Hornet Swarm Night City

[TOTO]

I'm not gonna say what I was thinking just now...:killingme

[GSXR Trace]

man... still can't see who gave me rep.... whoever told me to bring beer "woman"... what do you think i am? an idiot that hasn't been riding but will bring you all beer! :oi-grr:
if im told where and when, you may just find out how nice i really am!

[Badger8]

are you planning on tank removing excersise ? I'm keen to see how its done ...

Wasnt planning on it, but can show you how if you like. Absolute piece of piss mate :yes:


sounds like a fix it starting up... sounds like someone has to bring the beer! haha

Sounds like a good plan, cant do it this weekend tho. Planning on doing some maintenance and showin a newb how to look after her bike at some stage soon, might have to turn it into a full blown spanner day mebe :shifty: with mucho beer of course :apint:

[Badger8]

man... still can't see who gave me rep.... whoever told me to bring beer "woman"... what do you think i am? an idiot that hasn't been riding but will bring you all beer! :oi-grr:
if im told where and when, you may just find out how nice i really am!

their tenders parts may also find out just how firm your boots are? :pinch: :laugh:

[GSXR Trace]

their tenders parts may also find out just how firm your boots are? :pinch: :laugh:

hahaha... i was actually being nice... i know most of you think im not capable of it... but really i was!

next weekend is the classics racing, thought i might go and have a look, so let me know if you plan to do the fix it that weekend, so that i make sure i go to the races the other day.... ill come and talk some shit and take the piss out of some of you... cause thats the reputation i definitley seem to have! :innocent:

[zeocen]

This cunt is all wishy washy about going for a ride, says he is after I am trying to get him to come for a ride for like 4 hours, then he ends up saying nah I can't go... so I tell my gf to come over, then 2mins later he's like GOING OUT FOR A RIDE CYA LOL@U THEMS THE BREAKS

:I

Jealous I have the bike of his dreams imo

[Badger8]

hahaha... i was actually being nice... i know most of you think im not capable of it... but really i was!

next weekend is the classics racing, thought i might go and have a look, so let me know if you plan to do the fix it that weekend, so that i make sure i go to the races the other day.... ill come and talk some shit and take the piss out of some of you... cause thats the reputation i definitley seem to have! :innocent:

Next weekend is my B-day ride, so you're most welcome to come to the BBQ and take the piss :sunny:
Will be flickin details to the select few sometime this weekend :bleh:

[zeocen]

Next weekend is my B-day ride, so you're most welcome to come to the BBQ and take the piss :sunny:
Will be flickin details to the select few sometime this weekend :bleh:

Really? When is your birthday?
<-- Feb 5th!! :first:

[Badger8]

Really? When is your birthday?
<-- Feb 5th!! :first:

Feb 8th :second:
Will flick you the details if you're interested :)

[zeocen]

Feb 8th :second:
Will flick you the details if you're interested :)

Aye my fellow Aquarian I be working till 1pm that day but after I'm keen to meet where ever there's a ride, even if it's in progress!

[Badger8]

Aye my fellow Aquarian I be working till 1pm that day but after I'm keen to meet where ever there's a ride, even if it's in progress!

tis on the sat. will flick you the details, most welcome to come along for all or any of it :sunny:

[GSXR Trace]

Next weekend is my B-day ride, so you're most welcome to come to the BBQ and take the piss :sunny:
Will be flickin details to the select few sometime this weekend :bleh:

flick me details of the ride.... cause me got a new bike!!!! mwhahahaha... im back! :innocent::woohoo: (i think everyone knows by now! haha)

thanks for the ride last night giJoe, was a good start to getting back the feel and loosing the anxious feeling in back of my head!

see you all monday night! (if i finish work on time... unfortunately have a lot to do monday)

[Badger8]

flick me details of the ride.... cause me got a new bike!!!! mwhahahaha... im back! :innocent::woohoo: (i think everyone knows by now! haha)

thanks for the ride last night giJoe, was a good start to getting back the feel and loosing the anxious feeling in back of my head!

see you all monday night! (if i finish work on time... unfortunately have a lot to do monday)

:eek5: WHA?! You didnt tell me! :bleh: Got that gixx you were tellin us about last monday?
Will flick you through the details, cant wait to see your new baby! :sunny:

I may or may not be able to make it on mon, superbowl is on! Taken the day off work to watch it with my mate up in mt eden, but if it finishes in time (and i'm sober) i will pootle on down :yes:

[GSXR Trace]

:eek5: WHA?! You didnt tell me! :bleh: Got that gixx you were tellin us about last monday?
Will flick you through the details, cant wait to see your new baby! :sunny:

I may or may not be able to make it on mon, superbowl is on! Taken the day off work to watch it with my mate up in mt eden, but if it finishes in time (and i'm sober) i will pootle on down :yes:

yep... got me gixer!
superbowl! superbowl! you choose superbowl over riding! i think we need to get you to a doctor, and quick! i was in america when it was on last year... pubs were packed! but its the biggest publicisty scan in history! and biggest waste of time cause it just drags on for hours!

[Badger8]

yep... got me gixer!
superbowl! superbowl! you choose superbowl over riding! i think we need to get you to a doctor, and quick! i was in america when it was on last year... pubs were packed! but its the biggest publicisty scan in history! and biggest waste of time cause it just drags on for hours!

Yeah, i agree the whole spectacle that the superbowl has become is a bit ridiculous, kinda indicitive of the endpoint of the americanisation of sports in general i guess. The first time a game stopped for a commercial break was the death of the NFL in my eyes.
I had booked my day off work and the couch at my mates place before the playoffs were done, so didnt know who would be playing. Turns out it's gonna be the shittest superbowl i can ever remember watching, but a crap game is better than no game i guess. Dont often get to watch my NFL, so gotta make the most of it while i can. All going well the game should be wrapping up around 6, so hoping to pop down afterward :wari:

[gijoe1313]

I was thinking of a madcap game of superbowl using minimotos ... :whistle: Now that would be an insane game of hilarity and possibly some mayhem induced moments!

[Badger8]

I was thinking of a madcap game of superbowl using minimotos ... :whistle: Now that would be an insane game of hilarity and possibly some mayhem induced moments!

Ball of death on minimoto's! :laugh: oh that would be too much fun! :2thumbsup

[GSXR Trace]

haha... once again its a case of boys will be boys... where do you come up with these ideas???
well, will hopefully see ya monday... don't drink as much as the americans do on superbowl night! haha and then you could come and check out a GORGOEUS bike! :innocent:

[Badger8]

haha... once again its a case of boys will be boys... where do you come up with these ideas???
well, will hopefully see ya monday... don't drink as much as the americans do on superbowl night! haha and then you could come and check out a GORGOEUS bike! :innocent:

Better not drink too much alright, or i might not be able to resist the urge to violate it! :buggerd:

[GSXR Trace]

Better not drink too much alright, or i might not be able to resist the urge to violate it! :buggerd:

yeah... just try! :ar15::kick:

[Badger8]

yeah... just try! :ar15::kick:

Bloody women, why cant they just take it as a compliment? :scratch: :laugh:
I shall restrain myself to just drooling all over her then ;)

[GSXR Trace]

Bloody women, why cant they just take it as a compliment? :scratch: :laugh:
I shall restrain myself to just drooling all over her then ;)

drool on yourself... don't even think of dirtying my baby! :bleh: otherwise i cannot be responsible for the pain she causes you! haha

[Badger8]

drool on yourself... don't even think of dirtying my baby! :bleh: otherwise i cannot be responsible for the pain she causes you! haha

Note to self: Pack a bib before heading to swarm on monday...

[GSXR Trace]

Note to self: Pack a bib before heading to swarm on monday...

hahahaha... now you are getting the picture!

[Gremlin]

Do I have to give this one a blowjob too? :oi-grr:

[GSXR Trace]

Do I have to give this one a blowjob too? :oi-grr:

haha... no... don't have scott oiler on it yet, and i learnt my lesson... i gotta take care of my poor baby to prevent her getting such treatment!

[TOTO]

yeah... just try! :ar15::kick:

she means business...


Do I have to give this one a blowjob too? :oi-grr:


i gotta take care of my poor baby to prevent her getting such treatment!


that must be the fist time a blow job is being refered to as a negative thing :lol:

[Badger8]

that must be the fist time a blow job is being refered to as a negative thing :lol:

Well i cant say i've ever had one from Gremlin as a reference point... :laugh:

[zeocen]

haha and then you could come and check out a GORGOEUS bike! :innocent:

She's right you know.
My bike will be there.

[gijoe1313]

She's right you know.
My bike will be there.

Y'know y'never used to rabbit on about your other bikes like this! :sick: From kawafanboi to Hornyhondaboi? :pinch: I think you need that tank protector ASAP to stop the drool marks all over it! :drool:

:stupid:

[GSXR Trace]

Well i cant say i've ever had one from Gremlin as a reference point... :laugh:

bahaha... +1 on that one!

[GSXR Trace]

She's right you know.
My bike will be there.

pfft! in your dreams!

[zeocen]

Y'know y'never used to rabbit on about your other bikes like this! :sick: From kawafanboi to Hornyhondaboi? :pinch: I think you need that tank protector ASAP to stop the drool marks all over it! :drool:

:stupid:

Come on msn fool

[Gremlin]

Well i cant say i've ever had one from Gremlin as a reference point... :laugh:
Can't say you ever will either :blah:

[Badger8]

Can't say you ever will either :blah:

Well thank goodness for that! :lol:

[zeocen]

So who's coming tonight? I'm 99.9% sure I'll be there!

[GSXR Trace]

So who's coming tonight? I'm 99.9% sure I'll be there!

well as long as i don't get caught up at work... ill be there! aren't you all just so glad im back riding! haha :doh:

but i do believe we are going to have a new night swarmer tonight... my first night back and im recruiting! haha :Punk:

[TOTO]

who is the new swarmer ?

[Gremlin]

who is the new swarmer ?
get with the program...

Is
she
hot
?

[GSXR Trace]

who is the new swarmer ?


get with the program...

Is
she
hot
?

Considering we discussed it on the ride last night i figured you knew TOTO... i think musicman is gonna come and say hi. So sorry Gremlin... she is a he, so you can make your own decision as to hotness, but we don't need to know!

[gijoe1313]

I think a nice ride on some nice bikes to a nice place with some nice food with some nice people is in order (I guess this counts out Gremlin, zeocen and 99.99% of the rest of us including me)

I'll settle for some filthy biker scum doing the usual riding on some roads someplace will do! :whistle:

:scooter:

[GSXR Trace]

So who's coming tonight? I'm 99.9% sure I'll be there!

just wait... something will come up and you will not make it! :dodge:

[gijoe1313]

just wait... something will come up and you will not make it! :dodge:

And if he does make it, he won't complete the whole ride from beginning to end! :msn-wink: He turns into a pumpkin faster than anyone else I know! :bleh:

[Neon]

I'd love to come but tonight a no go. However, who is keen for Thursday night? I've got a domestic leave pass for the whole night! (read instruction from other half: my friends are coming round so can you go out please?).

:lol:

edit: and it's the weekend so there should be no Pumpkin transformation situations.

[zeocen]

You just wait, I'll show you all how I am approzzzZZZzzzZZzzz ZZzz zZZZ ZZZZzzzzZZzzzz....

[TOTO]

I could be keen for thursday depending on how my motorcycle tv show performance goes... let you know later.

[zeocen]

May I suggest Kaiaua?
Seriously, I really feel like some godamn fish n chips from Kaiaua.

[GSXR Trace]

I'd love to come but tonight a no go. However, who is keen for Thursday night? I've got a domestic leave pass for the whole night! (read instruction from other half: my friends are coming round so can you go out please?).

:lol:

edit: and it's the weekend so there should be no Pumpkin transformation situations.

im busy til 8:30 thursday... but keen to meet up with the rest of you after that.... seeing as there is no work on friday! i can't remember the last time i was at work for 5 days in a row!

[GSXR Trace]

ok, no fair, everyone has nice photos of their own bike, i need to find my camera, polish her and take some pictures... i never take a camera when im riding, i just RIDE! hence no pictures!

[GSXR Trace]

It's my birthday (so what are you all getting me?) on Thursday so I'll unfortunately not be able to make it on the Thursday. :(

well you didn't invite us to your birthday... why should we get you anything :girlfight:haha

[zeocen]

ok, no fair, everyone has nice photos of their own bike, i need to find my camera, polish her and take some pictures... i never take a camera when im riding, i just RIDE! hence no pictures!

I could always bring my red helmet and video log the ride, that would get you some shots of your new baby :Punk:

[GSXR Trace]

I could always bring my red helmet and video log the ride, that would get you some shots of your new baby :Punk:

mmmm... and you could get a few pics of her parked up at the beach...???:msn-wink:
id rather pics than video log... im still not riding that well for a video! :no::o

[skidMark]

mmmm... and you could get a few pics of her parked up at the beach...???:msn-wink:
id rather pics than video log... im still not riding that well for a video! :no::o


LOL the shame, the horror the...as long as u dont crash on camera it's all good :confused:

[musicman]

I planned on coming tonight but my bike's playing up. Pressing the starter button only results in a "tickticktickticktickticktick" sound from somewhere, have had to bump start it the past two days which has been annoying.

EDIT: Just called George from Motorcycle Doctors (who serviced my bike last Thursday), he says he'll come over tomorrow to check it out. I guess I ain't going nowhere tonight then.

[Badger8]

LOL the shame, the horror the...as long as u dont crash on camera it's all good :confused:

Speaking from experience m'laddy? :2thumbsup


I planned on coming tonight but my bike's playing up. Pressing the starter button only results in a "tickticktickticktickticktick" sound from somewhere, have had to bump start it the past two days which has been annoying.

Ooh bugger, that cant be good :crazy:


Well the superbowl finished much earlier than i expected, so i will be there! (you poor sods! :bleh:) Was considering doing woodcocks and the new tunnel before the swarm, but dont think i'll have enough time. Had a couple of beers (a couple... tui!) so should probably spend some time ingesting water and watching my mate and his gf kill aliens til swarm time :laugh:

[gijoe1313]

:oi-grr: I dunno, filthy biker scum ... imagine riding your bikes! Sheesh! :gob:

This is KB doncha know, posing and talking shite about bikes is what we do! :innocent: :whistle:

[zeocen]

I planned on coming tonight but my bike's playing up. Pressing the starter button only results in a "tickticktickticktickticktick" sound from somewhere, have had to bump start it the past two days which has been annoying.

EDIT: Just called George from Motorcycle Doctors (who serviced my bike last Thursday), he says he'll come over tomorrow to check it out. I guess I ain't going nowhere tonight then.

If it's going tickticktickticktick after pressing the starter button, sounds like the battery is outta juice mate. If it's not holding charge after bump starting it and riding for a good while the regulator/rectifier might be going out.

^just my uneducated opinion. :spanking:

[gijoe1313]

Well the day started out on a slow note, zeocen turned up to BP Takanini where I was waiting for him ... for so long, even my dad turned up in the car and filled up! :slap:

Anyway off we pootle to the stop and we see HungusMaximist talking to Shingo. A ton of scroters abounded and Badger8 rocked on up - chomping at the bit wanting a wee ride on a Big Ol'Hornet to convince himself of their merits! Consumed Korean ice cream which was like a sponge ice cream sandwich ...

Eventually GXSR Trace and ... Gremlin turn up. Was quite unexpected to see Gremlin ride semi-normal! :blink:

Well, usual kibbitzing aside - rode to Otahuhu to eat at a Vietnamese restaurant (who must have thought they were turning into a biker hangout!) and then to the point of these gatherings ...

Riding!

So rode we did via Botany to the twisties of Whitford (but first filling up!) and then to Maraetai. A quick stop at Clevedon was the official end of the ride to allow people who suddenly turn into pumpkins to go back to their fields!

Guess who? Zeocen! But to be fair, Clevedon was the end point :msn-wink: At this point, I let Gremlin take point - Trace wasn't feeling her mojo, but she was riding just fine!

It was at this point, the ride went a left turn into the usual farce associated with Gremlin and gijoe1313 :slap: All went well until Gremlin decided to head left after a certain point ... I was thinking ... "hmmm this could be interesting!"

And interesting it proved :rofl:

Nice roads and suddenly down hill twisties, with gravel at night! :woohoo:

:laugh: I had to admit, I was chortling a wee bit at the thought of Trace ahead getting furious at Gremlin at this! I think Gremlin is to Trace as I am to Trump Lady! :innocent:

All good ... until we head down to the Mangatawhiri straights ... but get to Mangatangi! Badger8 threw a luvverly left hook into Gremlin's gut and I was trying not to piss myself laughing!

Ah well, fine myself in the unusual position of being back first and posting! :gob: I bet some of the others did more milage then me tonight! :slap:

Good ride peeps! Photos to come!

[gijoe1313]

Well with little fanfare here it is ...

Pic 1 : Say it isn't so HungusMaximus! :gob:
Pic 2 : The hornets were waiting for the rest ...
Pic 3 : Ooh so pretties, so shinies, too bad she follows Gremlins to bad night time down hill twisties with gravels! :devil2:
Pic 4 : Just a good ol'boy scrubbing in some tyres ...
Pic 5 : Is this my good side?
Pic 6 : Or is it this side?

zeocen behaved like my senior students, unfocussed and inattentive! "Oi! Turn around you git!"

[Badger8]

Well that was an interesting little pootle...
Joe has filled in well the start, so let me take over from Clevedon...
"Just about 20 or 30 more k's" he said...
"Have you home by 10" he said...
"Just a little further" he said...

Needless to say many many k's later, we plow into some downhill gravel :woohoo: Now of course i adjusted my screen a few days ago, and didnt realise my headlight is now pointing 4 foot in front of me on full beam! :shit: Was great fun in the rough stuff. Get to the end and gremlin playin with his GPS as usual. Looking back, still no headlights... Sidestraddle the bike and turn to look back... few minutes later some light emerge, and off we go...
Hrm, this is a fairly main highway... dont recognise it tho... wonder where we are, feels like we're heading the wrong way somehow... *sign appears... with something-or-other k's to TAURANGA on it...*
WHAT THE *#$@?!?!
Gremlin pulls over and much confusion ensues. AH! ok, we're on the new bit of SH2, that's why i didnt recognise it... a mighty SMACK on the back protector from me and all is well :bleh:
Up and over the traffic island i go, and back to dorklund for some well overdue kip.

Been a long day, and i possibly have a second round interview or a new job tomorrow, so better get some kip. :yes:

Night all! :wari:

[gijoe1313]

Gremlin in his glorious aspect ... see his fearsome visage! A Spartan hero, forbidding to behold - terrible his wrath, great his anger!

A hero of riding!

Smoted roads lie asunder, conquered by his skill and steed of design.
Tarry not long on straights he does,
Small is the error, large is his skill!
Gremlin!
A champion of the biker gods, a quasi-deity made mortal,
to show us the way and unto the roads he rides!

[zeocen]

senior students, unfocussed and inattentive! "Oi! Turn around you git!"

Fuck, one photograph is enough! Let me go wander for crying out loud!

[Badger8]

Gremlin in his glorious aspect ... see his fearsome visage! A Spartan hero, forbidding to behold - terrible his wrath, great his anger!

HA! +1
Intimidation... so true... :2thumbsup
That is one scary lookin mo-fo... especially when he stands up on the pegs and looks 8 ft tall :lol:

[TOTO]

Glemlin is so photogenetic ...

[musicman]

Korean ice cream which was like a sponge ice cream sandwich ...


Where?! :drool:

[Ragingrob]

Woohoo I'm back in the country, picking up the bike tomorrow morn, so shall be keen for my virgin Hornet swarm sometime in the near future :woohoo:

[Gremlin]

Glemlin is so photogenetic ...
easy... keep the visor down :2thumbsup

If you're coming on to me, I suggest you try a full time honda poof, perhaps zeocen?

I would like to state that IIII never said 20-30km... I knew we were pretty much going to Mangatawhiri. GiJoe lied to you... I suggest you lynch him. I definitely found the dialogue amusing when we stopped at the turn around.
Badger: I thought this was a short ride
Me: It is? :confused:
GiJoe: This is par for the course for me
Badger: Well, I had no idea where we were, and didn't recognise any roads. Then I see signs for TAURANGA!! WTF!!!
Me: :lol:
Shingo: I only recognised the straight with a kink in it. Then we took a right, and we NEVER turn right there. :shit:

*A brief interlude for Gremlin to get walloped on the back by Badger*

Trace: *makes some angry comments about a new bike and gravel*
Me: :killingme
Me: Hey, less than 5 days, and its dirty and been through gravel, am I good or what?
Trace: *glare*

[TOTO]

oh boy , cant wait for tracey to say something , or she is never coming to a swarm ever again...:bye:

[Gremlin]

oh boy , cant wait for tracey to say something , or she is never coming to a swarm ever again...:bye:
xwhatsit just started speaking to gijoe again, after the cape reinga trip, we thought we had killed the poor bugger.

Besides, for these poor insulated folk, this was adventure. I thought gijoe and I kept it pretty mild, since it didn't involve corn fields or forestry roads :rolleyes:

[Badger8]

For the record i am normally all up for adventure, and loved the roads. Not being able to see wasnt so fun, but that was soon remedied at the stop. Just this particular evening i wasnt up for a long night, as i was in need of some rest.

I was very tempted to just head for home at clevedon, but felt it was a little short for even a short evening jaunt. Then i had assurances of only 20 or 30k tops, so figured that'd round out the evening just nicely. Lets just say i'm glad i had my earplugs in, cause i was scream-singing inside my hemlet all the way back on the moronway to keep myself with it, and it somehow kept me warmer too :laugh:

[GSXR Trace]

easy... keep the visor down :2thumbsup

If you're coming on to me, I suggest you try a full time honda poof, perhaps zeocen?

I would like to state that IIII never said 20-30km... I knew we were pretty much going to Mangatawhiri. GiJoe lied to you... I suggest you lynch him. I definitely found the dialogue amusing when we stopped at the turn around.
Badger: I thought this was a short ride
Me: It is? :confused:
GiJoe: This is par for the course for me
Badger: Well, I had no idea where we were, and didn't recognise any roads. Then I see signs for TAURANGA!! WTF!!!
Me: :lol:
Shingo: I only recognised the straight with a kink in it. Then we took a right, and we NEVER turn right there. :shit:

*A brief interlude for Gremlin to get walloped on the back by Badger*

Trace: *makes some angry comments about a new bike and gravel*
Me: :killingme
Me: Hey, less than 5 days, and its dirty and been through gravel, am I good or what?
Trace: *glare*

I distinctly heard 20-30kms is all we were doing... then i heard gremlin was taking the lead and he start programming his gps... oo oh!
heading into a rather step down hill section there were 30km signs and i was praying it was just signs left up for no good reason... but NO! just getting my nerve back and gremlin bloody leads me into gravel 3 days after getting a new bike!
But note: i was not the one who started the comments as to taking me through gravel.. that was GI Joe - i don't care about ticking through it, but was gutted it was already dirtay! i couldn't bare to uncover her this morning and see the dirt! poor GI Joe was stuck behind me ticking through the bloody gravel - no wonder he was the oen to comment!

i was glad to hear when we stopped that the other two had no idea where we were either!

Unfortunately, i was the one who ended up infront of zeocen... while im riding like crap, that just happens to be when there is a camera!

[zeocen]

I actually remember saying something in the video, on following your lines because they were good.

[EJK]

Well with little fanfare here it is ...

Pic 1 : Say it isn't so HungusMaximus! :gob:
Pic 2 : The hornets were waiting for the rest ...
Pic 3 : Ooh so pretties, so shinies, too bad she follows Gremlins to bad night time down hill twisties with gravels! :devil2:
Pic 4 : Just a good ol'boy scrubbing in some tyres ...
Pic 5 : Is this my good side?
Pic 6 : Or is it this side?

zeocen behaved like my senior students, unfocussed and inattentive! "Oi! Turn around you git!"

Tracey! Are you putting 91 Octane into your bike? :shit:

[TOTO]

Tracey! Are you putting 91 Octane into your bike? :shit:

No , the petrol colours in auckland have been inverted since you left...:yeah:

[EJK]

No , the petrol colours in auckland have been inverted since you left...:yeah:

Whoah Diesel powered GSXR huh :cool:

[TOTO]

Whoah Diesel powered GSXR huh :cool:

yep, and gets 600km to a tank...

[zeocen]

Nothing wrong with 91, I've put 91 in all my bikes and they run like a dream. Anything higher is faggot wankery.

[TOTO]

Nothing wrong with 91, I've put 91 in all my bikes and they run like a dream. Anything higher is faggot wankery.

no it aint just depends how much of a poor student are you at the time....

[EJK]

no it aint just depends how much of a poor student are you at the time....

Diesel is still 103.9/l...

[TOTO]

yepeee - I'm fully licenced and from today fully insured. gonna go for a pootle. if someone wants to join me, send me a txt :) 021 152 00 27


Btw Anyone for a swarm tonight ?


EDIT: Zeo are we going for a birthday ride for yourself ?

[zeocen]

Nah mate, I'll be working all through my birthday and the weekend, with only my partner to keep me sane. No motorcycling for me until Sunday methinks :(

Still, gives me time to get my rego I guess..

[gijoe1313]

I can only chuckle at all of this! :innocent: When I saw Gremlin go up into Pinnacle road instead of going straight, I knew he was adding another 15-20km to the route! :rofl:

But meh, I luvvies ridings I does! :msn-wink:

[GSXR Trace]

yepeee - I'm fully licenced and from today fully insured. gonna go for a pootle. if someone wants to join me, send me a txt :) 021 152 00 27


Btw Anyone for a swarm tonight ?


EDIT: Zeo are we going for a birthday ride for yourself ?

no swarming for me tonight... i need some sleep... had a meeting this morning at work and was so tempted to fall asleep in it!
I see your advertising my ride... do you think it will get more people interested if it looks like your ride! haha



of course i put 91 in my tank... its what was recommended... and its cheap!!!

[gijoe1313]

of course i put 91 in my tank... its what was recommended... and its cheap!!!

We always knew you were a cheap gal! :whistle: :dodge: :chase:

[Gremlin]

Anything higher is faggot wankery.
Actually, its to do with the compression of the engine. A higher compression motor needs a higher octane, to prevent lots of technical words I don't care about. Do a search... lots of brainy people have said brainy things about this.


I can only chuckle at all of this! :innocent: When I saw Gremlin go up into Pinnacle road instead of going straight, I knew he was adding another 15-20km to the route! :rofl:
No... I distinctly remember Badger asking if we could do the Paparimu straights, as he liked those. Accordingly, the route was altered to cater for his needs. Otherwise, we could have gone basically south, instead of a detour to the east first.

I was always heading to Mangatawhiri, but needed to come out onto SH2 before the devation, to test a raised issue with gps still preferring to route people onto the old SH2 (which it did indeed).

Anyway... I also have a recollection of commenting that now I had 4 people following me! The others chuckled, and pretended to rub their hands with glee (little did they know, this was for real), so who do they really have to blame? :devil2:

[gijoe1313]

I recall a gremlin getting the bash! And rightfully so :2thumbsup I like it when gremlin gets bashed, redresses the cosmic karmic balance so to speak :yes:

I wonder if one day Trace will give gremlin the bash! :lol:

[GSXR Trace]

We always knew you were a cheap gal! :whistle: :dodge: :chase:


I wonder if one day Trace will give gremlin the bash! :lol:

MY GOD! clearly i have to change the image you lot have of me!
you had better watch yourself gijoe... calling me cheap! ya prick! :kick:
you can make it up by cleaning my bike! haha

[Badger8]

Nothing wrong with 91, I've put 91 in all my bikes and they run like a dream. Anything higher is faggot wankery.


Actually, its to do with the compression of the engine. A higher compression motor needs a higher octane, to prevent lots of technical words I don't care about. Do a search... lots of brainy people have said brainy things about this.

Yer, what he said... My hornet runs much happier on 95... gixxers apparently run well on 91, zxr's well on 91 ridden hard, 95 round town etc... depends on allsorts of jiggery pokery. My old cage got better mileage on 95 to the point the extra money outlaid at the pump made it cheaper overall. The ute seems to go better on 91. :whocares:



No... I distinctly remember Badger asking if we could do the Paparimu straights, as he liked those. Accordingly, the route was altered to cater for his needs. Otherwise, we could have gone basically south, instead of a detour to the east first.

That was directed at Joe... and was basically what tipped me over to go "nah, sod it, lets ride :devil2:" That little stretch of road always puts a smile on my dial :yes: i often forget how far south it puts us though :(

Oh well, no swarming for me tonight. Been rippin the dirtbike apart just now (smashed 4 teeth off the front sprocket, guy at the shop had never seen anything like it :laugh:) and now have to get some sleep before an impromptu night shift tonight... awesome... :wacko:

[zeocen]

91 won't hurt your bike at all, 95+ is for poncy bastards.. I prefer to keep it real .....yo!

First vid, I'm going to link them so I can link to high quality, low quality is awful !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEeCfSgpuE&fmt=18

[Badger8]

91 won't hurt your bike at all, 95+ is for poncy bastards.. I prefer to keep it real .....yo!

You must realise you are upon a steed of breeding and pedigree now. It has taste and class... Treat her like a princess, and she'll treat you to the ride of your life... Spoil her at the pump, and she shall repay the favour on the road...

Ugh, it's too early in the morning to be poetic :bleh:

[GSXR Trace]

91 won't hurt your bike at all, 95+ is for poncy bastards.. I prefer to keep it real .....yo!

First vid, I'm going to link them so I can link to high quality, low quality is awful !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEeCfSgpuE&fmt=18

Hahaha! I couldn't hear you saying you were going to focus on me and critique my riding at the start.... bastard! it is shit at the moment.. and unfortunately one of the videos to come are going to get me!
i cracked up when you commented on us going to the hospital... i had the same thought!

[TOTO]

Well since noone was kind enough to join me for a pootle I decided to explore some roads in my back yard....

Was inspired by all your gravel adventures yesterday and was gutted I couldn't attend...

Did some interesteing tarmac on the back of riverhead and discovered a beautiful road that no bikers ever get onto ...guess why ....half of it is dirt road. Oh my god the views I saw were spectacular. Little streams, wide fields, vineyards...etc

It so happened that that road comes back close to Kaukapakapa and then I decided to go down another unfamiliar road , which also turned to gravel. So I keep on patootaling along the nice hard packed gravel. Saw more fabulous forests, gorgeous gardens, a bunny, beautiful trees. I'm telling you people I'm sold on the whole adventure riding business :yes:

At one point after about 15km of nice dirt gravel road I saw a sign that said "Puhoi - 20km". "Wooooaaaaa cool" me thinks - "I'm doing the famous Puhoi back road" :D And yep as it turned out i had gone from albany all the way to puhoi via mainly dirt and gravel roads. and boy oh boy what a fun thing to do.

My next bike will be having nobblies on :yes:

some pics...

[gijoe1313]

I whole heartedly approve TOTO, on ya! Patootling along fun and fancy free is just the bee's knees! :yes:

I give you the gijoe1313 Pootling Seal of Approval! :msn-wink:

[GSXR Trace]

Well since noone was kind enough to join me for a pootle I decided to explore some roads in my back yard....

Was inspired by all your gravel adventures yesterday and was gutted I couldn't attend...

Did some interesteing tarmac on the back of riverhead and discovered a beautiful road that no bikers ever get onto ...guess why ....half of it is dirt road. Oh my god the views I saw were spectacular. Little streams, wide fields, vineyards...etc

It so happened that that road comes back close to Kaukapakapa and then I decided to go down another unfamiliar road , which also turned to gravel. So I keep on patootaling along the nice hard packed gravel. Saw more fabulous forests, gorgeous gardens, a bunny, beautiful trees. I'm telling you people I'm sold on the whole adventure riding business :yes:

At one point after about 15km of nice dirt gravel road I saw a sign that said "Puhoi - 20km". "Wooooaaaaa cool" me thinks - "I'm doing the famous Puhoi back road" :D And yep as it turned out i had gone from albany all the way to puhoi via mainly dirt and gravel roads. and boy oh boy what a fun thing to do.

My next bike will be having nobblies on :yes:

some pics...

god.... remind me not to go riding with you down random roads! your getting to be just as bad as gremlin! :dodge:

[GSXR Trace]

ah oh... why did my rep boxes turn green (from yellow)... is this bad or good?

[gijoe1313]

god.... remind me not to go riding with you down random roads! your getting to be just as bad as gremlin! :dodge:

It's nice to know that others are getting to be as bad as all of us for riding down destinations on machinery wholly inappropriate for their environment! :clap:

C'mon Trace, I can see you becoming one of us ... one of us ... one of us ... :eek:

[shingo]

I was tempted to go with you toto, but you remember what happened last time we hit gravel :doh: and i have more plastic to scratch now too.

[GSXR Trace]

It's nice to know that others are getting to be as bad as all of us for riding down destinations on machinery wholly inappropriate for their environment! :clap:

C'mon Trace, I can see you becoming one of us ... one of us ... one of us ... :eek:

sure... spill out the dosh to buy me another bike... and ill come! but i aint keen on trashing such a gorgeous bike as mine! :bleh:

[GSXR Trace]

I was tempted to go with you toto, but you remember what happened last time we hit gravel :doh: and i have more plastic to scratch now too.

that needs more explanation... and don't give me "what happens on a ride stays on a ride" crap! so spill

[gijoe1313]

sure... spill out the dosh to buy me another bike... and ill come! but i aint keen on trashing such a gorgeous bike as mine! :bleh:

But yet you followed Gremlin to parts unknown ... you say one thing, but your riding says another! :bleh:

And 'sides being a suzuki rider, you know you should really have two more spare as back up! :whistle:

[shingo]

that needs more explanation... and don't give me "what happens on a ride stays on a ride" crap! so spill

toto can explain if he pleases, you won't be getting much outta me :bleh:

[GSXR Trace]

But yet you followed Gremlin to parts unknown ... you say one thing, but your riding says another! :bleh:

And 'sides being a suzuki rider, you know you should really have two more spare as back up! :whistle:

yet i thought it was just another 20 km through goat track and back to motorway.... how the hell was i to know we were going to end up well off the beaten path... if i had thought about it, i may have thought twice due to the fact we were following Gremlin, but i didn't, i followed blindly like a sheep. that will teach me!

as i said, im not worried about gravel as such... use to go through fine on my two fiddy... now i just feel sorry for the fairings on my beautiful, stealth bike!

[Gremlin]

My next bike will be having nobblies on :yes:
You don't need knobblies unless you're doing beaches etc... gravel is just fine on dual purpose tyres, and the bike should still be good for sealed roads.


...so spill
sounds like he already has :laugh:

[TOTO]

that needs more explanation... and don't give me "what happens on a ride stays on a ride" crap! so spill


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[Badger8]

sure... spill out the dosh to buy me another bike... and ill come! but i aint keen on trashing such a gorgeous bike as mine! :bleh:

Pish pash... there are bikes for lookin pretty, and there are bikes for ridin :bleh:
I'm always keen for gravel adventures :wari: AND i have the week off from friday through all next week, so anyone feels like some adventures give me a yell! :wari:

[GSXR Trace]

Pish pash... there are bikes for lookin pretty, and there are bikes for ridin :bleh:
I'm always keen for gravel adventures :wari: AND i have the week off from friday through all next week, so anyone feels like some adventures give me a yell! :wari:

:gob: A WHOLE WEEK OFF!

and my bike is bloody nice to look at and ride...and if you didn't give a shit about taking care of it, she would be fine on the gravel stuff we do... i just appreciate and take care of my baby... unlike some!

[Badger8]

:gob: A WHOLE WEEK OFF!

and my bike is bloody nice to look at and ride...and if you didn't give a shit about taking care of it, she would be fine on the gravel stuff we do... i just appreciate and take care of my baby... unlike some!

Yeah, production cuts, so a week off without pay :( Still, better than losing jobs :yes:

Mine is nice to look at too... Tho i will admit i have been far too busy riding in my spare time, and havent cleaned her since just before christmas! :shit: She will be getting a clean and service next week though :yes: so anyone feels like some spanner time gimme a yell too :woohoo: gonna be a good week :sunny:

[GSXR Trace]

GIJOE....you just north of helensville at 4pm, on a little blue bike (possibly pippy)... i don't think it was you, but had red helmet, AND RED CAMOS! :gob: but they were wearing a high vis vest!

so someone is trying to rip off our ninja leader.... thats if it wasn't you!

[TOTO]

Well Only rode to work and back today but yesterday was a pretty sweet day...



Got up early at 8:30 and seeing that I couldnt sleep no more dedicated myself to going down to paeroa and check the plce where the races will be.

On the way down , stopped at Bp autobahn and saw a giant Muscle car...see pics...

also on the way to paeroa I got to the newly built SH2 connection wich was very straight and boring...so decided to take a side road and what do you knwo - found 15 km of unknown twisties with spectacular views :clap:


went down to paeroa and found out the best place to wath the races ...:D


After I had a lookie at paeroa started doing the coro loop. Cought up to some bikers, did a part of the loop wth them. Stopped at the crosses of LooseBruce and DSS as it is traditional on a coro loop to be done. Got rained on alottle bit but was cool. nice roads , no cagers - primo. Whole coro for myself.

Pretty good fun - hadnt done coro in a while. Saw a few smurfs but as I was behaving I had nothing to worry about :D

Got in time to do the ATNR with the big boys and even tho I almost screwed one corner I had fun wif them.

after the ATNR met with GIJOE and the film crew and listened some interesting ideas about a future TV programe for bikers :) and afterwords I led the camo ninja trough some local roads.

We ended up in a bar place in ponsonby sipping to ginger beer and relaxing ...nice day all in all :niceone:

pics:

1 and 2 - giant buggy

3 - at the crosses of Loosebruse and DSS

[gijoe1313]

Well surviving my first treacher dhay, I have managed not to kill any students yet! :sweatdrop

Man, I really need to ride my bike! Will be at the usual meet point outside Akld Central Library in Lorne st. at the usual 6.30pm!

:scooter: :ride:

[zeocen]

Alas I cannot make this one, after work I have to do ....work :(

[Badger8]

Oh yeah, forgot it was monday today... week off and all :woohoo:
Cant make it tonight, have a damaged bike to rescue, and dinner being cooked for payment :2thumbsup

[gijoe1313]

Madre por dios! :oi-grr: Let the shirk fest begin! :bleh:

[Badger8]

Madre por dios! :oi-grr: Let the shirk fest begin! :bleh:

Huh? :scratch:

[TOTO]

swarm tomorrow - tuesday - who is keen ?

[gijoe1313]

A luvverly ride tonight, had three turn up .. me, myself and I!

Did an alternate route, had a feed of pork buns from the local pork bun sensei and then pootled home. Got back and wouldncha know it, a friend wanted to go pillion riding with me! :love: :woohoo:

So outs I goes again! Oh noes, it is a hard lifes to live to keep riding.

Even with the rain and the damp, on we rode doing the classic St Heliers GP route!

And then I come back and find EJK has disturbed the Force by dissing hornets :no:

There shall be a reckoning, it shall be short, sharp, bloody and very, very violent!

[EJK]

And then I come back and find EJK has disturbed the Force by dissing hornets :no:


You took that to heart? Geez all I said was that the Hornet is not my type of a bike :Playnice:

[gijoe1313]

You took that to heart? Geez all I said was that the Hornet is not my type of a bike :Playnice:

As you know young Padawan, when you pass judgement on others, you pass judgement on yourself! :msn-wink:

[shingo]

swarm tomorrow - tuesday - who is keen ?

Depending on the weather (yeah that's right, i don't want to get wet) i may tag along. I've got uni from 4-6ish so i'll already be in the neighbourhood.

[gijoe1313]

You took that to heart? Geez all I said was that the Hornet is not my type of a bike :Playnice:

I guess that means I won't be lending you the use of my lil'ol'hornet anymore! :oi-grr: Hurt his feelings you did! :weep:

Keep digging padawan! :jerry:

[TOTO]

There shall be a reckoning, it shall be short, sharp, bloody and very, very violent!

me , choco, badger, zeosen, nevets, imwhornet, macstar, bomma, 2wheeljunkie, nomis the Kendog family and many others are going to be volunteering of slowly removing EJK's fingetnails from his fingers.

and after that we get to do the real cool stuff...water torture :devil2:

[kasper]

Heya Gijoe.

question who was it that suggested kissing the mirrors if you find you've hit a corner to fast?

Well who ever it was i am going to kiss them when i see them again.

Saved my ass on the way back from Rotorua. I took the Pyspa (sp) way back. (damn hornet swarm's, have got me liking the back roads now. i diverted 10km s to go that way.)


Any way
I am enjoying the ride then oh crap a sharp corner. ok take the lines etc. crap this is tighter I'm going to lose it. then i remember him(i think it was badger) talking about kissing the mirrors when in trouble, Holy crap i made it out.:woohoo:

So when i see you again i am going to kiss you!

Thank you soo much.


-- a still intact kasper

[Badger8]

question who was it that suggested kissing the mirrors if you find you've hit a corner to fast?

Well who ever it was i am going to kiss them when i see them again.

[...]

-- a still intact kasper

Aah, the learning is strong in this one :yes:
Was quite possibly i, tis the best piece of advice i have ever received for cornering (and it has saved my butt before too), so i tend to pass it along whenever i can.
Glad you kept it rubber side down, tis always a learning experience finding just what our steeds (and indeed ourselves) are capable of when we demand it of them :yes:
And you're quite welcome, just shout me a beer and keep kissing those mirrors :wari:

[TOTO]

right. I'll be at the library at the usual time - 6:30 onward for someone who is keen on joining me for a tuesday night swarm. have some nice patootles in mind too :)

[Badger8]

right. I'll be at the library at the usual time - 6:30 onward for someone who is keen on joining me for a tuesday night swarm. have some nice patootles in mind too :)

Am cruising the bike shops this afternoon, if i'm done in time to nip home and grab the bike i'll be along :yes:

[shingo]

I won't be able to make it, got someone coming to view my white cbr.

[EJK]

me , choco, badger, zeosen, nevets, imwhornet, macstar, bomma, 2wheeljunkie, nomis the Kendog family and many others are going to be volunteering of slowly removing EJK's fingetnails from his fingers.

and after that we get to do the real cool stuff...water torture :devil2:


I guess that means I won't be lending you the use of my lil'ol'hornet anymore! :oi-grr: Hurt his feelings you did! :weep:

Keep digging padawan! :jerry:

Sorry guys. If you guys were joking, I'm sorry I don't find this funny.

I had a long day yesteurday and am not in the mood for jokes... Justin, this time I think you took it a little too far.

[gijoe1313]

Sorry guys. If you guys were joking, I'm sorry I don't find this funny.

I had a long day yesteurday and am not in the mood for jokes... Justin, this time I think you took it a little too far.

Waahbulance

[zeocen]

Oh come on EJ, you can't say "no NO NO!" about purchasing a hornet infront of your mates and not expect a bollocking. I hope your bike doesn't break down anytime soon because you might find the people you've insulted may not lend a hand this time! Just some food for thought!

[BANZAI]

But Hornetto is not everyone's cup of tea :blip:

[TOTO]

But Hornetto is not everyone's cup of tea :blip:

go stand up in the corner with your hands up facing the wall...:bash:

[madbikeboy]

GIJoe - you and I need to swap mighty steeds one night. I like the 900 though...

[gijoe1313]

GIJoe - you and I need to swap mighty steeds one night. I like the 900 though...

I think the mighty scoot might make my britches fill! :pinch: But you know what I always say ... any excuse for a ride! :msn-wink: Good to see you are perusing the dungeons of doom that is KB ...

Try and keep your sanity! :wacko:

[gijoe1313]

Well, Badger8, Toto and I got together after fivish today to do some spannering. Pippi needed some long overdue love and attention!

I hear the throaty throb of the Hooligan and as I popped out to see ... I saw TOTO getting off the hooligan and Badger in a cage :gob:

Giving him the usual stick, we quickly got to talking shite about bikes and eventually whipped out the spannerific equipage.

Well that was as good as it got. Three hours of farfing about, my noobness with not wielding a spanner for ages saw me shear off a brass bolt head that was essential to good running.

We dropped out the engine, I undid an oil plug which didn't need to ... and basically hamfisted our way through the botched operations! Ahh good times! :o

For some reason, the piston wouldn't slip in easily - and I made lots of filthy innuendo which totally distracted Badger ... TOTO was just watching all of these proceedings with "is this what spannering is?" :lol:

Well, as the rain rolled in, night casted it's blanket over our fair land - we cleaned up the tools and ourselves and headed off to get a feed.

Cheers to the crew for giving me a hand - looks like I will need to sort out a couple of more parts to get Pippi going again ASAP! :o

Big Ol'Hornet was watching with horror ... :sick: Daisy and Betsy were kinda glad their little sister was being mangled first before they got seen to next! :Oops:

Ah well, this is all good practise for when the Spanner evenings kick off again when daylight is done and dusted! :blink:

[Badger8]

Well what a day! Swarmers out and about... not all on their hornet's though! :shit:

I took the venerable Toto out with the mighty KDX to tackle a bit of offroad fun out at the sandpit (the old Woodhill bike park). He had a lot of learning to do... first time offroad, first time on a 2-stroke, first kick-starter. He got on the bike, then suddenly forgot all his bike knowledge!
"Umm... how do i change gears??"
"Dude... it's just like your bike..."
*Toto stomps right boot on rear brake*
":eek5:Erm... that's the brake..."
"Oh, yeah! :D"
*Badger smacks forehead*

But after a rough start, the young fella came along in leaps and bounds :2thumbsup Popped his first stand-up power wheelie, was whippin through the trails, and got the hang of it nicely.

I somehow managed to blow the back end out of the cooling system (after just flushing it clean last week! :bash:) Splashed some water in the reservoir and bunged up the cap hole with some electrical tape, that shit'll be fine... Boiled a bit more out, but she seemed to reach equilibrium eventually. The poor girl was roastin away through the forest trails, so just more excuse to thrash it down the straits for a bit of cooling :laugh:

After a good 5 hour stint at the bike park, was time to head back. Stopped off for a compulsory strawberry icecream on the way back past kumeu, then back to chateau deu` Badger to unload. Toto had a nice cool shower while i waterblasted the dirtbike down and threw the gear away, tough at the top! :p

Then off we tore post haste to chateau deu` GIJoe for much spannering mayhem. And i DO mean mayhem... we started off pulling allsorts of things apart, then got half way done and started wondering why the hell we were pulling this bit apart to begin with! :eek5:
Ended up dropping the engine out completely, removing and dismantling carbies (both petrol and oil carbs), removing chain, and more i'm sure i've forgotten... we got half way through each, and wondered why the hell we were pulling said piece apart! so reassembled everything... after about 2 wasted hours in which we achieved nothing but damage, we did the top end rebuild part in a matter of minutes! Well, as best we could considering only 1 split ring for the gudgeon pin, missing roller bearing for a while, 1 smashed piston ring, and a piston that wouldnt really fit up the barrel even with persuasion of the badger variety... Much innuendo around how bikes are clearly female, and two stroke oil used in connotations even i hadnt considered before :laugh:

So in the end we cut our losses and got a feed, talked more rot, and headed for home :niceone:

one heck of a long day, i smell like a rotten goat...
pics to come soon!

[Badger8]

Some pics from today...
1: There's a bike under all that sand somewhere! :D
2: Squid! :p
3: Lookin the part now
4: Pippi starts to get stripped down
5: Poser mechanic hard at work :p
6: Real mechanics hard at work

[imw-hornet]

Well it sounds as if all fun (kind of ) ,,, great to hear that you got TOTO out to play in the dust ,,, what is the track like at the mo ?
Well i think after an evening of learning from the master about taking things apart and putting them back ,,, maybe you need to do a bit on the KDX , dont want it to splatter deep in the forest and have to push the "BITCH" back now ,,, ha ha .
What was wrong with "Pippi " ???

[gijoe1313]

Our illustrious and spoonerism master of mixed up word play ... TOTO!

I don't think you are in Kansas anymore TOTO! :msn-wink:

[Badger8]

Well it sounds as if all fun (kind of ) ,,, great to hear that you got TOTO out to play in the dust ,,, what is the track like at the mo ?
Well i think after an evening of learning from the master about taking things apart and putting them back ,,, maybe you need to do a bit on the KDX , dont want it to splatter deep in the forest and have to push the "BITCH" back now ,,, ha ha

Track was pretty good today, usually good (and also not many people there :)) if you get out on a weekday. They've done a bit of work on the main road too, much better now.
Done far too much work on the KDX lately, was good to get out and ride her hard again! :devil2: Done top end rebuild, coolant system, chain and sprockets, and various other bits and bobs in the last few weeks. Not much left to do, surely? :laugh:
She really doesnt seem to like the forest trails though, the poor girl starts boilin her coolant far too easily it seems. Any tips to help avoid this? or just thrash her harder cause she likes it rough n dirty? :lol: She comes right fairly quickly once i get onto the main trunk roads and get some speed up for air over the radiator and keep the water pump ticking over, but that's nowhere near as much fun as the forest trails :no:

[TOTO]

Oh what a great day. I am indeed deeply gratefull for deeply satisfying day full of adventures and interetsing stuff to both Badger and GiJoe.

I've seen a whole new world today. Dirt biking - here I come :scooter:

[Badger8]

1,2: Pippi, she bleeds!
3: Is ninja concentrating? or taking a dump?
4: Yep... it's stuffed...
5: *Forced grins* get that camera outta my face... :p
6: This little fella came out onto the peg to say hello, then jumped down by the mallet... he soon met his maker on the end of said mallet :lol:

[EatOrBeEaten]

Just, y'know, poking my head in. Just to see what the future might hold :D

[Badger8]

Just, y'know, poking my head in. Just to see what the future might hold :D

:woohoo:
You wont regret it if you are so lucky as to get your hands on one, dont think any one of us has :D

[zeocen]

a 900 hornet headlight unit is the answer my friend. You will think you were reborn, honestly :yes:

Really? I know your 900 has an aftermarket bulb of some sort, but mine is absolutely shite for night time. Worryingly so. Perhaps I was spoilt on the ER6F (it was amazingly great for night riding) but when I flip on my full on the Hornet, it just lights up everywhere AROUND the centre of the road, all in all dip is safer in my current situation.

Frustrating cause winter is coming up and 95% of my riding will be at night once again :(

[Badger8]

Really? I know your 900 has an aftermarket bulb of some sort, but mine is absolutely shite for night time. Worryingly so. Perhaps I was spoilt on the ER6F (it was amazingly great for night riding) but when I flip on my full on the Hornet, it just lights up everywhere AROUND the centre of the road, all in all dip is safer in my current situation.

Frustrating cause winter is coming up and 95% of my riding will be at night once again :(

I used to have a similar problem on the lil hornet. Try messin with the angle on the unit. A little lower may solve your problem :yes:

[Gremlin]

Just don't point the headlight at the road 1m in front of the bike... aye badger?

If the bulb is H4, get a Philips +50% bulb, they really are fantastic.

[TOTO]

If the bulb is H4, get a Philips +50% bulb, they really are fantastic.

Oh really ? Where do I get one of them ?

[Badger8]

Oh really ? Where do I get one of them ?

Supercheap auto, repco, anywhere like that. Got one in mine, made a big difference. Well, that and getting the andle right :blah:

EDIT: If you only need a single i have a spare one (they sell them as a pair)

[zeocen]

It could be angle, but I figured since dip was fine it must be the bulb.
Badger: I'll take you up on that offer, how much? It'll fit my 900 yeah?

[Badger8]

It could be angle, but I figured since dip was fine it must be the bulb.
Badger: I'll take you up on that offer, how much? It'll fit my 900 yeah?

The high beam is always up-and-out, i find if i set my low beam at the right angle i never actually need high beam, but if i set it at an angle where high-beam is good, low beam is completely useless. So i set it a little high with a bright bulb, and only ever use high beam to alert cages to my presence :yes:

The bulb is an H4, fairly standard. We can pull it apart one day and find out. Am out of town for a couple of days, can do it next week? Shout me a pint and we're all good :apint:

[zeocen]

Guess I was spoilt on the ER6F, that full beam was like riding at day time!
Yeah sweet man, sounds good!

God, I'm going to Wellington in a few hours, if it's not overcast I'm going to be seeing all the beautiful areas I could have seen, if I went on my BIKE! :(

[Badger8]

God, I'm going to Wellington in a few hours, if it's not overcast I'm going to be seeing all the beautiful areas I could have seen, if I went on my BIKE! :(

you're not riding?! :Pokey: noty boy...

[zeocen]

Unfortunately I can't ride down and back up in one day, I don't have the special pills Justin takes :(

lol@tag "zeocen = biker scum" ... I wonder who did that *looks at a terrified EJK*

[TOTO]

lol@tag "zeocen = biker scum" ... I wonder who did that *looks at a terrified EJK*


it wasnt him :p

[Squiggles]

6: Real mechanics hard at work

What on earth are you doing with that hammer... :lol:

[TOTO]

What on earth are you doing with that hammer... :lol:

what does it look like - he is fixing it :stupid:

[TOTO]

Our illustrious and spoonerism master of mixed up word play ... TOTO!

I don't think you are in Kansas anymore TOTO! :msn-wink:


You spilled Atgatt wrong :killingme

you of all people - where is Hitcher wen you need him :whistle:

[Gremlin]

It'll fit my 900 yeah?
The cb900 is definitely H4 (I have a +50 in it)

Two screws at the bottom of the headlamp, and you can lift the face off... easy.

[gijoe1313]

You spilled Atgatt wrong :killingme

you of all people - where is Hitcher wen you need him :whistle:

Ummm you do realise that was part of the fun I like to poke at you? :slap: Check out the other ATGATT ones .. and you will see what I mean ...

[Sharry]

Tell me oh wise ones .........................

If I really really want a Hornet :)
And I really really believe I have a Hornet :ride:
Does that mean I really really have a Hornet :yes:

Cos if this is so then I would be able to sneek up on the swarm and and blend in with the Hornets :whistle: and they would would think if it's a H H H H Honda then it must be a H H H H Hornet :msn-wink:

[TOTO]

I'm sure you will blend in just fine :niceone:

[EatOrBeEaten]

We'll paint it yellow with black stripes, it'll be fine :)

[gijoe1313]

The Jade is the precursor to the Hornet as we all know and love today :love: It is the prototype that blueprinted the designers to go and refine the excellent ideas on the Jade! :niceone:

Of course Sharry you are welcome! And anyone else that loves to pootle along at a scenic pace and take in the passing parade of life!

[EatOrBeEaten]

Anyone got an available pillion space?

*looks all hopeful*

[Badger8]

What on earth are you doing with that hammer... :lol:

What WASN'T i doing with it? :laugh:
i saw him pick up the camera, so i picked up a hammer :bleh:


Anyone got an available pillion space?

*looks all hopeful*

You're more than welcome to jump on the back of White Lightning for a pootle one eve. Play your cards right and i may let you try on the polit seat for size :p

[Badger8]

Well i feel like a real biker now...
Just rode home in three and a half hours of pouring rain, in my summer gear :Punk: Stopped for gas and donned my trash-sack motif`, most stylish this season.
One or two hairy moments, but made it home in one piece :)
By the time i made it home my hands were blue from wet perforated leather summer gloves, and pruned from wet and cold. My joints barely moved as i awkwardly dismounted, and i had been busting for a slash for a good 2 hours :lol:

1. Dunno if it showed up very well in the photo, but colourful wet squigyness came out of my gloves as i propped myself on the tank to dismount.
2,3. Blue prune hands!
4. Aint i a sexy beast?
5. Why yes i am...
6. A pile of wet gear... now in the hot water cupboard despite flatties concerns of "Raising a festering stink in there" :laugh:

[AD345]

Well i feel like a real biker now...
Just rode home in three and a half hours of pouring rain, in my summer gear :Punk: Stopped for gas and donned my trash-sack motif`, most stylish this season.
One or two hairy moments, but made it home in one piece :)
By the time i made it home my hands were blue from wet perforated leather summer gloves, and pruned from wet and cold. My joints barely moved as i awkwardly dismounted, and i had been busting for a slash for a good 2 hours :lol:

1. Dunno if it showed up very well in the photo, but colourful wet squigyness came out of my gloves as i propped myself on the tank to dismount.
2,3. Blue prune hands!
4. Aint i a sexy beast?
5. Why yes i am...
6. A pile of wet gear... now in the hot water cupboard despite flatties concerns of "Raising a festering stink in there" :laugh:

Good grief

Your leather pants shrinked into leather shorts!!

[Badger8]

Good grief

Your leather pants shrinked into leather shorts!!

:shit: Leather stubbies! :devil2:

[zeocen]

I think my summer leather Ixon gloves have worn out of blood to bleed due to them always pissing black on my hands from long rides in the rain!

They sure are comfy gloves though! Even if they aren't waterproof! I should really get some better winter gloves, still using my Alpinestars gloves I got when I first started biking :D Thinsulate, they are not :(

[Badger8]

I think my summer leather Ixon gloves have worn out of blood to bleed due to them always pissing black on my hands from long rides in the rain!

They sure are comfy gloves though! Even if they aren't waterproof! I should really get some better winter gloves, still using my Alpinestars gloves I got when I first started biking :D Thinsulate, they are not :(

Was tempted to wring them out in a bucket of water or something since they were already wet. But a hot shower was higher priority :lol:
Got me some Spidi H2Outs before last winter, they have done me bloody well :yes: Warm and bone dry, but too bloody hot in the summer

Anyone got any tips for helpin leather dry well / not be slimy next time / not stink? :bleh: Or just dry in hot water cupboard and she'll be good to go tomorrow? :D

[gijoe1313]

:niceone: Ayup, good to see you doing what bikers should be doing ... riding! Ooh, now you should do that combo at night! :msn-wink: Upgrade from real biker to real biker + status!

[Badger8]

:niceone: Ayup, good to see you doing what bikers should be doing ... riding! Ooh, now you should do that combo at night! :msn-wink: Upgrade from real biker to real biker + status!

Ooh, indeed :D
i must accompany you on one of your infamous night rides one day... err... night :D Methinks i shall wrap up warm for that one though :first:

[zeocen]

I always just throw mine in the hot water cupboard, hasn't shrunk them yet :P

[TOTO]

Well yesteday had promiced to be a nice riding day from what I saw on the forcast on friday...

I woke up at 5am to meet GSXR Trace and MusicMan at a Shell petrol station in the city for a 6am shoot off to New Plymouth. I show up at 5:50 and so does GSXR Trace. We start with our normal chat about about various biker scum things but MusicMan is nowhere to be seen...

At 6:15 I leave sir MusicMan a remindful message on his voicemail and what do you know , I get a txt back to tell me that he is coming. So the three amigos (ok Two amigos and one amiga) were together and ready to shoot of at 6:40.

By that time it had started to drizle slightly and both GSXR Trace and I blamed it on MusicMan coz we would have been out of cloudy Auckland by now and staying dry...or so we taught.

Turned out that that the clouds were covering most of the auckland region and also going all the way to Te Kuiti...but anyway.

We stoped at Ngarawahea after doing a run on sh1 to reevaluate our situation and have some food. Turned out of MusicMan and I were completely drenched while GSXR Trace was feeling quite optimistic and warm :oi-grr:

So mr. TOTO decided to put some biker thinking in place and got us some rubbish bags and some nice pink dishwashing gloves. Needless to say that we attracted a croud at Ngarawahea Bp petrol station who were watching us with curiousity, as you might expect people to do in a Zoo watching baboons in their natural habitat or something.

We incorporated those tools afailable to the modern day biker and proceeded our jurney on to Te Kuiti dressed in that sexy manner (See pics). It still rained but we didnt care - we are BIKERS.


In Te kuiti we were greeted by the warm sun which came from behind the clouds to say "Hi" and also GSXR Trace's dad on his ZZR 1200 who had come from New Plymouth to meet us and lead us trough his roads.

We did SH3 trough the gorge and some very nice vews were shown to us together with some gorgeous roads. We also saw plenty of bikes out and about. One biker on what lookes like a red RVF 900 was carying a pillion coming the other way and almost crossed the centre line while GSXR Trace and MusicMan were taking a bend. That was NOT COOL :angry2: with the amount of head on collisions lately and people still ride like retards (read outside their limits). And that idiot had a pillion with him. must have been showing off. It is unfortunate that female presence leads us males to wanna try kill our selfs. I think its not fair :oi-grr:

We arived in new plymouth at about 12:30 and we took the scenic route to Tracey's house. We saw the seal colony, the big rock with steps on it that you can climb on, also the anthena man and one old lady that tried to run me and the hooligan off the road...but its all part of being a biker I guess.

At Tracey's house we were treated like roaylties - super tasty sandwiches made from home made bread :drool: I was also given the use of the family's Chain oil for the mighty hooligan for which I'm grateful and most impotrantly I was given directions to the best rides in the region - hurrraaaaaaay :woohoo:

I left Trace and Musicman in New Plymouth and was lead out of the town By Tracey's day (what a cool dad) and Tracey's sister in law (also a biker and also called Tracey). Farewell was given and I set off to visit Mt Eggmont (see pics).

Some gorgeous road leading to the Mt. Eggmont Summit from Stafford - 15 km of super twisty stuff. Only problem is its not sign posted so every corner is a new adventure, but good seal and not overly complicated so was all good. Arived in the summit and discovered a gorgeous view of the mountain (well almost from what I could see behind that cloud) and a spectacular view of the land beneath. The whole taranaki region as far as I could see was very flat with no hlls which expplains the neck braking wind I encountered after getting down from the mountain and on the way to Wanganui.

Wanganui is a spectacular place for relaxation - nice river, the trees around it, ducks and swans everywhere - paradice.
I saw the ocasional boi racer but pretty begaved place. I had just put petrol and saw on my docket a voucher for domino pizza - and what do you know - a domino's pizza was just next door. I had a tasty pizza in wanganui and set on may way. It was then when I saw a Bike Squid on the traffic lights on a yamaha fzr who was keen to have a crack at racing me trough the centre of wanganui, but after seeing that I'm more interested in the older style buildings and checking out the Banana Bridge, he gave up.

So i left wanganui and took Sh4 to the Peremuremu(sp??). I think this is right up there with the coromandel loop. The views are fantastic, and the corners are all tight 45k. It is by all means no place for racing or veing an idiot tho because overshooting a corner on many places means a 300 metre drop down the rocks into the river, or what could be even worse , running wide and going trough one of many Cheesecutters and afterwords this being followed by a 300m drop on top of the rocks and into the river. a mistake on the bike on that road is 90% certain death. All that said, the views are spectacular and well worth the ride :niceone:

Had a stop and a rest at Ruakawa falls (see pics). This is trully something that needs to be seen. The falls are not so high as they are wide and the noise is reallycalming.

Arived in National park at about 7pm and filled up some gas just before the station closed. the sun was on its way down by that time and was getting chilli so I decided to incorporate my biker wisdom again and dress in some fancy rubbish bags - one on the inside and one on the outside. The rubbish bags had written on them "Extra Thick" so that may explain some of the gorgeous smiled I got from female gas attendants everywhere I stopped for gas or a hot drink afterwords.

The road from national park to hamilton woke up my mojo again and those sweepers were a so great. almost no cars, so had the whole road to myself. Scaring catle everywhere I passed and hearing the echo from the hooligan coming back to me from the buildings in small vilages. 3rd and 4th gear at 100km sound soo nice on the hooligan :love:

Arived in Hamitol at about 9. I saw a BIG rat cross the street. tarts right - hamilton has bloody BIG rats :crazy: Had a hot water and a chat with a bike loving kids and set on my way back to sin city.

On the Moronway home I came up with an enginoius method of traffic tow incorporating rabbits ensuring no smurfs ever catch ya going fastish :whistle:

So arived home at 11pm and having done around 1300km I feel happy. The hot shower I had when I got home was such a god given :2thumbsup


p.s. Badger, we all need to go for a ride wearing rubbish bags. we will be know and the Rubbish Sack Gang and everyone will fear us.

[TOTO]

On the pics here is Mt Egmont.

Also forgot to mention , that all harleys waved and also waved first :wavey:

Amazin.

[TOTO]

1. Ruakawa falls
2. under a long railway bridge
3. That si supposed to be Mt Ruapehu behind the cloud...:)

[zeocen]

Ohh, tell that father he has mighty fine taste in bikes.
ZZR1200 is pretty in black! Were you suprised at how well it could handle the corners? I constantly am!

[Swoop]

:shit: Leather stubbies! :devil2:
Gah! I thought that leather chaps were bad enough for the Gay Brigade.:shit:

under a long railway bridge
On the other side of that valley (the Northern side) there is a 100m stretch of road that never sees direct sunlight except in high summer.
Beware, if you are around that area in winter time! Ice city...

[Sharry]

Well ridden and written your Royal TOTONESS.
That was certainly a day of biking escapades. The hooligan does look mighty alongside side the mountain.

[Badger8]

p.s. Badger, we all need to go for a ride wearing rubbish bags. we will be know and the Rubbish Sack Gang and everyone will fear us.

I didnt have the pink gloves on tho, i might not be cool enough for your brigade :bleh:
I struggled to fit my trash sack over the huge shoulder on my jacket, i think i ended up ripping right up the back of it in the process. i didnt care, it kept a lot of water off :yes:

Ooh, musicman has the idea, trash bag UNDER the jacket :doh: why didnt i think of that?! i looked retarded enough with two singlets over my shirt under my jacket :p

[TOTO]

Ooh, musicman has the idea, trash bag UNDER the jacket :doh: why didnt i think of that?! i looked retarded enough with two singlets over my shirt under my jacket :p

Yes, he is a clever man - it was his idea.

Rubbish bags and pink dishwashing gloves are going to be in my arsenal every time i'm out and about. Tis some handy stuff those things :2thumbsup

[Badger8]

Yes, he is a clever man - it was his idea.

Rubbish bags and pink dishwashing gloves are going to be in my arsenal every time i'm out and about. Tis some handy stuff those things :2thumbsup

Yup, i stashed my left-over rubbish sacks under the seat :p

[Choco]

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! :D
Whats been going on around here while i was lost in Taranaki?

[TOTO]

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! :D
Whats been going on around here while i was lost in Taranaki?

Zeocen bought a hornet

GiJoe completed the south island and had many adventures

Tracey has a new baby

MusicMan is a food eating monster

Badger a fully licenced dirt biker

And I just ride around for fun like usual :)

[gijoe1313]

Right, I will not be on tonights swarm ride since I will be pre-occupied doing other things related to biking!

I know it's a hard life ... but I'm sure we'll all get over it! :msn-wink:

Mmmm nice to have lil'ol'hornet back from his sabbatical with Maverick! :yes:

[TOTO]

Right, I will not be on tonights swarm ride since I will be pre-occupied doing other things related to biking!

I know it's a hard life ... but I'm sure we'll all get over it! :msn-wink:

Mmmm nice to have lil'ol'hornet back from his sabbatical with Maverick! :yes:

I'm calling all swarmers on a swarm tomorrow (tuesday) night. Usual place, usual time :woohoo:

[GSXR Trace]

A little translation for ya:
Peremuremu = paraparas from wanganui to raetihi!

sounds like you had a good ride toto... and from pic it appears you went from national park through to turangi! good on ya!

well musicman and i got back to auckland at 1 am... he discovered it takes me a long time to leave the naki! haha, but it still took us a stupidly long time to get up... dunno why it took us so long!
but we paid our dues to the biker gods by stopping for a biker almost to top of mount messenger pushing his bike... turned out he was empty, so went through to awakino to get petrol and take it back to him!

good to see your back choco!

i won't be making tonight, and at the rate im going with writing... i wont make it to any rides this week! :weep:

[GSXR Trace]

MWHAHAHA... i can see who repped me! to find out that it was EJ and TOTO who were playing stupid buggers... not fair to gang up on a girl... didn't your mothers ever teach you that?!

[gijoe1313]

EJ and TOTO are silly buggers so what else would you expect? :blip:

[Badger8]

I'm calling all swarmers on a swarm tomorrow (tuesday) night. Usual place, usual time :woohoo:

Sounds like a plan stan :sunny: I'm not up for it tonight either, so see you tomorrow :yes:


A little translation for ya:
Peremuremu = paraparas from wanganui to raetihi!

:drool: oooh baby... used to drive the parapara's now and then in my old job, every time i wished i was on the bike tho! :weep:
Looking forward to your tour to do all those naki roads that i used to drive all the time on the bike finally :sunny:

[Choco]

Zeocen bought a hornet

GiJoe completed the south island and had many adventures

Tracey has a new baby

MusicMan is a food eating monster

Badger a fully licenced dirt biker

And I just ride around for fun like usual :)

Zeo got converted to the Honda did he? :niceone:

Just when I thought life would go back to normal my PC dies :crybaby: I'm working to fix it ASAP so i can spend all my time on KB

[Choco]

I'm calling all swarmers on a swarm tomorrow (tuesday) night. Usual place, usual time :woohoo:

i'm doing my DDC that night so i can get my full in march :D
Bike needs a service too, i think the carbs need balancing and tuning!

[Badger8]

i'm doing my DDC that night so i can get my full in march :D
Bike needs a service too, i think the carbs need balancing and tuning!

She needs MOAR riding ;)
Carb clean and flush would probly be all she needs, tho she is gettin up there in the k's i suppose

[gijoe1313]

Well somehow I ended up doing the atypical Hornet swarm ride this evening! :scratch: I was out and about with zeocen going to Botany Honda and Mt Eden MC to check up on some rides with my pillion.

zeo was quite funny with his new purchase of a pack rack ... the ventura purchase needed to be done twice since his first selection was sans clips to stop bag from flying off! :slap: I was afearful of Richard McF alone with a vulnerable and new rider to be! :eek2: Ah well, those chaps at Botany Honda are good sorts when they aren't trying to chisel the last dollar out of your leathers! :msn-wink:

Eventually farfing around ended and we tootled off to Mt Eden and spent a leisurely time with bike pr0n.

Leaving zeo to fend his way home (turning into a pumpkin again), the pillion and I had a quick nosh up at a convivial asian eatery at the K of Road. Tummies full, we decided to go the long way home (ahh an attitude that is the same as mine! :love:) and though it was damp, it was twisty and much fun was to be had. Did the St Heliers GP and down through to Botany we wended and through Whitford we rode!

Jeez, so much for not doing a Hornet Swarm Night ride tonight! :innocent:

[Neon]

I'm calling all swarmers on a swarm tomorrow (tuesday) night. Usual place, usual time :woohoo:

Looks like I'll be in on this one.

:cool:

[Choco]

She needs MOAR riding ;)
Carb clean and flush would probly be all she needs, tho she is gettin up there in the k's i suppose

Mine's consistently getting UNDER 20km/l and Toto's always getting better fuel economy than me and he's got +1 tooth on the back :angry2:

I'll get a pro to poke a spanner in there and have a look and see what comes of it!

[TOTO]

Mine's consistently getting UNDER 20km/l and Toto's always getting better fuel economy than me and he's got +1 tooth on the back :angry2:

I'll get a pro to poke a spanner in there and have a look and see what comes of it!

actually its +2 teeth on the back...:)

[Choco]

actually its +2 teeth on the back...:)

:weep:
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[zeocen]

Is there a ride tonight?

[Neon]

I'm at the library now got my days mixed up...

[GSXR Trace]

I'm at the library now got my days mixed up...

toto organised a ride for tonight... but strange for him not to be there yet! text him

[Neon]

No worries, Badger and TOTO rolled up and there was a mini-swarm to Clevedon. :2thumbsup

[Badger8]

Well it was such a nice afternoon, and i was getting off work at 3pm. Stuff it, i'm going riding! :sunny:
Fling round some texts just before 3, manage to round up one swarmer for a pre-swarm swarm in the form of Toto.
So off to the gassie i roll, splittin traffic and passed a few cops, no bothers though :)

We fuel up bikes and bodies, and we are off! The plan was to do scenic drive, but the traffic was building a bit, so we headed out old north road and up a few sideroads i havent done before. Back onto old north and Toto pulled over. He steps off the Hooligan and waves me in for a landing... Me: "Oh, go on then! :D"
I saddle up and gingerly take off, click second and give her a little squeeze of the trigger... OH MY SWEET SAVIOUR! :2thumbsup
I still remember when i stepped up from the GN to the hornet, i noticed that i LOVED second gear roll-ons, it felt like a bolt of lightning after the GN (part of the reason for the name "White Lightning"). The step from the lil ol hornet to the hooligan was like 8 times better again! :lol: I had a good little tootle round on it, gave it a little stick here and there, and really had to hold on when i did. It is just so smooth and effortless right across the rev range, i have fallen in love with biking all over again :love: It is just so confidence inspiring, but whilst still meeting a major criteria for my big bike: MUST still be fun at legal speeds. And that it most certainly is! I think it is gonna be hard to beat out the Hornet 9 as a contender for my next bike :yes:
We then did scenic drive in the end, and lots of ther great roads out that way that i have never done before (first time doing scenic drive today :p)

So we arrived to the library at 10 to 7 in the end, a little late but well ridden already

Well, we've done north / west, lets go southside! So i led us off down the moronway through to whitford, maraetai, and clevedon where we stopped for a slash and a rest. Andy and i have have jobs that start in the AM (Toto you lucky sod!), so we were due to turn into pumpkins before long. So twilight road it was, then back to noodle canteen in botany for a feed and a chinwag. Led the boys back to the motorway and tootled on home.

My afternoon has truly been full of win! :yes:

a BIG thanks to Toto for the ride of the Hooligan today, and for leaving me on there for so long (methinks he saw the grin on my face through my helmet :lol:)

Pics to come in a few minutes!

[TOTO]

well I was at home today, Listening to latno music and giving the hooligan a service.

Changed oil and filter, managed to clean the chain and both sprockets and set of to wash it. Just before I finished poliching the hooligan I get a TXt from Badger - " hey its such a nice day outside. wanna do a pre swarm ride ?"

So met badger at Shell westgate at 4:30 and we set of for a smallish ride. We did some secret roads on the north side (but I still have one secret one I need to show yo falks). Then we did some west roads did the befles beach, then shcenic drive then Te Atatu.

So we rock up at the library at 5 to 7 to fing Andy_r all by himself and almost hidden behind all the Triooomph motorcycles that were having gathering to discuss who has a bigger oil leak.

Since me and badger had already done north and west , we decided that he would show us around some stuff on the east. We set off and did Botany, maraetai, clevdon and Twilight road to finish at botany town centre. badger and Myself ate some noodles whole andy was sipping on a coke. We had a chat about filthy biker scum things and we set out on our way.

Nice night tinight falks. catch ya on the next one :niceone:

[Badger8]

Pics from the clevedon rest stop.
1. An all Hornet swarm! :D
2. Ooh er, look at em wont ya :drool:
3. Methinks i got my dutch angle wrong...
4. "Hey, it's a hornet rainbow!" :laugh:

[TOTO]

a BIG thanks to Toto for the ride of the Hooligan today, and for leaving me on there for so long (methinks he saw the grin on my face through my helmet :lol:)

Pics to come in a few minutes!

You were certanly something worthy of filming LOL

good on ya for liking the big hornets, cant wait to see you on one :msn-wink:

[gijoe1313]

I was meant to be attending the SATNR this evening... and ended up in Tauranga! :o

I started off pre-riding in the Hunuas ... and one thing led to another and I ended up having ice cream in the toe-ranges! Chatted to a couple of the Thursday night crew there before visiting DMNTD to see how he was doing! :sweatdrop

Any excuse for a ride I say! :innocent:

[TOTO]

And how is GOD himself doing ?

[Badger8]

I was meant to be attending the SATNR this evening... and ended up in Tauranga! :o

I started off pre-riding in the Hunuas ... and one thing led to another and I ended up having ice cream in the toe-ranges! Chatted to a couple of the Thursday night crew there before visiting DMNTD to see how he was doing! :sweatdrop

Any excuse for a ride I say! :innocent:

:laugh: You really are a worry lad! :p

[Sharry]

They look so beautiful lined up like that the little posers:love:

I can't wait to put a larvely red 600 in the middle. They do make them in red don't they???

[Badger8]

They look so beautiful lined up like that the little posers:love:

I can't wait to put a larvely red 600 in the middle. They do make them in red don't they???

:shit: Could it be? Sharry coming to the dark side? :devil2:
And yes, they do come in red :yes:

[Sharry]

Oh bliss I can't wait............:2thumbsup

[GSXR Trace]

NOOOOO! not another! i think this swarm has been visiting too many hives and collecting strays!
I think im gonna be the only hold out eventually! Your all traitors! hahaha

don't attack me boys... you know im joking!

[Badger8]

NOOOOO! not another! i think this swarm has been visiting too many hives and collecting strays!
I think im gonna be the only hold out eventually! Your all traitors! hahaha

don't attack me boys... you know im joking!

Dont worry Trace, you can always be our special friend on the gixxer :D

"So what's with the one gixxer in a whole bunch of hornets?"
"Oh that's Trace, dont mind her, she's a little 'Special' ;)"
:dodge:

Tis not a bother what ya ride, us Horneteers are welcoming of all on two wheels with the riding spirit :yes: You meet the nicest people on a Honda :sunny:

[gijoe1313]

Well, Badger and I visited some of the hornet swarm crew at Paeroa the other night, I was out and about, Badger with me at Kaiaua and we decided to surprise TOTO and others with a guest visit!

A nice night ride over to Paeroa and a quick natter and back again. Managed to blow my lights and clock with a blast of my Nautilus ... really need to put a relay in :pinch:

Ah well, quiet ride back - apart from all the popo around! But no hassles and we got home quick n'easy as you please!

[Badger8]

You must post up the photo's, so i can then deny all ;)

Well i made it down to paeroa to see the lads and lass last night, then rode home, slept, woke, and rode back down early this morning for the races :2thumbsup
Have only just got home now, and have to be up at 5:45 for work in the morning! :doh: An exhausting weekend when you throw in some sort of virus i had on fri, with lingering effects, but well worth it for the races :sunny:

[gijoe1313]

I was getting my Big Ol'Hornet in for it's 36 000km service a week ago ... and finally got around to putting up the piccies of what I got as a loaner!

Damn bastards at Botany gave me a XT660XT to ride! :gob:

Turned out to be a whizz-bang fun ride of a thumper! :woohoo: Had all the fruit and tickling it up around the twisties made for some hootingnanni fun!

so twin leo vince cans, power commander, some tweaking here and then (but with that accursed pack racking thingabob! :oi-grr:)

Buzzed around doing me chores and visited ol'zeocen who felt like he needed to sit on something different! :yes:

Felt a bit strange riding on my Big Ol'Hornet afterwards :scratch: the bars felt so narrow after the motardy thang on the XT!

[gijoe1313]

"So, this is what a motardy thing is like"
"Ayup"
"Can I ride it?"
"Ayup ... just watch you don't give it too much stick or it will loft ..."
"I know what I'm doing"

"WHHHHARRRRP!"
"Ooh crumbs! I almost did ..."

In the end, I think I want a motardy thing for the stable one of these days! :whistle: Ooh, is that a gremlin I hear? :whistle:

[gijoe1313]

Well me ol'toot n'fruit that are still here in this little ol'hornet thread we got ... that same day with the XT, I decided to ride as I do ...

Badger decided to tag along and we decided to drop in on the lads and ladettes at Paeroa. Well blow me down if Badger didn't get up to some hanky-panky at Kaiaua! :gob: :eek: :o

I saw him fiddling about on his lil'ol'hornet and suddenly he whips out ... some sweater puppy containment devices! :scratch:

I decided not to ask any more questions and just took photos for evidence! :pinch:

[Badger8]

Ooer, who is that sexy hunk of man meat in the fence-bra? :laugh:
The things i get up to in the middle of the night eh... :whistle:

[zeocen]

Motards are fun :P
They have a lot of low end power :P:P

[skidMark]

Well me ol'toot n'fruit that are still here in this little ol'hornet thread we got ... that same day with the XT, I decided to ride as I do ...

Badger decided to tag along and we decided to drop in on the lads and ladettes at Paeroa. Well blow me down if Badger didn't get up to some hanky-panky at Kaiaua! :gob: :eek: :o

I saw him fiddling about on his lil'ol'hornet and suddenly he whips out ... some sweater puppy containment devices! :scratch:

I decided not to ask any more questions and just took photos for evidence! :pinch:

Mother of god.

[gijoe1313]

"Mein eyes!"
"They are burning!"
"The goggles ... they do nothing!"

"The horror, the horror ... oh the humanity of it all!"

[Badger8]

"Mein eyes!"
"They are burning!"
"The goggles ... they do nothing!"

"The horror, the horror ... oh the humanity of it all!"

You know you cant resist me :devil2:

:rofl:

[TOTO]

damn I did not need to see this :puke:

[Gremlin]

Simple... I told you so...

Gentleman... arses to the wall when Badger is around... Honda poofs, go give him a hug as he evidently needs one

[Badger8]

Simple... I told you so...

Gentleman... arses to the wall when Badger is around... Honda poofs, go give him a hug as he evidently needs one

No need to hine behind Honda bashing Gremlin, If you need a hug all you had to do was ask :love:

[madbikeboy]

Are those A-cups?

[Gremlin]

If you need a hug all you had to do was ask :love:
But I haven't asked... have I? :bleh:

Are those A-cups?
At the risk of another Badger thump... pretty sure those are C cups :chase:

[gijoe1313]

Gremlin, MBB, Badger ... you three need to take it to another room! :pinch:

[Badger8]

But I haven't asked... have I? :bleh:

Well you are the one always proclaiming "Someone needs a hug!", just never realised it was your way of crying out. Better watch out next time i see you :shifty:


At the risk of another Badger thump... pretty sure those are C cups :chase:

I thought you liked it like that? :lol:
And hey man, i'm fading away... i'm down to a B cup! :shit:

[Sharry]

At the risk of another Badger thump... pretty sure those are C cups :chase:

Oh my deary me.......... It's obviously a long time since youv'e been that close to a bra:lol:

[Choco]

Well, looks like i might be holding onto the hornet for a wee while longer!
After paying off debts, getting the bike a full service and buying a few things i'm pretty much in the same place i was before summer! Looks like i might be the last White Hornet standing :oi-grr:

Bikes running GREAT after it's service though!

I lurves my Hornet :love:

[Badger8]

Well, looks like i might be holding onto the hornet for a wee while longer!
After paying off debts, getting the bike a full service and buying a few things i'm pretty much in the same place i was before summer! Looks like i might be the last White Hornet standing :oi-grr:

Bikes running GREAT after it's service though!

I lurves my Hornet :love:

Glad to hear she's running good again :)

Did i see you out east on sandstone rd this arvo? heading toward whitford?

[Choco]

Glad to hear she's running good again :)

Did i see you out east on sandstone rd this arvo? heading toward whitford?

Nup!
Was at AUT Akoranga being told that i had been lied to and that i should come back in july for orientation! They have Awesome Free Motorcycle Parking though! :headbang:

[gijoe1313]

I think moar riding needs to be done! :shifty: :scooter: :ride: :woohoo:

Evidently lack of riding leads to more deviancy! :oi-grr: (as if filthy biker scum weren't deviant enough that is!)

Anyway, spent some time spannering today, put Magnum Stebel back on instead of mightier Nautilus until I can get a relay installed! :o Keeps blowing the fuse for the clocks it does! :pinch:

No prob on the lil'ol'hornet, seems Big Ol'Hornet is a bit more tender when it comes to lekky draw! :scratch: :lol:

[EatOrBeEaten]

I think moar riding needs to be done! :shifty: :scooter: :ride: :woohoo:

Evidently lack of riding leads to more deviancy! :oi-grr: (as if filthy biker scum weren't deviant enough that is!)

Anyway, spent some time spannering today, put Magnum Stebel back on instead of mightier Nautilus until I can get a relay installed! :o Keeps blowing the fuse for the clocks it does! :pinch:

No prob on the lil'ol'hornet, seems Big Ol'Hornet is a bit more tender when it comes to lekky draw! :scratch: :lol:
MOAR riding? Just say where and when, and I'll be there :)

[Badger8]

Anyway, spent some time spannering today, put Magnum Stebel back on instead of mightier Nautilus until I can get a relay installed! :o Keeps blowing the fuse for the clocks it does! :pinch:

No prob on the lil'ol'hornet, seems Big Ol'Hornet is a bit more tender when it comes to lekky draw! :scratch: :lol:

Yer, fancy electric clock need power... good ol manual clocks on lil ol hornet just have a backlight :p

You manage to find some new fuses? wouldnt recommend leaving that 20 in the 10 slot for the clocks, might burn something out :doh:

[gijoe1313]

Well, depends if anyone else turns up tomorrow! Usual place, outside Akld Central Library in Lorne Street at 6.30pm!

Will be a quicky ride, I has things to do in the late evening - maybe take advantage of the daylight savings we have left and do the mount to mount ride (we'll ride to the North Shore one first this time!)

[GSXR Trace]

Well, depends if anyone else turns up tomorrow! Usual place, outside Akld Central Library in Lorne Street at 6.30pm!

Will be a quicky ride, I has things to do in the late evening - maybe take advantage of the daylight savings we have left and do the mount to mount ride (we'll ride to the North Shore one first this time!)

sorry guys, no more swarming for me, as i don't finish class til 8 pm... :crybaby: yes i know, poor me, where are the violins!

[musicman]

sorry guys, no more swarming for me, as i don't finish class til 8 pm... :crybaby: yes i know, poor me, where are the violins!

On Mondays, or every day? We sometimes have spontaneous impromptu swarms on other days of the week...

[SpeedMonger]

Hi fellas, wondering if any 900 owners have performed the bafflectomy ontheir stock cans. If so are they still warrantable or insanely loud?

Cheers.

[GSXR Trace]

On Mondays, or every day? We sometimes have spontaneous impromptu swarms on other days of the week...

well mondays and wednesdays i finish at 8, and tuesdays and thursdays i finish at 6... so probably can't make it any night

[BANZAI]

Hmm my tags been removed but Rie nice legs tag hasnt been removed.

Its not fair!!!

[gijoe1313]

And somewhere in the dead of night,
A strange and awesome sight ...
Talisman of prophecy, rider of the equinox ...
Large is his stature,
Not small his mien,
Tribute to the lords of the ride, biking gods is he!

Ride ye horseman of the trailblazing night,
Forge yourself new songs and harken to his refrain,
The likes of him, you may never see again!

Through the hills, down the valleys, misty curves
and foresaken lanes ... the twilight rider in all but name!

Badger is the cry! Mushroom the chorus! Snake as the opus magnum!
He comes loftily, bearing a new mighty steed
Ride ye well ye crazy fool, keep ye safe till yon candle in home well spy ...

[Badger8]

Cant make it monday night, working the arvo shift and dont finish til 11pm! :weep:

[Badger8]

And somewhere in the dead of night,
A strange and awesome sight ...
Talisman of prophecy, rider of the equinox ...
Large is his stature,
Not small his mien,
Tribute to the lords of the ride, biking gods is he!

Ride ye horseman of the trailblazing night,
Forge yourself new songs and harken to his refrain,
The likes of him, you may never see again!

Through the hills, down the valleys, misty curves
and foresaken lanes ... the twilight rider in all but name!

Badger is the cry! Mushroom the chorus! Snake as the opus magnum!
He comes loftily, bearing a new mighty steed
Ride ye well ye crazy fool, keep ye safe till yon candle in home well spy ...

Shusssshhhhhh.... :shifty:

[madbikeboy]

well mondays and wednesdays i finish at 8, and tuesdays and thursdays i finish at 6... so probably can't make it any night

I want to swarm. With you all. A swarm rising up in the air.

[skidMark]

I want to swarm. With you all. A swarm rising up in the air.

fuuuuu guuuuu fishhhh

[Badger8]

fuuuuu guuuuu fishhhh

Seriously dude... wtf... :scratch: