Wellington - What A Beautiful Day - Yeah Right (26 August)

[MD]

To beat the boredom yesterday I changed the Kawasaki's oil and filter. Thumbs up to Mr K for making it an easy task. Piece of piss compared to some bikes in the past. Now I want to ride it but doesn't look like clearing up much more today. Just checked the Gladstone weather and it's drizzle! What's the point with drizzle. It's either dry, so I can enjoy a ride, or it's wet. All these levels of wetness just piss me off. Only one condition I want to hear DRY .

[crashe]

well what can I say.... it was ok all day (Saturday)... I was out and about on my bike...

Time to head home last night and the heavens opened up, got drenched...
Bad timing it was on my part... if only I had left about 15 mintes earlier... and I would have gotten home nice an dry..

Oh well you get that here in Auckland...

Gear all dry now...

[Hitcher]

Mrs H and I went over the hill today. A bit wet and cold on the hill both ways but well worth the trip. It's been ages since we last made this excursion and it was nice to see that the Wairarapa has dried out a bit.

Different story here. We had 101.5mm at home over the weekend. That is shit loads, and explains the big slip on the Ngaio Gorge Road and on the Johnsonville railway line.

[mattp]

I'm from Wellington and loved the roads around there I'll be back around December and will be looking forward to some fast rideouts .

It does rain but thats life and F/A people go to Wellington to get a suntan

[James Deuce]

It does rain but thats life and F/A people go to Wellington to get a suntan

Which is odd, because we consistently top Auckland for sunshine hours per year.

I left Auckland largely becaue it does flipping rain all the time. The year we left, the rain stripped the surface off the Southern Motorway from Drury to the Bombay Hills. I can handle a few mud slides. I get pissed off when I get stuck in Auckland for any period of time though.

[sunhuntin]

Oh yeah, sounds like great fun......
i dont mind the rain............but 'WIND' ?.....
Hate the two combined, but if you are out there, what can ya do?

im used to the wind, but that was slightly stronger than expected. was following a two-up BMW decker type bike, and even that was going sideways! LOL. quite helpful really...id watch where they went on the roads and would brace myself. very nearly wound up the ditch a few times.

[vs04]

im used to the wind, but that was slightly stronger than expected. was following a two-up BMW decker type bike, and even that was going sideways! LOL. quite helpful really...id watch where they went on the roads and would brace myself. very nearly wound up the ditch a few times.

LOL,saw that the wind was pushing you around a bit.Iwas sitting behind you for a while,until i decided to stop in Patea to put the wets on.Did,nt ride with the main bunch,was taking a video of you all going past virginia lake then caught up to you guys just outside Waitotara.Shame about the weather but good day though,took most of sunday to clean both bikes,still, beats working.

[sunhuntin]

LOL,saw that the wind was pushing you around a bit.Iwas sitting behind you for a while,until i decided to stop in Patea to put the wets on.Did,nt ride with the main bunch,was taking a video of you all going past virginia lake then caught up to you guys just outside Waitotara.Shame about the weather but good day though,took most of sunday to clean both bikes,still, beats working.

was that you we picked up? i think alan was behind me...saw him slow down a bit for you, and then you vanished again, lol. asked mike, but he didnt know and didnt get a chance to ask alan. quite enjoyed riding in that little group. not sure who was in front...older triumph it looked like. him and me both stuck to the left side, with mike and alan holding the right. even mike was getting blown about.

havent cleaned scuff yet...she can wait a while. might just get the hose out and go for it. need to get some new rags too....lol.

whats the video on? vhs or dvd/cd?

[vs04]

was that you we picked up? i think alan was behind me...saw him slow down a bit for you, and then you vanished again, lol. asked mike, but he didnt know and didnt get a chance to ask alan. quite enjoyed riding in that little group. not sure who was in front...older triumph it looked like. him and me both stuck to the left side, with mike and alan holding the right. even mike was getting blown about.

havent cleaned scuff yet...she can wait a while. might just get the hose out and go for it. need to get some new rags too....lol.

whats the video on? vhs or dvd/cd?

Yep,that was me,sat on 120ks till i caught sight of you guys just going down into waitotara and thought that i,d caught up to the main bunch.I thought that bike in front of you was a trail bike but might be wrong.Did the video on the digital camera and then download on to disc when we get home.

[sunhuntin]

Yep,that was me,sat on 120ks till i caught sight of you guys just going down into waitotara and thought that i,d caught up to the main bunch.I thought that bike in front of you was a trail bike but might be wrong.Did the video on the digital camera and then download on to disc when we get home.

there was a traily there for a while...not too sure who that was or whether it was part of the group or not. we were right at the tail end...i was sitting on about 90k most of the time, and doing 80k coming back....was just me, mike and heather on the ride home. mike didnt want to go fast, as every time id get up to 100k, id have to drop back a bit, so stuck at 80k. seemed comfortable.
was hard on the ride up to keep my speed steady, with the wind cutting in. would have preferred to have ridden in proper staggered formation, rather than right on the triumphs rear wheel, but my left mirrors right out, cant see a thing. was glad the trumpy in front seemed to be a slow bike...hate feeling like im slowing people down.

[vs04]

there was a traily there for a while...not too sure who that was or whether it was part of the group or not. we were right at the tail end...i was sitting on about 90k most of the time, and doing 80k coming back....was just me, mike and heather on the ride home. mike didnt want to go fast, as every time id get up to 100k, id have to drop back a bit, so stuck at 80k. seemed comfortable.
was hard on the ride up to keep my speed steady, with the wind cutting in. would have preferred to have ridden in proper staggered formation, rather than right on the triumphs rear wheel, but my left mirrors right out, cant see a thing. was glad the trumpy in front seemed to be a slow bike...hate feeling like im slowing people down.

Dont worry about the others,if they want to pass they will,use to happen to me on the club rides till i got up to speed, never bothered anyone or not that they said anyway lol.Quite often i,ll sit at the back anyway,quite like just watching the other bikes as we roll along.Mike and heather are neat people,you,ll never have any problems with those two around.PS. Bout time you joined the club mate lol we,ve got 40 members now and 11 family members,every month there,s 1 or 2 new people joining.Cheers.

[sunhuntin]

Dont worry about the others,if they want to pass they will,use to happen to me on the club rides till i got up to speed, never bothered anyone or not that they said anyway lol.Quite often i,ll sit at the back anyway,quite like just watching the other bikes as we roll along.Mike and heather are neat people,you,ll never have any problems with those two around.PS. Bout time you joined the club mate lol we,ve got 40 members now and 11 family members,every month there,s 1 or 2 new people joining.Cheers.

yeh....has a huge thrill looking ahead and seeing this huge snake of bikes covering the road. specially that hilly bit past the lake...drop down and up the other side...awesome watching them drop out of sight and pop up again, lol.

yeh...have thought about joining, but what would be the advantages?