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  1. #196
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    Quote Originally Posted by RiderInBlack
    Yep, but I'll have to man the check points unless I can conn some of the other KB'ers to volunteer for that
    Digital Camera shots or gas station receipts all have date and time... receipts can be fudged tho...

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    Hey RIB

    Don't mean to rush you - but I was thinking if we do this over the labour weekend it gives us a day to rest instead of going in to work the next day.

    Horribly short notice.......I know.

    JSG

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    Quote Originally Posted by justsomeguy
    Hey RIB

    Don't mean to rush you - but I was thinking if we do this over the labour weekend it gives us a day to rest instead of going in to work the next day.

    Horribly short notice.......I know.

    JSG
    labour weekend? think about how many cages are on the road...

    However RIB, I'll be another hand up for your Mini / Baby GC

    or even for a whole series of them.
    newbie since August 2004....
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    Lee (where for art thou Lee?)

    Hi there
    I'm not quite sure of your identity online so hopefully you will be reading this thread.

    Could you please give me the name of the company you sent your forks to in Rotorua to get straightened?

    Also I have a friend who would like to do your basic skills course...when is the next one being run?

    Cheers and look forward to catching up soon
    Kim
    (old student of yours)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smoggie
    Just like to say a big thank you to everyone I met, for a most memorable weekend. Unfortunately, I was unable to finish the GC. After coming a cropper on the Napier to Gisborne road, the end result is a damaged tendon in the right leg. However, as a new arrival to this country, it was all new roads to me, and I will definitely be back next year.
    Big pat on the back, and a beer, to the Rusty Nuts crew for their work, and organisation.
    Shame to hear about this, Kevin. We enjoyed your company a lot. There's always next year, eh?
    Jane & Brett
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smoggie
    A little place called Putorino. Was feeling weary, so decided to pull over for a drink from my flask. The rest area was covered in gravel, and was just about at a halt, when the bike went under me. Luckily, the engine protection bars did what they were designed for. Do not know the chaps name, but a friendly face appeared only 5 minutes later, and helped me pick the bike up.
    Dropped mine in Whakatane. Bugger...
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    let me see if I have this straight ...you have to do 1000 miles in 24 hours ..that like 55 mph average if you have 6 hours sleep .....

    My Enfield can cruise at 55 mph ... dot ,,dot dot ........( sound of brain thinking...)


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    Andy enjoyed his 19th GC - although he's going to have to rearrange the badges on his vest to fit in all the date bars!

    He rode with two friends, Brian and Graeme, and was back at about 8am I think. He would love to know how the guy on the scooter, who started seven minutes before them, managed to get into every checkpoint ahead of them, despite the fact they were - shall we say - not exactly dawdling! Perhaps there were a few backroad loops missed out in favour of the main highways? That would explain the bikes heading south as they were heading north from Turangi back up to Taupo on one leg, that should have been on SH32 and not SH1!
    Yes, I am pedantic about spelling and grammar so get used to it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher
    Dropped mine in Whakatane. Bugger...
    Errr was that on this years GC ... My course notes didnt say anything about Whakatane.
    SH 2 to Opotiki, Awakeri and Mount.....
    Map

    By-the-way, I'm sorry I never caught up with you and Mrs H. I asked Holy-Roller a couple of times if you were at the start, but was unable to find you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian d'marge
    let me see if I have this straight ...you have to do 1000 miles in 24 hours ..that like 55 mph average if you have 6 hours sleep .....

    My Enfield can cruise at 55 mph ... dot ,,dot dot ........( sound of brain thinking...)


    Stephen
    Yea mate.... but guess what speed you have to cruse at to average on the higher side of 100km/h. I dont think you would get a lot of sleep in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zapf
    labour weekend? think about how many cages are on the road...

    However RIB, I'll be another hand up for your Mini / Baby GC

    or even for a whole series of them.
    The cages like the germs in the air will always be there.

    However I thought the rides would be planned overnight - so hopefully there wouldn't be a lot of traffic then.

    I'm really looking forward to this.

    Thanks for the idea RIB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warr
    Errr was that on this years GC ... My course notes didnt say anything about Whakatane.
    SH 2 to Opotiki, Awakeri and Mount...
    Maybe Hitcher wanted a bite to eat and Whakatane is a better option than Opotiki or Awakeri. And if you have to drop a bike, again, Whakatane is slightly more civilised a place to do it!
    Yes, I am pedantic about spelling and grammar so get used to it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warr
    Yea mate.... but guess what speed you have to cruse at to average on the higher side of 100km/h. I dont think you would get a lot of sleep in.
    well if I start now and get a sort of a run up .............

    Actually was looking at some of the Ironside rides the Americans do ...and some of em are on ,,,scooters ...small ones .......


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    Quote Originally Posted by Warr
    Yea mate.... but guess what speed you have to cruse at to average on the higher side of 100km/h. I dont think you would get a lot of sleep in.
    Hey Warr - congrats mate - wow - I've seen you ride and your excellent placing in the GC comes as no surprise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warr
    Errr was that on this years GC ... My course notes didnt say anything about Whakatane.
    One eastern BOP town is as good as another. Particularly when you're lying on your side on a wet road... Opotiki it was.
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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