ATNR (Auckland Thursday night ride) - Discussion thread

**Jonny Rotten** · 20th December 2006, 12:21

ill more than likely be there.... my boss has cancelled our xmas work function tomorrow night so ill come on the ride

**Morcs** · 20th December 2006, 15:02

im working in town til 7:30, so will try and get to Dairy flat for the second leg, if not, straight to the pub

**ArcherWC** · 21st December 2006, 13:21

Its not looking good for tonight is it :sad:

**wraith** · 21st December 2006, 13:38

see you kids tonight if the weather holds out.

especially if its going to be a longer ride.

i have been missing tooooo many of these atnr.

**WickedOne** · 21st December 2006, 15:13

Originally Posted by ArcherWC

Its not looking good for tonight is it :sad:

Issued by MetService at 02:54pm 21-Dec-2006

Auckland to Taumarunui, the central North Island plateau and Bay of Plenty
Some heavy showers and thunderstorms with hail clearing tonight. Long fine spells tomorrow but showers returning for a time.

Yeah, doesn't look too hot at the moment but lets hope that changes, I was really looking forward to the ride tonight!!!

**WickedOne** · 21st December 2006, 15:16

Originally Posted by wraith

see you kids tonight if the weather holds out.

especially if its going to be a longer ride.

i have been missing tooooo many of these atnr.

Holy shit

Will be good to catch up Neil!!!!

**Qkchk:Me** · 21st December 2006, 15:37

OK Folks,

At this stage (unless there is heavy rain) the ride will be going ahead as planned................

I cannot promise that it wont rain, however the forecast is in our favour at this stage it should be clearing up and with this brisk SW coming through it may pass over faster than expected.........(so to explain, most of the crap weather should of passed already..)

Just a couple of things to note tonight:

1. Medium - High Winds
Its blowing strongly over on the North Shore and remember a good portion of the ride is over here. Also take into consideration that we do ride amongst the valleys, so expect downdrafts/higher winds than in the city

2. Holiday Traffic
Some of the roads we will take tonight are known to other road users - Cages included. A couple of roads are known as short-cuts to the North so the roads may be heavier than previous nights.

3. Longer Ride Tonight
Please make sure you fill your bike up at Westgate or where ever, expect to do around 90-120kms tonight. If you dont wish to ride that far we will have two groups split off at Dairy Flat as per a normal night.

**WickedOne** · 21st December 2006, 16:46

See ya'll there!!!

**slinky** · 21st December 2006, 16:53

Originally Posted by WickedOne

See ya'll there!!!

wat he said

**Pumba** · 21st December 2006, 16:55

o well the weather is not great but Ill be at westgate

**McJim** · 21st December 2006, 20:21

Thanks for allowing the Scottish nana on a 250 along for the evening - nice ride - shame about the weather. Since I got seriously pissed on from the heavens on the way home too I am presuming it (the rain) followed me home and you fellas got lovely dry weather for the rest of the evening?

see y'all next time I get the chance to cross the bridge.

**RM125king** · 21st December 2006, 21:31

thanks very much for the great ride.

**loneranger** · 21st December 2006, 21:42

cheers for the ride tonight, had a blast rain and all, big thanks to qckchk & qckkid for all the effort over th past few months

, merry xmas to you all and look foward to the rides next year.

sorry crashie, next time i'll wait for the group...

**crashe** · 21st December 2006, 21:50

Originally Posted by loneranger

sorry crashie, next time i'll wait for the group...

Hehehehehehehe

Yep a great ride..... enjoyed myself tonight, even thou it rained in patches.

Some git flashed their lights in a white van..... so I warned all the riders that were coming up from behind me.... damn it there was no one there awaiting for us.
(for those not knowing: when you get the hand doing a huge circle in the air it means cop ahead)

Did pass one copper going the other way early on in the ride thou.
(It was a proper cop car)