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    Angry Great day for a bike ride in Wellington

    Today was a beautiful day for a ride.

    I left Porirua and went into town with a view to ride around the bays. I dropped of the motorway at Aotea Quay and entered the bays at Oriental Bay followed it round down past the old naval base at Shelly bay and followed the bay round to Red Rocks.

    It was time to start to head home, I went up through the Brooklyn down onto the motorway.

    Dropped of the motorway and started up Nauranaga Gorge and because I was on a lower powered bike I moved into the left lane.

    Low and behold I ran into a hippy van going slower than me so I checked my mirrors noticed a silver 4x4 in the far outside lane and made the decision to drop a gear indicate and then move to the centre lane.

    Bugger me the 4x4 decided he wanted the centre lane as well. I had moved over he laid on his horn, still changing lanes no indicating and sitting hard on my back wheel.

    This was a concern because he was close enough to be called a pillion passenger but had no helmet and my licence does not allow me to carry a pillion.

    I was polite I checked my mirrors noticed him there gave him the nice friendly kiwi 1 finger wave and slowed down.

    Once I was happy that he was sufficiently blocked in and lost his revs I dropped another gear and carried on.

    I took my turn off at the top of the gorge into Johnsonville and could see that is where the 4x4 also wanted to go because he suddenly found his indicator.

    Unfortunately the traffic was heavy the lane was full, and like they say ‘shit happens’ he couldn’t make the lane change and missed his turn off.

    This devastated me as I was very keen to get off my bike and (again) politely introduce myself to him.

    Who knows maybe next time, still a great day for a ride.
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    badass on a GN250 bahahahahahhahahaha

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    I nearly hit 5 horses today... all in a days ride

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    Quote Originally Posted by superman View Post
    I nearly hit 5 horses today... all in a days ride
    who let you onto the polo ground???

    Wanted to go for a ride myself today (nice weather in Aucks) but alas I have a slow leak in my rear. Tyre that is. Flat as a pancake. Should be able to hold enough pressure to get to the workshop for a replacement though. Currently on Pilot2's so going to try out the replacement Pilot3's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by superman View Post
    I nearly hit 5 horses today... all in a days ride
    Do they look like this?

    Angry face
    I never get lost. I go on adventures

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    Quote Originally Posted by hellokitty View Post
    badass on a GN250 bahahahahahhahahaha
    And what was the first bike you owned to get started????
    I confess to know everything there is to know about absolutely nothing at all!!!
    “A bad tradesman blames his tools. A stupid one blames himself!!!!!!!!”

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    Today was a beautiful day for a ride.

    But i decided to snap my key off in the fuel cap lock instead

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    Awesome day to ride today.

    Saw quite a few bikers around.

    Went over the haywards and then back over again. Sneaky police car hiding on a blind corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hellokitty View Post
    badass on a GN250 bahahahahahhahahaha


    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Biker View Post
    And what was the first bike you owned to get started????
    RGV250, KR250 traded me car at the time for them both !! then my love for bikes began
    I Used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Biker View Post
    And what was the first bike you owned to get started????
    A GN250 of course!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hellokitty View Post
    A GN250 of course!!!!!!
    yeeehaaaa! (me too)
    I lahk to moove eet moove eet...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    I'd hate to ever have to admit that my arse had been owned by a Princess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain_Salty View Post
    Today was a beautiful day for a ride.

    But i decided to snap my key off in the fuel cap lock instead
    And let me guess, you don't have a spare?

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    no i do luckily. just had to walk home in my riding gear to get it, then back to the service station

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Biker View Post
    I was polite I checked my mirrors noticed him there gave him the nice friendly kiwi 1 finger wave and slowed down.

    Once I was happy that he was sufficiently blocked in and lost his revs I dropped another gear and carried on.
    Don't get in the habit of playing games with the other traffic.

    At the end of the day you're the one most likely to lose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Don't get in the habit of playing games with the other traffic.

    At the end of the day you're the one most likely to lose.
    Second that (oddly enough we are both ex London DR's so done our time in traffic)
    Last edited by cheshirecat; 18th September 2011 at 13:08. Reason: extra bit

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