Hawke's Bay Ride Outs - is anyone there?

**R650R** · 14th June 2015, 21:29

Originally Posted by Denniso

Yup still riding , not posting much coz I'm lazy . Yes Ray , just doing short rides but have been thinking about doing that mmmmm ride if it's still a happening thing , if you get it wrong is it then the wwwww ?

I think then its called the ooooo ride! Just looked in my pics folder, last year was 16 Aug. Clint will announce it soon enough when he's decided I suppose.

**DR Girl** · 15th June 2015, 17:45

Originally Posted by R650R

I haven't even put my winter liners back in my riding gear yet.
Yes he been riding, prefers shorter trips I think and like me in mountain bike park more often than road/gravel riding. We should drag all the adventure riders out to park on push bikes at some stage

Sounds like a plan lol.

You and Dennis would have a few laughs watching us lot. I would laugh at me

Glad you are still doing some gravel Dennis. How about the Motard Racing ?

**Night Falcon** · 19th June 2015, 19:01

GPSMan giving the 530 some airplay this afternoon.

**DR Girl** · 20th June 2015, 16:32

AWESOME !!!

How's the shoulder ? Did you get that big injection last week ?

**Night Falcon** · 20th June 2015, 16:58

No needle yet, paper work holding it up I think. How's that ankle recovering?

**DR Girl** · 24th June 2015, 12:04

Plaster off but somehow I thought I would be able to do so much more straight away.
I hate taking ' baby steps '

LOL.

**R650R** · 25th June 2015, 18:34

Good to hear your getting better Robin.

Couple days off... me vs mountain, think its still a draw... damn ice and damn trees raining gravel sized ice from last nights rain with every wind gust!!!
First ride with winter liner back inside riding gear, nice and toasty warm.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0N...ew?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0N...ew?usp=sharing

**Night Falcon** · 25th June 2015, 18:45

That looks a tad too cool for this cat

**pomgolian** · 26th June 2015, 15:15

Bit warmer at Docker River didn't stay long though the local dogs didn't like noisy motorcycles !

**Night Falcon** · 26th June 2015, 18:01

Originally Posted by pomgolian

Bit warmer at Docker River didn't stay long though the local dogs didn't like noisy motorcycles

where dat??

**pomgolian** · 26th June 2015, 22:14

Great central Rd Australia started in Sydney rode across the middle watched Finke desert race now at my sisters in Perth 8185 Kms so a few things ticked off the bucket list, been away five weeks so keen to get home on Sunday.

**R650R** · 27th June 2015, 13:37

Originally Posted by pomgolian

Great central Rd Australia started in Sydney rode across the middle watched Finke desert race now at my sisters in Perth 8185 Kms so a few things ticked off the bucket list, been away five weeks so keen to get home on Sunday.

Cool. What was it like getting your bike over there, costs etc????

**Night Falcon** · 27th June 2015, 17:25

Originally Posted by pomgolian

Great central Rd Australia started in Sydney rode across the middle watched Finke desert race now at my sisters in Perth 8185 Kms so a few things ticked off the bucket list, been away five weeks so keen to get home on Sunday.

Not even the slightest bit jealous Stanley

..... I hope a cat takes a dump on your head while your sleeping tonight

**pomgolian** · 28th June 2015, 01:53

Originally Posted by R650R

Cool. What was it like getting your bike over there, costs etc????

Not that bad think it was $940 via mainfreight to fly it but I had to drop it crated to Auckland, even let me de-crate in Sydney depot and disposed of the metal crate FOC so thumbs up to them, (if anyone ever says send it Non dangerous goods tell them to get f***** as two shippers told me to which would have saved $300 but it's impossible to do with anything that has seen petrol through it which gave me the run around for several weeks before shipping) as they are accredited to OZ bio they went to the depot and cleared which was another couple hundred instead of $500 looks like being similar Perth Auckland by boat as long as shipper is to his word which doesn't always happen from what I read, then there's the Carnet $565 think that was. Flights, spendy, soon adds up but it was a once in a lifetime trip.

DR never missed a beat, no punctures, only thing was rear muffler came loose from the 150 odd kms of corrugated road into Finke which is aftermarket anyway and the number plate cracked and the end part fell off.