A new bike in my garage

[miSTa]

Nice new scoot ZZR so who have you been immitating so far Mcgregor or Borman ?

lols don't listen to the ginga ninnie (p/t D ) it's a good looking machine and way better looking than a Guzzi Quota

The pic looks like your parked just above the intersection at Ashburton forks looking up towards Alford Forest.

Cheers. I way better looking than Mcgregor or Borman so at least I'll look good falling off.

No where near Ashburton for the pic.

[miSTa]

SENSIBLE?! geez better not ask us then
gess youe need a sensible name to go with your very sensible bike eh?

Will be kinda sad not to the zzr following behind now...
and just what the hell is that bloody thing under the headlights? Looks just a little bit scary, is that like bull bars for a motorbike? Maybe its where the german hitchhikers sit?

oh yeah, congrats on the bike dude

Bloody hell, if its not D its you

The ZZR only followed you on a couple of occasions and then by my choice

Cheers for your comments G

[Transalper]

How about a quick blat through there next weekend? Saturday would be best for me, but Sunday is OK.

I could do Saturday, but Sunday should be the next sealed road Plains Club run and i'm intending to do this one as i've missed the last few of theirs.

[miSTa]

Good choice, nice bike. That'll be a blast on the dirt roads.

You wont think it's so light when you have to wriggle out from under it, and then pick it up for the first time on some dirt track out the back of beyond

It'll be good to ride along with you.

Thanks Owen. I had thought about the weight but really too bad. I remember being a youg fella working on a farm south of Te Awamutu and getting the bosses DT175 stuck in a creek. That was hard work as was freeing the tractor I used to get the bike out. Thank goodness the boss never found out. If I can get out of that then I can get out of anything.

[miSTa]

Just for GS's...

What do we have here...a couple of 1200s and a HP2. That would be a great ride shame in it's the wrong part of the country.

[Oscar]

What do we have here...a couple of 1200s and a HP2. That would be a great ride shame in it's the wrong part of the country.

That's me on the left.
I got to ride all three that day (and have the GSA for the weekend).
The HP2...Wow.

[miSTa]

As for doing Lees Valley next weekend that sounds like a great idea. I do have a preference for Sunday but either day...


As for the picture, I cannot believe that no one knows where this photo was taken and what mountain range its captured.

[Ruralman]

You might be interested in this ride if yu have time in Feb. The GS would be ideal.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=33279

[SDU]

Awesome bike. Bet you had a blast riding it through the Kaikoura's to home.
Guess you've been blasting heaps around the block on the new toy. & what mountain range are you on about, I thought they were hills last time I looked.
Will look forward to catching you on a ride some time soon.

[miSTa]

Good bit of guess work there SDU (mind you I did tell you our route home with the bike last week). BTW the Kaikoura Ranges are mountains - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikoura_Ranges

Ruralman - That sounds like a great trip and yes perfect for the GS. I could be keen.

[Ruralman]

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Keep watching and we'll keep bringing it up as we get nearer the date. I'm meeting with Jantar tommorrow so we'll nut out a few more ideas then. Hopefully some of the Canterbury riders can join us for some of it - or even for a few beers one night as we pass thru.

[miSTa]

I'd be keen on cathing up and doing at least some of the trip with you (its a bit far out to say all of the trip at this stage but it does appeal). I can't but think it would good to tie in the Vincent County rally which I would think would the weekend before. Jantar I think should be able to confirm that.

[98tls]

very nice zzr...i was lucky enough to be raised at the start of the hundalees..plenty of ground clearance on that thing eh.

[far queue]

Hopefully some of the Canterbury riders can join us for some of it - or even for a few beers one night as we pass thru.

I hope to manage both of these with you and Jantar

[far queue]

I can't but think it would good to tie in the Vincent County rally which I would think would the weekend before.

I'm planning on giving Woodstock a miss this year and doing Vincent instead. Bit of a bummer that they're only a week apart, makes it a bit tricky getting to both, and I haven't done a Vincent rally before, so this could be the one.