Riding down from Aucks to TD4?

[NinjaBoy]

So did you guys find your way across from Te Awamutu? The 3 of us decided to split and ended up doing 450kms that day......... went down to Taumaranui and over the saddle thro to Kinloch. By the time we got down there we were stuffed but had the most awesome ride! Bloody sweet road over the saddle, a road not explored enough.

Of course we did, didn't you see us at the track ?

I have to admit considering the size of the group and the number of unscheduled stops etc... we still got there inside 3.5 hours.

[Mental Trousers]

I have to admit considering the size of the group and the number of unscheduled stops etc... we still got there inside 3.5 hours.

The ride down was like herding cats. We only managed to lose 1 (the guy on the CBR250 who ended up riding down SH1) and really only had the 1 incident (dude's bag popped open).

[Drunken Monkey]

The ride down was like herding cats.

Herding cats indeed = Quite appropriate. I'm not all for big pre-ride speeches, people are usually grown up enough and ugly enough to look after themselves.

I would like to make a couple of general requests for anyone who goes on a pack ride with me in future:

1. If you need to pull over for something minor, e.g. to scratch your nuts, adjust your undies, whatever, please do so while making a motion waving any other riders on so they know they can keep going.

2. If someone infront of you stops, please don't all haul the anchors in and stop in a bunch in the middle of the road. Instead, why don't you try slowing down slowly, then pull over in single file and an orderly fashion i.e. let the guy in front of you pull over and stop, then stop infront of him, the person behind you should do the same and come to a stop in front of you, so on and so forth...

[justsomeguy]

Herding cats indeed = Quite appropriate. I'm not all for big pre-ride speeches, people are usually grown up enough and ugly enough to look after themselves. (Who gave you that wacky idea??)

I would like to make a couple of general requests for anyone who goes on a pack ride with me in future:

1. If you need to pull over for something minor, e.g. to scratch your nuts, adjust your undies, whatever, please do so while making a motion waving any other riders on so they know they can keep going.

2. If someone infront of you stops, please don't all haul the anchors in and stop in a bunch in the middle of the road. Instead, why don't you try slowing down slowly, then pull over in single file and an orderly fashion i.e. let the guy in front of you pull over and stop, then stop infront of him, the person behind you should do the same and come to a stop in front of you, so on and so forth...

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WTF are you complaing about - large KB rides have been a comedy of errors since the day they started!!!

You know this - every large ride is the same.

Remember the post you made.... some time ago.... I can't find the bloody thing..

But it was just as funny and echoed the above post exactly in subject matter.

[Drunken Monkey]

OMG Really?! I'm old and repeating myself already! OMG Really?!

*scratches nuts*

[justsomeguy]

OMG Really?! I'm old and repeating myself already! OMG Really?!

*scratches nuts*

Mate - I'm laughing my head off cos you reminded me how pissed off I used to get with the constant stopping, talking about the weather, frigging loooooong lunches.......

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