Cold Kiwi 3 - 5 September 2010

[Cheshire Cat]

It was good to catch up with a few people! nice to meet you shrek and the gang what an awesome bunch of people!! and a few other people(sorry im not good with names )

The snow was epic!! if you didnt come this year you bloody well missed out!! gotta wait another 10 years now

pics be up when i get all my shit back

[Cheshire Cat]

The amount of snoring noise on saturday night/2am? sunday morning was phenomenal

[Bren]

Another great Rally....My first Cold Kiwi.....Got up there at about 11am sat....Stuff riding through the shitty weather. Camped out with my mates from Otaki Social Riders...But caught up with other mates from KB over the next 24 hrs...
Good to see Gingin and Eugene, always like catching up with you guys
Supersonic and Sly, always a pleasure....and good on ya Sly for that wikid burn out...hope ya got yer bike home okay
Doc and Goblin...has been a long time but good to see you guys too..
GhostBullet, Shrek and Mista, blardy good to catch up with old S.I mates....caps off to you guys for coming all the way up!!!!
Did Vinager hill on the way home with GB, Shrek and Supersonic....luverly piece of road
Arrived home early this arvo....am just about ready to take a nana nap...bit worried bout my bike though...the old girl dont sound too healthy...hopefully get it sorted this week...

a few pics

[Laava]

Have to agree about the snoring this morning! Had a good pissy time last night, the band was good and I was a bit seedy this morning. The trike wheelies were epic! Haha! Def colder last year but didn't get there till sat mid-morn so missed the snow mostly.
Big thanks to RMCC!

[ScottL]

Thanks to everyone connected to the coldkiwi, This was the first one I had every attended and I had a great time, will be there next year!!!! Just without the kitchen sink this time, Seriously overpacked, But you live and learn, Meet some really good guys and love the atmosphere!!

[Shiny side up]

Cold Kiwi 2010.... what a blast.
Got a tat wet on the way down, water finally soaked through the crotch of my "waterproof" trousers at national park and with the chill factor it felt like my body was trying to subject me to a gender change. I briefly wondered why I was doing this with what I knew of the forecast but I have been tramping often enough to know that a really grotty days tramping makes for the greatest time with friends that have been though it with you. We had a little group of 5 riders going from Hamilton.
This was my 4th Cold Kiwi and the forth trip down there on my trusty old 1984 Yamaha XJ550. There were times when it went faster with less throttle in 5th that in 6th with the wind (and my 97kg) but it made is with no hiccups this time (thanks again to the guys that helped sort out the charging issue last year)
Friday was rather wet but it was fine enough for us to get tents and shelters setup in the dry.
But for all you nancys out there that wimped out because of a little rain..... You missed the best dam weather at a Cold Kiwi in 20 years.
At around 10:30pm on Friday night it started to hail. After a short time the sound of the hail stopped but stuff was still falling. It was Snowing! It snowed on and off till around 1:30 in the morning. Quite hard at times. The kids made snow men, snow angels and threw snowballs. Some of the kids might have been a little under 50 years old but not all.
Some dome tents collapsed under the weight of snow. If your tent was one that suddenly started shaking for a few moments after midnight..... your welcome. We went around several tents and shook the snow off to stop them collapsing (or to un-flatten them).
The Next morning there was around 4 inches (100mm) of snow on the ground and the morning was bright with blue skys. Spontaneous snow ball fights broke out between complete strangers and some used inflatable chairs to toboggan down the slopes.
The Snow did cause a few problems for some bikes, especially ones with very wide rear tires. Unfortunately several nice bikes were ungraciously laid down in the snow.
On Saturday night I got to test out a little home made black power rocket. The still cold mountain air made for a perfect flight that could be seen from most of the site. (just don't tell them it was me .... gray area of law but if you videoed it pm me)
The ride back on Sunday was started with a little drizzle before national park followed by mild weather and very pleasant riding.
This year I managed to stay shiny side up and had a fantastic time.
Cold Kiwi 2010 will go down as one of the most memorable Cold Kiwis. So to those that wimped out.... thanks for leaving us clear areas of snow to play in. And to the lass that smacked me with the ruddy great snow ball by the main tent...... good shot.

[Cheshire Cat]

Thanks to everyone connected to the coldkiwi, This was the first one I had every attended and I had a great time, will be there next year!!!! Just without the kitchen sink this time, Seriously overpacked, But you live and learn, Meet some really good guys and love the atmosphere!!

better to be over prepared than underprepared the kitchen sink is good

[nieuwe]

coulda sworn I had the sink in my pack Scott

[Gone Burger]

Well - what can I say?

I will post up a blog soon of my first cold kiwi experience with photos and my story. But to sum it up - I have had the best weekend EVER! What a blast. Turned up on Friday not knowing many folk, and have left knowing many new friends.

Can't wipe the silly grin from my face. Went to bed at 4am aturday morning, got up at 5.30am, and didn't sleep for more than an hour last night. Feeling rather shady, but I'm a happy shady lady.

Thanks to all that I met for being friendly and having a laugh. And I'm incredibly thrilled about the snow, yes the tent collasped so stayed up by the fire most of the night.

What a buzz, what a thrill, what a fantastic experience I had.

[slydesigns]

The amount of snoring noise on saturday night/2am? sunday morning was phenomenal

Ahhh try closer to 3am when you went off to bed...

And to the lass that smacked me with the ruddy great snow ball by the main tent...... good shot.

Look to Cheshire Cat/Alexis for the thrower...

One thing I did right was follow Bruce's ZX14 and his Speed Triple posse through Vinegar Hill, amazingly fun riders even with Triumph parts flying off bikes... one thing I did wrong was NOT follow Bruce and his Speed Triple clan out the back way to Feilding... I went down the big hill and got stopped by a VERY friendly cop interested in the dB level of the LOR exhaust I was running. He could hear all 6 bikes hammering over the hill for quite some time but then only I appeared over the hill top and he assumed the noise was all mine alone...lol! Took some explaining and we agreed a baffle should go back in...

[Cheshire Cat]

Ahhh try closer to 3am when you went off to bed...


Look to Cheshire Cat/Alexis for the thrower...

oh god O_o

could possibly have been me!

[slydesigns]

Sorry to all who waited for my burnout attempt... the bike, Eleanor, on account of her being such a b$%ch, lived up to her name again and threw a Check Engine Code during the slow ride. I couldn't ride and hold my thumb over the light so I had to listen to her complaints instead. Then she kept stalling out at idle and needing to be crash started. And as I ran a trackday slick on the back this just made for even more fun times. Burnout was supposed to have been more entertaining and chaotic with a few stupid tricks during it but I was too shattered from pushing it and to preoccupied with the Ignore Engine Light to step up. Sorry Cycletreads - 2011 I'll be prepared to step up or shut up.

Turns out, as usual, it was a minor problem that looked like a major problem. Battery was toast and once the spare charged up, no problems. Screwed with my head all night worrying about trailering her home. Sorry Alexis and Sam... I was a downer...lol

Thanks to Neil Ritchie for all the memories from 10 years plus of MX racing under his announcing. Was awesome to turn up to my first CK and hear the voice of NZ motorcycling over the speakers! Just like Woodville and Taupo GP days and I was searching for the monster Tabletop to bust a huge whip for him!!

Thanks to Campbell, Kenny and his awesome lady Krystal for the support this weekend! I'm hooked on CKs now.

Thanks to the Cycletreads team, nice work.

Thanks to the girl who never sleeps - despite riding a Honda your were nothing short of entertaining!

In training now for the naked hill climb run. Will they consider a race on bikes DOWN the hill climb? For us MXers that would be epic and enteraining as hell! Or a few jumps set up for a Free style demo?

[Morcs]

Sorry to all who waited for my burnout attempt... the bike, Eleanor, on account of her being such a b$%ch, lived up to her name again and threw a Check Engine Code during the slow ride. I couldn't ride and hold my thumb over the light so I had to listen to her complaints instead. Then she kept stalling out at idle and needing to be crash started. And as I ran a trackday slick on the back this just made for even more fun times. Burnout was supposed to have been more entertaining and chaotic with a few stupid tricks during it but I was too shattered from pushing it and to preoccupied with the Ignore Engine Light to step up. Sorry Cycletreads - 2011 I'll be prepared to step up or shut up.

Turns out, as usual, it was a minor problem that looked like a major problem. Battery was toast and once the spare charged up, no problems. Screwed with my head all night worrying about trailering her home. Sorry Alexis and Sam... I was a downer...lol

Thanks to Neil Ritchie for all the memories from 10 years plus of MX racing under his announcing. Was awesome to turn up to my first CK and hear the voice of NZ motorcycling over the speakers! Just like Woodville and Taupo GP days and I was searching for the monster Tabletop to whip it over for him!!

Thanks to Campbell, Kenny and his awesome lady for the support this weekend! I'm hooked on CKs now.

Thanks to the Cycletreads team, nice work.

Thanks to the girl who never sleeps - entertaining

In training now for the naked hill climb run. Will they consider a race on bikes DOWN the hill climb? For us MXers that would be epic and enteraining as hell! Or a few jumps set up for a Free style demo?

Oh its you!
Hi we met briefly this morning. I was with alexis giving your gloves back this morning

[Gone Burger]

A few pics..

[slydesigns]

Oh its you!
Hi we met briefly this morning. I was with alexis giving your gloves back this morning

Hey bro, yeah, that was me. Spent the morning putting the bike back together and fanging round on the Pit bike seeing if we could blow through the berm across from the tent and break a leg going over the bank or look seriously cool dragging a bar for the win. 6.45am pit bike racing... morning everyone!

and it was only one glove, she was rocking the Micheal Jackson look last night

You realise, Katiepie, just how many others the Snow Shlong had been through that weekend? It was a dirty man hoe.

And Racoon man, where ever you are, who ever you are... you rocked that red vinyl riding suit.