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Free Bird
Looks good and sounds like a darn good day
It's only Rock and Roll but I like it
deploy the yak!
Great day out....
As a few have previously suggested, I was mildly keen to go for a pootle. Met up with M+M about 7am and waited for all you no-shows, then left. Found a lovely bunch of cyclists just after Linton who thought they owned the road (don't they all). Copious abuse was disseminated, as you do.
Damp all the way to Te Horo. Had to make a couple of stops to empty the nose, have a hideous cold and sore throat but Yay! Drugs! Once they kicked in properly I was sweet. Got to the paekok hill and hooray for dry road! and Boo! for more idiot cyclists who think they can keep in front of a motorbike by using the whole lane....fuck off you utter bunch of failures!! More copious abuse dished out, as you do.
Met up with Dogs and Mel at Caltex Rimutaka and a few other suspects also. Had a great run up the takas, really enjoyed it, first time that day I finally got a bit of a groove on and it felt mintastic. Descending the north side was not so hot, get past one car get stuck behind another, meh, what can you do.
Met up with Ken at the base of the hill and he lead us through the western road to Lake Ferry, never been down that way before, more mintness. Stopped for a brew and a card at the hotel and shot the shit for a time, then off up through to Martinborough at a good clip then the back way to the Gladstone. Weather was awesome, roads were epic.
Gladstone Hill, say no more.
Topped up at Masterton and bullshitted some more with a couple of the usual suspects who had finally decided to get out and about for the day. Then went up through Mauriceville, Dreyers Rock and Alfredton to Pahiatua. Utterly minty. Started off tucked in behind the 14 and was having a ball (while watching carefully in case that big knee came out), then ended up tailing the Triple at a nice pace the rest of the way....roads were in good nick. Awesome, awesome run.
Once we hit Woodville I said my goodbyes and carried on up to Bay View via SH50 to pick up the new leathers. Had a great run up in the afternoon sun, think I spotted Sandra and co heading south a little north of Dannevirke? Once on 50 I let her rip and got to Bay View in no time. By now the completely un-bike-fit Yod was feeling the wear and tear of 600km and after picking up the gear I headed to the BP for gas, a coffee and bit of a bloody rest!
I let the body recover and stretched out the ol' legs a bit while supping up the caffeinated beverage. Turns out it was just what the doctor ordered and I felt much better once back on the bike, just a little crampy in the throttle hand, meh.
Held a fairly respectable pace back down 50 as the sun started to disappear behind the western ranges. The bird was just humming along and the temperature had dropped a little to that refreshingly pleasant mid-evening cool. This is where my epic day out all started unravelling.
Got a few flashes from oncoming cars...hmmm...mr plod? No. Lights. Huh? Try the High-beam. No high-beam. Huh? looked over the front and...no head-lights at all. Arse. Indicators fine, tail lights fine, all other electrics fine. Fuse I guess. Right so I'm about 60km from Dannevirke in the gathering dusk, with no headlights on a fairly small vehicle. Combine this with the prospect of oncoming, overtaking cars and you have a recipe for disaster really. Arse.
Decided my best bet was to make considerable haste to Dannevegas. And what luck, I happen to be riding a big-arse motorbike that goes really fucking fast. Sounds like a good enough excuse to me. Shot through to Norsewood in record time but by that point it had become quite dark and I was seriously worried about not being visible, luckily enough I camE upon a ute and tailed him in to Dannevegas where I could stop and assess the problem.
Not the fuse, all fuses looked fine so after much gnashing of teeth and convulsing wildly to get my hands to fit under the fekking dash I discovered that the dip bulb looked blown and the full-beam looked fine. Didn't help really as the gas station didn't have any that matched. Well that gets me nowhere.
Meanie!! Help!! Ask and ye shall receive, and lo, the Mighty Blackbird was carted back to Palmy unceremoniously on a Holden (BIG thanks mate). Arse.
Still, 'twas a great day out up until that point and, as Monie pointed out, better to have it happen then, than halfway round East Cape next weekend! 747km covered, was supposed to be around 800, ahwell.
Cheers to all and sundry for a great start to the 4 Points!
F M S
Free Bird
Blimey! Glad you got that sorted out then. Good on Meanie!
It's only Rock and Roll but I like it
deploy the yak!
well, not exactly, put a new bulb in today and still have no headlights, dip or full.Originally Posted by 86GSXR
but at least I have a few days to figure it out before the long weekend.
F M S
The TV collector.
Bugger mate, agree with Monie too. I ended up half pie waiting for you to come though coz I thought you'd end up stopping at Vegas BP to coffee up. On ya Meanie, well done mate.
Don't forget though dude, I live on this side of the country and am more than willing to help out (provided you can get ahold of me) but all's good anyway which is the point.
Rest In Peace
Faulty earth somewhere maybe.
SH50 is great,only you get blase' with it as is easy to hit 130km or worse,but few cops lol.
Hello officer put it on my tab
Don't steal the government hates competition.
ZZZZZZZZZZ
Bugger Jonno!
Tried wiggling the starter switch?
Nunquam Non Paratus
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best you get that samoan machanic too look at it...cripes whats his name again,hmmmm oh yeah that guy Sea-arse-ee
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Super day mate,yod was/is sick he still cameLooks good and sounds like a darn good day
deploy the yak!
I did try you actually but I know you're generally outside coverage, was contemplating leaving the bike with you and coming back today to get it but Meanie offered his rescue service so the deal was done, thanks tho.
next step is to stick the multimeter on the plugs and then have a nosey at the dip/full switch
F M S
The TV collector.
Oh good on you mate, that's why I added the "if you can get in touch" bit, bugger I was out of range. When ya can pop my home number in the phone too. Glad it worked out well though, good luck with the lights too. BTW, did the new kit work out for ya?
deploy the yak!
yep, tried them out today actually, pants were mint, jacket felt a little odd first time on but once I was on the bike it all fell in to place nicely, certainly well vented!
this is them http://www.rst-moto.com/index.php/pr..._razor_jacket/
F M S
The TV collector.
Very spiffy, in black?
deploy the yak!
yip
they didn't have honda pink
but I did get a free honda cap and can of chain wax
F M S
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