the BIG HUGE MASSIVE Weekender!!!

**Karma** · 25th September 2005, 08:13

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

must say the weather southish aint looking the flashest but will be there

Weather for today was supposed to be good according to the news, couple of light showers at worst apparently.

Knowing that, I've probably just jinxed the whole thing!!

**R6_kid:Me** · 25th September 2005, 08:14

heres hoping it burns off

**TLDV8** · 25th September 2005, 08:18

It's only water and a good chance to get a mix of road conditions at a pace that suits the rider,TL is ready to go make some noise :spudbn:..if it gets to wet i will just get off and push it round the corners

For Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay:
Mainly fine, but cloud and the odd shower is likely about western parts of Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Taupo.

**Cibby** · 25th September 2005, 08:25

See you all there.

**Zed** · 25th September 2005, 08:28

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable ride today...sorry I couldn't join you all.

**HDTboy** · 25th September 2005, 08:42

Hope my hangover abates a bit before I meet youse. see you at Kopu

**BLACKYOSHI1000** · 25th September 2005, 08:44

Originally Posted by Cibby Chick

See you all there.

Mint day out east

see ya when ya get there

**aff-man** · 25th September 2005, 13:02

oooo arrr crawled out of bed at 10:30 sorry boys and girls see you on the next one

**Keystone19** · 25th September 2005, 17:04

It was a big one! 38 bikes left Papakura and headed south to Kopu.

I left the guys in Kopu - they headed north toward Coromandel and I headed back home via Kaiaua. I had a sweet run home up the coast - felt a bit sorry for the rider getting the ticket from the cop with his lights on just south of Miranda though...

Last heard from, the XT boys had headed off road and lost the main group.

Hope you all had a good one!

**justsomeguy** · 25th September 2005, 17:24

Surely you guys are back home by now??

How did it go?? Everyone reach back safe?? How was the ride??

Sorry for missing it but just didn't feel like a big group ride...

**bugjuice** · 25th September 2005, 18:16

was all good.. Nice ride out. No rain, no baking sun.. just high cloud and a gentle breeze. Stopped in Coromandle town for lunch, then WLT and myself had to be back in dorkland for 3ish, so we headed back with another riding (victoria, who for a newbie was doing really well), stopped again at Kopu (saw n said hi to the Litre boys who had just finished the loop themselves) where WLT had to scoot the quickest way back, and V and I went back via Kawakawakawakawakawakawasaki bay (seeing the guys on the other 'auckland cruise' that WayLander arranged), then around Maraetai, my exhaust can almost fell off from a broken weld on the hanger. So cruised back to Howick, and got hooooooome.. buzzy ride, and fun!

thanks for arranging it Gareth.. nice to see some ol' faces I haven't seen for a while too

**HDTboy** · 25th September 2005, 18:16

Yeah it was alright

**N4CR** · 25th September 2005, 20:33

Ahh it was a great ride. Nice to see a fair amount of people turning up.
And of course the 'team milf racer' gareth_d and the 'independant racer' tristank managed to keep the bigger bikes honest again

We ahh.. don't compensate for anything

The rain got me a little worried but it stayed away. As BJ said it kept it not to hot but not too cool.

The yellow gixxer 1k crew were fucking confusing... who is who. Only thing I could realise was SPB having no stickers on the back - not that you notice when they rapidly disappear under power on a long sweeper

Some bumpier parts of the road were interesting - heard various conversations about how the arse's came out a few times... good to hear it was happening to everyone so I can't blame the tyres :P

Nice to meet some fresh faces - liam (doing friggen well for a 5 day newb O_o), teflon, one of the red/white cbr250's (whatsa your name again?), I think sazLEX (white vfr400..?) and a few others I can't quite remember.

My can of beans helped great on the straights, mr SPB aka beanman

p.s. gareth - soft tyres are for pussies

p/t

**RiderInBlack** · 25th September 2005, 20:57

Originally Posted by RiderInBlack

Departing from here soon (7am'ish). See you guys at Cyclespot.

8:30pm: 1/2 a GC later (500miles or 800Km) I'm home again. Someone must have opened a can of "Whip Arse", cause my butt has that nice after glow feeling of being caned (nothing major, only 1 stroke).

Bloody awesome day. See what Huey will do for you if you stop calling him a girl

Great riding with you all. Hope "Roxanne's" phat arse didn't get in too many riders' way.