14th May '05 - KB ride for all down SH22

[Sutage]

Blah, not coming sadly, cant get the day off. Hope you all have fun

[bugjuice]

all the weather forecasts say it's gonna rain.. MR, could have picked a better day, couldn't you..??

[Motoracer]

Righty-ho, looks like we got ourselves a briliant KB ride ahead of us for tomorrow!!

Thank you everyone for showing interest, I am sure when you come tomorrow and go on the ride, you'll have an awesome time!

Regarding the weather, Met service says few possible showers in Auckland BUT, we won't be in Auckland. From the look of things, southbound, weather seems fine as it says "Fine in Hamilton with increasing clouds". Sounds good enough to me!

As for the numbers, if we have low numbers turning up for tomorrow, it should still be in the 20s, otherwise if we get a good turn out, we are expecting numbers in the 40s (holly crap!). Last time I think we had 40 something bikes as well when I organised that "Noob training ride". If we get into the 50s, this will be the biggest KB ride ever!

Due to the size of the pack, it is obviously going to take a bit of time to get through the ride. So, I am just planning for a ride to Hamilton and then back to Auckland via SH22. I say Hamilton because the BP station in Narawahia is not big enough to cater for such large numbers. We will stop at a point in Hamilton for lunch and fuel up, then we will head back the same way through SH22. People wanting to do their own thing can split up from the main group later on, if they wish to ride on further towards Raglan or towards Waihi. I will however be going back the same way and leading people who are unsure about the route or who are reletively new to riding or people just wanting to stick with the main group and just do SH22 from Auckland to Hamilton and back to Auckland.

Meet up time at the Papakura Autobhan is still at 9:00AM, and then we are aiming to depart at 9:30 sharp! If you are not there by this time you will either missout on the ride or if you know the route, just ride down SH22 and chances are you'll catch us along the way because it'll take time for waiting for the guys at the back etc etc, and as always, we will have rest stops.

Everyone, if you don't have my cell no. it might be a good idea to take it down now. 021 155 9376. If there are any problems, text or ring me. If you are texting, please indicate who you are in KB!

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[Fart]

The weather is only for cloudy in Auckland and sun shine in Hammy.

Is this gonna be a fast or easy ride?

[Fart]

What time you reckon we gonna reach Hammy? I have to meet a friend in Hammy.

[Motoracer]

What time you reckon we gonna reach Hammy? I have to meet a friend in Hammy.

Our ETA for Hamilton should be about 1230hrs at the latest.

[johnsf1980]

Our ETA for Hamilton should be about 1230hrs at the latest.

ETA back in Auckland is?

[Motoracer]

ETA back in Auckland is?

Taking lunch and fuel stop into consideration, ETA back in Auckland should be 1615hrs at the latest. However if everything flows through smoothly, we can probably shave an hour off that time.

[Motoracer]

three hours to get to hamy through 22?????????????
Wont be waiting that fucken long.

I can do it in about 1 hour on my Gixxer 6 if it's a non stop redlining ride all the way through but from what I've heard from other people's experiences and since we have some newbies comming along as well, I guesstimated a max of about 3hrs taking the rest stops into consideration as well.

How long do you reckon it'll take for the group to get there?

[justsomeguy]

I can do it in about 1 hour on my Gixxer 6 if it's a non stop redlining ride all the way through but from what I've heard from other people's experiences and since we have some newbies comming along as well, I guesstimated a max of about 3hrs taking the rest stops into consideration as well.

How long do you reckon it'll take for the group to get there?

Lets say atleast 3 -4 hours. Cos of the waiting, etc

And I'll be riding with front brakes only so I may be a little bit slower.

[lolo170379]

Papakura Authoband?????? What's that??????
It could obvious for you but not for an only 3 months new french biker.
I know the suburb Papakura but not the Authoband
Do you have an adress with it?

[Devil]

Lets say atleast 3 -4 hours. Cos of the waiting, etc

And I'll be riding with front brakes only so I may be a little bit slower.

Call me an adult, but I would consider it a little foolhardy to be doing that road, with that many people, with no back brake.

[Motoracer]

Papakura Authoband?????? What's that??????
It could obvious for you but not for an only 3 months new french biker.
I know the suburb Papakura but not the Authoband
Do you have an adress with it?

bonjour monsieur

It isn't Authoband. It is Autobahn, as in the Autobahn cafe. It is located at the service center with the big BP petrol station right next to it as well. It is the exit right after Papakura exit on your left if you are comming from Auckland city.

Here is a map that JSG had prepared earlier:

[Devil]

bonjour monsieur

It isn't Authoband. It is Autobhan, as in the Autobhan cafe. It is located at the service center with the big BP petrol station right next to it as well. It is the exit right after Papakura exit on your left if you are comming from Auckland city.

bahn!
Autobahn!