easter sunday ride to Akaroa with Lou Girardin

[Skyryder]

Yep twas a good day. Good to catch up with Lou. Ride safe home.

Thanks for all the organising D.

Skyryder

[dangerous]

Although if dangerous is going I guess not having a bike is a pretty good excuse to not associate with him.

Ohhhhhhhhh... yeah so who rode the suicide seat with me then

So the day started with a mountainbike ride thru Bottle lake where I well and truely (yet again) thrashed Kickaha and K14s arses.
Got back home just in time to meet up with everyone turning up at KB HQ about 12, with brenchch as usual running late.
There was Rashika, K14, Gav and Mrs Gav, Diesel pig, ZZR, 30UTD, SuziQ, not to mention the guests of honour Lou and Tracy. Bloody good to meet ya Lou and Tracy (sp?), excellant company, sweet sounding/looking bandit.
We headed of to lyttelton where we picked up this Guzzi sitting lonesomely in the middle of the roundabout at the end of the tunnel aka Skyryder. He begged and pleaded to join the ride so I said c'mon ya old bastard, keep up then
Headed round the bays, up to the kiwi, and across the tops via the summit road to gebbes pass, dropped down to the main Akaroa highway and juiced the bikes up to a perfectly illegal legal speed limit.
Regroup at Little river, where Brenchch mounted his vcr (no NOT in that way) to the rear of his bike, then headed off up to the hilltop. I followed Brenchch in hot pursuit as he was on the back wheel, crashed back to earth and suddenly remembered he had put the vcr on. I swear I saw him stand up, turnaround, sat down, and re-adjust it, and then spun back around just in time before we hit the tight and curlies up the hill.
As I was travelling 2up, K14 decided he'd like to come so we both abused the shit outa bren in the view of his camera (I 've already had the shitty PM about it LMFAO )
Rather than take the normal way via Duvauchelles we took the summit road all the way around to akaroa.
Awesome views across the bays, both sides, very tight tricky wee road, poor old ZZR got a puncture and with a bit of difficulty we managed to get to Akaroa. Where the KB repair shop went into action, via a few instruction sheets (which were read then thrown away) and we managed to patch it up. Funniest thing was when ZZr released the CO2 into the tyre he yelped like a little school girl as the canister froze to his fingers (sorry mate...but it WAS funny!) We are all blaming Suziq cos she was the pillion and she shoulda warned him of the offending jagged stone.
Fish n chips, said our good byes and fkd off home.
Excellant day people, well almost...ZZR you have my sympathies.

pic 3) spot the bikes
pic4) tyre repair

could only just manage to keep up with a tractor 2-up over the hills.

ya wee shit, that tractor snots along all right even wheelies aye

[miSTa]

Funniest thing was when ZZR released the CO2 into the tyre he yelped like a little school girl as the canister froze to his fingers (sorry mate...but it WAS funny!)

"yelped like a little school girl", mmmmmmmmm, some smart arse comment is probably quite appropriate here but bugger it all I can't think of anything. Its been a long day.

pic4) tyre repair

What a flattering photo - not. I bet thats Rashika again

[Suzi Q]

Had an Interesting day - Had to go on the back of a bike so i chose ZZR - I think I am jinxed but we won't go there!!! I have a couple of photos too.

[Bren_chch]

That was an awesome ride to akaroa, fantastic road that, should have been on it all thru the summer!

Dangerous... remind me who else was screaming like a bitch whenever your front wheel got air!

Glen was attacking them corners like i've never seen him do before, must be that dirt bike position!

[dangerous]

Dangerous... remind me who else was screaming like a bitch whenever your front wheel got air!

Ohhh... yeah my pillion, well if he used that energy that he spent bashing the shit out of my back and yelling 'don't fuking do that' and held on... there wouldn't have been a problem. :spudflip:

Mind you, the guy had balls getting on a bike withe such a dangerous prick

[Rashika]

Mind you, the guy had balls getting on a bike withe such a dangerous prick

yup... but a lot less risk than getting on the back of the VTR was...
At least the Guzzi takes a fair bit to wheelie, the VTR hardly seemed to touchdown MOST of the time