Worst Ride You've Had?

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2006, 19:22

What is the Worst Ride You've Had? (Without falling off).

Bulls to Wellington on an XT600.
A few years ago and I was a fair bit heavier than now.
Not a bad bike, but that's my un-favourite bit of road in NZ and the seat is 2" wide - plus it struggled up an incline in the screaming sou easter with mr windsock on it. Misery.

Yours?

**Meanie** · 25th September 2006, 19:24

The one i missed out on the other day that i never went on

**cowboyz** · 25th September 2006, 19:27

Hamilton to Palmerston in the middle of winter on my old GPZ250. Riding through snow my hands got so cold I gave up using the clutch and brake. Then I stopped at Wairou to get soup and ended up spending about 3 hours sitting in front of the fire drinking hot chocolates. Shit it was cold.......

**gijoe1313** · 25th September 2006, 19:28

Does your worst day on two wheels of freedom beat a good day in a cage? I'm still fresh to riding so I'm loving it every time I get out!

My worst riding day(s) would be the two days I have not ridden my bike out

**Blackbird** · 25th September 2006, 19:29

1996 Grand Challenge 1000 miles in 24 hours event - first one I'd ever done. Riding through the night in torrential rain and gale force winds and I genuinely thought I might die. Interesting battle inside the head. One part saying "Pull out, you know it's the right thing to do" and the other part saying "Can you live with the loss of face?". Made it in just over 23 hours in extreme pain and indescribably proud.

**idb** · 25th September 2006, 19:30

Westport to Christchurch to home (Arrowtown) over two days.
3 and a half hours of torrential rain to Hurunui.
Gale force Nor-wester from there all the way home - wobbling over the Rakaia bridge then battling through the McKenzie Country.

Character-building stuff....made me the man I am today!!!!

**roogazza** · 25th September 2006, 19:32

A chick at Bondi , Sydney, in 1969 ! G.

**WarlockNZ** · 25th September 2006, 19:33

Her name was Lola .. i met her at the cococabana

**paturoa** · 25th September 2006, 19:33

Cheviot to Kaikoura on the way home from this years Brassy.

T.I.E and I were riding at night, pissing rain (mega pissing!!!), stock trucks, and so windy that at one stage the steam off my exhaust at about 70ks was blowing in front of my bike.

**Forest** · 25th September 2006, 19:36

Many years ago when I was still a Scarfie in Dunedin, I owned a Kawasaki GPZ 305 (a horrible old 305cc parallel twin). That thing was a real pig and I was glad to finally get rid of it.

However it wasn't my worst ride. I didn't really have much fun on the grand challenge last year. I arrived late into Turangi on Friday night - didn't realise that everyone was out the back - and ended up sleeping outside the camp-site office on a wooden bench. I didn't get much sleep and around 3am on the ride day I started to become pretty disorientated and eventually began to hallucinate. I can't even remember exactly where things started going haywire - some gorge around the BOP maybe? So I pulled over into a rest area and lay down for an hour. Eventually I got my head back into gear and wobbled my way out of the gorge. Got some coffee & a good feed at a late night station and everything came right.

**skelstar** · 25th September 2006, 19:37

Can't beat BBirds, but on more than one occasion I have been in Featherston in hurricane like winds wondering if I should ride home via the Manawatu Gorge (300+kms) rather than go over the Rimutakas (30kms). Seriously thinking I will fall off in the gusts...or worse.

**Big Dave** · 25th September 2006, 19:39

Originally Posted by roogazza

Bondi , Sydney, in 1969

She was a Kiwi then.

**Clivoris** · 25th September 2006, 19:40

During the mid 80's on a Suzi GS1000e. Auckland to Hastings but through driving snow on the Taupo-Napier road. So cold...so wet...so slow that cars were passing me and laughing. Dressed in the standard black leather uniform of the day without wet weather protection. Arrived sore, tired and with skin died black from the leather die. The things young men will do for sex eh!

**Blackbird** · 25th September 2006, 19:40

Originally Posted by skelstar

Can't beat BBirds, but on more than one occasion I have been in Featherston in hurricane like winds wondering if I should ride home via the Manawatu Gorge (300+kms) rather than go over the Rimutakas (30kms). Seriously thinking I will fall off in the gusts...or worse.

Is it a coincidence that the worst of the weather for us on that ride was from the Pahitua Hill Road to Masterton and then up to Napier? The Waiarapa can get really mean!