Sunday 27th August - Where Did You Ride Today

[Motu]

Bull - I walked all around there for 4 hours - you've got some young crumpet on the side of something - cause you were not at the motocross.

Jeez - I've never seen so many hot looking chicks at a motorcycle meeting in my life! Some of them even stood next to me.....that's pretty unusual too.I parked my bike in someones pit,blended in well.....but I was hoping I didn't see it in a race!
I was looking at all the photo hounds,but didn't see you - how long was your lens? They get bigger every year.

[John Banks]

Work

[Zukin]

Yep, I did the tour to the top of the Coromandel (both sides) and then to Thames, and then thought what the hell I might as well keep going back to Napier!!

Did anyone see the Ole XR250 on the limit for 4 hours
A good ride, except for the last leg into Napier, Rain and the temp in the minus!!!

Pics and report to follow, including the fire I had!!

[shafty]

Wheeled the ST out and Jude had a demo VT750 to try out, so Tauranga > KAimai's > Matmata > Te Arha via the n i c e backroad, to Paeroa, met an Ak Mate (TRX850) for lunch, then he and I swapped bikes to Kopu - quite different really! - Then home via the OLD Tauranga road. Awesome ride, and lots of waves returned!

[Big Dave]

Jeez - I've never seen so many hot looking chicks at a motorcycle meeting in my life! Some of them even stood next to me.....that's pretty unusual too.I parked my bike in someones pit,blended in well.....but I was hoping I didn't see it in a race!
I was looking at all the photo hounds,but didn't see you - how long was your lens? They get bigger every year.

Yeah I parked the Buell in the pits too. Nobody raced it.

MacKay calls it 'lens envy'.
I only use a relatievly compact camera. - camera and tele adaptor fit in a bum bag.

'It ain't the meat it's the motion
That makes your daddy wanna rock
It ain't the meat it's the motion
It's the movement it isn't the stock'
- Southside Johnny.

[Str8 Jacket]

Well I left home at 10 and headed towards the Taka's. Said hi to Mr and Mrs Hitcher at Caltex Rimutaka and headed up the hill. Halfway up to the summit the rain came down, albeit lightly. But then it got worse so I sat at the Summit Cafe and drank tea and yarned with a random guy from Carterton, you always meet some interesting people when your out riding! Saw Mr and Mrs H ride past the summit in the rain, very brave of them I thought....

As it turned out it was lucky I went out yesterday, on my way home I called in to see a mate in Petone. When I got there Ferg from TSS turned up at the same time... Got talking and I mentioned that my bike was running poo-like and I thought it may have been the spark plug. Ferg happily opened TSS up for me and gave me a new one. Free of charge, awesome! Now the bike is running sweet again. Well except for the fact that my headlight doesnt work on low beam at the moment, ah well.....

[Beemer]

The Central Districts Motorcycle Touring Club had a run from Palmerston North to the Fireman's Arms in Petone but my shoulder was playing up (torn rotator cuff) so I flagged it. About 11am it looked so good outside that I wheeled the bike out and discovered the riding position was okay and didn't hurt my shoulder so I headed south. Gorgeous in Levin but by the time I got to Porirua it was drizzling and certainly several degrees colder.

Only saw one cop - and that was when I was using the T2 lane at Paremata to pass a huge line of vehicles - whoops! But he didn't bother coming after me so that was okay. Got to the pub just as everyone was leaving, so my husband said he'd head up to the top of the Rimutakas with the rest of them and then come back down and ride home with me. Called and saw my mum and had a nice hot pie and a cuppa before heading home about 2.30pm.

Got warmer as we headed north and I had a blast on the Goose. Heaps of cops between Paraparaumu and Waikanae - one attended an accident by Mussell Boys (I didn't even see him - I was passing everything down the middle of the road!), one giving a guy a ticket by Southwards, and two between there and Waikanae - then one setting up a checkpoint at Otaki.

First time I've been on the bike since jaw surgery in June - the jaw was a little sore last night from the helmet but it was great to be riding again! I didn't see many bikes heading south, but quite a few when we were heading north. All the GN250 riders neglected to wave, as did most of the cruisers, but virtually all the sports bike riders and even a guy on a Harley waved back. Warned a few about the cops - they seemed to get the message okay.

[SPman]

Nowhere - I was fencing! f**ckin high tensile wire - bring back No.8!

Saturday we went across to Zadoks (140k from our place) then up to the Serpentine dam in the hills, Met another Kiwi on a Vulcan 1800 up there, then we all went to Mandurah for fish & chips, then back home - 420k for just "popping down the road"!
Even the local "around the block" is 100k, going to work is 200k...just gotta get used to the distances........
But - nice & fine 22 degrees - aah - late winter - don't you love it...

[Skyryder]

Took a run up to Crayfish City. Bit cold with the snow on Kaikoura's. The thing that amazed me I never even saw a cop car. No one...........up or coming back.

Skyryder

[Big Dave]

But - nice & fine 22 degrees - aah - late winter - don't you love it...

Lap it up - 38c and dryer than a dead dingo's donger looms. I'll be over here walking around in my leathers in the 26c while everyone feints with heatstroke

[Kornholio]

Te Arha via the n i c e backroad,

Hey thats my road If I was there I woulda waved out but I was heading around Whangamata ways and home over Kopu Hikuais ...probably seen ya on the way around...I seen a few blurs resembling bikes