Going out for a bit of a blat!
Well, the time hit 8.45pm and I hadn't ridden my Hornet today, so what did I do? I donned riding gear and answered my need to ride two wheels of freedom!
I started off from Takanini and took the Gt Sth to Manukau where I had someone toot at me (I didn't recognise him - wonder if it was a fellow biker saying hello or I had toilet paper stuck to my bone dome!). Went down Te Iririangi Dr where I ended up with my bike conking out - switched to reserve and on to Botany BP to fill up (a bit odd, only took 8L - wonder why it was acting that way?) and then up to Howick. Down along Pakuranga road all the way to Panmure where I went over to Ellerslie Main Highway and pootled over the Ellerslie-Penrose bridge. Feeeeeling great at this stage, just me and my humming Hornet and hardly any cagers!
Took a little quiet trip through Newmarket and then up through Khyber Pass where I drooled over the bikes on display
Some tools in cages try to rev me and somehow I ended up blatting pass them on the lights under the bridge. From there a trip to K-road and down pass Red Barons (more drooling!) Quick blat around the back area of Grey Lynn down to Westmere and through Jervois Rd. Pass Motomail on College Hill and down to the waterfront area of the city. Hardly anyone about and fortunately no dolly birds for me to try and look staunch and then do something stoopid on my bike!
Roared from Quay St into Tamaki Dr where some drongos zapped past me and then promptly got nailed by a plainsclothes copper!
I toot tooted on by and then took a leisurely drive around Mission bay. By this stage I was in communion akin to a religious experience on my bike - happy and fancy free. No tank bag. No backpack. Just me and my Hornet.
Down to St Heliers where some crazed retired white lady in her citroen tailgated me up St Heliers bay rd. I tapped my rear brakes and it must have worked. She crawled up the hill.
I zipped down through Glen Innes, past that freaky park and into Panmure - by this stage I've down a great stonking loop and felt my Hornet needed to be let rip on the motorway! I took the Mt Wellington Highway turn on to the Southern Motorway and let rip!
Wow, what a blast! First time on the motorway system! Punched through the gears and the Hornet purred along at 10,000 Revs. The windblast was a new factor that I hadn't encountered so strongly before and was a great learning experience - kept an eye on my mirrors and 12 seconds up the way.
Hit the junction to turn off to East Tamaki and the road works crew were out in force. Did the old "life-saver" head checks as I transferred from right to left and then let the revs climb once past the site.
Quick trip back to Takanini enjoying the bikes need to do what it was born to do
Home and parked the bike back into its hidey-hole and met my olds turning in with dinner. Perfect.
I love my bike, I love riding.
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