Xmas Toy Run

[Pickle]

Sels lovely meeting you and to the odd couple on the army trail bikes blowing out smoke in front of us........

And there was some other lovely person i met as well - sorry i forgot your name *eep*

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Not sure about the description of being odd, as for the smoke that would be Viv's KLR, smoke s worse than a used import. Took the KLR's to try & make more noise than the Harleys - No Chance, but right bike for a slow group ride.
Bloody good turnout lots of bikes, lots of friendly people

Merv we are after bigger bikes cause the KLR's are hard work over longer distances, Viv's bike uses a bit of oil, mine has had the top end done.

[sels1]

and more....

That photo of the old green army Indian..... the owner was an old school mate of mine...was a mates for years but we had lost touch after I left wgtn. I remember that bike being at the back of the garage when I went round to his place as a teenager. Great to see both bike and owner still in good nick!

[elle-f]

laffin - truth is - those trail bikes i loved. i wouldnt mind one myself!

i had an absolute ball today - it was just amazing the whole riding in a long trail of heaps of bikes. i am just rapt i didnt knock jude over *laffin*

[judecatmad]

i had an absolute ball today. i am just rapt i didnt knock jude over *laffin*

Me too! On both counts Close call with the chick in the silver jacket on the red bike a couple of times tho.....

get that GN over the hill tomorrow- its going to be an awesome day!

Jude thank you for today - i loved it and hanging with ya - you made my day.

And there was some other lovely person i met as well - sorry i forgot your name *eep*

Ah, you're a honey, and very welcome! I enjoyed it too - much better having someone to tag along with than being billy no mates

Think it's Skunk you're referring to..? The chappie in green with the big bear, LOL!

I'll see how my plans for tomorrow work out - got a whole heap of Avon stuff to do (yes, yes, I know, THE most unlikely Avon lady in the world ). Should have done it all today but ended up snoozing when I got home!

[Hawkeye]

The first time I've ridden on the road and not been able to hear my own bikes engine. Bikers are good people.

Were we supposed to start our engines? I was just sitting there admiring the bikes around me and the next thing I knew, I was getting sucked along.

That's the first time the little CBX hasn't struggled to get to 100k with my ample frame on it. It felt like I had a tow rope on.

[Hawkeye]

I was rather proud that the wee ginny kept up (mostly) and that I didn't end up doing a spectacularly late entrance! Half expected to win the prize for lowest cc rating bike!!

I think my little CBX would have challenged you for that prize JCM. I almost put in the arena for the show but decided I didn't want to take away any of the glory from that black Chopper Not to mention the red Indian. What an awesome machine.

[judecatmad]

I think my little CBX would have challenged you for that prize JCM. I almost put in the arena for the show but decided I didn't want to take away any of the glory from that black Chopper Not to mention the red Indian. What an awesome machine.

Yeah, I didn't want to have people gasping for breath at my awesome bike either (or is that trying to find their breath cos they're laughing so hard?? ). Were you parked just by the bollards infront of the main area? A wee red and white bike? If so, I saw you setting off as elle and I were walking past to get to our bikes.

Shame I didn't get to meet more KBers yesterday but I'm not as brave as sels, going around asking if people are who he thinks they are (I got a 'are you jude? Judecatmad?' and I stood there rather worried for a couple of seconds thinking 'why yes, yes I am. Who are you and what have I done wrong now?!' )

There were some really superb bikes but I couldn't be bothered taking such good care of all that chrome, LOL. Took me hours to clean and polish up the ginny (the bits I could be bothered doing that is!). Got an awesome buise on my forehead where I forgot about the handlebars as I stood up from polishing the exhaust......OUCH!!!!

What a great day tho

[elle-f]

yeah, and i too didnt want to take away from those bikes in the competition by putting mine up there with the custom plastic $2 shield covering the battery. I did get a few glances though and i would suggest that those people were thinking of a way to be able to steal my shield cover without me knowing