The Great KBer Ride - 1 October 06

**Colapop** · 2nd October 2006, 11:06

Like you did yesterday? Alzeimhers is already here - You'd probably consider that an insult if you hadn't already forgotten it!!

Zappy had all the gadgets - I got a new Asian friend!! Morningside for wife!!

**MikeyG** · 2nd October 2006, 12:39

Bike was still in bits so couldn't make it. Hope you all had a good ride

**fizzafulla** · 2nd October 2006, 13:08

What a day, had a great time was buzzing for hours afterwards.
Good to finally meet ya MattRSK and others. Glad to hear ya made it home ok Clown. Thanks to Garry H, that was a sweet (and dry) ride back to Palmy.
You'll definitely be seeing more of me at KB stuff after that. Well organised too.
Dan.

**Shadows** · 2nd October 2006, 13:39

Originally Posted by Colapop

Like you did yesterday? Alzeimhers is already here - You'd probably consider that an insult if you hadn't already forgotten it!!

Forgotten what??

**gijoe1313** · 2nd October 2006, 15:48

Man, and I ever so happy I managed to make it back down to Wellywood for the KB ride! (had image of Wacky Races in my mind!) Was absolutely great riding down on the little ol'Hornet .. texting Zapf along the way! Did some different routes down to Welly that I normally wouldn't do in my cage - the magic of two wheels!

Real pleasure to meet the other Hornet riders for a little "swarm" get together, also great putting some faces to nicks and names. Yes, Colapop was...a revelation, I was glad I didn't pull all my gadgets and doohickeys out onto the table too (though Zapf had a slight fascination for little blinking LED lights on my glove!)

Was funny watching Zapf doing his impression of "Titanic" by standing on his pegs and being "king of the world!". Even funnier when his mate looked across and did it too (who was Kate and who was Leonardo got me shaking my head and dry-retching into my helmet...)

The ride was absolutely awesome, lovely twisties, sweeping bends, uphills and cows running alongside trying to kick up their revs...

, doing the 'takas was magic! And the collection of bikes fair took my breath away - better than going to dealers and looking! Righto, enough gabbing - need to head out to the bike and head out to the 'Hutt and renew old sights and sounds from my childhood

Thanks Welly KBers, always doing Wellington absolutely, postively proud! (heh - I'm an old Wellingtonian exiled in Dorkland!)

**skelstar** · 2nd October 2006, 15:59

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Was funny watching Zapf doing his impression of "Titanic" by standing on his pegs and being "king of the world!".

*cringe* I think I've seen this tribute to Titanic before.

...I think its so he can cool down his crotch in those flash leathers of his.

**wolverine_nz** · 2nd October 2006, 21:50

Originally Posted by snuffles

great ride, all apart from the syoppie caused by Jim 2 at the oneway bridge, how many bikes had to slam on both to stop?

Ummmmmm........ I may fall into that catagorey

Oneway bridge, lockup, near miss bike and van, rings a bell.

I almost co-joined my 2000 Yellow VTR1000 Firestorm with ventura packrack; into a 2000 Yellow VTR1000 Firestorm with ventura packrack

a bit freaky, might have been a first I guess?

To fu%kin busy looking to see if the van was stopping to see the nice bike in front of me was

close....... Thanks for understanding Peter? (hope names right) you will know who you are

A beer/OJ for you next time mate.

Other events of the day were a less than impressive passing manouver on the Taks that made me pull over at the top of the hill to reasses my life.

Meeting up with an old school mate I had not seen in years!

And being the first of four bikes that the "thin blue line" pulled over ignoring the railway stop sign, dude let as all off!

Lucky. Big ups to the CBR 250R who kept riding, he told me afterwards, "Dude I thought he was pointing at you!"

and to find out later that he had no WOF or REG, shite I would have kept riding too.

**MattRSK** · 3rd October 2006, 16:21

Originally Posted by wolverine_nz

Ummmmmm........ I may fall into that catagorey

Oneway bridge, lockup, near miss bike and van, rings a bell.

You werent the only one, I couldnt get the bloody thing to stop so just kept on going. Did apologise to the guy later that I passed in the process!

**Colapop** · 3rd October 2006, 16:47

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Real pleasure to meet the other Hornet riders for a little "swarm" get together, also great putting some faces to nicks and names. Yes, Colapop was...a revelation, I was glad I didn't pull all my gadgets and doohickeys out onto the table too (though Zapf had a slight fascination for little blinking LED lights on my glove!)

Nice to meet you & good to see you made it home safe. Come down anytime - we'll even try for some of that flash Dorkland weather next time.

p.s. I'm planning on a N.I. Tour of my own at some stage - you can show me around the Big City.

**gijoe1313** · 4th October 2006, 20:26

Originally Posted by Colapop

Nice to meet you & good to see you made it home safe. Come down anytime - we'll even try for some of that flash Dorkland weather next time.

p.s. I'm planning on a N.I. Tour of my own at some stage - you can show me around the Big City.

Nah worries mate - hopefully you'll be reminded how great Welly is and how dorky Dorkland is! And oh, yeah - you can get fush n'chups at me olds place! Or chinese food... just remember not to break any dishes and peel the potatoes right!

**Trudes** · 8th May 2007, 19:28

I hope I don't get into any trouble for dredging up this old gem, but with the talk of this ride from a reminder from Slingshot, it made me think (yeah yeah, can you smell the smoke etc) (and this was a more appropriate place to think about it than in flyin's memorial ride thread),
anyway.... I was thinking, what do people think about spicing the ride up a bit this year and splitting everyone into groups of mixed abilities and do a scavenger hunt type of thing (not a race, and I know there is a name for it, but buggered if I know what it is) where the groups have to get a photo of team members with a statue, a fish, a cheese grater etc, and then once you have all your photos or items we all meet up somewhere for lunch (or maybe this could be done after lunch, so if people get lost, they don't miss lunch).
Would just make it a bit more fun and have like a purpose (aside from just talking crap in person with the same people we normally talk on-line with). So what do you guys reckon?