time and half yesterday :bleh:

[Donor]

Yes... yes I was...

So 12 hours became 18... and today, shopping...

...I got a new toy :D

[gijoe1313]

gijoe1313.....

I am overwhelmed with a sense of incredulity that you are permitted to be in charge of children.

You need to ease off those drugs man.:rofl:

Well the judge sentencing me did say "20 years hard labour, 10 years in the army or 5 years as a teacher? What say you?"

I shoulda been in the army so at least I could blow shizzle up! :innocent:

As it is I always tell my pupils that I'm legally not allowed to be within 100 ft of kids, but the judge said we needed more teachers ... the look on their cherubic faces is gold! :rofl:

[TOTO]

Well the judge sentencing me did say "20 years hard labour, 10 years in the army or 5 years as a teacher? What say you?"

I shoulda been in the army so at least I could blow shizzle up! :innocent:

As it is I always tell my pupils that I'm legally not allowed to be within 100 ft of kids, but the judge said we needed more teachers ... the look on their cherubic faces is gold! :rofl:

Funny, they deserve it dou. What age are the little monsters you teach ? (monsters coz I know how we behaved at school...:msn-wink:)

[gijoe1313]

Funny, they deserve it dou. What age are the little monsters you teach ? (monsters coz I know how we behaved at school...:msn-wink:)

Physiological : 13-17
Mentally :7-13

Having a rep at my school as "that crazy mofo guy" : priceless

[Gubb]

Sounds like I missed out on an amazing ride.

Well gutted. Should be along to the next one though, Two rides on the weekend is a bit much for the missus when I have other jobs to do around the house. :baby:

[Iain]

How was your ride everyone?

[gijoe1313]

How was your ride everyone?

:rofl: you need to go back a few pages ... all the posts are there with the piccies :yes:

[Iain]

:rofl: you need to go back a few pages ... all the posts are there with the piccies :yes:

This is what happens when youre at work and read forums. Something comes up and by the time you get back to the thread you forget that there are more pages and you just reply to whatever post you are looking at.

Thanks for that. Looked like fun. Someone pinched my black gt250r for your ride :)

[TOTO]

This is what happens when youre at work and read forums. Something comes up and by the time you get back to the thread you forget that there are more pages and you just reply to whatever post you are looking at.

Thanks for that. Looked like fun. Someone pinched my black gt250r for your ride :)

LOL that would be me...but from today It can not be mistaken with anybody elses ... you will see what I mean on the next ride ...:soon:

[Iain]

LOL that would be me...but from today It can not be mistaken with anybody elses ... you will see what I mean on the next ride ...:soon:

What? Did you swap it for a red one? Are there decals on it now? Tell me!!

[TOTO]

What? Did you swap it for a red one? Are there decals on it now? Tell me!!

Ok , I'll show you ...

[xwhatsit]

Haha! Brilliant. Bog-standard bikes should only be kept for concours d'elegance events.

[Iain]

Ok , I'll show you ...

hehe... She's been tatooed.

[TOTO]

hehe... She's been tatooed.

Yea I taught i'd start with something "small" :cool:

[discotex]

I'm not sure coz I forgot to zero my trip meter but I'm guessing around 400 km total today (rough estimate) can anyone confirm ?

400km would be about right. I did 500km yesterday including coming from the shore. BP to BP would have been 380-400km I'd say.



Remember, by riding with me, you are practicing gijoe1313's patented ironbutt riding bike-fu! :devil2:

I was plesantly surprised how well I coped with the amount of km I did yesterday. The trips up to Dargaville must have got me a bit more riding fit :)



Yea I taught i'd start with something "small" :cool:

You really are in :love: aren't ya!

[EJK]

GIJOE really needs to stop taking the Ninjutsu class :lol:

[woza]

i was the other hyo rider on the day (the one who looks grumpy in the all the photos). I had an absolute blast on those rides. I rode much slower than the rest of the pack but still really enjoyed the nice twistys and learnt a lot along the way.

[TOTO]

i was the other hyo rider on the day (the one who looks grumpy in the all the photos). I had an absolute blast on those rides. I rode much slower than the rest of the pack but still really enjoyed the nice twistys and learnt a lot along the way.

Great Stuff my friend, Hope to see you on more rides soon. Enjoyed your company... mucho thanko :msn-wink:

[gijoe1313]

i was the other hyo rider on the day (the one who looks grumpy in the all the photos). I had an absolute blast on those rides. I rode much slower than the rest of the pack but still really enjoyed the nice twistys and learnt a lot along the way.

Hey, like I said, no prizes for the invisible non-existent cup! Just a nice safe pootle with like-minded riders. And you know we always waited up at a nice safe spot anyhows! :sweatdrop

Just glad you got some learning and I was mighty pleased you were asking questions and getting some answers!

SH22 is a great road to ride, but as you can see it can bite you just like any road or inattention on a ride! :yes:

Would ride with you again no prob.

[discotex]

i was the other hyo rider on the day (the one who looks grumpy in the all the photos). I had an absolute blast on those rides. I rode much slower than the rest of the pack but still really enjoyed the nice twistys and learnt a lot along the way.

Good to hear you had fun :)

Was glad to hear my advice re the right handers helped for the way back. It certainly seemed to make a difference as whenever we stopped to regroup you guys weren't far behind at all.