Help me at Tawa School take kids for rides (8 March)

[madmal64]

Right!
I have been asked to help out again at the Tawa School Gala on March 8th from 10.00am to 2.00pm.
Last year MD & myself along with some folks from the HOG club gave rides around the school grounds on our steeds. This was a bloody brilliant money raiser for the school and we were busy all day.
What the school is hoping to do is much the same as last year, which is give kids both big and small the opportunity to have a ride on a motorbike and raise some money for the school.
What I enjoyed was the buzz of the kids and many of them came back for more time & time again.
If you have an hour or more to spare and would like to come & join me at Tawa School please pm me or post here. The school will pay for petrol.
It would be great to have a few bikes here and all sizes and types would be more than welcome. The major thing is that you must be comfortable carying pillions that may not have ever ridden before and happy with kids. The riding is just around the school grounds and mainly on grass so you need to be comfortable in that situation too.
All in all its a great opportunity to show the public that us "bikers" are a bloody good bunch of people and give give them a very small taste of what its all about.

Where: Tawa School
When: Sat March 8th
Time: 10.45am till 2.00pm

It would be great to get a heap of KBers there and we could show the community what our kb community is like

[skelstar]

Sounds like a great idea mate. I'll keep that in mind.

Get em riding Italians early eh mate :)

[Grub]

I was just about to post to mark me down for an hour. Then I checked my calendar ... only to find that my mum is flying down from auckland that day for the day.

So what am I to do .... decision decisions :innocent:

[madmal64]

Sounds like a great idea mate. I'll keep that in mind.

Get em riding Italians early eh mate :)
It was a laugh last year I was busy with the boys wanting to go for a ride on the sports bikes and the girls on the Harleys. They did like the sound of the Ape!

I was just about to post to mark me down for an hour. Then I checked my calendar ... only to find that my mum is flying down from auckland that day for the day.

So what am I to do .... decision decisions :innocent:
Easy!
Drop the bike at the school, go to the airport, pick up ya mum, drop her at the school gala, let her buy some nice home made bikkies & scones for afernoon tea and while she is doing that take some kids for a ride.
Sorted!:cool:

[Nasty]

Great idea Mal .. I am on the Hercepton protest ride ... so am bummed I can't be there ... :(

[jimbo600]

Yeah I'd be keen to help out. I'll refrain from pulling wheelies though.

[Paul in NZ]

Drat - we are on our annual holiday then otherwise I would have loved to help (I could have helped tke the more ancient kids for a trip down memory lane)

[madmal64]

Yeah I'd be keen to help out. I'll refrain from pulling wheelies though.

Thanks mate! Can be interesting trying to pull wheelies on the grass. Had one you fella last year who said I wasnt going fast enough, so I gave it a twist on the go fast lever and wheel spun it on the grass for a good 150 metres. He never complained again:devil2: I think I might have given him the idea. He still had a smile on his face when he jumped off though.

[MD]

Hi Mal,
I've done this for years now since my VTR1000 bike, but the Daytona rear seat is just not safe enough for kiddies. The F800 was an ideal bike last year.

The bikes were always the most popular event each year.

Mark

[jimbo600]

Hi Mal,
I've done this for years now since my VTR1000 bike, but the Daytona rear seat is just not safe enough for kiddies. The F800 was an ideal bike last year.

The bikes were always the most popular event each year.

Mark

Loud uncomfortable GSXR should fun then

[Sparky Bills]

WHAT!!! No wheelies!! :Pokey:

I could see if I could borrow a Duc for the day...
Let the kiddies ride a real Italian master peice... hehe

[et al]

Speaking of Italians... I can probably turn up on my S4RS and give some rides on that. Maybe I can bring a race bike as well, if you think that might be a good idea - just to have on display and the kiddies who don't want to go for a ride can have a sit on it and "pretend"?

[Sparky Bills]

the kiddies who don't want to go for a ride can have a sit on it and "pretend"?


HEY!! Thats what i used to do with it before you got it!! hehe:2thumbsup

[et al]

Thats pretty much all I am doing with it anyway, might as well let others share the experience!

[madmal64]

Speaking of Italians... I can probably turn up on my S4RS and give some rides on that. Maybe I can bring a race bike as well, if you think that might be a good idea - just to have on display and the kiddies who don't want to go for a ride can have a sit on it and "pretend"?
Mate that would be great if it was possible. The more the merrier!
It would be fantastic to get a great cross section of bikes there.
WHAT!!! No wheelies!! :Pokey:

I could see if I could borrow a Duc for the day...
Let the kiddies ride a real Italian master peice... hehe

There may be a 1098 around for a while. But it may end up being a v8 trike instead.
Hey if you can wheelie on the grass... go for it:niceone:
So far we have coming a .....
Aprilia Falco
GSXR
Harley Night train (possibly x 2)
S4RS
Either 1098 Ducati or 5.0 litre V8 Trike

If you can it would be great to get lots more. They are plenty of whippersnappers that would love a ride on a bike

[quallman1234]

Grass you say....

*Looks at my dirt bike*

Not being completely serious, it would destroy the poor grass.

[madmal64]

Grass you say....

*Looks at my dirt bike*

Not being completely serious, it would destroy the poor grass.

Hell I was going to say yes, why not! As long as they could safely sit on it and have a ride.
I dont think burnt legs and mangled toes would go down too well:mad:

[quallman1234]

Hell I was going to say yes, why not! As long as they could safely sit on it and have a ride.
I dont think burnt legs and mangled toes would go down too well:mad:

Ill be happy to bring it along if you want :). Im a bit worried about destroying the grass by doing big skids and wheelies.
I suppose the kids could just put there feet on top of my feet on the foot pegs. Might be abit high tho?
Could try it out in the morning with one lucky kid if its a no go then simply show it off that way we will have a vast vairety of bikes?

[madmal64]

Mate.. bring it if you want to! I think it would be fantastic. I love the smell of 2 stroke! Hell I even followed skunk up to manfeild for a while just to smell the RD while it was humming along the road.
Good idea with the feet!

[quallman1234]

Will do. Will confirm closer to date tho :yes:

[Xile]

Would have love to help! It's a great idea and nice to got kids approaching bikes ey!
But Welly bit far from Leigh...Hope you'll have a great day! Enjoy guys and post some pics!

[madmal64]

Would have love to help! It's a great idea and nice to got kids approaching bikes ey!
But Welly bit far from Leigh...Hope you'll have a great day! Enjoy guys and post some pics!

Is that Leigh Manchester way UK?
I will post some pics after the day.

[skelstar]

Still toying with the idea of doing this. Have a wedding later that night and the g/f still hasn't found a nice frock so who knows what that day is going to be all about (not friggin me thats for sure! :))...

[Smoggy]

Sure I'm free that day. Pencil me in

[madmal64]

Sure I'm free that day. Pencil me in

Penciled in! Thanks!:cool: Be good to have a Brit Bike (or more) there

[Xile]

Is that Leigh Manchester way UK?
I will post some pics after the day.

Haha no!
Leigh, the lil town close to the Goat Marine Reserve, up North (100ish kms north of Auckland) ;)

[Blue Velvet]

Loud uncomfortable GSXR should fun then

I'll try and find my pillion pegs and seat, to make it two :yes:

However, I'm worried that the organisers will think I'm a kid and tell me to get off the 750 :o

[sels1]

Penciled in! Thanks!:cool: Be good to have a Brit Bike (or more) there

PM me a reminder closer to the day, I could be a starter

[madmal64]

PM me a reminder closer to the day, I could be a starter

Cheers Sels I will do. I was planning on sending PM's to all that have put their hands up to help closer to the day.

[driftn]

Im keen on lending a hand for that for an hour. Have to check with the missus sse works there and might already have plans for me.

[skelstar]

Im keen on lending a hand for that for an hour. Have to check with the missus sse works there and might already have plans for me.
Clown again this year mate?

[koba]

Cheers Sels I will do. I was planning on sending PM's to all that have put their hands up to help closer to the day.

Put me on that list too.

Can't be sure yet but I am interested.

Great Idea.

[Trudes]

Might come down and say hi, sorry, I don't do pillions, so can't help out there, but will try to pop down to give ya all shit...opps i mean give some encouragement.:wari:

[craneman]

Yer mate Ill come and give ya a hand. may be able to talk Wilson and Ian into it as well .get a few trikes out there could be good.

[madmal64]

Yer mate Ill come and give ya a hand. may be able to talk Wilson and Ian into it as well .get a few trikes out there could be good.
Well I dont even need to look at your profile to work out who this is:msn-wink:
Cheers Rob. Mr Wilson has put his hand up with his trike as a starter. Be bloody good to get Ian & maybe Gary as well!

[madmal64]

Put me on that list too.

Can't be sure yet but I am interested.

Great Idea.

Sweet:niceone: Will do. Looks like it could be a great turn out.

[Colapop]

I can marshal the little buggers if you like... :Police:
No riding for me - I is busted

[madmal64]

I can marshal the little buggers if you like... :police:
No riding for me - I is bust

You can ride mine for a while if ya like Col?

[Colapop]

No I can't. I got a broken hand/wrist. Not a bike accident or a fight. I was sober too.

[Nasty]

No I can't. I got a broken hand/wrist. Not a bike accident or a fight. I was sober too.


First person I have known to do what he has done .... real concern that ... :buggerd:

[MD]

Mal seems to have lots of offers. Remember what the cargo is..kids aged from 4 to 12 mostly that have never been on a bike. Precious cargo.

Does your bike have a safe pillion seat/grab handles? Is the exhaust too close to a kids leg, dangerous gap where their dangling bare feet can slip into the wheel or chain?

Kids don't seem to like bikes that are too loud either.

Have fun.

[Colapop]

No I can't. I got a broken hand/wrist. Not a bike accident or a fight. I was sober too.
Got the plaster off!! Woohoo!! Off to pick up my ride for the day...

[sels1]

[QUOTE=Colapop;1464229]Got the plaster off!! Woohoo!! QUOTE]

next time change hands at 100......:laugh:

[driftn]

Well a great day was had the kids seemed to enjoy it which was good.
A well organised little event if i do say so myself. every thing was going great on the ride home untill i went a liitle to fast into a turn and ended up going thrugh the fence and being stoped by a house.:doh:.
Bike is not looking to nice now and im a bit sore but no broken bones just my ego. Any way cheers malcom was a fun day will be there next year with bells on

[Colapop]

Was an enjoyable event. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves... I did! Many thanks to my sponsors at TSS!

Jaesus drifn you silly bugger. J Lo had a lurvely paint job... on the plus side, you'll be able to get that scratch fixed....

[sels1]

Certainly a pleasent way of spending a Sat morning.

Crikey driftn, fence and house? where was that?

[driftn]

Was an enjoyable event. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves... I did! Many thanks to my sponsors at TSS!

Jaesus drifn you silly bugger. J Lo had a lurvely paint job... on the plus side, you'll be able to get that scratch fixed....

What pisses me of is the tail section is fine, tanks got a chip in it so needs a repaint, its mainly cosmetics. I rode it home seemed to be alrightish I think.

[driftn]

Certainly a pleasent way of spending a Sat morning.

Crikey driftn, fence and house? where was that?

Id say about 60 to 80 meters from my house:angry2:

[madmal64]

Well I have to thank you guys for rocking up today & giving heaps of kids a bloody big smile.
Jimbo600
sels1
et al
koba
smoggy
driftn
Colapop
Craneman (on the trike)

It was a good one & Im even a little sunburnt from it all.
I didnt take too many pic,s but here are the ones I did take.
I will post a bit more about the day later as Im supposed to be taking out my lovely wife and she will be really pissed if I spend too much longer here doing this!:angry2:

[jimbo600]

What a ripper of a day. I really enjoyed that. Great to see the enthusiasm from some of the younguns. Sign me up for the next one. Always good to do something for the community.

[et al]

Thanks for organising this and having us along MadMal. I am confident that we made a good impression on the littlies and their Mums and Dads, good PR for Bikers in general I reckon. Here are photos I took which I hope give a pretty good idea of how it was.

[et al]

Was a good cross section of bikes - no two exactly the same. I think Jimbo600's was the most popular two wheeler.

[Clivoris]

I would have loved to have been there but I missed this thread. Mal didn't call me either so I guess he's over me.:bye:
Looks like it was a great event, and I see that your new boyfriend had a Tuono too. :crybaby:

[et al]

More photos

[et al]

Those trikes were cool

[et al]

There were 10 bikes and 2 trikes - bloody good turnout.

[jimbo600]

Nice photos et al.

I see the Monster was popular with the ladies today mate.

I think the noisy GSXR was the most popular bike on the day. probably due to the good looking bloke riding it.

[Madness]

I think the noisy GSXR was the most popular bike on the day. probably due to the good looking bloke riding it.

You let Koba ride the 600?

[Trudes]

I know which one is my favourite, and obviously the other ladies liked it too :love:

[driftn]

I know which one is my favourite, and obviously the other ladies liked it too :love:

Purple SRAD aye:2thumbsup

[et al]

Purple SRAD aye:2thumbsup
Certainly "made an impression" in your neighbourhood, if not at the Tawa School Fair.:dodge:

[et al]

I think the noisy GSXR was the most popular bike on the day. probably due to the good looking bloke riding it.
That is why YOU must never be allowed to own a Ducati - if you had a sexy bike none of us other blokes would stand a chance with the wiminfolk!

[madmal64]

I would have loved to have been there but I missed this thread. Mal didn't call me either so I guess he's over me.:bye:
Looks like it was a great event, and I see that your new boyfriend had a Tuono too. :crybaby:

Nah Col isnt my new boyfriend. We go waaay back:msn-wink: Eh Col?
Shit Sorry about not getting in touch with you Clive. I WILL let you know when the next one happens.

[Rockbuddy]

Thanks for organising this and having us along MadMal. I am confident that we made a good impression on the littlies and their Mums and Dads, good PR for Bikers in general I reckon. Here are photos I took which I hope give a pretty good idea of how it was.

looks and sounds like a great day well done. although the impression isnt a good one if your riding around without helmets on, no excuse i go out of my way to impress on my kids helmets must be worn at all times whilst riding. i think we should lead by example. other than that good work for what looked like a job well done

[Smoggy]

A most enjoyable day. Put my name down for next year also.

[Str8 Jacket]

You let Koba ride the 600?


I know which one is my favourite, and obviously the other ladies liked koba too :love:

Yes, well we all know koba is pretty sexy. Is that the reason you wanted us to pitch a tent next to yours at he rally eh?! That bloody Pammy is rubbing off on you. You keep your hands of my man! ;)

[Trudes]

Yes, well we all know koba is pretty sexy. Is that the reason you wanted us to pitch a tent next to yours at he rally eh?! That bloody Pammy is rubbing off on you. You keep your hands of my man! ;)

Arrrr, well, he is a sexy wee man!:niceone:

[Zoolander]

Awww nuts, how'd I miss this thread, woulda loved to help out! Im an ex Tawa School brat from way back! Next year aye, might even have a new bike by then....

[craneman]

I like your style , tss m/cycles crash dummy.