Auckland Group Ride - Saturday 11/06/05

**FEINT** · 11th June 2005, 18:49

Fantastic day of riding! A bit tired on the way back though. Sore neck and sore wrists... getting old....

A big thanks to ZED for organising the ride.

HEre are the photos of the day!

Mr ZED the organiser!

636 gathering

Super BLACKBIRD

Sightseeing.... just outside of Wellsford

Bikes at wellsford

**FEINT** · 11th June 2005, 18:51

Mr Skids old bike, now riden by STEVED.

**mv.senna** · 11th June 2005, 19:35

cheers for organising the ride and the weather. was a great day. had fun once again doing battle with NhuanH in the corners....just wish he'd hurry up a bit!

...just kidding

**limmy** · 11th June 2005, 20:04

thanks to zed for the ride. i had a good time.

Also thanks to everyone that helped me. just went to the a&e and doc said i just have a pulled muscle. no biggie. but i think i'll milk a couple of days off from work next week anyways

**Zed** · 11th June 2005, 21:04

Originally Posted by loosebruce

Yea the morning got the better of me today

next week though

Hope ya'll had a good one.

Missed you ya slacker!

Originally Posted by loosebruce

Have to catch up real soon Zed, i might have something that'll give ya bird a run in a straightline soon

I'd welcome the challenge mate!

**MadDuck** · 11th June 2005, 21:27

Great pics Feint and good to see Limmy a ok

Was an awesome days riding given I havent been on the bike for a month. Cheers Zed champion for making sure we all had a great day. Damn that photo makes you look kinda mean though

**Zed** · 11th June 2005, 21:44

Well my phone line at home has crashed out leaving me without internet access so currently I'm in an Ak City Net Cafe typing this...I wish my connection was this quick & responsive at home!!

I thoroughly & absolutely enjoyed today's ride up to Maungawhai with about 12 other keen bikers. We had 11 start from Westgate, Mr devil was waiting for us on Old North Rd (new leathers look good man!), and a stranger joined us on his Gixxer600 Alstare Corona from Wellsford. The weather was just right with enuf clouds to hold back the sunstrike

, and the temperature was nice and cool!

We had three stops - Kaukapkapa, Wellsford, and Mangawhai for lunch. After Mangawhai the group basically broke up, 3 headed off further up north, some left early back for the big smoke, leaving the last 5 of us to cruise back via the same route we came up on. Things ended up where it was just Drunken Monkey and I riding together back as far as Kaukop where he turned left towards Silverdale (glad you made the soccer game Alan!), I ended up riding solo back from there to home. What I found interesting was that my "own pace" is actually faster than I rode during the whole group ride...I guess all this talk on KB about group rides has subdued me somewhat when riding with others!!

Anyway, thanks for the pleasant company everyone who turned up, let's do it again real soon eh!

Ps. My rider of the day goes to mv-senna. You haul that CBR600 gurl!!

Zed

My Photos

**MadDuck** · 11th June 2005, 21:58

Great effort on the pics and being not at home. Turns out the chap on the Alstare lives one street away from me on the Peninsula.

Small world and maybe he will join the site real soon. Or I will hunt him down

As for me I thought I was doing quite well but it was kinda a fast bunch. Having not been on the bike for a while (ok I know I said that b4) it was awesome to have no pressure to try and keep up. The roads were awesome and the company was kinda ok

It felt like KB used to be. Damn shame about the Posties

**Zed** · 11th June 2005, 22:03

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Great effort on the pics and being not at home.

Thanks, those memory sticks are the 'bees knees' when you need em!

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Turns out the chap on the Alstare lives one street away from me on the Peninsula. Small world and maybe he will join the site real soon. Or I will hunt him down

I suggested to him to look up the site and join, likewise I said to the youngin' riding Mr Skids old CBR250.

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Damn shame about the Posties

Hmmmm

**MacD** · 11th June 2005, 22:27

Thanks for organising the ride Zed and for posting the pics! I had a great time

**Zed** · 11th June 2005, 23:25

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

What happened to LimmY????

Limmy, Feint, and MadDuck left Mangawhai Heads early cos the boys wanted to get to Cycletreads/Cyclespot? before it closed. On their way back along Mangawhai Rd, just passed where i binned last year, poor old Limmy had an encounter with a postal van which landed him & his bike in the ditch.

**Ixion** · 11th June 2005, 23:34

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

Ahh so there you go.... good to see you guys almost covered up the incident. MadDuck.. let the cat out.! And ZED.. you must be spending a fortune at the internet cafe.. you been there for ages.

Cat ? Mr tonyb could use that cat.

**Zed** · 11th June 2005, 23:40

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

And ZED.. you must be spending a fortune at the internet cafe.. you been there for ages.

$2 per hour! Spent 1 1/2 hrs there, am now home with only 1 min spurts of internet time available.

**Ixion** · 11th June 2005, 23:40

[Sigh]. Nana could make sarcastic comments about it not being a peoper KB ride unless someone crashs.

But Nana thinks that the point has been done to death (no pun intended) and noone wants to hear now.

Nana fears that the message isn't going to go through until we have another funeral to go to.

**Zapf** · 11th June 2005, 23:54

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

Bugger.. now he will have to devise a scheming Cat trap to get the cat back that Madduck let out the bag.. to catch the mouse that the milk bottle let out after a hole got chewed in it.

talk to Felix he might have a plan for you..