Ride from Wellys to Pukekohe for 23rd.

**boris** · 23rd March 2004, 16:44

i have a calendar that says there is Nz V8 international at pukekohe 23-25 April is this wrong?

**k14** · 23rd March 2004, 16:49

Yeah it is, it was changed to the following weekend because the NZ rally and the V8's were too close together.

Yamahamaman · 23rd March 2004, 16:50

Originally Posted by boris

i have a calendar that says there is Nz V8 international at pukekohe 23-25 April is this wrong?

I think that you might be right Boris. The Rally of NZ is earlier in the year also.

**Coldkiwi** · 23rd March 2004, 17:33

i'm wearing a KBC galaxy. wasn't a problem on my old zX-6R and I did the cold kiwi on that with little more than stiff legs. As to firefight's question, the longest ride i've done on the GSXR was a loop from auckland around whangamata/waihi... mainly because my neck gets sore!

could be a helmet issue and a new one is on my long term list of replacements (currently being strangled by my upcoming wedding commitments!) but i don't think so. more likely to be me being an unfit bastard sitting in an office for too long!

**Marknz** · 23rd March 2004, 18:10

Originally Posted by White trash

Come on, Mark. You could always buy a bike before then.

How does a brand new 04 GSXR1000 for $19k +orc sound?

If the "Storm sells in Australia then that's a definite maybe

**ching_ching** · 23rd March 2004, 20:24

Originally Posted by Coldkiwi

could be a helmet issue and a new one is on my long term list of replacements (currently being strangled by my upcoming wedding commitments!) but i don't think so. more likely to be me being an unfit bastard sitting in an office for too long!

Wedding...

Congratulations CK! I am right in congratulating you on your impending union aren't I?

ching

Yamahamaman · 23rd March 2004, 21:06

Originally Posted by Coldkiwi

but i don't think so. more likely to be me being an unfit bastard sitting in an office for too long!

Nah, it's age. The older ya get, the less susseptible you are to things like pain (or is that us old-timers have lost all our nerve-ends

). 872Km ride on February 11th with just a little rubasso afterward.

**White trash** · 24th March 2004, 08:54

Originally Posted by Marknz

If the "Storm sells in Australia then that's a definite maybe

A "definite maybe"? What the hell's that?

**Coldkiwi** · 24th March 2004, 09:21

Originally Posted by ching_ching

Wedding...

Congratulations CK! I am right in congratulating you on your impending union aren't I?

ching

cheers mate

yeah, as much as the drain on biking finances sucks, i can't wait for the wedding (June 12)

**White trash** · 24th March 2004, 09:40

Originally Posted by Coldkiwi

cheers mate

yeah, as much as the drain on biking finances sucks, i can't wait for the wedding (June 12)

Cngratulations indeed, Gixxer brother

Although, if you think the wedding puts a drain on bike finances, try divorce and child support

**Coldkiwi** · 24th March 2004, 11:02

no thanks! i'll stick to getting and staying married. anyway, my fiancee is earning a pretty damn good cheque for a 22yr old and she's much better at budgeting/saving than I am so she's a good thing to hang on to as far as I'm concerned!

**Marknz** · 24th March 2004, 19:32

Originally Posted by White trash

A "definite maybe"? What the hell's that?

It means that at the moment FI is looking better than carbies, but I prefer the more subtle curves on a Firestorm to the Angles on the SV1000S... and before you come up with the answer, I'm already thinking that the Gixxer doesn't have any angles. Don't worry fella, you're not out of the equation yet.

**White trash** · 14th April 2004, 07:38

I'm going to leave Wellington on Thursday 23rd at around 10am. travell through the Wanganui/Paraparas and stay in Hamilton the night.

I'll probably get a new pair of tyres fitted at Road and Sport on Friday morning before heading up #22 to Pukekohe.

Who's coming?