Sunday 30 July - Where Did You Go Today

[Hitcher]

Up the Valley to Caltex Rimutaka (tagged along with Maximus for a bit), then took the Akatarawa road through to Waikanae, then called in to have a squiz at Paul in NZ's build (way cool Triumph being bolted together) and then home via Grays Road, Haywards and the Valley the other way.

The FJR gets its 6,000km service tomorrow -- 1,800km since the 2nd of July. And what a spankingly great bike it is too!

[boomer]

to a couple of pubs, with some homos.

i was slow, hard night.

not bad.

true and true.. although i'm not sure what Rayza and Gremlin think of being called Homo's. A good day saw lots of pub stops on a coro run with 9 bikes and a good pace, good company and some decent weather;

highlights, seeing Rayza wheelie, spinning the rear up trying to wheelie, dover stopping every 5 minutes to piss, racing with Speedie through the twisties like we're in the GP and seeing Fish tear up the road

On a different note Dover.. Gremlin was slower.. or was that Stiffie

Mick... your boys can ride mate; Fish put on a show again today !!!


cher cher

[Gremlin]

That was some excellent roads today speedie....

The only downside was that blasted over-rated motorised bicycle (I think boomer called it a cbr600rr??). That thing needed more pushes than a woman in labour. Dover kill switching at one stop was quite amusing though

Other than that... sheesh... almost perfect. As for boomer following me soooo close... well... I guess thats what happens when you don't buy a kwaka eh?? You want to pretend to be one

And on another note, riding right behind dover, our 2 pipes made some awesome sound together... Don't know what it was, it just sounded brilliant!!

[ZeroIndex]

Although the day was cloudy, it wasn't too cold, and there wasn't water 'floating about'.. rode back from Maha_Man's BBQ (which was awesome), in Warkworth, followed the SH-1 down to the BP Autobarn just after the Bombays for a coffee, and then continued down until Meremere dragstrip (was signposted that drags were on), so went in to inspect.. met Crazy_Steve, and 2 other bikes (ZX-14 + Busa).. after about 20 minutes, continued on my way down to Huntly, where I jumped off SH-1, and onto Riverview Rd (i think that's the one: other side of the bridge), and then down to Ngaruawahia, put some petrol in at the BP there, and then took the '39' back to Hamilton (Whatawhata), I declare 'that' (the 39) my new playground, as it is closer than the 22 (petrol wise), and has lots of 'fun' corners to play on.. Was a really good weekend, and hope I have many more like that on the Ninja (Sunday km's: around 200..)

PS.. after Orewa, SH-1 has a minor detour: SH-1A, was chasing a silver Lamborgini Murchialago at 160km/h for about 2 minutes - my thought: If there's a cop, he'll get the Lambo: more bragging rights , he then slowed down, as did I (no speeding ticket buffer in front of me anymore)

[dawnrazor]

foodtown

[F5 Dave]

Similar but different to Hitcher

Up the Valley to Caltex Rimutaka, then took the Akatarawa road --- but hung a left & parked the van & unloaded. The with 5 other bikes we did the loop Through the main track & down the Devils staircase & up the rockgarden & back to the park again.

Had some amusing times negotiating the bogs then one chap went bush trying to avoid one & by the time we found him he was half way up a tree & swearing like a sailor.

[petesmeats]

went for a quick ride up the hills through to littleton and then back through the tunnel... Planning on heading out to akaroa next weekend... looking forward to it.

[Hitcher]

FJRs don't have 6,000km services. Mr Yamaha says every 10,000km will suffice.

[James Deuce]

Up to Paul in NZ's place via the Hayward's and Paekak hill. Hardly any traffic too. Fitted my packrack and helped lift the engine into the Triumph. Hit it with a hammer. Paul said I could. Rode back via Paekak hill and round the Whitby side of the inlet. Bit windy through there. The wind was blowing too. Headed along the motorway and went off at the bottom of Nauranga Gorge and then back up the Gorge so I could "do" the Newlands Flyover a couple of times.

[Paul in NZ]

Up to Paul in NZ's place via the Hayward's and Paekak hill. Hardly any traffic too. Fitted my packrack and helped lift the engine into the Triumph. Hit it with a hammer. Paul said I could.

I went to A&E after Jim hit me with the hammer...