Tits to Piha! 3rd Jan 1pm [Archive]

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Yokai

2nd January 2005, 15:46

Posh Tourer and I are gonna pootle over to Piha tomorrow, check out the New Visitors centre, and have a little blat. All welcome - just note that I am STILL slower than you (whoever you are!)

Meet at Hardware Cafe at 1pm - then off to Piha etc! yay!

Posh Tourer :P

2nd January 2005, 15:49

The Hardware Cafe is in Titters (Titirangi) for those of you who arent familiar with it...

There will be 1 or more sexy bikes parked outside it, so you won't have any trouble finding us...

Devil

3rd January 2005, 08:59

My chain is bunged :( Otherwise i'd be over there.

Waiting for a bike shop

avgas

3rd January 2005, 10:36

hmmmmmmmm was over that way yesturday...................well see

Posh Tourer :P

3rd January 2005, 17:27

Well, we had a nice cruise, at a leisurely pace, out to Piha and then Huia.

Waiting at the Hardware Cafe were LucyLoo, Yokai and MidLifeCrisis. After fuelling up, we set off, stopping at the Visitor Centre (highly recommended - pop in and have a look, its all new and lotsa stuff to play with, watch and fiddle on.) Milky joins us there and we make like a baby again and head out.

An easy pace out to Piha and a cruise up to the end of North Piha, where we sit and wait for Yokai's girlfriend. Eventually, we get hungry and move to the Piha store and stock up, after getting rid of MidLifeCrisis..... After missing the GF, we decide to head to Huia, so back along Piha Rd. On the way back I spot a familiar TL missing a few vital parts heading the other way. Soon enough, LooseBruce has caught us up again, although I think we bored him a little, and he set off infront....

Said goodbye to Milky at the end of Piha Rd, and we continue back along Scenic Drive to Woodlands Park Rd, then out to Huia. Another stop at the Huia Store, and then back up to Titirangi....

All in all a lot of crap was talked, and a fair few calories consumed, and about 80km or so of riding, jam-packed into an afternoon.....

I'll leave it to the rest of them to insert their takes on the ride, and particularly the yakking.... :D

Eyetie

3rd January 2005, 18:03

It was good to meet you (Yokai,Posh Tourer,Lucy,Milky) the new visitors centre up there is definitely worth a visit and must take the wife and son up for a look. Its been a long time since I have been to Piha, hopefully see you people again soon on another ride.

Yokai

3rd January 2005, 18:26

Categorically do I not state that there was comsumption of ice-cream!

Nice leisurely ride - some good pointers for late apexing and stuff (to minimise the "I can take that corne.... oops" factor. 1 dick in a cage that decided that accelerating as I came past was a good idea, especially as there was a car coming (but maybe I shoulda waited....)

Had a blast - nice to finally meet PT and MLC... And yeah - Milky is definitely not "blond-ISH"....

Have a cool one guys! :)

Yokai

3rd January 2005, 18:27

jrandom

3rd January 2005, 18:37

I drove through the Titirangi shops in the cage this afternoon on the way to Whatipu (PT - we didn't get around to going on Friday like I was planning to, you see). Recognised Yokai standing around with his helmet off by the cafe with a couple of other bikes, didn't have enough head-turning time to ID everyone.

Glad y'all had a good time.

Lucyloo

3rd January 2005, 22:31

Categorically do I not state that there was comsumption of ice-cream!

Thanks for that Yokai! Knew I could rely on you!!!

Thank you to everyone on the ride today...you made a nanna rider feel very welcome. :niceone:
Could even be persuaded to go on another KB ride.

And yeah MLC........what WAS going on with your battery and kick stand??? :msn-wink:

loosebruce

3rd January 2005, 23:03

Nah mate didn't bore me. i had the girl on the back so i was quite happy to cruise along with you guys, cruised up to say gidday to milky and next thing i knew noone else was behind, Milky informed me that you guys headed off to Huia when we stopped at Titirangi, nice to see you Yokai and Lucyloo maybe might get a chat in next time when we're not moving.

Posh Tourer :P

4th January 2005, 12:19

Ah good good.....

Nice to see you out there anyway, the roads out there are good fun :D

Eyetie

4th January 2005, 18:00

Thanks for that Yokai! Knew I could rely on you!!!

Thank you to everyone on the ride today...you made a nanna rider feel very welcome. :niceone:
Could even be persuaded to go on another KB ride.

And yeah MLC........what WAS going on with your battery and kick stand??? :msn-wink:

:brick:

Third ride on bike since the ride home from the shop thats all I can say in my defence, but it still was a nice initiation for my first KB ride..

Wonko

4th January 2005, 20:51

Did I spot you Posh Tourer head back out there today at around 2.30 - 3?

Had been out to Piha for lunch with a friend on the back. spotted a few bikes out there. Great day for a fun easy ride

Posh Tourer :P

4th January 2005, 21:05

Did I spot you Posh Tourer head back out there today at around 2.30 - 3?

Had been out to Piha for lunch with a friend on the back. spotted a few bikes out there. Great day for a fun easy ride

Yep that would have been me. I cant remember if I had time to wave tho :unsure: Did you see the two guys a little in front of you? They were fair flying, I suspect I would have been pushed to keep up if I was going that way....I came flying out of corner as they flew in so I didnt even have time to nod to them :wacko:

Wonko

5th January 2005, 06:56

Yeah I saw them, they turned onto Seninc Drive just in front of me, and then disapeared away from me at a rate of knots. You either waved or nodded. Not too many places to safely wave around those courners.