Chch to Hilltop MkII 28th May

**dangerous** · 26th May 2005, 19:52

Originally Posted by Bren_chch

Any reason why we cant go all the way to akaroa?

We can look at going all the way on the day I spose.... see how cold it is aye

BTW, Manuboy's puter is dead but he's keen for a spin on Saturday, if not then theres a spare SV1000 in my garage which we could make the Chch chapter of KB's.... club slut bike. K14 can ya handle it?

**Skyryder** · 26th May 2005, 20:56

Originally Posted by dangerous

I'm keen to scrub new K5 in

I'm just keen to scrub a scrubber in.

Mid day is my earliest time for a meet.

Skyryder

**TonyB** · 26th May 2005, 21:18

Drum roll please: 12:30pm outside the Vets on the intersection of Halswell Junction road and the main road to Akaroa (might be called Halswell road at this point) in Halswell itself. Ride at your own pace etc etc as said before. Weather permitting for me. If the weathers dodgy I'll try for Sunday.

We'll go at least as far as the Hill Top. After that we'll see I guess. I probably won't be able to resist going at least as far as Barry's bay (bottom of the hill, Akaroa side)

See you there

Cheers
Tony

**TonyB** · 26th May 2005, 21:28

Originally Posted by Bren_chch

If any one is interested i could set up a system on my website where riders in chch can signup to a 'chch riders group' ooo catchy... and whenever anyone is planning a ride they message me with what needs to be said and i will send the news out to all on the list, its just not everone has the time or the eagle eyes to see all threads needed.... what u rekon?

Sounds good to me. The rides on the events page definitely get missed a lot of the time. It's easy enough to search for all the Chch members, but there's no way of sending out a mass PM from what I can see. You can only send PM's to 5 people at a time. Gets tedious...

**Bren_chch** · 26th May 2005, 21:46

Originally Posted by TonyB

Sounds good to me. The rides on the events page definitely get missed a lot of the time. It's easy enough to search for all the Chch members, but there's no way of sending out a mass PM from what I can see. You can only send PM's to 5 people at a time. Gets tedious...

Cool i'll set this up, once its sorted you can use your finely tuned chch member locating skills to send them a PM with a link to the form on my site that will take their email address. Will work well!

See u all saturday!

**Biff** · 26th May 2005, 21:55

Originally Posted by dangerous

Biff.............. were are you guys, ya's would be keen yeah?

I'm here D. Tony and I have been exchanging PMs.

Wasn't going to be able to make it but I've re-scheduled the delivery of the compactor etc for the garden, so count me in.

Meet you at yours D?

**Bren_chch** · 26th May 2005, 22:55

ok try this >> http://www.vitesse.orcon.net.nz/local_riders.htm

so how do we let chch riders know its there?

I'll put a link in my sig, that may help????

**gav** · 26th May 2005, 23:04

Hmm, might go, but more chance of going riding if its pissing down and golf gets cancelled, but we'll see.....

**TonyB** · 27th May 2005, 08:55

Originally Posted by gav

Hmm, might go, but more chance of going riding if its pissing down and golf gets cancelled, but we'll see.....

Golf??!? Ye gods!

Tell me thats a piss take...
I was given a ticket to the Super 12 final yesterday. Still hadn't told shewhomustbeobeyed about the ride, and the ticket wasn't expected, so I emailed her at work yesterday and grovelled. I was fully prepared to give up the ticket if I could only do one. Get your priorities straight!!

Luckily I get to do both. Tis gonna be a good day.

**TonyB** · 27th May 2005, 17:18

So far we've got:
Dangerous, 30UTD, Flying Dutch Man, Bren_chch, Neomancer, Skyryder, Biff, my mate Pete, and me. So thats 9. Glen is your better half coming too? 10?

Maybes are gav, Jimmie, and R1AaronKDX. OOoo.... 13....

**TonyB** · 28th May 2005, 09:59

Originally Posted by TonyB

I realise they have as much chance of predicting the weather correctly from 3 days out as I do of picking the winning Lotto numbers, BUT, the Metservice are saying Norwesters on Saturday, so it should be fine and warm.

Looks like I won't be winning lotto this weekend

A southerly change has come through- it's still clear but now a fair bit cooler. Rain radar is showing some rain possibly heading for banks peninsula. Living in Heathcote, I can only see north and norwest, so I have no idea what it looks like to the south. Sky weather is still saying Noreasters and 19. So as far as I'm concerned we are still go. Over 2 hours till blast off, so it may well be 19 and dry by then.

**Bren_chch** · 28th May 2005, 10:15

I live just down from halswell junction, and its looking ok... there are a few darker clouds down towards akaroa way but they wind is pushing them to the east so i think they will be gone by the time we leave... ermmm this weather information is provided free from bren_chch and is under no warrenty of any strange words that i have no idea what they mean and this information may not be 100% correct in fact it may not even be 10% correct, therefor u cant beat me with sticks and put bee's in my pants if i am wrong.

**TonyB** · 28th May 2005, 11:24

Originally Posted by Bren_chch

I live just down from halswell junction, and its looking ok... there are a few darker clouds down towards akaroa way but they wind is pushing them to the east so i think they will be gone by the time we leave... ermmm this weather information is provided free from bren_chch and is under no warrenty of any strange words that i have no idea what they mean and this information may not be 100% correct in fact it may not even be 10% correct, therefor u cant beat me with sticks and put bee's in my pants if i am wrong.

I'll bring some wasps and iron bars then.

11am rain radar shows HEAVY rain just brushing the peninsula. I think the actual hill will be dry.
Neomancer probably won't be coming as one of his kids is pretty sick. R1AaronKDX is out also.
So it's still on.

**Bren_chch** · 28th May 2005, 16:34

Thanks for organising this, it was cool!

Cheers all

**TonyB** · 28th May 2005, 17:58

Not much time to write a report. But here goes.
After a longish wait at Halswell (bit of confusion) we headed off with 11 riders. We had a good mix of bikes- everything from Biffs brand spanking bird, 30UTD’s 160+hp Busa to my mate Petes 81 XV750. Not a bad turnout for Chch! It was quite a sight looking back at a log line of lights when I was in front.

The roads as far as Little River had wet patches on nearly every corner. We took it nice and easy, and there were no problems at all. We figured the hill would be the same, but the rain radar had been telling the truth- the road was totally dry all the way to the top. A bit of traffic stuffed the last bit, but all in all it was a blast.

We stopped at the Hill Top for a longish break- long enough for Biff to try Glens Busa out down the hill and back, and for me to wobble off down to Barrys bay and back, getting some serious arm pump in the process- amazing how you KNOW to keep your arms and hands loose, but it doesn’t always happen… That done we parted ways with some of the riders, and the rest of us decided to head into Akaroa for a snack, a coffee, and to talk shit about bikes. Good times.

The sun was a bit low for the return journey, getting in the eyes a lot, but it was still a good ride. Once again Dangerous gradually pulled away from me, but I rode the pace I was comfortable with and enjoyed myself. Maybe I could have found that extra little bit of speed to keep up, but there was no way I was overstepping my comfort zone to find out.Besides, D was probably just cruising anyway

I reckon that’s the secret to a successful and safe ride.

Cheers
TonyB