A lot of motorcycling!

**Bartman10** · 19th July 2005, 14:54

I had the coolest extended weekend. On Saturday I had the best time at the KR track day

. Thanks pommie chris and the rest of the KR dudes. I think I’m hooked. I can see the bank balance taking a hit for an entry into next years Vic Club series

. I can’t believe I got taken up the inside by frosty on a lumbering XJ though, goes to show that man’s ability

! Thanks to sparky bills for giving me the encouragement I needed to get my knee down (see picture)! Stoked! Pity the ZXR250 didn’t have the required horsepower to keep up down the straights!

On Sunday I flew over to Nelson and picked up the Gixxer

While I was there I thought I’d check out the West Coast and some of the best motorcycle routes in the country, so I headed down SH6 through the Buller Gorge and popped out at Westport where I had a pie and got some gas

(not that kind). After that I went down the coast to Greymouth. What a road; sunshine, no traffic and fantastic corners. Absolutely awesome! I carried on to Christchurch via Arthurs Pass but unfortunately it started raining at Porters Pass

. Anyone heading over there should be very careful of grit on the road around Arthurs and Porters Pass!

I got to Christchurch at about 7.30pm and stayed with an old friend.

On Monday I went to Picton the long way

, via the Lewis Pass and Nelson. It was raining when I left Christchurch but cleared up nicely just after Frog Rock. It stayed quite fine until I got to Murchison when it started pissing down again. I gassed up and carried on up SH6 until I got to Nelson; it was really pissing down by then.

I got to Havelock and saw a sign at a pub that said ‘open fire’. Perfect. I hung around for about an hour trying to warm up a bit and then shot over to Picton to get on the 6pm Ferry (just in time) and back home to Wellington. All up it was about 1200 km’s

, so needless to say my butt was a bit sore, but my new leathers were all good and I didn’t get too cold and wet despite all the rain. It’s just my crap gloves that weren’t up to the job. It might be time to get some heated grips…

**vifferman** · 19th July 2005, 15:02

Nice!

Umm... best remove the "Not crashed" from your profile - the BikerGodz are right vindictive bastids, and don't take at all well to that sort of taunting...

If you get heated grips, you'll lurv them! Go for the ones with the rheostat, if you can.