Sun 10th August weather

[scracha]

After weeks of $hitty weekend weather I trust everybody* got out and rode today? What a t'riffic day weatherwise. The Ducati fuelling gremlins even behaved themselves.



*well...apart from the poor buggers in the snow

[Blackbird]

I think the whole of the north island biking community was either in the Coro or at the Kaiaua chip shop! We were there for lunch and it took 1/2 hour to get our order. Fantastic day though and a wonderful antidote to going stir-crazy at home:rockon:

Cheers,

Geoff

[Grahameeboy]

Mmmmm..I went to Waiheke and hired an MX5 for a few hours.....spur of the moment thing....

[Mom]

Maha and I went to the drags at Meremere. Absolutely freezing, hate to think what the wind chill was on the bike this morning! Had a great time, that sunshine was so lovely, chilly wind though.

I am putting my order in for these days to be regular on weekends from now on :yes:

[<Rhino>]

Only sunny here today, didn't get out on the bike, had loads of shit to do round the house :(. Oh well will be back on tomorrow, off to work again :crybaby:

[martybabe]

Only managed to sneak a quick half hour, bloody good though, a bit chilly round the nads I thought. Come on spring baby. :banana:

Squillions of bikes out there, all going in the opposite direction to me , I hate that, either I'm missing summat or everyone's avoiding me, B'stards. :confused:

[Trudes]

Went for a ride in the sun with my honey, took some pictures of my bike as it hadn't been photographed since the addition of a few bits of bling then rode around and around some corners again and again to practice some stuff and saw several other folk on bikes doing the same circuit due to the the usual practice track being covered in snow! Grand day for it!!
Here's a nice picture of my hornet enjoying the sun!

[Blackshear]

Went feckin everywhere. 260k's worth of putting around today!

[arj127]

nup, went to Waiwera for a soak.

Poor bike hasn't been used for over two weeks, and its got a fresh unused tyre on it waiting to be scrubbed in!

[Nagash]

I.. was at work..

Kicking myself.

[fizbin]

I spent the whole day shivering in front of the tv watching the Olympics I could cry!:crybaby: the first fine day we had and i spent it on the couch!:sick:

[placidfemme]

Went for a blast with WickedOne & Wickedtoo... was great. So many bikers out... havnt waved that much in ages lol

[MidnightMike]

Well my push bike! lol

Did about 5-6ks going for it, and had a couple of breaks when I felt like I was gonna puke.

Mean as.

*Im starting to kick myself with a Sv in peices with weather like this*

[erik]

I went on the Wild West Honda ride up to Waipu cove (past mangawhai heads).
It was sooo good to go for a proper ride after so many weekends of shit weather. First proper ride on the SV too. There were heaps of other bikes on the road up north too.

[I'm motarded]

awsome day for a ride alright. clocked up some more k's on the tard. saw heaps of bikes enjoying the sun aswell (finally)

[RantyDave]

Shit yeah. And some all important bike preening too.

Dave

[RantyDave]

some pictures of my bike as it hadn't been photographed since the addition of a few bits of bling
Ohhh, yes. Lots of bling. So, I think I've seen the levers before but ... handlebars? (very Tuono, BTW) New pipe?

So where'd you ride today? I just did the Wainui coast road a bit - still a bit damp in patches. Oh, and I had (on Thursday) an astounding midweek/lunchtime blat up piecock hill too :)

Dave

[Chrislost]

mmm. lovely day for a cruze.

managed to clock up 2 tanks of gas on the poor gsxr.
saw the usual gingers, in kaukopakopa(and then nothing for the rest of the trip.)

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[Rockbuddy]

took the cruiser out and went to toepaw and back, 6 bikes all up total of 600 ish kms awesome day. havent seen so many bikes on the road ever ,hundreds and hundreds hope everyone had a great ride

[MadDuck]

The weather was certainly way too good to not take the bike out although a tad chilly first thing.

Went to the drags at Meremere and watched the guys going for it. Loved the burnouts and admire the speed and skill. Oh and I especially liked seeing the NightRod out there....but I would say that wouldnt I.

[Kiwi Graham]

Gave it a wash and gave it a ride in the sun, balls shrunk to the size of peas mind. A little slippy of line though eh!! bring on the spring.

[Trudes]

Ohhh, yes. Lots of bling. So, I think I've seen the levers before but ... handlebars? (very Tuono, BTW) New pipe?

So where'd you ride today? I just did the Wainui coast road a bit - still a bit damp in patches. Oh, and I had (on Thursday) an astounding midweek/lunchtime blat up piecock hill too :)

Dave

Had the pipes and bar for a while now, in fact haven't added new bling for ages but just didn't have any pics done since adding the levers and probably the pinstriping (most of the really expensive bling is under the seat now!! :drool:)
We went for a wee ride around the Pahatanui inlet and Grey's Road where the pics were taken. Beautiful day for it wasn't it! I was thinking of a ride over Piecock, but there were so many cages out and about also that I didn't fancy meeting a road hog around there!
How's that lovely new bike of yours going? Are you finding the white ok to keep clean? Pics please!!!!

[Mom]

Gave it a wash and gave it a ride in the sun, balls shrunk to the size of peas mind. A little slippy of line though eh!! bring on the spring.

There is about as much shame in having pea sized balls as having the tightest nipples known to man...:yes:


I was thinking of a ride to Warkworth, but could not be arsed...:blip:

So now I see how you really feel....best I drink that beer after all....:killingme

[gammaguy]

went as far as the hilltop,only turned round when i saw the snow and gravel.not scared of it,just couldnt be arsed.nice day today if abit cold.going to go down to -4 tonight:eek5:

[Swoop]

The weekend warriors are out.
It has been perfectly rideable in the last few weeks. Put your wet weathers on and get out there.

HTFU.

[Rockbuddy]

The weekend warriors are out.
It has been perfectly rideable in the last few weeks. Put your wet weathers on and get out there.

HTFU.

Totally agree did a poker run last weekend and have ridden to work most days, but it was still great to have a clear day for a ride

[gunrunner]

Had shitloads to do around the house but managed to get a quick blast in , even thinking bout taking it to work tomorrow..

5AM + bloody freezing = Raining the next day:niceone:

[chanceyy]

Found out the Chillout gear is worth its weight in gold, left Levin about 9ish got back home about 4ish & spent a few good hours on the bike a few hot choccys inbetween

Primo day out & man heaps of bikes blardy awesome just wot the doctor ordered :)

[The Joka]

Well I got to watch everyone leave Auckland, as I was driving down the motorway to work... hundreds of you out!

Then got to see everyone coming back on the way home :baby::crybaby::crybaby::crybaby::crybaby:

All I could think about all day was going for a blat, and wearing the square edges of from all the comutting!

Never mind - I feel a sicky coming on next weekend! :dodge:

[MadDuck]

A little slippy of line though eh!!

Bit slippy all the way from what i could see


The weekend warriors are out.

Easy - stay home when its sunny if you dont like it

[SixPackBack]

Feck...arse....first decent weekend in what feels like the last Millenia and me knee is buggered post laparoscopic surgery.....*before you lot start its maintenance ....I am not old*

[Grahameeboy]

Feck...arse....first decent weekend in what feels like the last Millenia and me knee is buggered post laparoscopic surgery.....*before you lot start its maintenance ....I am not old*

Lyposuction?? Every day is sunny Sixbelly...how many times do I have to tell you that...

[crynsie]

The VFR is still getting it's fairings done...

So I went fishing!

Very calm and snapper biting big time! Enogh for a feed tonight and tomorrow!

Nothing like fresh fish!!!

Great to be out on the water and skulling beers in the sun:niceone:

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Feck...arse....first decent weekend in what feels like the last Millenia and me knee is buggered post laparoscopic surgery.....*before you lot start its maintenance ....I am not old*

Ah, fecked cartiledge aye? Well, I think I'm in for some more blasted laparoscopy - rooted my knee for the third time. Ah well, at least it'll be ready for Aucklands awesome summer eh!

[SixPackBack]

Ah, fecked cartiledge aye? Well, I think I'm in for some more blasted laparoscopy - rooted my knee for the third time. Ah well, at least it'll be ready for Aucklands awesome summer eh!

Amen brother BIGBOSSMAN....roll out the jaffa summer:banana:

[RantyDave]

(most of the really expensive bling is under the seat now!! :drool:)
Under the seat? Oh, is that a custom chair too? Nice chair :)

I was thinking of a ride over Piecock, but there were so many cages out and about also that I didn't fancy meeting a road hog around there!
Yeah, I don't like that the 40-something Holden driving dept tend to treat it as a bit of a racetrack in a kind of "doesn't matter if I go a bit wide here, does it?" fashion. It's pretty mossy at the moment too - but still a great road when dry, eh?

How's that lovely new bike of yours going? Are you finding the white ok to keep clean? Pics please!!!!
Cleaning. Heh, yes. Not as bad as you might've thought - there's not actually all that much white on it, and the bits of white are large slabs of it ... the tank, front mudguard and some curious almost fairing but not quite bits that stick out at the side of the seat. However, the wash mitt thing I has is prone to shitting little tiny bits of oil. Not a problem on a black bike but white ... different story. Still, today's discovery is a little bit of "Australian Degreaser" squirted onto a cloth. Unbelievably good for little dots of oil and also very very good for cleaning wheels.

I *need* to score a tank pad though.

Going? Wonderfully. Nice Mr Triumph says I can now use 6k RPM and not just five and this gives me a nice comfortable riding range for 95% of needs - it's just that I've not been good enough for the nice thrashy bit at the top. Given the current state of the roads I can't say it's all that much of a problem.

The ride is awesome. It's much easier to ride than the speed 4 was (itself seemingly a piece of piss, once set up properly) and I've started only realising exactly how fast I'm honking along when I go to change up a gear and find it not there. Happened about half a dozen times today. I've started being a bit more adventurous in corners too - it loves it when you stick your arse over the edge a bit. Wonderful bike :)

There's a pic in my profile. I'll take some more some time when the weather's nice and I'm feeling particularly vain.

Dave

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Amen brother BIGBOSSMAN....roll out the jaffa summer:banana:

Ha ha Summer! Had a gr8 day bro SPB, took the new 10 out for its first introduction to the redline (well, close at least).
We're not getting old, it's just everyone's getting bloody younger lol!!

You must spread some Reputation around etc etc

[Griffin]

Great day for a ride - first time Ive been out for weeks without my wet weather gear (well, wore the jacket for its warmth) legs got a bit cool but nice to be out. Bikes galore everywhere down here too - I reckon anyone who owned a motorbike this morning must have had their eyes light up when they pulled the curtains this morning and saw sunshine and blue skies... all other plans would have been tossed out the window - I know mine were

[Tank]

Was nice to be out. As mentioned there were '00's of bikes out there. - You could see that some were rusty and probally hadnt been riding much over the last month.

Grabbed a beer at the pub top of SW16 and in the period it takes to drop a beer on a nice sunny day watched 4 cops come up, turn around and head back again. Where is the trust? Made sure to observe the 70km and 50km zones to the letter just incase 5 0 was parking up.

Got about 500km under the seat - enjoyed the riding with the sun on my back heading home.

Some days biking makes you feel so bloody good.:woohoo: