Go the Big 50 Boys! [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

5th January 2005, 04:41

Heard that Matthewt, Mangell6 and Bugsplat have successfully done the South Island portion of the Big 50 - due to finish late Thursday/early Friday.

They headed up to Hawke Bay/Bay of Plenty yesterday after a hearty breakfast in Wellington.

They were going to be staying in Tauranga last night.

Safe riding guys! I hope the weather is kind to you.

Hitcher

5th January 2005, 08:38

Envious I am. New bike I have. Road it eats. Annual leave all used up. Bugger.

James Deuce

5th January 2005, 08:41

Just been speaking to a psuedo family member of Mike's and they made it to Tauranga OK. The last couple of days have included 10 hour breaks, so they must be going OK.

Just the top half of the NI to go.

I am also envious, but if the GSXF works out I'll do at least the 1000 miler this year.

vifferman

5th January 2005, 08:53

They're staying with me tonight, so I'll try and get a progress report from them (if they're coherent) and post it on here.

XP@

5th January 2005, 09:20

I take it they will all be in jville for the finnish on friday at lunch time?
I will be making my way over there at 10:00 to welcome them back and to say hi to lee and the rest...

Hitcher

5th January 2005, 10:17

I take it they will all be in jville for the finnish on friday at lunch time?
Or maybe the swedish? If it's lunchtime it'll probably be the danish...

Whereabouts in Jville is the "finish line"?

vifferman

6th January 2005, 07:27

Well, Matt and Mike (and Steve) successfully completed the third day of their epic ride yesterday, on schedule, and I saw them off (slightly late, because I was blathering on again :confused2 ) on a typical D'Auckland day: plenty of liquid sunshine (drizzle), 20 C, and icky. Mike seemed a bit stiff and achey but looked OK, but Matt looked really tired and unenthusiastic about his last day of riding. And who could blame him? It's a Biggun!

They're mad, mad I tells ya! :crazy:

I feel like such a dick, and such an inhospitable host; first I kept them up all night long yabbering away about all sorts of crap, then I made them late this morning. And I could have at least given their visors a damned good Plexusing before they left. My bad.:(

James Deuce

6th January 2005, 07:49

Lol good on ya Viffer.

XP@

6th January 2005, 08:53

Or maybe the swedish? If it's lunchtime it'll probably be the danish...

Whereabouts in Jville is the "finish line"?
ah.. gimme a break... first day back at work and i forgotted how the kbd works..

it is at the club... can't remember the name though! it is the one next to the warehouse on the little side street.

dangerous

6th January 2005, 17:35

Heard that Matthewt, Mangell6 and Bugsplat have successfully done the South Island portion of the Big 50 - due to finish late Thursday/early Friday.
Yeah.... I seen emm, at Nelson. It was bloody hard to here were we were with the races on one side and a bloody noisie generator on the other, but I chattered to Mangell6, saw Matthewt hiding behind him (sorry we dident have a yarn Matt) and the only bugsplat I saw was on Mangell's jacket.... were the fuk were you Bugsplat?
Also yarned to the new dude from Chch (1200SS) what was his handle? Others I meet were Saslex, Nordieboy, Stevo and :wavey: again C'n'C

Hitcher

6th January 2005, 18:26

In Nelson?? Fascinating...

dangerous

6th January 2005, 18:41

In Nelson?? Fascinating...
Yeah mate...... Nelson, small town at the top of the south Island on the west side, population bout that many lots a hippys awesome rd's for the bike (apart from them big fat touring STsomeinkathings) ohhhh and there were the port races cool aye :msn-wink:

Hitcher

6th January 2005, 18:59

Yeah mate...... Nelson, small town at the top of the south Island on the west side, population bout that many lots a hippys awesome rd's for the bike (apart from them big fat touring STsomeinkathings) ohhhh and there were the port races cool aye :msn-wink:
My surprise is that for the South Island leg of the Big 5 0 they only needed to get pictures of SH7 and SH8. They could have done both by doing a quick fang down SH1 to Washdyke to get SH8 and got an SH7 sign at Waipara either coming or going. All of the other signs they needed are to be had in the North Island. They must have had the luxury of time if they were in Nelson.

dangerous

6th January 2005, 19:21

My surprise is that for the South Island leg of the Big 5 0 they only needed to get pictures of SH7 and SH8. They could have done both by doing a quick fang down SH1 to Washdyke to get SH8 and got an SH7 sign at Waipara either coming or going. All of the other signs they needed are to be had in the North Island. They must have had the luxury of time if they were in Nelson.
Yeah... I think that is what they did, crossed over on Sun morning shot over to Nelson for a look at the races then back to picton were they camped out the nite.
IIRC the 50 thing started in Welly Monday morning, so they joined up with the others in picton when they arived..... then shot down SH1, cos I heard em flypast tooting at bout 9:30 in Belfast...... bastards woke me up.

vifferman

7th January 2005, 08:47

My surprise is that for the South Island leg of the Big 5 0 they only needed to get pictures of SH7 and SH8. IIRC, they said they were going to go / did go as far south as Timaru, so I dunno what Sarf Oiland stops they made.

By the way - did anyone hear from them last night or this morning? :spudwhat:

I've been a bit worried/guilty, seeing my hospitality only extended as far as keeping them up late by blathering on about all sorts of shit, then making them late yesterday morning by doing the same, but not as far as cleaning their visors with my Plexus supply, nor to accompanying them on the first leg or two of their journey southward, choosing instead to come to 'work' and spend the day going quietly ever more insane and annoying people on KB....
Crikey! That was a long sentence...

vifferman

7th January 2005, 09:05

Well.......?

(This is a bump, in case you're wondering...)

:"nervously biting fingernails while waiting to hear" emoticon/smiley

vifferman

7th January 2005, 09:29

I could go "Bumpetty doodah, bumpetty-aayyyy" again, or Blakamin could move this to the "Events" forum where it belongs....

(Didja notice the way I boldened Blakamin's name, to accord proper respect to him? Didja?)

Silage

7th January 2005, 09:55

Also yarned to the new dude from Chch (1200SS) what was his handle?

Yeah, good to meet up with you (Dangerous) and others in Nelson. I should post a newbie on the newbie page. We had a good ride bak to Chch. My mate cleaned up a seagull at 110kph just out of Kaikoura-he never flinched.

vifferman

7th January 2005, 09:58

Yeah, good to meet up with you (Dangerous) and others in Nelson. I should post a newbie on the newbie page. Hi, Newbie! Welcome to KiwiBiker! :spudwave:

We had a good ride bak to Chch. My mate cleaned up a seagull at 110kph just out of Kaikoura-he never flinched.:shit: Did he cook it first, or just eat it raw, feathers and all? :wacko:

James Deuce

7th January 2005, 10:04

vifferman

7th January 2005, 10:12

I just rang Mrs Mangell, and they made it back last night at 11:45pm, and had to ford rivers of water and rubble on Greys road, which they weren't quite expecting.

They have now headed off to the Johnsonville finish line, and are in the process of checking in.Kewl. :niceone: Thanx, Jim!

Viffer - up the meds bro. You don't need a Guilt complex as well. ;)Aren't on any at the moment - just enjoying the wave of mania....

The Guilt is because I looked forward to the guys visiting (don't get many visitors - prolly on account of The Mania, or maybe The Boringness), so I'd planned to be a GoodHost(TM). However, My inexperience and excitement at having RealLiveSemi-CaptiveGuestsWhoWereAlsoBikers took over, so I bored them senseless with my life history and sundry bullshit. :"yawning almost to the point of death" emoticon/smiley
At least we didin't get to politics or religion or anything like that...:eek:

manuboy

7th January 2005, 10:22

Congrats to all those hardy souls who Big 50'd their way into the Big 50 books. I'll be one of you one day. Of course, if Hitcher loans me his bike i'd do it just for a weekend ride... instead of the "owww_my_wrists_fest" the SV would make it (i need to harden up eh...).

The Guilt is because I looked forward to the guys visiting (don't get many visitors - prolly on account of The Mania, or maybe The Boringness), so I'd planned to be a GoodHost(TM). However, My inexperience and excitement at having RealLiveSemi-CaptiveGuestsWhoWereAlsoBikers took over, so I bored them senseless with my life history and sundry bullshit. :"yawning almost to the point of death" emoticon/smiley
At least we didin't get to politics or religion or anything like that

I'd visit ya (with a few small proviso's):

a) Move Islands (or at least out of that crazy outfit you reside in)
b) Stock Speights Old Dark in large amounts
c) Have "Man Den". XBox, Sky, Large Screen, Beer Fridge, Tools tools and more tools.

Hitcher

7th January 2005, 10:31

I'd visit ya (with a few small proviso's)

YARGH!! No, no, NO!!

Provisos. No apostrophe needed. Proviso in this context doesn't "belong" to anything or anyone. It also isn't a contraction (i.e. a shortening such as isn't or can't).

vifferman

7th January 2005, 10:47

I'd visit ya (with a few small proviso's): Editor's Note to Hitcher:
His provisos could instead be written "provis'o's", if they were "provisions" ???

a) Move Islands (or at least out of that crazy outfit you reside in)
b) Stock Speights Old Dark in large amounts
c) Have "Man Den". XBox, Sky, Large Screen, Beer Fridge, Tools tools and more tools.(a) Yeah, the weather sux, the drivers are loco.:blank:
(b) Would a couple of Speights Summer Ale and a few more Macs (Gold, Blonde) do, at a pinch?:o
(c) Have PS2, large-ish Loewe screen with 120W/channel 6.1 sound system, beer in fridge, and some tools. Unfortunately, most of these are adjacent to the Man Den, rather than in it. :disapint:

manuboy

7th January 2005, 12:18

YARGH!! No, no, NO!!

Provisos. No apostrophe needed. Proviso in this context doesn't "belong" to anything or anyone. It also isn't a contraction (i.e. a shortening such as isn't or can't).

Right, has everyone got that? There will be an exam at 4:00pm. Those who fail and so fail in Hitch's efforts to take us back to skool will hve his golden dictosaurus wand waved at our bikes, the result being they all turn into STX1300 machines. For someof you, this will be an upgrade :wink:

(a) Yeah, the weather sux, the drivers are loco.
(b) Would a couple of Speights Summer Ale and a few more Macs (Gold, Blonde) do, at a pinch?
(c) Have PS2, large-ish Loewe screen with 120W/channel 6.1 sound system, beer in fridge, and some tools. Unfortunately, most of these are adjacent to the Man Den, rather than in it.

Close enough on all counts, discounting the Macs Blond. Bleh. That's settled then. You move, i'll bring round some Old Dark and some lego? :yes:

vifferman

7th January 2005, 12:25

Right, has everyone got that? There will be an exam at 4:00pm. Those who fail and so fail in Hitch's efforts to take us back to skool will hve his golden dictosaurus wand waved at our bikes, the result being they all turn into STX1300 machines. For someof you, this will be an upgrade :wink:

Close enough on all counts, discounting the Macs Blond. Bleh. That's settled then. You move, i'll bring round some Old Dark and some lego? :yes:Got plenty of lego, apart from all the little bits eaten by the couch and the vacuum cleaner.

manuboy

7th January 2005, 12:28

I was gonna post this link (although it's probably been done b4) in an effort to improve our shoddy Unglush, but i entered my post, and it didn't pull me up on proviso's. Bugger eh?

Actually, neither did MS Word...

SpellCheck (http://www.spellcheck.net/cgi-bin/spell.exe)

7th January 2005, 14:39

matthewt

7th January 2005, 17:29

I feel like such a dick, and such an inhospitable host; first I kept them up all night long yabbering away about all sorts of crap, then I made them late this morning. And I could have at least given their visors a damned good Plexusing before they left. My bad.:(

Ha, it's fine. I hadn't seen you in nearly 10 years so a bit of catching up was good. Besides, Wednesday was the "easy" day, only 820 k's. You didn't make us late leaving, I had an upset stomach and felt like crap so was moving fairly slowly.

matthewt

7th January 2005, 17:32

Yeah.... I seen emm, at Nelson. It was bloody hard to here were we were with the races on one side and a bloody noisie generator on the other, but I chattered to Mangell6, saw Matthewt hiding behind him (sorry we dident have a yarn Matt) and the only bugsplat I saw was on Mangell's jacket.... were the fuk were you Bugsplat?
Also yarned to the new dude from Chch (1200SS) what was his handle? Others I meet were Saslex, Nordieboy, Stevo and :wavey: again C'n'C

Good to meet you dangerous, Bugsplat was Steven who was wearing the lovely blue cap.

matthewt

7th January 2005, 18:25

BugSplat

7th January 2005, 19:51

Yep, Great trip . . .

Sore rear :moon:
Sore knees
Sore wrists :doctor:
Saw lots of our beautiful country (and some of Auckland ... including a short circular tour of it's western suberbs ) :spudwhat:
Saw too much of the Canterbury plains.

Had no roadside tax assessments (Touch wood). :Police:

3766 KM, in about 54 riding hours including all fuel, food & photo stops (in an 82 hours elapsed)

Thanks to all the Rusty’s, Matthewt. Mangell6 & Mangell6’s Mum.

mangell6

7th January 2005, 20:02

It was a good ride, probably one of the best I've been on. Despite predictions the weather was great except Thursday morning when we left Auckland. Thankfully it cleared by the time we got to the Parapara's.

In total I did around 3,750 k's for the event. Got home around 11:30pm last night and was completely buggered. The body felt good except for the backside which is still a bit tender after some big hours in the saddle.

Big thanks to :
Sniper_cbr for letting me use his work PC to print off my route sheet which I errr ummmm left at home.

Vifferman (and the Vifferbabe) for being such kind hosts while we were in Auckland.

Mangell6 and Bugsplat for being a couple of great riding partners.

and of course the Rustys for organising such a fun ride.

Absolutely agree with you there matthewt and Bugsplat. It was great to meet the KBrs on the foot path at Nelson, how is the shoulder kickaha?

To Vifferman (and the Vifferbabe) no you did not talk too much, we could have stayed for a while chatting and drinking.

And for me and matthewt, oops that should be --- And for matthewt and I, a great thanks to our spouses as well for being the understanding persons that they are and being there at breakfast.

Mike

I hope this is all punchated corwreckedly :headbang:

Blakamin

7th January 2005, 20:16

wow...... :not:

matthewt

7th January 2005, 20:36

And WTF is this rumor I hear about a photo of me sleeping with the rubber chicken ???

mangell6

7th January 2005, 20:44

And WTF is this rumor I hear about a photo of me sleeping with the rubber chicken ???

Do you mean this one . . . . .

matthewt

7th January 2005, 21:15

Do you mean this one . . . . .

Pheew, is that all ?? or are you saving the real one for later.

PS, if you want a secret kept don't tell Brianna.

8th January 2005, 04:23

Okay mangell6, what's the story with the rubber chicken? Matthewt teased me with a couple of photos, but I want the REAL gen....

Bugsplat: I've heard stories about people who wear hoods, but I thought they were normally black, not blue?

Congrats to you three guys (and any other KBers (or in fact any non-KBers!) who did the ride) - it was a hard ride, I'm so pleased the weather was better than predicted for you.

Figjam: were you able to finish?

mangell6

8th January 2005, 14:21

Sorry Lynda, no can do, presidential secret.

Lee Rusty

13th January 2005, 17:50

all riders home safely, no offs, no break downs, no pullouts,
a better 50th celebration was an impossibility, altho it was boring on the emergency phone for a week,but I would not have had it any other way.

To all entrants thanks you for making a perfect run, we always say we get the 'creme de la creme' of N Z riders on Rusty runs and you just proved it again. You are a pleasure to organise runs for.

RideSafe into 2005.

Lee and the Rusty's.