Labour Day 2005 - Where did you ride?

[2wheels in Red Beach]

I got out for 20mins today, just went round the block just to have a quick blat. Next sunday on a longer blat

[Kornholio]

The only thing I rode today was the tractor round and round paddocks all day...thank god I squeezed in over 600 ks of tight and twisty Coromandel goodness on Sat and Sunday

[Magua]

The ride to Karekare was great fun.
One of my friends thought he'd fit his Levin in this gap, I was meant to be guiding him. Didn't work out all to well, that's me on the left with the aviators.

[Hailwood]

Saturday wellington to Martinborough in the rain..yuck, rimutakas damn slippery...sunday fantastic fine day in Martinborough...rode to Gladstone, up and down Watertower Rd, stopped at Gladstone Pub, good chat with a guy on a Buell..cheers mate....into Carterton for a feed at Wild Oats and used their helmet visor cleaning station (nice touch)..back to Martinborough via Ponatahi..nice empty roads and then down to Lake Ferry before heading back to Wellie...all up about 400kms of great riding.........good to see most bikers waving or nodding...still a few who dont......never mind...

[Keystone19]

it's only 49Ks from wellsford to cowcop

Exactly...it rained the whole frigging way...

[Karma]

Went up to Pahia for the weekend... rode back today about lunchtime.

Cut through some traffic both into Wellsford, and then some more into Orewa on the way back down SH1. If anyone noticed a guy on a green ZXR having a smoke while laughing at all the cars he'd overtaken finally catching up... that was me...

The trouble with travelling with someone in a cage is that you have to stop every 15mins to let them catch up...

[Zed]

The trouble with travelling with someone in a cage is that you have to stop every 15mins to let them catch up...

You just broke one of the golden rulez of biking - NEVER convoy with cages! Always decide on the destination first and then meet them there...tell them you'll put the jug on so the 2nd cup's ready when they arrive!

[Sparky]

Jaybe and I went for a quick ride this morning, left Papakura to Ramarama, Ararimu,Hunua,Clevedon,Maraetai,Whitford and back home. Lots of bikes out(friendly ones) and great weather, judging by the amount of people on the beach:
SUMMER IS HERE!!!
I can't wait for my full licence so I can take the 700 out for a run

[Karma]

You just broke one of the golden rulez of biking - NEVER convoy with cages! Always decide on the destination first and then meet them there...tell them you'll put the jug on so the 2nd cup's ready when they arrive!

Tell me about it... what with the traffic and the weather... I could've got back to Auckland, caught a movie, and still made it home before they got here

[Warr]

Two great days of riding.
Sunday afternoon, back road down to Otorohanga for lunch with 4 other bikes back on SH2 to Kihikihi and over to Arapuni, left up river road to Horohora, BoatShed cafe for a bit and then accross Karapiro dam and over to Ohaupo and back to Hamilton. Great ride, kept to backroad mostly for various reasons!!
Highlight - Mrs warr (Clare) says she now likes to be pillioned on the back of the VFR, great.
Lowpoint - Regulator on VFR is stuffed

Monday, Teflon and myself took a lunchtime ride down to Kawhia, lovely trip and a great day.
Saw TLDV8 on his yellow VTR while we were lunching. Tried to get his attention but he wasnt looking our way

[TerminalAddict]

yesterday around the block (whatawhata-->pirongia-->ngahinapori(sp?)-->whatawhata (60kms) just a warm up

Today down to Te Awamutu, across to Cambridge, Rotorua, back to hamilton.

Got a big "thumbs up" from a dude on a VW trike, and got passed by a monster red sprotsbike on the way home between cambridge and hams, tried (very briefly) to stick with him hopping tru traffic, but chickened out, and dropped back to 120 (300kms)

started today at 80kms/hr, holding up traffic, finished today at 120kms/hr passing traffic .. .fantastic day, and learnt heaps

[Motu]

Went for a fang around the block.

[SuperDave]

Didn't go out today but I did go for a nice long 200kms or so ride yesterday.
Went through Coatsville/Riverhead through Kaukapakapa to Wellsford and then back the same way. Great riding getting the feel of the new bike and seeing what it can do. Best part of the ride was seeing lots of bikes out and only one HP cop driving in the other direction when I was parked up at the scenic lookout.

Had some fun with a guy on a black ZX-10r but I think he got bored and passed me on one of the straighter sections. Didn't see him again after that.

Wish I could have gone out again today

[Uncle B]

Myself, Badlieutenant, Dafe, Darkman, two mates Steve & Shayne gathered at caltex Rimutaka 9am and set off over the Rimutaka hill. A little bit damp as it had just been raining up there so a quiet cautious ride over the hill was in order.
Travelled on to Masterton for a gas up & munchies then proceeded at good pace on a nice twisty back road to Alfredton that kept you on your toes but fun was had by the boys.
Pongaroa, our next destination, was a well earned break as the 10-15km leading up to it is still under repair from the last major storms to hit the area. I guess these things take time cause it's been something like a year and a half on the go.
Rested up we headed off towards Pahiatua, met up with the main highway, not before we got a good solid dowsing by mother nature, turned north and cruised on up to Woodville for more gas and lunch.
Finding somewhere to eat proved a task. The place I had in mind was closed. A cafe/pub type place not far from it looked good from the outside but inside the Deliverence theme was alive and well. So we headed off to a place we saw on the way in which turned out to be not too bad & the food filled the spot.
Time was getting on so Darkman & Steve decided to turn for home. The rest of us carried on through the Manawatu Gorge and started to head south for the Pahiatua track. Once over Dafe and I (see pic of the twins) picked up the pace and were covering ground at an impressive rate until we noticed the others were nowhere to be seen. Stopped and waited for a while...nothing...turn around to find them....found sitting by the side of the road with Shayne's bike (TL) had decided to spit the front brake lever while doing 120kmh. We did our best to find it but the phrase "needle in a haystack" rang true.
Dafe and Shayne decided to head down SH1 and nurse the brakeless TL home while Badlieutenant and I continued setting a blistering pace all the way to Carterton for well earned coffee and wedges.
After we'd eaten and were entertained by a local who spun a load of bollocks about how hard a rider he is and that leathers are only for the fancy boys.....we'll see old man when you fall off at what did you say 240kmh wearing only jeans.....fuckhead.
Over the Taka's which was now wet and chilly, stopped at the caltex for a quick 'smoko' and on home 7pm.
A good day had my all I'm sure. Shame about the brake lever and great that no one binned it.
Cheers guys.

[James Deuce]

Is that where you got to VTWIN??

You missed out on me using some of the "local knowledge" you lent about a certain corner at the end of a certain straight.

We (Velox, crazylittleshit, spada, vasaline (sic) warrior, and a couple of other blokes (a father & son team) whose names evaporated somewhere at high speed) did the Fush to Masterton via the water tower road run.

My rear tyre is starting to look sad. 3300kms. Bit of a record for me.