ajturbo
13th November 2004, 21:03
i had a great ride today, meet up with a heap of new faces.. who were they? hell i have trouble remebering my boys name!!!
but met them at a little palce called Kopu, 1/2hr BEHIND schedule, stressing that i had missed everyone, just to be told that "no there had been NO big group of bikes stop there yet"!!!
so i waited,
and waited...
and waited.....
and wa....
then "THEY" turned up, shook a lot of hands, said hi, :wavey: showed everyone how dirty a turbo looks with no cloths on, and then WE ..
waited
and waited...
and waited.....
and wa....
for the two brothers, who had a good story to tell but we were hot and i had over filled the bike and it was leeking all over the place (the tank on the bike is black and with no plastic cover, it heated the fuel.. :o ..).
it was great to get out with a group again after nearly 15years! (shit gav, has it been that long?????)
but the guys reminded me of those youger days, with the nelson road touring club, ... fast or faster, i just hope i didn't get in any ones way!!! no one said anything to me (such polite boys!!) so I must have been ok.(i hope)
had fun with a guy in a subaru...well i didn't manage to over take him he was flying..must have known the road, and a couple of time must have been told that there was nothing coming around blind corners!!! he even had me backing off at one stage!
got to some place i cannot remember, stopped for an icecream and a chat.
and a guy on a clean vtr(?) joined up with an interesting tread pattern on his rear tyre...read, i can see the canvase! :sick: :sick: .
headed off to waihi, where one of the brothers got tyred and lay his bike down for a rest...or was it he didn't want me to get left tooooo far behind?
he was walking around when i got there. HUGE dent in his pride???
had luke my son ( it has taken me this long to remember his name!) out today and he is 12, he seemed to like the ride, if fact he was leaning into the corners BEFORE me!!! luckly he weighs F/all ...
great ride thanks guys
hope you don't mind if i tag along again some time?
but met them at a little palce called Kopu, 1/2hr BEHIND schedule, stressing that i had missed everyone, just to be told that "no there had been NO big group of bikes stop there yet"!!!
so i waited,
and waited...
and waited.....
and wa....
then "THEY" turned up, shook a lot of hands, said hi, :wavey: showed everyone how dirty a turbo looks with no cloths on, and then WE ..
waited
and waited...
and waited.....
and wa....
for the two brothers, who had a good story to tell but we were hot and i had over filled the bike and it was leeking all over the place (the tank on the bike is black and with no plastic cover, it heated the fuel.. :o ..).
it was great to get out with a group again after nearly 15years! (shit gav, has it been that long?????)
but the guys reminded me of those youger days, with the nelson road touring club, ... fast or faster, i just hope i didn't get in any ones way!!! no one said anything to me (such polite boys!!) so I must have been ok.(i hope)
had fun with a guy in a subaru...well i didn't manage to over take him he was flying..must have known the road, and a couple of time must have been told that there was nothing coming around blind corners!!! he even had me backing off at one stage!
got to some place i cannot remember, stopped for an icecream and a chat.
and a guy on a clean vtr(?) joined up with an interesting tread pattern on his rear tyre...read, i can see the canvase! :sick: :sick: .
headed off to waihi, where one of the brothers got tyred and lay his bike down for a rest...or was it he didn't want me to get left tooooo far behind?
he was walking around when i got there. HUGE dent in his pride???
had luke my son ( it has taken me this long to remember his name!) out today and he is 12, he seemed to like the ride, if fact he was leaning into the corners BEFORE me!!! luckly he weighs F/all ...
great ride thanks guys
hope you don't mind if i tag along again some time?