Blokes ride sun 23rd april

**Cibby** · 23rd April 2006, 08:38

thanks for the invite death, me and keystone gonna come gives you the learn.

**DEATH_INC.** · 23rd April 2006, 08:40

Cool......
Weather looks ok over here, pretty overcast but patches of sun and it seems to be holding.

**erik** · 23rd April 2006, 09:07

I'll see ya there.

**Keystone19** · 23rd April 2006, 09:07

Wait for us Death. Take me a bit to get to you from the deepest darkest west...

**DEATH_INC.** · 23rd April 2006, 09:20

ok see ya's all there

**GIXser** · 23rd April 2006, 16:25

Well all in all, an Ok day-- shame about the bin" hope youre feeling ok dude"
good to meet some new faces, as im fairly new to KB, i am meeting new people on every ride,
highlight of the day for me, getting totally washed from Death's Stand up 2 mile wheelie" awesome skills man"
also i gotta give it to mark" he's a mean rider, i'd hate to see what he would do on a thou"""
until next time folks--
ps bugs" clean ya bike will ya--

**erik** · 23rd April 2006, 16:33

yep, it was a good day apart from the bin.
I only lasted till mercer going back on SH1, then I had to turn off and take some more interesting roads!

GIXser, I've been a KB member for 2 years and regularly go on rides and I'm almost always meeting new people on them. KB is a large group.

**DEATH_INC.** · 23rd April 2006, 18:12

Thanks all who came, was orright considering the weather and stuff, bit of a shame we couldn't complete it but Myself and Draco and a couple of others were under a few time constraints so with our little unsheduled rest we had to bail home.....
I'll organise the same ride again another time in the not too distant future....

**2_SL0** · 23rd April 2006, 18:24

Nice to see you guys out and about. Shame about the weather we kept getting stuck in showers as well.

**Keystone19** · 23rd April 2006, 19:41

Thanks for the invite on the 'blokes only ride' Death. Was good to see that four of the girls turned up!

I found it challenging being two-up in the wet and given that I ride like a nana in the wet by myself it was even more interesting two-up! Cibby was a great pillion though and I rarely noticed she was there aside from the slightly different bike handling characteristics.

Highlight 1: watching the yellow VFR get stuck trying to do a U-turn when we missed a turn and needing a pull!

Highlight 2: getting perfect lines through the twistys just out of Kawakawa Bay two-up.

Until the next one!

**bugjuice** · 23rd April 2006, 20:20

fook, not a bad ride, all things considered..
the amount of slides thru corners tho, might as well be a drift competition!
I had the front lockup big time on a left hander that was pure tar and not stone. Really thought it was all over, get the salt and pepper - I'm about to eat asphalt. Then I let the front brake go, and the wheel gripped whilst the back tried to buck me off, and then, there was the end of the corner!! The bike settled, I landed on the tank, and smacked it so hard, I swear I know what my balls taste like. So, a brief stop to find them, and I was back on me way.

I was following Postie at the time, and he hadn't seen my antics so thought the worst. He stopped and turned around to check out what was happening, but I had already started going again. We passed, and I pulled over to explain what happened. Then we took off to catch up to the rest. All was going well for a few more minutes until for whatever reason (Postie will probably posty) the corner was not made. Seeing my bro dive off into the rough again and the bike go down and legs go up, a colourful array of language came out. I pulled hard on the brakes (dry this time!) and saw gravel on the left of the road, so I pulled into that - but it tricked me! The gravel stopped and the thick mud started, and I couldn't avoid it. So the bike dissapeared and went for a slide in the mud. Thankfully, most of it is mud. Few new scratches, but I'll give it a wash tomorrow and have a proper look. No big damage but the gear shift has an extra clunk to it now. I'm sure that'll go.

Anyway, so an ambo was called and eventually came (not bad considering we were in the arse end of nowhere) and picked postie up. Cibby chick rode his bike back, follwed by Keystone, and myself to Middlemore. Keystone took off just before we got there. We waited for ages in the ER before he was seen. I've just got a text that it's a fractured collarbone. Not too bad then. He's on his way home now, so I guess he'll fill in the rest when he gets online later.

Thanks Death for arranging the ride, thanks Keystone for looking after him and coming along, and nice to catch up with the regulars and some new faces

**APPLE** · 23rd April 2006, 21:20

thanks for the ride guys,enjoyed it,apart from the wet roads.......cheers

**Postie** · 23rd April 2006, 21:39

howdy folks.
twas a good ride today, mostly. I was quite enjoying the wet roads, they were slippy but it gives you more to think about.
Anyway i fucked up a corner, i was riding fine, enjoying, having a look around, lost concentration for a split second and found my self half way round a stupidly easy corner, bit the brakes hard but unfortuntaly for me, my right fork seal is toast and the bike nose dived under hard breaking, i should have pulled it through though, i saw a nice large gravel run off so took advantage and thought there would be enough to stop but changed my mind once i saw the drop off into a river at the end of the gravel pad, at which point i decided this is my stop and pulled thr front brake, dropped the bike under and supemaned into broken collar bonedom.
Thanks all who stopped to prod me, sling me, sit with me and laugh with me.
The bike is sweet, just a few scrapes which can be sorted no worries.

The paramedics were awesome.

anyway, got away lucky. Will be back out as soon as my should works properly.