Tauranga Rant and Rave

[Idrumm]

bastards!!

....any you tauranga lot coming to wanganui boxing day? We're meeting BP Fenton St at 7.15ish...

Yeah mate, Jimbo's got a crew together leaving Pyes Pa servo 6.45am, will try and hook up along the way.

[Matt Bleck]

Yeah mate, Jimbo's got a crew together leaving Pyes Pa servo 6.45am, will try and hook up along the way.

Good stuff, we will be going down broadlands to taupo and picking up kiwifruit along the way thru Taupo, then off to Turangi, across the saddle to National Park and picking up Eman at Raetihi, then across the Para's to Wanganui. I'll keep my eyes peeled for ya's.

[Waylander]

Korn/Ralph will catch up Waylander don't throw that hose away.

I wonder if Rick has told Olivia about that.... I can't imagine he enjoyed the taste of coolent and petrol combined lol.

[saul]

Fantastic ride, thanks!
Had a blast trying to keep up with you guys.....

You ba-tard

Always good to hear you go past mate :-)

[boomer]

Merry Christmas guys and girls...

Hope its a good 'en for you and all the Whānau

Sunny Side up

[one-speed]

sounds like ya had a good one

[one-speed]

merry christmas all
eat heap's and be merry
have a good day
for those who do'nt know jimbo and a couple of us
meeting morro mornin 6.45am at the gate pa bp
heading down to whanganui races
just heading down for the day

[Waylander]

Still can't get that youtube thing to work right so here ya go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUZt-L4X9L4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0aKXUIKjnM

[Waylander]

And another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJMr82BGcqY

[NUTBAR]

hey guys sounds like you had a good ride , sorry i missed it
had to spend time with the missis, shes been a bit cranky lately. looking forward to riding in the new year. will b at karrens for new years, would be good to see you all there.

[DingDong]

ugg....ahhhrrr... I dont feel so good, too much food... and damn it was hot last night.

Great photos from Sunday... after I left ya's I went down sh5, traffic was very heavy and I mush have filtered past 100 cars... PyesPa was better.

Thanks for the ride guys

I didnt see that pot hole Alan.

[Kornholio]

Great photos from Sunday... after I left ya's I went down sh5, traffic was very heavy and I mush have filtered past 100 cars... PyesPa was better.

Yes was an interesting day out.... Olivia caught me up at Whakamaru about 15 mins after you guys left...Thanks again Glen for mixing up the names of the dams ... Cheers to Darrell and Jacob for fuel transfer from a rather poor effort at calculating distances I could travel on a tank DOH!! Thanks guys for finding a new avatar

Were heading over to TeAwamutu for some christmas stuff when Olivias bike had had enough of the old chain and decided to spit it out the back of the bike... Good ol Turtle lived just up the road so he came to rescue with a trailer for the bike, rummaged around in one his sheds and found a brand new chain that was the same as Olivias and put that on and we were off again.... Big ups to you Dave....you're a legend mate esp at 8pm on Christmas eve

Went up to Coroglen yesterday with Turtle and daughter, Spud and Yvonne, Olivia and I....seen a few bikes but a hell of a lot more traffic, had a few there and then was back to Spuds "bar and grill" LOL for some more refreshments and a bloody good feed

Giddy up

[saul]

Yes was an interesting day out.... Olivia caught me up at Whakamaru about 15 mins after you guys left...Thanks again Glen for mixing up the names of the dams ... Cheers to Darrell and Jacob for fuel transfer from a rather poor effort at calculating distances I could travel on a tank DOH!! Thanks guys for finding a new avatar

Were heading over to TeAwamutu for some christmas stuff when Olivias bike had had enough of the old chain and decided to spit it out the back of the bike... Good ol Turtle lived just up the road so he came to rescue with a trailer for the bike, rummaged around in one his sheds and found a brand new chain that was the same as Olivias and put that on and we were off again.... Big ups to you Dave....you're a legend mate esp at 8pm on Christmas eve

Went up to Coroglen yesterday with Turtle and daughter, Spud and Yvonne, Olivia and I....seen a few bikes but a hell of a lot more traffic, had a few there and then was back to Spuds "bar and grill" LOL for some more refreshments and a bloody good feed

Giddy up

Ok I feel bad ya basta-d

[emaN]

great catching up with steve, darrell & jimbo yesterday in Wangavegas... and just as wikkid was gettin' to hang out up in the truck, with a primo view of the "railtrack" esses!

got some good shots of sudeep, jono, mikey, torque, so will put them up when i get home..

good to hear everyone got home safely from their ride-outs!

[Idrumm]

What a great day started at 6.30am (on time this time) aye Glen, gate pa servo coffee in hand with Jimbo sorting out his planned route, then a couple of Jimbos mates arrived ( good buggers ) one on a RSV R the other on a Yama TRX 850 forgot their names they prolly told me 10 times but I didn't hear them, anyway olfaithful bb2 cruzes on in gases up, bit of natter , then off we go destination Wanganui, Zapped through Pyes Pa to Rotorua picked up another one of Jimbos mates on a mint Duke, and another mate some where near Taupo (no pun intended ) who had a nice 916 Duke, once he joined in, the pace went up a couple of notches with Jimbo hot on his heels, I hooked in behind the RSV and sat there most of the way.

Stopped at a pub about 14ks out side of Wanganui for a half hr or so then continued on, finally arriving around mid day.

Off with the gear, ticket programe, cruzed on in, then all of a sudden one of guys in our group said a couple of his mates worked for Hooker transport which had a trailor set up at their yard next to the railway crossing S bend, so guess where we all ended up, we ran into Eman and Tarsh and managed to squeaze them in as we were heading into Hookers yard, saw 2 Much about an hr later on the other side of the road, Quick note: he dosn't respond to Mark, yell out 2 Much and he will respond straight away, (classic) caught up with him later as we did our circuit

Big ups for the lads at Hookers not only did they give us a primo spot , seat, toilets, some where to put our gear, they gave us free access to there beer fridge and a BBQ, we offered them cash for their hospitality but they wouldn't accept it, we couldn't have got it any better, CHEERS HOOKER BRO'S.

Managed to catch up with Kelly in the pits busy girl she was doing the yards for sugarlite, well done mate, proves ya don,t have to pose and hang an umbrella over your head to look good in the pits.

About 2 races to go we decided to do a circuit of the track on our feet of course we thanked the Hooker dudes and continued on around the track, we were almost at the end of our circuit when a young fellow full of dutch courage or P, (on crutches an all) decides to start abusing the cops on the other side of track, when the cops finally got to him he had really got his wild up, they had to pepper spray him, thats when his mates joined in the rest is history, as we were leaving police reinforcments were arriving.

The trip home was pretty routine apart from bb2 passing the lead bike Duke 916 on the desert road claiming to have the trusty radar then all of a sudden this cop just popped up from no where plenty of practice I reckon, I had 135ks on the clock, we were lucky, we got the red and blue light flashing/ finger point treatment could have been worse , stopped at Te Hoi pub had a beer said our good byes before we all split up, home 11.00Pm.

What a day yehhaa, Cheers to Jimbo