Sunday - Where Did You Ride Today [23 July]

**Terminated** · 23rd July 2006, 16:11

Well with just over the two months on the bike it was time to pull up at the Caltex - Upper Hutt and thanks to the guys who came up and introduced themselves - great to say hello and put faces to the names here in the forums.

Enjoyed the ride up the Rimutakas and across to Martinborough and the Flying Fish cafe. I didn't mind just puttering along so to speak on my L-Plates and thanks to Ian on the 800 Intruder for keeping an eye out and waiting for me bringing up the rear.

Johnnie, thanks for the coffee on the way back at the Takas, mate you just got to do something about those electrical bits [

], sorry couldn't resist.

Back home through Mangaroa and Whitemans Valley [140km for the day]

Heads Up and Enjoy

**Drum** · 23rd July 2006, 18:29

Good to meet you BuckBuck, if only briefly.
Sure was a good day for it, despite the wind on the way back down the 'takas.

**Terminated** · 23rd July 2006, 18:33

Originally Posted by Drum

Good to meet you BuckBuck

Gidday Drum, same here. Look foreward to spring time and a group ride - had a reasonable role up there today.

**sunhuntin** · 23rd July 2006, 21:18

bout a 30k ride....from work...out towards whangahu, but turned off at foredell...windy as hell all along that road, as its at the top of a gully...lovely view! then back into town and along the river. little traffic, and kept to a decent speed of 80k...just what i needed.

**kiwifruit** · 23rd July 2006, 21:36

Went for a tool around on Dad's sv1000 (great fun!) with my flatmate on his rg150 in tow.
He is just getting into bikes so we were just tinkering around.
Did about 200ks of backroads

**NhuanH** · 23rd July 2006, 21:52

3x Ninja's (of various power output) terrorised the eastern coast of Auckland, after deciding the SH22 janitor probably hadn't swept up sufficiently after last night's rain.

120 or so kms culminating in a good beach front latte.

1 Clan brother then tried to reduce his contribution to 3G network RF pollution...

**GR81** · 23rd July 2006, 21:55

attacked the back roads of albany today... rain off, rain on, rain off, rain off
wasnt too bad on the whole

**Jantar** · 23rd July 2006, 22:53

I finally finished the wiring and fitting of the radar detector to the Vstrom, so I had to go and test it. Mid to late afternoon I headed through radar alley to Cromwell, then back to Alexandra. But not a single cop in sight anywhere. Whats going on? This is Revenue Central. Late sunday, and the only route between the ski fields and Dunedin, and not a single cop to test test the detector on.

Still it was a lovely afternoon for a ride.

**TerminalAddict** · 23rd July 2006, 23:07

I did a circuit of the waikato basin on the new hornet

whatawhata-->te awamutu-->cambridge-->taupiri-->te kowhai-->whatawhata

learn something about (and I reckon the bike learnt some things about me

)

**Waylander** · 23rd July 2006, 23:11

Over the Kaimais back to Tauranga from Hamilton. Should have left sooner fuck it's cold up there at 6pm.

**RantyDave** · 23rd July 2006, 23:13

Tried to go through the Makara gorge but failed - someone had had a head on (two cages) and various emergency services had to block the road. Went back, up and over the Heywards to Paekak then the straight way back home.

Dave

**skidMark** · 24th July 2006, 00:34

after work went out to pukekohe raceway to watch some bikes go out on the open day was like 230 pm by this stage i'm sitting there hoping to catch up with some kbers...almost everybody was gone by the time i got there....all but four bikes on the track... met ozzie from the forums lurking around the pits but that was my day then i buggered off home...well that was saturday sunday i ddn't do much had to drop the missus in town...then went to cycletreads to have a gander......pretty boring really thus why i mention my ever so slightly more interesting saturday lol

**pritch** · 24th July 2006, 07:07

Nadroj and self went for a gallop up SH43 to the Kaieto Cafe (as featured in KiwRider). The weather cooperated. Some sand on the road as a result of a diesel spill last week, and some big damp patches provided added interest.

**Pumba** · 24th July 2006, 08:19

Cruised down to Morrinsville Saturday. Sunday headed off through the back roads to Rotoroa, from there round the the lakes Rotoiti to Rotoma . At Rotoma turned off and towards Matata. Matata for lunch.

Head ed off from Matata towards Tauranga, Turning back towards Rotorua, turning off and going around the back side of lake Rotoroa to the Pyes Par Rd, back down the Kiamais and back to Morrinsville for a quick Beer before trudging back up to auckland via the boreing main roads.

**Squeak the Rat** · 24th July 2006, 08:41

170kph run down the southern motorway SH1 to the BP gas station got a pie and came back what a blast the cops we all busy ticketing cagers so didn't even notice me