Ride Interest Check - Sunday 4th or 11th

[Gremlin]

That sounds like a better idea (a slightly longer ride). I've never been on a ride up that way, so I'll see if I can dig up a previous ride and hopefully find a map. At the moment Sunday the 11th is looking more certain. Of course Weather depending...

The 250 ride that gareth_d organised was a good ride, I spent two more rides (and a crash) trying to follow the route and couldn't quite get the whole lot together, so I won't be the guide...

Started at Westgate, out to Muriwai, back to Kumeu or something, then I suspect the old North Rd, joined SH16 between Helensville and Wellsford. From there, some went back the same way, some of us went back down SH1.

yup weather depending I'm not keen on riding in the wet or heavy winds either, if the weather reports are correct (which they nearly never are) we should know about 3 days in advance what the weather is looking like Give us plenty of time to cancel

weekend riders... humpf When the bike starts moving in the corners its time to learn some handling...

[placidfemme]

The 250 ride that gareth_d organised was a good ride, I spent two more rides (and a crash) trying to follow the route and couldn't quite get the whole lot together, so I won't be the guide...

Started at Westgate, out to Muriwai, back to Kumeu or something, then I suspect the old North Rd, joined SH16 between Helensville and Wellsford. From there, some went back the same way, some of us went back down SH1.


weekend riders... humpf When the bike starts moving in the corners its time to learn some handling...

*isn't a weekend rider... rides my bike everyday*

Anyway... seeing as this is going to be a slow cruisy ride, bad weather would make is more crap for any learners and pillions coming along.

I'm still planning the route, and I will post a map and stuff later on today or early tomorrow. But it is deffinatly for the 11th.

[placidfemme]

Sounds like a good idea. Got a friend who wants to take a new pillion for a ride so he will probably be keen too.

Sweet, the more the merrier. And as mentioned, the pace is slow/medium so it would be an enjoyable ride for pillions

Count me in... i'm keen either day.

it'll give me a good chance to stretch the legs on the new bike

It's Sunday the 11th Gotta love breaking in new bikes huh?

I'm interested, but hesitant.
I seem to be riding less than 100khm. It's more rather around 80-90khm.
(That will probably change the more I get used to my bike I assume).

Your still more than welcome to come along, as mentioned it will be a slowish ride, as Crashe mentioned you can organise to have a few warm up rides with her, I've ridden with her before, she's a good rider, and very patient, send her a PM and organise a smallish practise run, infact, if you do that let me know and I might plod along too if I'm not working

Ill see if i can make it on the GSX-R600... we will see later....

We look forward to riding with ya if you can make it.

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Now as soon as I have the route organised, I will be starting a new thread with definate details

[aff-man]

Any reason why it's 2 and a bit weeks away??

[placidfemme]

Yeah this weekend, I have work on Saturday, and plans for Saturday night (maybe hangover material) and then I have to visit my gran this weekend Because she thinks I'm cool

Then next weekend Sam is going to Whangarei for her brothers 21st so she won't be back until Monday... so the weekend after (the 11th) is the soonest possible date/time we can both make it...

Also this gives people plenty of notice and it gives me time to sort out a route (I've never been up SH16 to Wellsford so I dunno where we're going... still sorting that out)

[Damon]

If the weather is good on the 11th i'm in, the 4th is no good because i'll be comming back from the Kiwi

[hondaboy]

I'm a starter if it is on the 11th ... thru Coatesville/ riverhead turn right and back roads to helensville and then KKK and whereever from there are pretty quiet and can be taken at what ever pace you want ..

[placidfemme]

Ok everyone, an offical ride event thread has been created for this interest check.

Please confirm here if you are interested in coming and so forth:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...296#post326296