guzzi bro

The Greymouth ACC levy protest saw over 100 bikes turn up. I missed out on riding in with the guys from Hoki as they went past before I expected them. I was in plenty of time to meet up at Mobil though, and was pleased to see a good number of bikes there. We rode through town in a semi orderly two abreast line with the odd car or three that somehow got included. Local police thankfully made sure traffic stopped to let us through intersections in one column.
The sound of all those bikes together was really cool and it was good to be in amongst it.
Considering the number of bikes I was surprised that a few guys I was looking for didn't show up. There was another event on apparently.
There was one of everything there. An old BSA 500 single from the early fifties made it, and lots of Triumphs spanning the decades, probably the most popular brand here. Quite a lot of BMW's and Harleys, I saw at least two Buells and a couple of other Guzzis as well. Hell, you name it there was probably one there. Our local MP showed up, which was reasonably brave of him. He spoke well really, seemed to be willing to listen, and answered questions where he could. Anyway The petition was presented, points were made and just when I was getting impatient to be off it finished.
The weather which threatened to turn to crap at any moment actually improved and I ended up riding around most of the day visiting etc.
I definitely wouldn't have got the bike out on such a dodgy looking day if the protest hadn't been on and would have missed a good days riding.