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Thread: South Auckland Thursday Night Ride

  1. #5761
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    chillin works

    No worries.
    encountered 1-2k of fine gravel
    it drizzled almost the whole of the ride
    lots and lots of crap drivers, Even the car park nearly got run into twice. FFS
    even had dumb people parked 90 degrees to driveways with headlights points up the road toward me.... slight panic when I realised i was travelling at warp factor 3 between 2 lines of on coming cars, and I was on the correct side of the road.
    avoided possum on road

    went to see where a mate had moved with his new missus,,, so no chowder test.

    1 k from home thought, well no one has tried to cut me off yet....... how wrong I was.
    1 car changed lane directly into my path, no indication, then I realised a rental car.... stayed back from the 2 cars in front of me. They had a lane each...... the right hand vehicle then cut off the other and moved to a off ramp on a third lane to the left..... indicators on modern vehicles are painted on. Obviously.

    got out home and wondered how I survived, chillin apparently works

    who knows what will happen next week?

    and Caseye you was right, the headlight needs adjustment up. At the moment it points about 4-6m in front of the bike
    Last edited by eldog; 26th April 2018 at 17:02. Reason: Light falls on ground

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    well whats the weather like?

    or is everyone still recovering from Anzac rides?

    dont have to ride.

    Can't make it this week or next by the looks

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    I'm out tonight Josephine. maybe, maybe not, next week will see how things go or not.

    eldog yep chillin works, not worth getting you nickers in a twist over situations that are out of your control,just give them a wave it just makes things worse. just stay alert.

    good you went out for a ride.
    Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
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    Not tonight as predicted
    Looks decent night though

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    testing pic in this thread

    Caseye works in here OK??? Not in the cruiser section




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    Quote Originally Posted by leathel View Post
    testing pic in this thread

    Caseye works in here OK??? Not in the cruiser section
    Nice pic

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    Any one tonight.

    If not will go for a longer cruise. Maybe check out that pub Caseye suggested or the seafood chowder pub. Will depend on how I feel or not.
    Early work knock today for a change.

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    No I won't be there, not going to be done in time, Rejetting the bike, 3 carbs done but 3 left to go.... and been to busy to have spare time, Probably finish it Saturday

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    Go fer yer life boyo, I'm out tonight, big weekend coming up, got to prepare.
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    No worries. Will go direct from home.
    Won't worry about autobarn stop.

    Hope there's no more crappy road works this time.

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    Red Fox Tavern

    Red Fox tavern
    Seafood chowder in a nice warm environment

    Weather and roads great. No where as cold as I thought

    Just waiting for it to turn up.

    well, turned up and here is my opinion, like it or not
    ambiance nice, warm, not too loud, no dickheads present, one patron getting drunk.
    staff patient, warm and friendly
    drink ok
    meat raffle, I took a ticket and drew the number, bugger not my one.
    food
    temp nice but could be warmer
    bread toasted not bad
    portion size big
    amount of seafood approx 40%by volume
    very creamy sauce, this is different from last time, IIRC
    cost not bad change out of $20
    4.5/10 last time was better 8/10 as you pointed out Caseye previously

    would I go back?-yes
    would I order the same? No, it wasn’t the same as first time, which was great.

    ride took me back via Munsters fav road which now has a large section of unswept chipseal roadworks.
    took that steep scenic route to miss the larger road slippage, which was a good choice as it will suffer soon with a large amount of roadworks being planned, lots of painted detailed instructions on most of this little road. No doubt it will be subdivided like the rest.

    5 possums, 3 live on road. Half a dozen large boxes and bags along the whole journey, some quite big, obviously fallen or chucked off a truck. 1 mouse dead now. 2 tunnels. Not much other traffic apart from a near miss between 2 trucks and a motorcyclist, nothing to worry about apart from it didn’t look like truck approaching 2 other road users from a side road didn’t look like slowing down. Took std evasive action just in case before it got too serious.

    a good ride, might do same again next week but to a different destination, further afield, will see.

    bike performed well. So much different from the strange hunting at idle and jerky chain travel than before. Smooth and quiet. Weather temp wasn’t as cold as expected so still wearing light shirt......

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    Told ya they'd changed the Seafood Chowder recipe! No rissen, cloth ears.
    Pity, caquse the first time it was at least a 9 outa ten!
    Wot you dun to yer Bandy boyo, they love cold weather!
    Chain needs to be adjusted, so no slip and clutching, as for the surging, it's a low down thing with Bandy's. It can be fixed, by a mech with some brains.
    You coming?
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    I wont be there tonight, not feeling like it, Sons mate got put in the ground today so some family time tonight....Bloody cancer at 18, Brain tumor got him

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    No, I've just changed my mind too, sad news that mate, tell the young fella we're thinking of him too aye.
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    Looking a bit wet for me.

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