mbazza's Blog

Hey, hope I can put the link here to my new thread about discrimination at a local motorcycle shop.
Here it is:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t+54500

Ended up at the pub after work tonight.
Parked outside the particular bar and locked the helmet under the seat of my smaller ride. (see profile for rides).In the same spot next to me was the bike belonging to a colleague. A Suzuki Impulse 400 from the early 80's. It's got that street fighter look, solid square section frame which sounded kool when we started up to leave.
Time at the pub saw a CBR 1000 go back and forth, must be a local bike I don't know.
Three bikes including ...

Temp got up to 15 d.today. Got that old 'it's time for a ride' feeling. Off to get a warrent on the V-strom tomorrow, must have had tha machine for a year. How time flies! Will try the new Draggin Jeans tomorrow to increase the safety aspect. Hope the high cost is worth it!

Went for a pre-breakfast walk and found about 100m of black ice on a decent uphill section so I left the scooter at home for the fifth time this winter. Yep, I wimped out! Still, lived to ride another day. Roll on temps above freezing!

I wobbled down to work this moring and it was still -3deg. when I left home at 1000hrs. Frosty down here for about the last fortnight. Some road sections are frost, on frost, on frost which compounds into ice.
It rained for about quarter of an hour, the temperature went up and a combination of the rain and the raised temperature got rid of the surface ice which made riding very much easier. Still chilly, but safer. Cheers

Hi, I'm back from Aussie. Catch my 12 day ride report on Trip Report thread. Cheers.