WIMA PINK RIBBON RIDE (WGTN)

[curious george]

Working Men's club - For Men ONLY.
Mason's club - For Men ONLY.
Cosmopolitian Club (PN) - I am sure this is for Men ONLY as well.
There may well be a few other Men's ONLY clubs out there in NZ.

It's just not right is it? Lucky for me im not in any of those
Thats just the point crashe - (I'd forgotten about those), although they have a womens version, why can't people join whatever club they want?

Glad to hear you had a good ride anyway Pickle, it's what it's all about at the end of the day.

[Ms Piggy]

Getting back on track for a moment. There were approx 50 bikes on the ride today and a decent sum of money was raised for Breast Cancer Research.
Leaving the railway station we rode out to Parremata, met up with a few from up North and then rode over the Haywards, finishing up at TSS where Stuart had cooked up a stack of sausages for everyone.
I ended up being tail end charlie as I had dusted of the mighty CT110 and played minder to a small group of learners who did well. Biggest effort goes to Tania who rode down from Waipukurau for the ride. Kate organised the ride & Viv was the one selling badges etc.
There were a number of KBr's on the ride and WIMA thanks you for your support.

Yeah it was a great day out! Thanks WIMA

[Skunk]

Getting back on track for a moment. There were approx 50 bikes on the ride today and a decent sum of money was raised for Breast Cancer Research.
Leaving the railway station we rode out to Parremata, met up with a few from up North and then rode over the Haywards, finishing up at TSS where Stuart had cooked up a stack of sausages for everyone.
I ended up being tail end charlie as I had dusted of the mighty CT110 and played minder to a small group of learners who did well. Biggest effort goes to Tania who rode down from Waipukurau for the ride. Kate organised the ride & Viv was the one selling badges etc.
There were a number of KBr's on the ride and WIMA thanks you for your support.

And the weather was just great.
Thanks WIMA (Kate and Viv) for running the show
Thanks TSS for the great feed after. (Yes the GT650 does look good fully faired...)

[Beemer]

Holy shit, what a pile of claptrap! In today's day and age, who really gives a toss about women/men's only organisations? Considering WIMA has always welcomed men along to their meetings and events, apart from the committee side of things, who cares that they are called the Women's International Motorcycling Association and not a PC-non-gender-specific title? I joined WIMA Wellington years ago when I was learning to ride and found them a really helpful bunch of riders - and that INCLUDED the men who were partners, husbands, brothers, etc. of the members. Have a look at how many men regularly attend their rallies - hell, it's where I met my husband!

I think some of you need to get a life - I personally don't care if there are men-only organisations and I bet the vast majority of men don't give a toss about women's only organisations either. You should save your energy for asking why women often get a lower wage for doing exactly the same job as a man.

Sorry we didn't make the ride - we took part in the BMWOR ride around the bays in Wellington instead. Great day for riding, but I didn't enjoy being stuck behind the leader of our group who wouldn't overtake a car travelling at between 35-40kph from Shelley Bay to Brooklyn - where they turned off! That's not what I call riding, it was a nightmare!

We ended up at the Parrot and Jigger where we bumped into Loopy and Glen, good to see some friendly WIMA faces! :spudwave:

[skelstar]

Ah yes, I do enjoy riding in a large group (provided they know what they are doing). Good on WIMA for organising it well. Good on TSS (Alicetown) for the sausages (youre a great cook Fergus ).

[Lucyloo]

Getting back on track for a moment. There were approx 50 bikes on the ride today and a decent sum of money was raised for Breast Cancer Research.
Leaving the railway station we rode out to Parremata, met up with a few from up North and then rode over the Haywards, finishing up at TSS where Stuart had cooked up a stack of sausages for everyone.
I ended up being tail end charlie as I had dusted of the mighty CT110 and played minder to a small group of learners who did well. Biggest effort goes to Tania who rode down from Waipukurau for the ride. Kate organised the ride & Viv was the one selling badges etc.
There were a number of KBr's on the ride and WIMA thanks you for your support.

Well done all of you!
Hope there are some phots thatw e can see ar some stage!

[Estrella]

Holy shit, what a pile of claptrap! In today's day and age, who really gives a toss about women/men's only organisations? Considering WIMA has always welcomed men along to their meetings and events, apart from the committee side of things, who cares that they are called the Women's International Motorcycling Association and not a PC-non-gender-specific title? I joined WIMA Wellington years ago when I was learning to ride and found them a really helpful bunch of riders - and that INCLUDED the men who were partners, husbands, brothers, etc. of the members. Have a look at how many men regularly attend their rallies - hell, it's where I met my husband!

I think some of you need to get a life - I personally don't care if there are men-only organisations and I bet the vast majority of men don't give a toss about women's only organisations either. You should save your energy for asking why women often get a lower wage for doing exactly the same job as a man.

Sorry we didn't make the ride - we took part in the BMWOR ride around the bays in Wellington instead. Great day for riding, but I didn't enjoy being stuck behind the leader of our group who wouldn't overtake a car travelling at between 35-40kph from Shelley Bay to Brooklyn - where they turned off! That's not what I call riding, it was a nightmare!

We ended up at the Parrot and Jigger where we bumped into Loopy and Glen, good to see some friendly WIMA faces! :spudwave:

Beautifully said Beemer!

Hey did you have an F650 with a lowered seat for sale? If it was you could you PM me some details.

Ta

[SARGE]

Still a discriminatory organisation with the archaic practise of limiting participation on the basis of gender. There is no way in HELL a MIMA would ever get past a court order demanding equal rights for female members and a name change to reflect the change in membership gender bias.. All discriminatory practices need to be outlawed, not just some.

There is NO argument that sustains the continued existence of this organisation EXCEPT for some pretty transparent PC bollocks about past injustices to women making organisations like this acceptable. Bollocks. WIMA merely extends the continued acceptance pf any form of gender based discrimination being OK.

there is an orginization in the states called the "UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND".. try to pull that shit past the courts if it was the White Guy College fund

(also the NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

[Paul in NZ]

All this is a bit rich really...

A nice bunch of people organised a ride to do something charitable....

There is inequality everywhere, build a bridge and get over it! If you really want to get stuck into someone... Get stuck into the Justice Dept over the treatment of that female prison guard that would not stand behind the men at the powhiri for departing prisioners (who thought of that clever touch?)

FFS

However.... What us white chaps need to do is not get all aggro about it but rather start boxing a bit clever... We need to declare that having better jobs and more pay is NOT discrimination but rather a cultural protocol as told to us by our grandfathers... I'm quite happy to act as a shaman and help the authorities codify these ancient (and deeply spiritual) beliefs. Personally I think that its male disconnection from our culture that has caused a lot of the problems in society...

(stage whisper - play along guys, we will soon be earning the big bucks again, have state funded brothels, places where we can play with cannons and machine guns, cheap petrol and bike boofy bikes...)

[skelstar]

I went on the ride and got a free sausage.

Thats what Im talking about!

[badlieutenant]

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(stage whisper - play along guys, we will soon be earning the big bucks again, have state funded brothels, places where we can play with cannons and machine guns, cheap petrol and bike boofy bikes...)[/QUOTE]

are the free sausages a indication of the begining of the new world oh wise shaman ? what music will we listen to in this new order ??

[Paul in NZ]

are the free sausages a indication of the begining of the new world oh wise shaman ? what music will we listen to in this new order ??

Personally I think the WIMA willy shaped meat sausage thing was an attempt to get blokes to swallow their own manhood... So... They are out!

I'm thinking Buffalo steaks and bacon galore washed down with gallons of beer.. Music will be loud...

Now, where is my sweat lodge...