Tauranga Rant and Rave

[Waylander]

Not really a fair comparison if you're finished when I'm only just starting!

lol good enough for me.

You and Cajun gonna start showing up on more rides now?

[MotoGirl]

lol good enough for me.

You and Cajun gonna start showing up on more rides now?

Dunno, we're pretty fussy with who we ride with and neither of us are particularly fond of doing large group rides. Mind you, considering we have bikes that GO then there's a good chance we will ride them

[saul]

My God, I think I found Utopia today

It came in the form of a ride to Coroglen with Unit, Bravo1 and Cajun. I haven't had a ride like that in some time and it was a real novelty to come home with that silly grin splashed across my face.

Although I didn't know the roads and hadn't been to Coroglen before, this ride was special because there was no pressure to ride fast and everyone could go at their own pace. OK, so I always lagged behind a couple of minutes but I was too busy concentrating on getting the basics right.

As you're all aware, my confidence has been shot for the past 18 months so you can probably understand why I'm so excited to see my old self returning. The bike has only done 4,000km (and obviously I'm still learning how to ride it), and after today, I'm confident that I'll be able to ride it better than I ever did my VTR and GSXR.

Today's high point? Redeeming myself by flying up the Kaimais For some crazy reason, Bravo1 thought I'd ride up there like a pansy - what's that all about?

A pic to prove I got there:

Brilliant that is great to hear MG

That is lovely ride yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[saul]

Yep the day was brilliant. woot

Fantastic ride and hardly any traffic ye haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I am going to do that again soon.

Quality group of riders:GroupHug:

Have a vid will work on it tonight.

Fantastic ride and hardly any traffic ye haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thanks BB

[NUTBAR]

[QUOTE=Waylander;1149573]Probably because the last time you were on the kaimis as part of a ride, I beat you to the top.

mate id like to see you try that again, after what i saw today that girl can ride up the kaimais rather qwick.

[MotoGirl]

Have a vid will work on it tonight.

These vids you keep posting are catching on - we must get a camera so Neal can do me going up the Kaimais.

[EroSamnin]

Sounds like yous had fun! I would have been keen to follow you guys up there to the max. Let me know next time! I wont get in your way, promise!

I got some new boots and it took me ages to get my bike adjusted so I could actually change gear with them lol. Keep getting them stuck in the peg/gear leaver area. Big chunky things. Can't ride the SV with them on (don't want to adjust the levers and piss the owner off )

Went for an afternoon ride and managed to find Naughtygirl (Leanne?) and Guzzi riding guy (Brett?) so I followed them and they kept trying to loose me with their superior speed. Naa they were riding normally and I'm just slow lol.

When I was going up the Kaimis I found my bike will only do 100. It can't physically go any faster at all I managed to stay at 100 the whole way though by some miracle, had it at full throttle 100% of the time to prevent me rolling back down. Gravity is a pain. Might go DOWN next time!

Where do you get those cams from saul? Need to hook one up to my bike so I can play it back at 2x speed. Cheaper than getting a faster bike!

[saul]

These vids you keep posting are catching on - we must get a camera so Neal can do me going up the Kaimais.

Here we go

[Idrumm]

mmmmm thats about the closest Ill get to riding a bike today, as I sit here looking out the window at the rain, cheers mate.

[MotoGirl]

mmmmm thats about the closest Ill get to riding a bike today, as I sit here looking out the window at the rain, cheers mate.

I reckon we picked the best day for riding yesterday. Today looks like crap!

[MotoGirl]

When I was going up the Kaimis I found my bike will only do 100. It can't physically go any faster at all ...

I think mine goes faster than 100, but I'm not too sure because I don't look at the speedo

Edit: You should ride with Waylander. If you're restricted to 100 he might be able to keep up with you

[saul]

I reckon we picked the best day for riding yesterday. Today looks like crap!

Ya think lol Yesterday was brilliant

[saul]

mmmmm thats about the closest Ill get to riding a bike today, as I sit here looking out the window at the rain, cheers mate.

Yeh mate the Tga crew has gotta do it. I know a few of us have already have and we could make timmay lead

Highlights for me.

Seeing a 12 and a 14 getting riden like they should be not only in the open but in the tight stuff:shock:

Noting that the council when putting up 25 -35 km signs up the coast actually mean somthing close to that. Rider beware.

Seeing BB have a go on the chainsaw. He looked at home pretty quickly.

Having a go on Red and seeing why it would be so easy to get caught out:shock: Big speeds feel like nothing and sooooooo comfy

Following the 12 believing that this guy must know the road really well to find out he that he didn't:monster28: lol

Seeing the rider of the ER once again deliver the message that rider skills mean lots more than having the most up to date sports bike :GroupHug:

[one-speed]

I reckon we picked the best day for riding yesterday. Today looks like crap!

yep pasted you lot goin over the tairua hill,
looked like you's were havin fun.
awsome day.
i was on a mission otherwise i would of caught up with ya's

[Matt Bleck]

Mate it gets better from Te Kaha, we gotta take you guys to Te Araroa!!