Coromandel Goldrush Adventure Ride 6th December 2008

[MXNUT]

Just received a invitation today regarding the upcoming adventure ride in the Coromandel on Saturday 6th December.Thought i would post the details if any others are interested. As per attachment :chase:

Attachment not very clear so here are main points

1 day adventure ride including breakfast, dinner and prize giving with free camping based at local school.
Will cater for small road legal trail bikes and large adventure bikes.
Event is being run by wheels of thames and Waitemata motorcycle club.
Cost to be around $100.00
Entry forms in future editions of kiwi rider.

[MXNUT]

Event is now listed on off road callender with full details and entry forms in November Kiwi Rider magazine

[ducatijim]

Yup.....I'm already going to this.........................................:nice one:

[MXNUT]

Yup.....I'm already going to this.........................................:nice one:

Are you doing the Trail or Adventure route ??

Who else is going ??

[Bass]

Do you know where it starts from and what time?

[Crisis management]

I was interested in this until I read the ad properly.....it really is a trail ride for big trail bikes, not an adventure ride.

I don't fancy stuffing the 990 down a cliff and even if I "legalise" the 200exc I don't have enough range to do the ride....buggered both ways!

[MXNUT]

I was interested in this until I read the ad properly.....it really is a trail ride for big trail bikes, not an adventure ride.

Entry form states it is suitable for larger adventure bikes such as F650 with knobblies, and it does have a seperate adventure route.

But some off road riding experience would certainly be required and it is not a soft ride.:blank:

[Crisis management]

Entry form states it is suitable for larger adventure bikes such as F650 with knobblies, and it does have a seperate adventure route.

But some off road riding experience would certainly be required and it is not a soft ride.:blank:

Let me quote for you, from their advert in Kiwirider.......
"this year there will be a seperate "adventure" route suitable for pillion riders on trail bikes...and larger adventure bikes such as F650's with knobblies"
and
"We recommend a full on enduro machine for this option!" refering to the trail ride bit.

This, to me, is a trail ride not suitable for big bikes! Would be a lot of fun on the right machine tho.

[ttrkiwi]

Guys, what sort of fuel range is required? I only have 11 litres in the tank till bone dry, will that be enough. Guess fill up at Coro. should see me right.

Cheers.

Fishing gear is packed...fresh snapper for tea...

[MXNUT]

Guys, what sort of fuel range is required? I only have 11 litres in the tank till bone dry, will that be enough. Guess fill up at Coro. should see me right.Cheers.Fishing gear is packed...fresh snapper for tea...

WRONG RIDE ???:Offtopic:
I think you are talking about Carys ride the week before hand

[ducatijim]

Guys, what sort of fuel range is required? I only have 11 litres in the tank till bone dry, will that be enough. Guess fill up at Coro. should see me right.

Cheers.

Fishing gear is packed...fresh snapper for tea...

Ha ha ha....won't be no time for fishn on this ride mate!!!!:Oi:

[Bass]

Do you know where it starts from and what time?

Hmmm......I guess that's a "NO" then.

[MXNUT]

Let me quote for you, from their advert in Kiwirider.......
"this year there will be a seperate "adventure" route suitable for pillion riders on trail bikes...and larger adventure bikes such as F650's with knobblies"
and
"We recommend a full on enduro machine for this option!" refering to the trail ride bit.

This, to me, is a trail ride not suitable for big bikes! Would be a lot of fun on the right machine tho.

I have been speaking to John ( the ride organizer ) and the adventure ride is suitable for larger bikes including KTM990 - BMW R1200 etc as long as they are fitted with suitable knobbly type tyres such as Tkc`s - Deserts .......... :done:


Do you know where it starts from and what time?

The event is based at the Thames South School and sign in is from 7.00am.
Camping available for Friday night and Saturday breakfast supplied.

Riders breifing is at 8.00 and there will be the option of a short return trip to the best lookout around, for all riders who are ready at 8.00am.

Maximum distance between Fuel stops will be 100 kms.:banana:

[Bass]

The event is based at the Thames ..........:

Great.
Thank you sir.

[Crisis management]

I have been speaking to John ( the ride organizer ) and the adventure ride is suitable for larger bikes including KTM990 :

Ok, thats good news, I'll give it some consideration then as it looks like an interesting ride.

Ta.

[rogson]

Anyone know if the route includes the cross-over/link-up around the top of the penninsula?

[Waihou Thumper]

Just paid tonight, looking forward to it.
Rain or shine! Apparently 30 odd signed up for the day....so far.

[Qkchk]

Both me and Qkkid are going. The DR has been sitting in the garage since last time...... lol

[Bams]

Hi Qkchk Looks like I will be seeing you on this ride too as I'm all joined up, looking forward to catching up

[MXNUT]

Anyone know if the route includes the cross-over/link-up around the top of the penninsula?
Received the entry pack a couple of days ago.No mention of the route. :confused:


Just paid tonight, looking forward to it.
Rain or shine! Apparently 30 odd signed up for the day....so far.


Both me and Qkkid are going. The DR has been sitting in the garage since last time...... lol


Hi Qkchk Looks like I will be seeing you on this ride too as I'm all joined up, looking forward to catching up

Looks like there will be a few KBers, is anyone else doing the Trail loop ? :ride:

[Qkchk]

Hi Qkchk Looks like I will be seeing you on this ride too as I'm all joined up, looking forward to catching up

Sweet as! You camping it out?


Received the entry pack a couple of days ago.No mention of the route. :confused:

Ditto, just in the mail today



Looks like there will be a few KBers, is anyone else doing the Trail loop ? :ride:

Trail?? Nope, Im too much of a wimp - Youll find us in the Adventure group.

[Bams]

Yea but in the back of the van abit more stylie than last time!

[Qkchk]

Yea but in the back of the van abit more stylie than last time!

Hah! Soft cock..........

I hope it doesnt rain. :baby:

[MXNUT]

Bike already to go with new Kenda trackmaster full knobly fitted to the rear, pack racks removed and off road sprockets fitted. :woohoo:

Cheating and taking the van with the bike in so i dont have to put up a tent and will sleep in the van. :zzzz:

Have got plenty of drinkies packed :apint: but i must remember to fit the route sheet holder tonight.

Weather looks MINT :niceone: :whocares:

Taking the YZ400 to a VMX meeting on the way home on Sunday so its going to be motorcycling nirvana weekend. :first:

[Waihou Thumper]

Received the entry pack a couple of days ago.No mention of the route. :confused:







Looks like there will be a few KBers, is anyone else doing the Trail loop ? :ride:



:second:Just got the bike ready, done the extinguisher thing and tied that on, got the route map holder on and it is amazing what the cable ties can do...
I have the mark 2 version holder. I am still looking for the perfect, cheap one but might ebd up going the touratech way, they got a beauty!
See you all for breakfast on the Saturday morning, nice and early...:eek:

[Waihou Thumper]

Bike already to go with new Kenda trackmaster full knobly fitted to the rear, pack racks removed and off road sprockets fitted. :woohoo:

Cheating and taking the van with the bike in so i dont have to put up a tent and will sleep in the van. :zzzz:

Have got plenty of drinkies packed :apint: but i must remember to fit the route sheet holder tonight.

Weather looks MINT :niceone: :whocares:

Taking the YZ400 to a VMX meeting on the way home on Sunday so its going to be motorcycling nirvana weekend. :first:

:Oi:This will be the first ride I can go to without packing gear, just hop on in the morning and ride to Thames, gonna be a sweet day as well.....
The trip home might be a little rough though, bit buggered I might be...lol
:clap:

[Qkchk]

Have got a couple of BHS tests to do tonight :rolleyes: so will be down early tomorrow, bikes on a trailer :dodge: and tenting it.

See you folks at the Breakfast tomorrow!

[Waihou Thumper]

Have got a couple of BHS tests to do tonight :rolleyes: so will be down early tomorrow, bikes on a trailer :dodge: and tenting it.

See you folks at the Breakfast tomorrow!

:Oi:


Forget about the road....Just tell them to stand on the pegs and look where you want to go, not at the wheel...lol :first:

[Qkkid]

Awesome day, what a great ride loved all those challenge sections they were pretty narly shit. Binned me bike 3 times too. Will be there with bells on for the next one. I did 386 kms of track/trail /Adventure trail riding. Started at 8am was back at camp at 6 30pm sore and tired wee puppy. Did i mention the dinner that night what a spread heaps of food this ride was well organised and catered for.

[ducatijim]

Well, wot a weekend!

Went up friday evening, pitched tent, fed and watered, met up with new found friends from last weekend at Trounson. Still most machines seemed to arrive by trailer, not their own wheels....concern??

Up real early after f...-all sleep due to: fire siren, car alarms, boy-racers, the cops chaseing them.....bugga! Had set-up route sheet the nite before so felt quietly well in control! Out on the road by 8am, first page of route sheet parted with page 2 as I steamed along hiway to first turn-off...oh well, follow the guy in front! Won't do that again...he did not know how to read! All 20 of us got nearly back to Matamata before anyone decided to have a closer look at route sheet!
Finally got onto first off-road section...wet grass and 35psi don't work! As the Qk-pair also found out!!!!
The day progressed much slower than predicted, I by-passed the 'challenge' sections( learn't from last weekend!) and still got to lunch about 1-30!! Completed the whole route and back at camp a little after 6...375km done! I had trouble interpreting some route sheet instructions, which is why some will have noticed me going 'the wrong way' at times!!!
I was the only 1 to do the whole of Castle rock road....because the gate in the middle( which the organisers did NOT know even existed!!) was LOCKED and I had to do the 'supertanker shuffle' to get past the post and the drop-off into the water resioviour! I thought I was lost because of this...and the fact I could see NO bikes at all had EVER ventured this way!!
Was buggered and a little frustrated by the end of the day, but my new-found mates, Dave and Cliff had kindly put my beers in their campa's fridge, so a couple of those cheered me up NO end I can say!!!
Great meal, met some KBers, told some shit about how great a rider I am to some folk who don't know me!, yeah, it was an ok day.
Sunday, early breakers again and on the road north with Mark from Puke, we did all of the top end: Kenedy bay, stoney, over to Port Jackson etc, really enjoyed it all( Mark can tell you how the fairing on 1 side of the near new KLR got munted!) We had a really good run both up and down the coast road each way....oarsome!

Then I trickled home....uhhum.....1 wee problem.....I...arh....um, well see, I ran out of....ah......gas. Over the Mamakus. No, really I did!
Yes, I know its a Suzuki 'supertanker' with 35 litres capacity...but I just was having soooo much fun I lost 'touch' with the contents( or lack thereof), even when I couldn't see any fuel I felt there was enough to get to Rotorua??
Nice man from the AA couldn't stop smiling when he saw the size and TRANSPARANCY of the tank!( bet he wee'd himself once I was gone eh!!)

So it all ended well, a top weekend allround.:woohoo:

[MXNUT]

It started on wednesday night, i had brought a new super heavy duty tube ( 4mm thick ) and Kenda K760 Trackmaster tyre and was fitting them to the back of the DRZ. I remember thinking at the time that this was the easiest tyre i have ever fitted ( and ive done a few ) and the bead popped out with no hassles using only a low pressure foot pump. That should have been a warning for me right there :stupid:
My plan for the weekend was to take both bikes ( DRZ400 & 78 YZ400 ) to Thames in the van & stay for 2 nights in the van then on the way home on sunday race in the Mercer round of the Auckland club VMX champs on the YZ. Finnished work 1 hour early on friday and home to load the van. Putting the YZ backwards into the van and HER INDOORS came out to talk to me,lent the bike on the inside panel while i talked to her and got ready with tie downs. CRASH , turned around to see the bike had fallen over and the handle bars had gone through the back window of the van :angry::oi-grr:.

As this was going to be my bedroom for the next couple of days i found an old warehouse poly tarp and some duct tape and made a new rear window.

This lasted about half way to Thames, very Chilly second part of trip :whocares:

Arrived at Thames school and unloaded van and signed in. Taped window back on and had a few bevvies. Hit the sack at about 1.00 am after all the fire sirens had finnished. Up the next morning and after breakfast i taped my route sheet together and was ready to go by 8.00am. :wari:

First part of the ride took us to a Communications tower at the top of a hill in Pururi with fantastic views over the Hauraki plains and over to Mayor island in the other direction.

Next part had us through the Kaueranga Valley through some trail sections then onto the Kopu / Hikuai Rd and through to Hikuai for morning tea at the school, was first rider there - so far so good :cool:

Left the school and gassed up before heading to the next trail section which had us through some farm land then onto some tight singletrail and then into the forest. About 30 kms later on the top of a ridge overlooking Whangamata i noticed the bike was starting to handle funny - :shit: FLAT REAR TYRE.

O well, i had my tire inflation kit with c02 bottles and tyre slime with me so not to much of a problem. WRONG no tyre slime in the kit, whre the f.ck did that go ??? No tyre levers with me so no option but to ride the next 10 kms into Whangamata as gently as possible sitting on the tank to keep the weight off the back wheel. :done:
Found a push bike shop that was open in town and managed to borrow some tyre levers from him. Lifted the bike onto a park bench and got the back wheel off and the tube out, to find a pinch flat from the sharp rocks on the forestry roads.

Heavy duty tube with new enduro tyre running 26 psi, this shoudnt have happened

Fixed the puncture and checked for leaks in water bath, all good - refitted the tyre and then wheel. Tire flat again -+- removed tube again to find patch had not stuck properly. repaired again and checked again.
Refiited the wheel and set tyre pressure at 30 psi. Paid and thanked the man at the cycle shop :love:and on may way again thinking that if i go hard i should be able to catch up with the tail enders at the lunch stop :bye:

TO BE CONTINUED !!!:Oi:

[MXNUT]

Here i am at 1.30 leaving Whangamata knowing if i dont feck around :chase: i can catch up with the rest of the ride at the coroglen luch stop, when about 8 kms out of Whangamata i am leaning into a R/H corner at about 80 kmh and BANG the tyre bead blows off the rim :thud: i have to quickly stand the bike up and run off through a drain and onto a small dirt area on the left side of the road. After my arse stopped puckering i let out a few expletives at the top of my voice :cry: riding on the tyre flat had weakened the already soft & crap sidewall of the tyre.

My ride was over. :2guns:

I managed to use 2 screw drivers and lever the tyre back onto the rim and ride on the already fucked tyre back into whanga where i left the bike outside the deserted police station :Police:.

I had missed any chance of being caught by the sweeps , so my only option was to hitch hike back to Thames. :sick: 3 hours / 4 rides and a lot of walking in full motorcycle gear later i arrived back in Thames very hot and bothered to pack up the van and head back to whanga for my bike.

The taped on rear window lasted about half way over the hills before coming loose again and the flapping drove me mad -( madder ) so off it came.

Arrived in whangamata and loaded the bike up and ready to head back to Thames for the dinner and drinkies.

YOU WOULDNT FUCKING BELEIVE IT, BUT THE VAN WOULDNT START.

It took a couple of minutes to find that the battery terminal was loose and then we were away again.

Driving back over the Kopu / Hikuai Rd and i come accross a :Police: check point where they were stopping all motorcyles and some cars doing WOF / REGO / LISCENSE checks and breath testing.

So the police see me with 2 bikes and alot of gear lying around in the back of the van with no rear window ,
obvious conclusion ive stolen it. :bash::pinch::crazy:

20 Minutes later when they were satisfied that i was who i said i was ( thought they were going to do a body cavity search ) i was away again but by this time there were NO TOYS LEFT IN THE COT and i well and truely HAD THE PIP with all things motorcycling and i was going straight home.

I had flagged the VMX and was going to go fishing the next day !! :crybaby:

[MXNUT]

After the previous couple of days there was no way i was going to get up at sparrows fart the next morning to go fishing , so after checking the tides for the Coromandel region we decided to fish the last 3 hours upto high tide at 2.30pm .:blank:

We left home at 9.30am and headed up past Thames to Waikawau and the boat was in the water at 12.00.
The guy taking the fee at the boat ramp said that the best fishing had been away from the Mussel farms and out in the centre of the firth, so thats where we headed.
I found a bit of sign on the fish finder and dropped anchor. 15 minutes later we were into the fish with 3 rods going betwwen the two of us there was no time even for lunch and 2.5 hours later we had caught our limit of 20 snapper, with nothing under 320mm long being kept ( 270mm limit ).

Included in the catch we had caught two 8lb snapper, Faye had caught a 10 lb snapper and the very last fish of the day i managed to land my personal best ever a 15 lb snapper. We threw in a couple of Kawhai to make fish pie with. :clap::clap::clap:

Overall a very successful day and very different to the previous one.
I spent an hour and a half last night filleting fish, and tonight i will need to clean the boat while the motorcycles sit in disgrace in the corner of the shed and think about what they have done :spanking::rolleyes:

The Moral ( S ) of the Story

1. Dont buy cheap tyres or you will pay for it in the end ( soft sidewalls )

2.When you are doing something which requires concentration , keep all woman away !!!

3.A Shitty day does not have to mean a shitty weekend

4. From now on i will always carry tyre levers and spare tubes.

Well thats my Rave, and hopefully i will complete the ride next year.

[clint640]

Then I trickled home....uhhum.....1 wee problem.....I...arh....um, well see, I ran out of....ah......gas. Over the Mamakus. No, really I did!
Yes, I know its a Suzuki 'supertanker' with 35 litres capacity...but I just was having soooo much fun I lost 'touch' with the contents( or lack thereof), even when I couldn't see any fuel I felt there was enough to get to Rotorua??
Nice man from the AA couldn't stop smiling when he saw the size and TRANSPARANCY of the tank!( bet he wee'd himself once I was gone eh!!)

So it all ended well, a top weekend allround.:woohoo:

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::clap:

Cheers mate, that gave me a great laugh for the afternoon! I would never have fessed up if it was me :laugh:

At least you had a better run than Mark... I run a set of K760's for trail rides & have never had a problem, even with light duty tubes at 20 psi, but I guess the country down around here isn't as rocky as around Coromandel.

Hopefully I don't have a clash of events if they run it again next year.

Cheers
Clint

[kevfromcoro]

BEEN out around the area for the last couple of days
got stopped by the cops 2 times
rego, wof, liecence check,,
they are out in force down here
BTW... did john from wheels of thames organise this trip
he is a great guy
and he can ride too
KEV

[Cary]

Good story Mark :lol:
So basically you carried on from the ride last weekend with the flats! At least you caught some good sized fish :2thumbsup

Must be something about the Coro area, went for a ride with Andy on the Dukes around Thames/Waihi area today and his 900FE lost all power, turns out a part was shorting out(worn thru rubber boot) on the engine and had heated both batt leads till they broke off.

Got it going again and did another 200k after that. He'll be hunting down a new set of leads tho.

[ducatijim]

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::clap:

Cheers mate, that gave me a great laugh for the afternoon! I would never have fessed up if it was me :laugh:


Cheers
Clint
...oh yes, ha-bloody-ha.....so glad u enjoyed that bit! Tame compared to Marks crap day though!

I had to fess-up as I had spilled to Bass while waiting roadside....I knew he would just wait in the wings till I thought he had forgot.....then dump me in it!:Oops:

[young1]

The Moral ( S ) of the Story

1. Dont buy cheap tyres or you will pay for it in the end ( soft sidewalls )

2.When you are doing something which requires concentration , keep all woman away !!!

3.A Shitty day does not have to mean a shitty weekend

4. From now on i will always carry tyre levers and spare tubes.

Well thats my Rave, and hopefully i will complete the ride next year.

Well that man definitely deserves a DB!!

[Bass]

I had to fess-up as I had spilled to Bass while waiting roadside....I knew he would just wait in the wings till I thought he had forgot.....then dump me in it!:Oops:


Well actually .........no.
Having already had a good laugh at your expense, I had planned to say nothing.
Given the regularity and thoroughness with which I make a dick of myself, I figured anything else was just begging for it.
So......ummmm......sorry mate, but this one is all yours.


(ROFL......oops.....valiantly smothers gales of laughter......crosses legs and sneaks out the back way)

[Waihou Thumper]

:done:

Well, almost done.....I was done for by the time and the long day!
I woke early and headed over to Thames. Luckily for me I live in Te Aroha and it is approx 48-49km to Thames....:shit: so that is a nice ride.....short but it was a bit chilly on the willy which boded for a good one!

After the spaghetti, the toast and coffee, It was time to try out version 2a of my road book holder....
Version 2a because after thr ride I took it apart and now have a version 2b, not quite a version 3 but bloody close! All will be revealed....

I did have a few issues, namely with the roll being a little large and hitting the bolts on the back, thus stopping it rolling and more tearing...
Soooo, :doh: Didn't think of that in my engineering workshop with diagrams, blueprints, wiring etc etc...:stupid:
The briefing was held, we climbed aboard and roared off south to the view point of the morning which was magnificent! The climb up was fun and down was good too. The ride started shortly after this and away we went.
It was a bit of follow the leader at first until we all sort of spread out and made our own pace.
Did see the first spill, the Yammy took a bit of tumble on a hill, looked like it was a bit slippery from the morning dew but no damage resulted? :done:
The trail options were fantastic! Great winding tracks through the bush, up and down. Because it was all the first time we had hit these, the speed was down and enjoyable. You never quite knew what was over the rise, care had to be excersised, that's for sure...

Morning tea and lunch was in two different schools and thanks to these guys for preparing the barby, the drinks and the much needed toilet stops!

The forestry was cool, although a little too much vibration caused the plate, the rego to snap off my Husbaerg! All that was left, two small pieces of metal under the bolts! :laugh:. I didn't even notice until almost the end of the day. Oh well, another $8.20 on the Monday and I now have a new plate with holes drilled right in the middle and the reg and warrant is now firmly stuck to my fork legs, a much better option!

Now, towards the end of the best loop on the track option my route sheet snapped and I was lost! I didn't know which way to go, left or right. I tagged onto a couple of riders and then stopped and decided to fix it! I had to unroll and then tear, then roll back up and luckily I had the spare tape.
Away I went, this time with a new route sheet and clear? directions.....A little hazy, unclear and confusing in parts....:confused:
Oh, did I mention I almost lost my master cylinder and brake handle too?
That was funny, here I am riding around the forestry and grabbing a fist full of nothing as the lever had slipped right under the bars....
The ride to lunch was spent with an eagle eye watching the bolts carefully spin around and get looser and looser....:done:

Some might say why didn't you stop and tighten them? Well, I did it on the fly with my right hand, two or three turns at a time, I knew lunch wasn't too far away and then I really got the tools out and fixed it up....
Amazing what the constant vibration can do!
I think the whole bike needed a bit of a tighten up from the ground up after this ride...

The afternoon was spent chasing the pack over the hills and far away, I lost track of the time totally and never made it to the 309, well, I did, but had to turn back and head home. :chase:That was bit of a bugger as it was getting late but at the end of the day I thoroughly enjoyed the views and the trails!

Next year, I will spend more time riding, less time at lunch and morning tea and really hit the trails and roads making sure I finish and see the lot!

Thanks for a great ride guys, John, Wheels of Thames and thanks for the company fellas and gals!

Monday, Tuesday I spent the time cleaning, oiling, checking and tightening! Looks good as new and I am impressed with the speed, the reliability/durability of the bike. The route-sheet holder? well, version 3 is now up and running and looks great. Smaller rolls - Bamboo garden stakes :gob: of course cut shorter...lol
Found a couplf of rubber knobs, glued on nicely and fingers crossed will go the distance. I gotta keep this one because those smaller click-clack boxes are as rare as hen's teeth. Apparently the company doesn't make the small one anymore....
I will have to get a better system of securing to the bike though. I do like the platform system, the cable ties work but after awhile it spins around or drops.....

See you all out there sometime!

Cheers...:rockon:

[clint640]

Looks great!:sunny:

So how hard was the trail loop? Would you have made it around on the 640?

Cheers
clint

[Waihou Thumper]

Looks great!:sunny:

So how hard was the trail loop? Would you have made it around on the 640?

Cheers
clint


:eek5:

The trail loops were not that difficult because it was dry. There was a section of a lot of clay and if it had been wet, it might have been a slide fest up and down. :argh:

They were tight, narrow and windy for the most part. Narrower than the Traverse, very narrow in places and low branches and bush encroaching the trails.

I would say that the 640 might have had a bit of difficulty because you needed some speed on the track to negotiate the ups....:crazy:

It would have been fun to try it and as I recall the tracks, I would say there might have been only about two or three sections that the KTM would have had difficulty.

The 640 enduro could have done it but the 640 adventure, don't think so. I would have had to strip it, take the mirrors off and have an empty tank.

Mind you, it didn't have any issues on Fishers or the Traverse, so you never know.
Somtimes it is nice to be spoilt for choice and the Husaberg was perfect for this ride!
On the Traverse, the Huzy would be amazing, nice and light and flickable, could have enough energy to go both ways even....he he

:weird:

[cave weta]

:done:

Thanks for a great ride guys, John, Wheels of Thames and thanks for the company fellas and gals!

See you all out there sometime!

Cheers...:rockon:

So... how many riders?- last time I did it there were just on 100 that was 2006

[MXNUT]

So... how many riders?- last time I did it there were just on 100 that was 2006

Only around 55 riders this time, could have been better advertised.