Wairarapa Saturday (10 June)

[Str8 Jacket]

Bummer dude, when I went up the hill there wasnt too much traffic and the only cop I saw was when I was sitting at the summit having a ciggie on the way back home. Oh yeah one on the way back over the motorway... Was a fucken mint day to be out and about in Wellys, I had an awesome ride. Cant believe the Fush was closed!

[Madness]

Oh yeah one on the way back over the motorway...

The sneaky HP car in the new cop lay-by in the southbound lane near Belmont?? What a sucker he was, no better way to end a hoon over the Hill than to pass a radar-weilding cop with a quota to fill whilst riding 1km under the speed limit...

An excellent day. The summit carpark could have been a KB rally at one stage.

[Str8 Jacket]

An excellent day. The summit carpark could have been a KB rally at one stage.

Hell yeah. Anyone else notice that there were 3 KR's there at one stage, all different years quite funny how they've changed over the years!
HOw many times did Uncle Bruce ride past?!

[Sketchy_Racer]

dunno about Uncle B but i saw that silver gixxer go past at least 3-4 times!!

[Uncle B]

HOw many times did Uncle Bruce ride past?!

If I had known you were at the summit I would have stopped for a ciggy and a chat.

BUT.

I was having too much fun and was zenning in the zone. Didn't want to stop and lose the momentum.

Next time your out (should be around september) We'll chatch up

[skelstar]

Yeah cheers for the ride Dark/Vas. That wheelie was a result of a quick takeoff when I was racing V from the lights. V didnt know about the race. Must have used more than half throttle.

[MattRSK]

Cant believe the Fush was closed!

Yes that was rather disappointing to see, came all the way from Palmy to go there. Got lost for a little while but Glenn found me. How was your ride over to Paikak Ben?? I found all the others back at the top of the hill.

[Hitcher]

Wasn't too bad in the 'rapa but some of the green slime was positively iridescent. Viridescent you could say.

The East-West road has been resealed through what is usually the worst of the moss. Definitely not to my lichen.

Yesterday over the hill was fantastic. We stopped for a while at the flood gates and took in the quiet, the reflections on the water, the autumn colours, the diving cormorants. Mrs H said rhetorically "Aren't we lucky to be able to do this?" Never a truer word...

[Madness]

Yes that was rather disappointing to see.

What? The pie wasn't to your liking?

I had to laugh when you guys got to the top and just kept going, I kinda thought you were having so much fun you just didn't want it to end.

[MattRSK]

So true, so true. That was the first time I had been over the takas, There was a huge grin on my face the whole way. I completely forgot about stopping at the top untill I was down the other side.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Hey Matt,

Don't forget to brake for Turn one at manfeild next weekend eh

[MattRSK]

Yeah good advice. Im pretty nervous. Will be my first time out there. Anyone got any other advice.

[VasalineWarrior]

Yeah. Dont crash, and HAVE FUN! Thats what your there for, and the fudge with what anyone else thinks

[Sketchy_Racer]

you'll be sweet mate. the practice laps give you a good feeling for the track.

But most of all, make sure you have fun. No point racing if your not having fun

[ldnz]

Yeah sorry I lost you guys, I didn't hear you say you were stopping at the top. Had a huge laugh going over the hill, gotta do it again.

Paekak was good - got stuck behind a skyline full of chicks who very kindly waved me passed, then tried to stick to me all the way up. Not a hope - I looked behind a couple of times and saw him sliding sideways round the odd corner, feeding it way too much, but I got clear ahead. Stopped at the top and the stopwatch said he was 1:30 behind me. Got a wave from the chicks and then had a quiet (read cop filled... since when are cops allowed to overtake in a passing lane at 120km/h?) trip back to palmy. A lovely day/weekend - 1200km's and well and truly the end of my back tire!